take care from the kharkov direction on a direct line special correspondent of the opinion of the komsomolskaya pravda group alexander kostny this direction has no internet, so we are talking on the phone alexander hello. colleagues, what is happening in your direction now? well , the second day the artillery works very loudly. it works in both directions and new forces have pulled up here, which were withdrawn from the kiev direction from the sumy direction from chernihiv quietly occupy the defense along kharkov so that the armed forces do not hit from above ukraine for raisins. where is the direction now developing towards the border of the occupied part of the

donetsk people's republic, that is, an offensive is being carried out in the slavic direction towards the city of the symbol of russian resistance, which in 2014 the ukrainian army could not take. now russian troops are advancing along in different directions. i watch the work of our guys on the kharkiv-slavyansk highway. uh, the bridgeheads are expanding to the left, and to the right, in order to exclude blows before knitting our groupings that go go ahead and do it. growing heights are being combed zelenka, which is now very actively operating sabotage e, the group is very oversaturated this area e, anti-tank missile systems, both ukrainian-made stukna type, and western-made this javelin and enlau and various other types of weapons, and they are used not only for ground targets, but also a for our helicopters. and some, and the villages are taken

from the toe, the ukrainians roll back to the south, some have to be taken for several days. here is a completely small, long-lived force that has been resisting for the fifth day. this suggests that behind the back of a, these ukrainian units are not prepared. new shell- defense. they act exactly like this when, uh, the second echelon of defense is prepared, and they roll back and so they should gradually roll back to a-a, slavyansk kramatorsk agglomeration where, of course, it will be very hard to work in the forehead, because a on the approaches to the slavyansk of the north , a very convenient relief for the defense of the city, it was used 8 years ago. uh, russian militias, who did not let the ukrainian army into the mountains then. you are only after, and the garrison was withdrawn from there completely and,

accordingly, the russian troops will probably act in the same way completely blocking, and the cities that are between us now and donetsk. but this is avdiivka. and druzhkov konstantinovka kramatorska, of course, slavyansk , after which there will already be talk about the task of capturing, in addition to artillery, a lot appeared, which there was no such poet before, again he says about the fact that zelenka poured out and groups of our special forces are working scouts from entire special operations and in the forest are clashing with sabotage groups. uh, ukrainian troops and nationalist formations, just a couple of days ago, russian intelligence officers were lucky, and they entered into battle with a special unit of the ninety-fifth airborne assault separate brigade. vsu. ah. as a result of the battle, four people and four people were killed. they were also taken prisoner. they were involved in the downing of two

russian helicopters ka-52 colleague. yes we are yesterday they showed and told these shots, of course. hey, it's great that they got them? of course, they tell everything, they only brought ammunition, and as i understand it, they are already in captivity. i know that i managed to communicate with other prisoners of war in general. what the prisoners of war say there are all cooks, drivers and have nothing to do with the fighting , as we understand it, really. any serviceman, serviceman of the ukrainian army, captured by russian soldiers is always trying to absolve himself of responsibility for e. doom russian military due to the destruction of russian military equipment. first of all, this is due to the fact that they are very pumped up propaganda. that is, they are told that, first of all, the russians do not take anyone into captivity, uh, into captivity, especially to the paratroopers, if you are still captured, then they start torturing you and mocking you, and so on and

on calling your parents and mocking your parents. in fact, this is all a lie, of course. uh, and i'm here, at least here at in the slavic direction, he did not rule out that someone would treat the ukrainian prisoners somehow very cruelly. just yesterday, and they were even given the opportunity to call. e to your parents. they called them materials. they said that they were in captivity, that they were treated normally. no one beats them, of course, they are interrogated by, uh, russian. the competent authority needs information on where they were taken from, but some dissatisfied interrogation methods are not applied to them. i know that you prepared a short story and talked with the prisoners. let's see it together. imagine konstantin petrovich what tasks did the unit perform in carrying the missile installation from the position of senior operator, but

the senior operator was given to work for us, do the launch, only commanders, just violence and that's it. in general, tell the brigade in your unit to take care of and what moods? what losses are big 300 of them. well, you don't know them. there is already a lot of mood 50 to 50, everyone is already weak and tired. they really made us lie down. who are you where are you going? why were they tied up, tied up, threw off our bulletproof vests, put us around? well, actually saying we hit like attitude to you good relationship. the good ones feed, sing, don't beat, don't scoff. everything is fine. all good. everything is fine. just, well, who said. and the russian

military, that they scoff at capturing no one, they immediately kill everyone on the spot. shows a lot of things on tv. how bad you really are, it's not so good relationships are fed. do not bully normally relate thank you very much, alexander for your story. take care of yourself and get in touch with us. tell me what's going on your directions. thanks a lot. this morning, our ministry of defense again appealed to the nationalists hiding on the territory of the azovstal plant and once again offered to open a humanitarian corridor today so that they could not surrender and lay down their arms in our direction. let's see the statement of our miron. considering the catastrophic situation that has developed at the azovstal metallurgical plant, and also guided by purely humane principles

, the russian armed forces once again propose militants of nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries from 12:00-19 april 2022 to stop any hostilities and lay down their arms, all those who laid down their arms are guaranteed to save their lives from 14:00 to 16:00. exit of all without exception ukrainian armed units and foreign mercenaries without any weapons and ammunition. we appeal to all military personnel of the armed forces and foreign mercenaries. with the cynical attitude of the kiev authorities. an unenviable fate awaits all of you. don't tempt your fate. just accept it the right decision to stop hostilities and lay down your arms now, wherever your handlers force you to fight. for the ideas of nazism. the russian federation guarantees to each of you the preservation of life and compliance with all geneva norms. regarding the treatment of prisoners of war, as it already happened with military personnel who had previously surrendered in mariupol dmitry well, yesterday

, after it became clear that it was beginning, the second phase of our special operation. there was a panic in ukraine about azovstal. they started throwing fakes about a huge number of civilians, children who are on the territory of azov, have been around for more than a month, basurino today confirmed that these are fakes. and now we are another humanitarian corridor, will we open it, will they use it, or this time also a statement about civilians on the territory will put aside an attempt to exchange for medvedchuk, his statement concerned civilians in mariupol , in fact, this is an attempt to exchange and withdraw from there, respectively, a number of representatives of the leadership will formulate so far away while they are still alive. that's foreign, respectively, the problem. the second is that space rescues are trying, but they have a number of obligations. let's say you can. they have a number of obligations. there are high-ranking military personnel there, in short, in front of the nato countries who gave these military personnel. i would say before the whole block, taking into account the start. in short, well, it consists in the fact that a certain assault is already taking place. by the way, the same thing is starting to come in. for breakfast, as

if from the northern part. that is, there, respectively, objects are located there in the near future, as if this process will be activated, everyone understands this very well. that's taking into account the fact that attack aircraft will still be needed directly in the closely slavic direction. in addition to the fact that the plane will get over my undercoat. that is, as if the next direction will be there, and in the girl the closest territory, respectively, he will squeeze donetsk away. as a matter of fact, the territory will, as it were, be surrounded like this with a high degree of probability. therefore, from this point vision. yes, in principle, everyone planned to wait only for the weather to improve, because, as we all perfectly understood, it was rain, which very seriously interfered with work and directly from the cramped positioning system. that's why from this point of view. for a long time, not everyone understands for a long time in the territory, respectively, under the territory to the east of ukraine, there were difficult weather conditions, it was raining, respectively, a high area. and what's stopping you? how would work efficient work responsibility so tracking. that is, first of all, as if objective control. here are drones and self-propelled vehicles and satellites satellites pepper satellites. this is an important component, what is going on,

of course, arduelle, if the necessary guidance is necessary, respectively, as if an offensive, that is, plus everything, there was an accumulation , there was a rotation in the izyum direction. as a matter of fact, what was just said, respectively, the south direction quickly castled. a north direction. just rotated due to the approach of new ones, and uh armed forces and, as a matter of fact, everyone perfectly understood that it was mid-april. as a matter of fact, everyone said that it was mid-april. here is the question. only now the nineteenth or twenty-second. here, uh, respectively, 182 are activated, as if their own activity such a situation stabilized, when the weather, respectively, stabilized, as if wars of action began. strictly speaking, this is also due to the fact that there are, as it were, a number of attempts to put weapons in this direction. as a matter of fact. here's to accordingly, these 800 million, as if expressed in specific, as it were, objects did not reach the beginning of the dnieper and, accordingly, zaporozhye, and then further, as it were, in the direction of kramatorsk , more active actions are being taken. that's why from this point of view, as it were, the negotiation process, that is, in general, all other movements, in general, other than military, but some

diplomatic or other, will begin only after the completion of the operation, by the way, as the exchange of prisoners, the resolution of the operation came to an end environment of the boiler in kramatorsk here, respectively, blocking there, uh, respectively one or another. uh, representatives of vsu, like turbat or something like that, until that time everything from some certain additional promotion will not happen either, because by this time, well, maxi- by this time, respectively, no one will be exchanged, because they will immediately be pulled together, as if for theatrical performances, therefore, with a high degree of probability. now there will be a war such a pause, it will be filled with a military one. and after that, how would be closer to the end of may well, i apologize closer to the beginning of may, there, accordingly, some negotiation processes may begin, but it is unlikely with new positions, respectively, because of the military, the most important component is, as it were, in strengthening the negotiating positions of military positions for the russian the federation is, as it were, accordingly, and a-a, the prime minister of italy, when he was asked what he proposed to putin to start negotiations

with zelensky, he says the time has not yet come. well first of all, happy negotiations, they are ineffective will, because as you have no military argument, first of all the second point is the following any delay in sentences. this is an increase, respectively, of the supply of weapons there to the tual steppe to me, since we do not want, respectively, work on the railway facilities. here from some principle in life, apparently , then, as it were, respectively, in the long term, the situation. can be very complex, so from this point of view. as if now there is just such an opportunity to get this argument, moreover, this is an important argument. i remind you that the dpr of the lpr in their constitutions, respectively , is spelled out precisely to the lugansk donetsk regions. yes, that's what andrey gennadyevich is, our statement from the ministry of defense is another humanitarian corridor for the mercenaries to leave. well, the civilian population, which is most likely not there, but from the territory. azov stood up, this is an opportunity for these nato, uh, instructors and mercenaries, to lay down their arms and go out peacefully or die there, because there is another choice. i understand they don't. now. i am think before e. the liquidation of this uh connection, which is located at azovstal, is the

last warning for them to stay alive and specifically say, get out, we will save the lives of those who do not take advantage of this. i think this is the second stage of the operation, which we talked about at the beginning. yes, this is liquidation. e groupings on azov began and the creation of the boiler and the destruction of the boiler. as they say near donetsk, that is, as i think, this is the main goal of the task from uh, this is the second stage of our special operations, because as if they were offered to leave, with regard to this possibility, or again an empty corridor. i think it's unlikely that they will take advantage of this, because this is not the first time and the fact that it has already been stated here that, uh, they are actively starting to talk about the fact that we have a lot of civilians here, and and so on. that is, this is a special provocation so that we have doubts about the start of an assault to eliminate this group, which is located on azov, but i think our military and military of the donetsk and e, republic worked. quickly enough, well professionally, so that when they entered mariupol they cut off the living massifs so that,

uh, azov, uh, others could not drive as many civilians as possible to the armed groups, because i don’t think that there is a sufficiently large number of either at all, if these civilians are in this territory, and this is done in order to try to save those military leaders who have already been repeatedly confirmed that they are in the steel zone and we generally must, in basically, it's great. you understand when we say that in ukraine we are confronted by the armed forces of ukraine. i think that this is not so in ukraine, we are opposed by the nato bloc and we should understand this very well, because de facto ukraine is in nato de jura, that they joined? well , for 8 years, they were trained for 8 years, they were pumped up with weapons, what we see, there are nato work instructors, so, including on azov, we must understand that we are opposed to us by the nato bloc there and they did everything they will do anything to

in order to get their military commanders out of there, and here is an important question that was actively raised yesterday in the ukrainian media and ukrainian officials - if there are civilians on the territory of this plant eduard basurin. e, he gave a clear commentary, an explanation and an explanation about if mirny is there, if possible, let's turn it on and listen. at the moment, as far as i remember, the head of the republic stated that there was no civilian population there , love is a bar that would help the ukrainian security forces survive. i think they will use always a girl, a boy, a wife, a woman, a grandmother, for them this will be an excuse for the shelling of the territory to stop, and no one to storm this object. i think everything has been done for this georg, that is, in order, which means that tales about civilians were not told, of course, no exchange for medvedchuk is told to increase external information political pressure on russia , it is enough to watch the western media, western news programs to participate in them, to

understand that they really perceive it as something that russia arranges the genocide of mariupol by destroying civilians, and we are not talking about the basics of steel, but the whole sea, supposedly russia does not let civilians from all of mariupol, you begin to explain that all of mariupol has already been liberated. there is only a specific factory where specific nazi terrorists are sitting. they are a surprise discovery for them. so it works, foreign propaganda is the second important point about the negotiation process. i remind you that the goal of our special operation is not only to liberate the territory of donetsk and luhansk people's republic is completely the goal of our operation is much more, therefore, no substantive negotiations after the destruction. and there will be no encirclement or surrender or destruction of the group in donbass. our task is far beyond the borders of donbass and a. negotiations now. well, uh, in principle, in theory, of course, outside of ukraine politically, politically, but in military-political terms. they lie within the borders

of a significant part of ukraine, let's say so , eleventhification of regime change, but let 's say the people are ready. although this was before the start of the second stage. and if he is ready to introduce this, there will be negotiations after the liquidation of the donetsk boiler, maybe, but he will not be ready to negotiate about it. kiev has completely different tasks. our position where she speaks at the negotiations will be a different position, another formally different, but we will not agree on this, the task of the ukrainian regime is to delay it as much as possible. uh, fighting, to delay the special operation as much as possible. he will take care of you after donetsk, we often say that in the west they do not see everything that is happening with objectivity, for the sake of not all western journalists. so blind on french television. the plot is out. let's see it. i returned from ukraine where i spent 8 days accompanied the french volunteers. as you know, at the beginning there was a call from president zelensky who called for international volunteers who have a desire to have military experience to come to ukraine, and so i accompanied three

frenchmen, one of them was previously a military man, and two fought enmity with the kurds against the isis, that is, people with military experience. i spent several days with them and was surprised, and so were they, when we discovered that in the end, the americans were responsible for joining the ukrainian army, we were almost arrested. we met with an american, he came and said, here i am in command, not ukrainians are in command. and i'm the commander here. i'm talking about the training and mobilization of international volunteers in the ukrainian army. he even called himself a veteran of the war in iraq, i checked it. you can read about it in liftegaron. this week i was struck by the harshness of the words of this american. at first he thought that we were volunteers. and when he found out that we were journalists, he ordered us to go out, then he became more flexible, but in general his rhetoric remained clearer in spirit. destroy the sim cards of your mobile phones, especially foreign ones, we will provide you with other sim cards and the like, and then there is a signing of a contract until the end of the war. and what does the contract say, it says that you will fight in the

ukrainian army until the end of the war, they are responsible for this americans. i saw it with my own eyes, not the american army. officially, you understand, it’s impossible, but the traces of the americans are clearly visible, we know that yesterday they went to hundreds of new weapons. this is a type of drone that acts like mortars. they can be controlled remotely new weapons. they delivered them officially and will supply more. i thought that this war, apart from romance. i thought i was with the international brigades. and in the end i found that i was in front of the pentagon. that there is a russian-american war in this is the root of the problem, while the europeans and others are somewhere on the edge. how do you understand dear viewers, the journalist went to ukraine naturally with a pro-european position, but at least? yes, and when he saw the reality, he was very surprised, and we were surprised that this was missed on the air of ukrainian french television. uh, do not know the future fate of this journalist. we now have direct communication with the minister of foreign affairs of the lugansk people's republic, vladislav deyenega. vladislav nikolaevich hello, tell me what is happening in your direction

in your department now in the republic well, if we say, in general, in the situation in the republic, today, or rather, even yesterday , such a very tough action began on the part of ukraine with shelling, shelling has intensified to a large extent in the city pervomaisk, in the city of novoaidarra, it means that 122 and 152 were used, uh, calibers - this is artillery used. eh, tornadoes are rszo. that's a lot of damage. uh, very different objects. uh, including children's sports complex yunost in pervomaisky cinema. dawn of the administration building, that is, for understanding, the shelling went along e, it was on the residential infrastructure in the centers of these villages that the

residential houses of citizens were damaged, that is, there is especially some kind of observed. the special bitterness with which the ukrainian side begins to shell our territories, and apparently this is due primarily to the fact that this special operation in the donbass has entered a rather active new phase. first of all it is connected to bind. it is possible with those circumstances which are developing e in the donetsk people's republic in mariupol in particular, unfortunately. the infrastructure has suffered greatly. uh, and it affects. in general, on the situation here in the republic, if we talk about the foreign policy tasks of the negotiations, first of all , i want to know if they are possible now in those conditions, well, today, if not for some kind of prospect, in your opinion. well, the question

is very difficult to repeat the mistakes that european diplomacy makes, but, probably, it would be stupid, but to say that the military operation it has, let's say, an underestimated value compared to diplomatic steps is also wrong, but certainly. we all understand that any fighting . they are coming. as a result, to the fact that the parties at the negotiating table are determined by their future fate, as it was in the forty-fifth year on may 2, germany under pressure of circumstances signed a surrender it is possible to wait for zelensky to surrender well, purely theoretically. i think it will definitely be zelensky it will be or will be some other persons in the absence of zelensky for one reason or another. let's not go into these nuances, but it certainly will. at what

stage, how soon depends on the development of the situation in the armed confrontation. uh, any war, it eventually ends with uh peace. and this world is born at the table, talking and you understand how they behave in these negotiations and according to your statement that perhaps it will not be zelensky. in some perspective, there is reason for reflection. so to speak. well, those who now he is negotiating from ukraine there are key figures, this is reznikov, the same one with whom i had a chance to communicate for quite a long time at the minsk negotiation platform. i understand perfectly well that there is nothing to talk about with him. this is a person who is not capable of not discussing any constructive. uh, actions let alone implement them after decisions are made. we have come across this more than once at the minsk negotiation platform. and if

someone has passports behind mr. reznikov’s back, we are trying to understand. of course, this the main theme of all this. eh, now here's the question. they are behind, or there somewhere in the dungeons. uh, call of steel. there is also a very big question here, because the development of the situation in mariupol will significantly affect the entire further development of the situation in the donbass , since. uh, the west is trying to hide its participation and not its direct participation in this operation, but objectively we understand with you that there are these nato ones in these casemates that are underground. uh, expert advisors militants. yes, anyone, but nonetheless. this is the reason why nikolayevich is wearily following that option. yes, you gave us some very interesting ideas for discussion, vladimir vladimirovich, after all. eh, apparently

. no one is there, anyone in the dungeons, and someone is ready to give a lot for someone. well, we are always on the verge of speculation, when there are no facts, we try to fantasize something, so we have no guarantees that there is exactly what we are looking for and somehow we are already starting to believe it all, but let's differently. i lack the legal basis for further discussion. it's not that the assault operation will start and end. and the point is what to do with the topic. from whom they will pull out from there. if this person is an accomplice of nazism, by what law will you be judged, where, if the minimum article for the ability of a terrorist organization starts from 5 years, that means up to 5 years. he can spend in such. well, let's say. yes, not in, for example, kvantama or in lugansk and lugansk people's republics, the death penalty is valid and if therefore so a reminder to those who hide there how can be then a guarantee. in life, if there is the death penalty, excuse me, this legal field is a guarantee of a court a guarantee of a court. and now

the news has just come, the head of the chechen republic, ramzan kadyrov, in his telegram channel said that the banderaites in mariupol will be finished off today and the territory was caught completely liberated vladimir vladimirovich continuation of what you said, uh, all that i have insist that there is a legal framework. and i don't care if it's american or german. is it a frenchman or a former gillitz who came with him, something must be done to me, it annoys me when every time they say, here, if he is a generation, look at my good nato generals yes, two generals, what to do with him? first, it is a good exchange. fund. very good, moreover , our generals are not there for many years. there is no one to exchange. believe me, and it will happen again, for example, you know, the general is worth it to remove sanctions from a certain bank, there is a certain one. that is, i don't give a damn about the exchange on the relationship. all white gloves war is not waged. and if if proceed from the reality of life. let's do this, if they announced that the currency was with nazism, then these are

accomplices. tsitsizma information channel on the first continues time will show whether it is kuzichev olesya loseva president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky said that the battle for donbass began the second phase of a special russian operation, which was announced at the end of march by sergei shoigu , it is noteworthy that no one has officially announced anything from the russian side yet, nevertheless, since the evening it has been going along the increasing artillery training on the positions of the armed forces, and on the territory of ukraine missile strikes are being carried out on the military infrastructure, all this may indicate that the operational pause is ending and the so -called reconnaissance in force has begun. here, despite the fact that kiev announced the beginning of a new offensive, as well. and

experts don't think so about it writes the new york times let's look at her times headline. yes, well, yes. you see, the ukrainians, so to speak, the leadership of ukraine believes that russia has already moved the wheels in the second phase to the offensive. although many analysts believe not. she will start soon. but it is not yet that she is on direct contact with us, yuriy podlyako. it is interesting that e our expert considers yuri ivanovich hello. thank you for coming to us. but your comment is it already there, the second phase, or is it the battle for the donbass , says zelensky, or not yet, according to american analysts. well, you know, in such cases i do not refer to me as analysts. i look at what is really happening at the front, and we will take the reality of the official summary of the ministry of defense of the russian federation, which was announced this morning, it says that 1260 points were hit e, well, or, basically, these are the points of contact of troops of the apu, there are warehouses. further, that is, it is about 5-6 times

more. what was it the day before. again, i read guys who are military correspondents working in the izyum area, for example, sasha kot. he says we are on the offensive. i read the reports of the zaporozhye direction. e. we also write to me that the offensive is underway, but if the new york time writes that there is no offensive. well, they probably somehow they think about it. what is an offensive, if there is a powerful blow, if there is a downward movement forward, then this is an offensive, or something like for example, i think that this second phase has already begun. it can have different intensities to be sure. uh. it can have different speed. uh, again, in order to enter the operational space, you need to break through the enemy defenses. this is always present in any military operation . well, what the night tells me tonight. uh, the residents of donbass are there, along the entire front line. a powerful artillery preparation began in the gorlovka region in the popasnaya area. well, where to the north there