one one more surgically i thank you very much for the high- quality analytics oleg kotkov, the defense express expert was in touch with us. thank you, oleg, see you again on our air with your young man. well , thank you very much, serhiy from gurtsi, we correspond with him. hmm and also an expert at defense express for your comments. well, what we have to do is literally take a second, then we won't say something like that . we retreat tomorrow we will attack all the issues in arms started for you tomorrow and now for your attention a news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of bbc newsone good evening we are from ukraine the great war of russia against ukraine has been going on for 90 days the resistance of ukrainian society has been going on for 90 days bbc not from ukraine tells everything what you need to know at the moment the

russians captured another city in the donbass, now they are concentrating the bombing on severodonetsk , a strategically important city in the east of the donbass , russia's aggression against ukraine, the top topic of the world economic forum in davos, the war in in ukraine, the political and economic landscape of europe will change dramatically for a long time, it is noted on the sidelines of meetings and we are monitoring the reaction to the first sentence of a russian soldier for war crimes in ukraine . a bbc film crew went to sumshchyna in the morning. the city of svetodarska, bakhmut district, donetsk

region, was under russian occupation. about the fact that the russians entered the city. said the head of the svetlodar military administration, now russian troops are concentrating their bombing on severodonetsk, a strategically important place in the donbas, british intelligence informs that the russian units are slowly advancing to meet each other. with the aim of encircling severodonetsk and lysychansk at once, according to the general staff, the russians want to go to the border of the luhansk region, and i am joined by the correspondent of the bbc-albi shundry, who monitors the situation on the albian front, and all attention is now focused on what is happening near severodonetsk and lysychansk, a so -called vice is being formed there and there is er hmm how clear is the situation there is a threat of encirclement now the distance between the russian flanks is only about 25 km i understand that there is a fog of war that it is difficult to say what exactly

is happening there but what do we know about the situation in north donetsk, the real alarm is now because the russian forces are trying to cut off the supply routes and surround the ukrainian group of course, that the russians are trying to clear the way for a further offensive and also to announce the capture control of the administrative territory of the luhansk region, the danger of the situation in north donetsk is also that the main route is already in the zone of artillery fire, the russian army has concentrated more forces here they are constantly bringing in ammunition for shelling , artillery continues to play a key role in the battles in donbas, the ukrainians have a tactical advantage in that they can use prepared defensive positions when defending themselves, the ukrainian troops previously managed to repel the enemy, but he is trying to build up his forces in order to succeed here , it will depend on how the ukrainian forces they planned to break the plan

of the enemy command, and he really wants to advance in alba. well, i also want to ask about how the last days of the territory of ukraine on different battles continued in areas of the front, the russian army engages aviation for assault strikes, but the effectiveness of the action of aviation, according to experts, is still restrained by the presence of air defense equipment in the ukrainian forces . objects of civil infrastructure in the cities of kramatorsk leman and sloviansk avdiyivka alpine and maryinka suspicious and russian artillery in russian the command has concentrated its main efforts to achieve success in donbas, however, a strong ukrainian group is improvising in donbas, which has gained a lot of experience during eight years of hostilities in the east of ukraine, thank you, thank you, my colleague, the correspondent of visil is more closely monitoring the situation on the fronts, and

now there is a rare opportunity to look into what is really happening in the russian-occupied territories of melitopol, a real guerrilla war broke out, reported the correspondents of ww-7 when russian troops arrived in the city in february in melitopol, they met fierce resistance from the local residents, when the russians began to crack down on the protesters, the resistance movement gained momentum, partisan groups appeared, how does the ukrainian partisan underground work , bbc correspondent abduzhelilabla-slov, according to the institute for the study of war, melitopol is an area where the partisan movement continues in march and the first zans are still active there. a week ago, it was reported that a russian armored train had come down a few days earlier , and the bodies of two russians would be found on the street soldiers at the end of april near melitopol blew up the bridge used to deliver supplies for

the russian army come on come on but these partisan resistance groups are only a small part of the movement in february and on the coast people took to the streets with ukrainian flags blocking the movement of the russian military now there are no such protests because the russians started detaining people and protest. it has become dangerous . i spoke with several residents who still remain in melitopol, they told me that the situation in the city is still difficult, but better than it was before, that the situation with a humanitarian disaster that they expected before is no longer there, that there is medicine, there is food in the city, and they said that the russian military is trying to please the locals, but all these people who openly criticize them are detained and kidnapped, and many local residents are now in a dilemma, they need earn money, but if they

return to work, does that mean that they are collaborators? for example, if a farmer starts to sow a field now, or russian soldiers come to the barber shop and the barber cuts their hair, and that really worries a lot of people there and the russian military is now trying to open schools , businesses, and shops to show that the russian government is a positive step, but the people i talked to said that they will not be broken and that they expect when ukraine visits their city well, it happened the day before the meeting of the country, a member of the group on military assistance to ukraine, after which

kyiv was promised cruise missiles with a shore-based launcher. but there are still few specifics about the multiple rocket launcher systems, which persistently asks kiev, without them, it will be difficult for the ukrainian army to launch a large-scale counteroffensive. and the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba, on twitter called on partners to speed up the supply of weapons and ammunition to ukraine. it is too early to conclude that ukraine already has all the necessary weapons. european territory since the second world war calls on partners to speed up the delivery of weapons and ammunition, especially reactive systems of long-range artillery salvo fire and apc wrote a lullaby and we continue also with the international reaction of russia's aggression against ukraine, the top topic

of the world economic forum in davos, the day before president zelenskyi spoke there, but now on the sidelines of the forum, it is agreed that the war in ukraine can radically change and can change the political and economic landscape for a long time not only in the region, and in the world in general, because russia's aggression is already turning into a global problem, and the most important thing about davos in natalka skopenko's plot for more than 50 years, davos has united the international the elite who exchange ideas here and jointly search for solutions to the world's most important problems, this time the war in the center of europe has become such a global problem, the president of the european commission, ursula fond, said that it is hard to believe that today it was possible to talk about war because the damos blow is the antithesis of war, according to her, countering russia's aggression is task for the entire world community ukraine must

win this war putin's aggression must be a strategic failure so we will do everything possible to help ukrainians win and take the future in their own hands, and at the same time, direct budgetary support is now needed in ukraine to save the economy, we are talking about pensions, we are talking about salaries , we are talking about basic services that need to be provided , so the european union has offered macro-financial assistance in the amount of 10 billion euros, this is the largest package ever assigned by the eu for countries beyond its borders, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg called on countries in response to russia's invasion to look beyond their own economic interests president putin's war against ukraine broke the peace in europe, this is a really fundamental change not only for european security, but also for the world order nato has two main missions in response to russian aggression to support ukraine and

to prevent the escalation of the war nato said putin wanted less nato on his borders and started a war now he gets more nato with the decision of finland and sweden to become members of the alliance so european security will not be dictated by violence and intimidation, prime minister of ispa petro sanchez - called for the unity of europe to counter the aggressor because, according to him, russia's invasion of ukraine is also a direct attack on the european union, names such as bucha or mariupol have become synonymous with barbarism and war crimes that can not go unpunished. men and women in the face of putin's brutal aggression, the energy of many

russia's war in ukraine is causing more than one global crisis , as polish president andrzej said in davos the threat of famine, the migration crisis and instability in many regions, if ukraine can not export its grain today, it is of crucial importance if it turns out that north africa is starving, that there is no grain supply, the whole of southern europe will experience gigantic migration pressure, not to mention the danger and serious instability of ukraine in north africa and in other parts of the world ukraine, one of the world's largest exporters, was unable to export almost 25 million tons of grain, which has already caused a sharp rise in world prices for food products, and this is only one of the economic consequences of russia's war in ukraine, which became the center of discussion in davos, the ukrainian

government announced in davos a proposal to direct the funds confiscated from russian oligarchs abroad to the reconstruction of ukraine 's economy. the prime minister of ukraine, yuliya svyridenko, the economic columnist bbc face spoke with her, islam, we need to rebuild some railway stations, we need to reconstruct the social infrastructure various enterprises that were destroyed and restore the country in general, and russia must pay for it, of course. of course, one more aspect is the frozen russian assets. we need to find a clear procedure for how to get these assets. do you want the west to seize the assets of the oligarchs of the state, currency reserves abroad and take them away? they were given to ukraine , they should be taken and given for reconstruction, this is the main idea, then it makes sense to look for other sources. we have

them, these are frozen russian assets, we just need to find a clear procedure for obtaining these funds and direct them to the reconstruction of ukraine, yachts, football clubs, take the money and pay for the reconstruction of residential buildings and businesses in your country, because otherwise, what is the point of freezing assets, seizing yachts, apartments, if the ukrainians will not be able to get anything from it, what will you say to those who ask exactly when we faced with huge inflation, rising prices for energy, gas , food, even with the prospect of famine in some countries, how far should we go on this path, we need to think about what to pay for as soon as possible if we can stop putin, then the situation in the world will normalize sooner ukraine has all this food that is extremely necessary in the world which is stuck in the ports and which cannot be taken out by road, what is needed from the west

to deliver it to the tables of people all over the world to help you and also prevent hunger in the world we need the help of international partners to ensure exports through the sea ports of the prohibition point of view find a way to build a corridor or find another way to enable ukrainian ships to export this product safely passage is so safe passage for ukrainians through ukrainian territory just like that through our territory and we will sum up the 90 days of war at the military and international level just now, but you are arguing from the first i want to cite one more comment of the head of ukrainian e-e military intelligence kyryll budanov he thinks that the active phase of the war will end by the end of the year and during this time, the

ukrainian army will not only liberate the territory occupied since february 24, but will also return the territories of the self-proclaimed republics of donbas under kyiv's control and enter the territory of crimea annexed by russia, this forecast is contained in bohdanov's great interview with ukrainian pravda about the current state of the war and its prospects. so let's talk on the phone, military expert oleg zhdanov e p olezhe thank you for taking the time to join us and i want to start immediately with the operational the situation in donbas, we already talked a little about it today in the program about the attempts of the russians to surround lysychansk to the north, how dangerous the situation is there, how dangerous it is to become a turning point for one or the other side, how great are the threats for russia to create these vices and surround the ukrainian group there. good evening. well, in fact, there is a threat of encirclement, but we are thinking

of all the means to prevent this from happening, to the point that the troops will withdraw in order not to get encircled. there will not be such a strategic change in the course of the hostilities . the only thing that can happen is that russia will make a... well, a political pr on the fact that they are performing tasks mainly for internal use, that they are performing tasks... military special operations that they seem to be conducting in ukraine and we just later well, we will agree a little more, the only and main condition for this statement to become a reality is the timely and in the necessary volume of the supply of weapons equipment for the armed forces of ukraine and then we

can really accomplish such a task. and to what extent is the presence of this western weaponry on the ukrainian fronts already noticeable? we have positive results in those areas where we use these types of weapons of western weapons, then we have a fire advantage over the enemy. well, i see the statement of the minister of foreign affairs who asks about the reactive systems of salvo fire about them, and i understand that now there are not enough specifics which weapons ukraine has not yet received, which are very necessary, well, in fact, we have only just begun to receive the first armored personnel carriers and the first artillery systems, and this is the same quantity that is calculated by tens of pieces. and we need the number that will be calculated is a hundred between pieces

a-a therefore, it is still ahead. we are waiting for when it will be, and we also need artillery and tanks and armored vehicles, well, any offensive weapons, in fact, we are going along the path of rearmament of the armed forces in order to achieve victory. and how many how much time do you give for the ukrainian army to be rearmed to the extent that it could? unfortunately, we lost it. army was rearming enough to be able to complete the war, well, first of all, it depends on the suppliers, the main supplier is our main supplier in the united states of america, if there are no bureaucratic delays about the bureaucracy and other things

, then we expect that by the second half of the summer we will already be ready to conduct a counteroffensive operation thank you thank you very much military expert oleg zhdanov about the situation at the front and the prospects for its development well, about another important topic at the meeting with the leaders of japan, australia and india which takes place in tokyo, us president jobaden said that due to russia's torrents in ukraine, the world is living the darkest hour of our common history. this was a quote. in the statement, biden's comment, for example, noted that there is no such invasion in asia, at the same time india refuses to directly criticize russia, what is happening in tokyo, why is it important for ukraine a report by bbcd correspondents in these shots,

an american fighter jet boards a japanese aircraft carrier, a historic moment for the first time in the last 70 years, japan has ordered 40 such aircraft and this is a new modern mogami-class frigate, it entered combat duty last month, the first of 22 such ships japan is slowly abandons the long seventy years of pacifism and the reason for this is very simple china after russia's invasion of ukraine ex-prime minister of japan shinzoabi warns that china's invasion of taiwan may be a disaster next taiwan is a disaster both for japan itself and for the american-japanese alliance. the president should realize this and refrain from false steps . model peugeot is a dynamic, lively democracy, but as in the case of ukraine, it is encroached on by a

much larger and stronger neighbor, i think. who would not was in power in china, either xi jinping or another successor in the communist party, are convinced that china must return taiwan. it is impossible to imagine that any chinese leader would abandon this position, they would simply be out of a job. if gave it up south of tokyo ships of the us seventh fleet are anchored next to the ships of their ally japan for many decades these ships guaranteed american dominance in the western pacific but times have changed russia's tournament in ukraine has presented two very inconvenient truths for the us and its allies here in asia, the first is that when china declares its intention to expel taiwan by force if necessary, it really intends to do

so . naval power demonstrated here in tokyo bay, it is not at all clear whether the us and japan will be able to stop it china's current military build-up is unprecedented in peacetime and many of these new weapons are designed specifically to defeat any us or japanese attempts to intervene in taiwan straits by 2030 china will have a significant military advantage and therefore everyone is most concerned that the chinese authorities will be tempted to use this military advantage at the meeting in tokyo this week the biggest task for the us and its allies will be how to explain to the chinese leader xizenping that, despite all his newly acquired military power , the use of force to capture and ivaniv will be the same disaster for him as the invasion of

ukraine was for president putin and we continue to monitor the reaction to the first sentence to a russian soldier for culpable crimes in ukraine, let me remind you that the solomian district court of kyiv sentenced a sergeant of the armed forces to the maximum penalty of life imprisonment for the murder of a ukrainian civilian vadym shishimarin's russia, today the bbc film crew went to sumshchyna to talk to the relatives and fellow villagers of the man killed by the russian soldier, do they feel that the sentence is fair, how will they be prepared for the possible exchange of ukrainian defenders, there have been battles here, but the land is still covered with the scars of war, this place is considered a war crime by a russian who became the first person sentenced to life imprisonment in this place by the hands of russian army sergeant vadym shishimayan,

a 62-year-old resident of the village of chupakhivka in sumy oblast was killed oleksandr shalipov, it happened literally dozens of meters from the front yard of his house, his widow, who was the first to find the body of the murdered husband, still lives here. we just talked to her. she seems to still not be able to imagine life without her husband, oleksandr. this is what she told us. of course, i wanted him to be like that , as they do something about our prisoners , if only one life would have been saved, the head would have been saved, there was a phone on the side and a bicycle on his feet, his head was broken, his brain this is scattered all over the place, this is my young people in the

family album, the usual peaceful couple in old photos, shelipov in his youth, kateryna’s husband in the uniform of a soviet soldier, no, after the card, there is nothing that in the future he will be mercilessly shot by a russian soldier, svyatoslav khomenko, dmytro vlasov , bbc, among more than 5 million ukrainians who left because of the war, there are dozens of talented young musicians , now they are forming a new youth orchestra of exiles, they were accepted by slovenia after the rescue mission, what are the best musicians of this small european countries held an actual middle of the night gifted ukrainians came from different parts of the country, in particular from the dnipro, kyiv, kharkiv, and most of them traveled with their mothers, brothers and sisters, but 14 of them went on this journey

. music in march she escaped from eastern ukraine together with her mother, sister and brother gleb musical instrument everything he brought with him except his favorite book and a swiss army knife was very heavy it was a very difficult journey when we got on the train we couldn't open the windows turn on the light it was dark and stuffy miroslava's road was also not easy when the war started i couldn't play anymore it was too scary for us we waited for the sirens so when she got the chance she ran away to slovenia miroslava alone out of more than 80 young musicians who were taken out, among

whom most of them are teenage girls, the older guy had to stay, i can't pick up a weapon to fight, but i can play and share my music, this rehearsal takes place with a conductor who, together with with her husband, she organized the evacuation of talented ukrainian teenagers. ziva ploipersukh is one of the most famous slovenian conductors. she says that the operation to evacuate young ukrainian musicians was as difficult as conducting the most difficult concert, but she felt that she simply had to do something. i have a son who is 7 years old. i can't imagine what is it like to run with him, a train with

one plastic bag can still catch a bear, a phone, documents and all documents, this is exactly what ani ta's best friends had to do magdalena, they are from kharkov and music heals other young musicians who are rehearsing a song for the president of slovenia eh when i sing even when he sings he feels warm inside music is my best friend some of them don't know when they will return home but for now they have something to do they work as musical ambassadors of ukraine, urgent notice, the most active phase of the war is taking place now, because it will be captured in the east, its summary was announced during the national gramophone , the spokesman of the ministry of defense said that's all for

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