from odesa, they began to take away concrete structures installed after february 24 for the defense of the city . of the military administration and children according to the recommendations, the word radio svoboda is freedom, my name is vlad and lazur, we speak on the pages of radio svoboda on facebook and youtube, as well as on the air of the tv channel espresso, among other things, we are currently talking about the sixth package of sanctions against russia, the situation around the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate and the counteroffensive in the kherson region, but we will start with the events in the east of the country, the russian army

will continue to try to capture the entire donetsk and luhansk regions, according to the latest report of the american institute for the study of war, russian troops although they continue to advance to the southeast from the raisin, but have not yet made any serious advance to slovyansk donetsk the report of the region says that radio svoboda correspondent maryan kushnir works in donetsk region. the day before, he was in bakhmut. maryan is in touch with us . my greetings, maryana, what is your situation, just before this inclusion, an air alarm siren happened. we are now in kostyantynivtsi and here it is regular regarding what the situation is in bakhmut. over the weekend, i visited one of the battles conducted by the ukrainian military in order to occupy the heights of mrs. me. the e military was subjected to such a dense

artillery bombardment as well as a rocket strike, and the russian troops used aviation and helicopters. at the same time, the part of the area that was necessary for the military to repel the russian forces from the bahmut was occupied, they occupied the commanding heights where it was necessary and conducted such operation. of course, it is not without losses, this is known, but the number of those who died and were injured is currently being specified. while i was at the scene of the events, i saw that during the battle itself, the ukrainian the military was fired upon by various types of artillery , which actually hit so hard that the military was a little shocked, but actually this is all a picture, this is a picture of what is happening around the donetsk and luhansk regions . the situation in north donetsk and

lysychansk is the luhansk region, these are already such cities that have not yet been captured, but they are one of the largest disruptions in the luhansk region, and there are currently controlled by russia by force, and russian troops are trying to encircle the ukrainians troops at the same time, how did i find out that ukrainian troops have reached the border that will allow them to push back and not allow the russian troops to be encircled, well, in addition, the russian troops are trying to shell as much as possible all possible approaches, all roads to lysychansk, today it is known that russian troops shelled lysychansk, where journalists and police officers were located, who were evacuating the civilian population, a french journalist was killed, this is the biggest hot hole, where is the russian military advancing it is already known that they are actually trying to do three such mishka or three such cauldrons as it is commonly called, and this is donetska lysychanska, this

is another bag in the bakhmut area. well, there is a third one in the avdiivka area. ukrainian troops have come out, in particular, various units have come to the line, which repels the russian forces and does not allow them to advance further, that is, the line has practically stabilized . in particular, the same bahmut and actually the fighters do not lose heart and are ready to defend the situation for the time being, i visited under the neck where there are also possible breakthroughs of the russian troops, an attack is also possible and i talked to the guys with the military and asked them what do they actually think about the situation and are they ready to restrain russian aggression in the future, let's listen, just listen

. this is how you are now . artem's music is going on among themselves. meanwhile, we are watching and transmitting. if somewhere we hear some movement of equipment has started, this is what's next, it's not up to us. we are watching because here today and yesterday we heard something like that canada was here and it was a turntable yes and a plane of planes the plane was in a neighboring position here they are there they are very much the guys are hiding the situation in the donetsk region uh, it remains difficult and in fact here where

we are, this is the place where the front line is actually calm and not affected, the fighters explain that the forces controlled by russia and the russian troops are interested in other flanks, flanks to the left and right, that is, to go to bakhmut and avdiyivka, these are the directions now the most artillery fire is heard here , and at the moment the military is ready to hold the defense lines here, explaining that if there is a distracting maneuver, they will try to enter this area, but the military says they are ready for such and such events, everyone's mood is the same. give it a scratch , that is, if it was, for example, 8 years ago, when it all started with the little green men and so on. when everyone was shocked, no one understood what was happening . maybe they have succeeded in something so far, since

is it already small? the number of repulsed attacks prevents them from moving forward, the guys understand that they are standing now, they are doing the right thing, that their actions matter. reflect diplomatic agreements they always have the right to be this, no one refuses from this, but i will specify on ukrainian terms on ukrainian terms on our terms because when you see it in the news now they accuse ukraine of the fact that they committed atrocities in

buch, it is possible to negotiate with such people. no, we have to say yes to them. we must select them from the last strength because, well, there is no turning back. if we miss this moment, you know this unity. to protect and now at this moment it is impossible to drop it was a report by maryan kushnir from donetsk region well, now to luhansk region in north donetsk fighting is already going on in the streets of the city, the russian army is advancing into the populated area, this was reported today the head of the luhansk region, serhiy gaidai, currently the russian army fired at a car that was going to pick up people from the region, as a result, a credited

french journalist was killed who was making a story about the evacuation of people, the removal of people would have been officially stopped , gaidai said, according to him, the critical infrastructure of severodonetsk has been destroyed by almost 100%, 90% of housing has been damaged, and more than half which is not subject to restoration, gaidai also reported that the city of lysychansk, which is literally 15 km from severodonetsk, remains under the control of ukraine and the lysychansk bakhmut highway is under intense fire and it is dangerous to move along it, and we are talking about the situation at the front and not only about this, we are talking with the military journalist yuriy butusov, we are in touch yuriy, we congratulate you i congratulate you i know that you have been working in the east of the country for a long time already as far as i i understand that you are not working on this, we will also talk a little later, but i want to ask you where in the east the situation is the most critical, the most dangerous, and how events may unfold there in the coming days,

the situation in the east is critically dangerous has been going on for more than three months, because all this time there are very heavy battles, very heavy shelling by the russian federation, and of course there is a very difficult situation everywhere in such a small place, there is no main direction of the enemy's efforts, now contact battles are going on, the enemy is trying to quickly take control of north donetsk and the main e- the main direction of the russian attack is now the lyman district and the bakhmut district of north donets, contact battles are going on. but the main danger is the efforts of the russian troops strike with blow from the district of popasnaya to capture the district of bakhmut solidar and at the same time knock out our troops completely from the estuary from that side of the seversky donets

in order to again create opportunities for directing crossings through the seversky donets and for the task of a style strike on our bakhmut on our bakhmut group. therefore, it continues now active hostilities, the situation is very difficult, our soldiers are fighting very fiercely and the situation is constantly changing, our troops maintain high motivation, high organization, controllability, and we we are fighting a very difficult battle, despite the great technical advantage of the enemy in terms of ammunition, which is still in stock. i just wanted to ask you what the ukrainian military lacks for a powerful counteroffensive, this ratio is

quantitative . we need to think not about the counteroffensive , we need to think about inflicting damage and defeating the strike groups of the russian federation, unfortunately, we have the word counteroffensive at the moment the political narrative that is thrown into the information space is being thrown in, i understand why the government is doing it to raise spirits and motivation, but well, for the fourth month of the war , i now consider such excessive optimism to be unnecessary, the society has already rallied, the situation is strategic in our favor , the strategic initiative is developing, ukraine owns but we have to be realists believe that realism consists in the fact that instead of words, it is an outline offensive to some large-scale counteroffensive

. we are not yet ready, objectively speaking, but we are ready for that, we must prepare for that to inflict in a defensive battle to defeat the advancing russian groups to inflict a fire impression large losses that will make them sky capable and take them out of the explosions from the map this is what we need to talk about in the current report to the daily eye british intelligence said and wrote that the russian troops suffered very heavy losses among officers junior and middle level and they say that because of this their effectiveness is greatly reduced, tell me what you can tell about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the russian army to what extent the russian army is motivated already in the east, the russian army has changed its tactics, now they understand that the first is to crush, quickly cut

off ukraine's communications, disrupt our mobilization, they failed to fire their ballant, the second was to bring the political leadership to surrender, the third plan to terrorize the ukrainian people by firing victims, destroying the economy, infrastructure failed and failed even operational plans to encircle our most combat- capable active army in donbas, now the russian army understands that strategic operational the plans have failed ukraine is more powerful than they planned for themselves they have now taken up the tactics so the tactics the tactics have undergone significant changes the enemy has abandoned large-scale offensives in large columns over a large area at speed abandoned

the practice of concentrating very large forces in certain narrow areas now they are trying to act slowly they use more maneuver by fire and not by fire and not maneuver of units and try to impose on us a battle of attrition, the purpose of which is to inflict damage and the destruction of the elimination of our combat-capable units, primarily those operating on the front line, and this is also you because the search and destruction of our artillery is destroyed, that is, the enemy is now inflicting fire damage on our most combat-capable unit, there

is a tactic in this, that is why he is not in a hurry, he does not have the opportunity already ukrainian soldiers deprived the russians of the possibility of quick offensives, but because of that, the war and the battle does not become less fierce, it does not become more stable. that you were banned from visiting military units on the front lines and as far as i understand, the ban is still in effect to this day, i understand everything correctly, or has something changed? this is absolutely correct. please note that i wrote that this ban is unofficial . she does not listen to the people, and in writing it is not formalized in any way, there is no formal

reason to challenge her. to demonstrate that, despite the wide publicity, the government , the ministry of defense, the office of the president, the freedom council, these actions do not in any way give a word about the presidents of ukraine, but i have already made a statement, no clarifications, no messages, then are there any calls, i guess who and why i visit the front, of course do you understand that the military in which, to be honest, this outraged me very much, and of course i kept in touch and everyone says that this is a political decision of the president's office that was brought to the military and they are required to make this decision because the authorities don't like that i'm on the front line, i really cover the situation there, and

even more so, i allow myself to say such things that i really like, for example, the main conflict. why did the ban arise ? the possibility, according to the statute of the internal service of the armed forces, to use cheese as a disciplinary measure for causing the death of servicemen, that is, the use of weapons as a disciplinary measure, of course, this law regarding what well, i said that, i wrote now a big post that had a lot of publicity that this is extalinian order 227, i don't take a step back, that i said that it is immoral, instead of deploying

the troops in time, the territorial defense, the reserve, conduct their training or organize necessarily minimal training before because now the troops are sending unprepared people to the front, instead of that, the deputies who do not solve this issue want to punish unprepared unarmed people who are thrown into battle against one of the most armed countries in the world yuriy but i understood it. but i will say simply for the understanding of our viewers that the law and the draft law were ultimately withdrawn by you, i saw that they gave an ultimatum to the office of the president, saying either cancel the ban on my visiting advanced positions or i will tell you about yours and will investigate your numerous mistakes, inaction and something else, yes, of course i have it now. since my time was taken away from my work at the front, i

understand that the problem is now. my example shows that the problem in power is very big in our troubles and instead of solving these problems, the authorities want to silence these problems, the problems related to the training of reservists, the deployment of new units , the lack of some types of weapons, that is, i understand that this is simply such pressure on journalists, because i want to remind you that in my emptiness, maryana bezula is not she said that she is filing a complaint against me with the law enforcement agencies. she did not give any facts. what exactly am i violating? why should i be taken? what measures should be taken? but she used her official position to say why the sbu will not do anything. zbutusov that is, this is said by a person who has the power

to control the powers and she threatened the security service of ukraine in her post, it is important to note that if it does not do something and it is not specified what exactly is possible illegal influence, then yes, she will demand the restart of the security service and she will consider its rotten structure, thank you very much, i will only say that we are ready to give a word to the security service of ukraine and the president's office about this situation that has developed around the journalist yuriy butusov yuriy butusov, journalist, military correspondent, chief editor editor censor.net was in touch with us thank you very much thank you not about the situation in luhansk region let's talk further with us in touch oleksandr stryuk head of the military-civilian administration of north donetsk and my greetings to you, what is the situation in the city, well, the situation is quite difficult but it is controlled by our armed forces, yes

, a breakthrough was made into the city, several blocks were captured by russian troops, but over time, battles continue. i hope that the situation will be leveled out and that the city will remain under control. will remain under the control of the armed forces of ukraine, but as far as i understand, the fighting is already going on in the very place on the streets of severodonetsk, that is, the russian military entered the city on the outskirts of the city, the outermost quarters, the fighting is going on, the evacuation is officially canceled , right after today with the journalist. stopped because , well, it is quite dangerous. as you can see, it is dangerous for everyone who takes part in this, including for those who are being evacuated, then in what conditions does the civilian population that remained in in the city, if there is already fighting going on in some streets,

what options do the authorities have? well, they are almost minimal to maintain contact and provide some basic assistance, but it is still quite complicated. how do you think the situation will unfold in the coming days? well, we hope that our armed forces will leave the city under control and you will knock out the other invaders from here and there will be no some journalists in particular and natives of severodonetsk they say that the regional local government downplays the problem that they say the city is actually already surrounded that they have fully entered there the russian military, so that you can answer them. well, how can i answer what is really happening, there was a breakthrough into the city, and the russian

military found it and the mir hotel, and this is a few blocks away in nova, in the new part of the city. street battles are going on and they are being fought, but no one threw the city into the city, they continue to defend themselves and everything will be done to liberate them from the russians . mariupol captured by russia created the association of women of steel, according to the mothers of sisters and wives of captured soldiers, the organization will deal with the communication of the relatives of the defenders of mariupol and with the authorities, in addition, the relatives of the ukrainian soldiers called on the international community to help bring home the healthy soldiers and the bodies of those who died for the last time on may 17, my husband got in

touch, it is currently unknown what happened to him, where he is, is he alive , was he not tortured or subjected to torture on that day, on may 17, my husband wrote me a terrible the message that out of 32 comrades in the platoon with whom he served before, 24 died, we must return our heroes home as soon as possible we must have guarantees of the fulfillment of the geneva conventions and today here we are talking about the living, the prisoners, the wounded, the missing, the missing, the dead, the deported, and today we announce the creation of a council of wives and mothers of defenders of ukraine women of steel this council

will be a mediator between relatives and the authorities in the office of the absent prosecutor general announced suspicions against three members of the private military campaign wagner and five servicemen from the 37th separate motorized rifle brigade of the eastern military district of the russian federation are accused of harsh treatment of the civilian population, in particular, of the murder of the entire family of the headman of the village of motyzhyn in the kyiv region, radio svoboda correspondent taras levchenko went to him for a week to find out the details of these crimes here in motyzhyn the russian occupiers had a headquarters in the kyiv region, it was there that they brought captured local residents without armed forces, interrogated them and tortured them. found himself in the forest in the neighborhood in a mass grave , the investigation established 8 victims and there may be more , says mykhailo storozhenko, a terrorist sapper

was in the village all the time of the occupation. i saw how its people were tortured, beaten in chairs, arms and legs broken. you will never forget this. what we are standing against. now, against the background of this house behind you. here lived a wonderful family, a wonderful family, the headman of the village, suhen goli, petrivna, no husband and son, who was 25 years old at the time. i stayed a daughter who does not know how she will survive all this is footage of the exhumation of the bodies of the sukhenko family from a mass burial for the purpose of investigative examinations, according to the office of the prosecutor general, in front of the mother's eyes, the son was first shot in the leg and then killed with a shot to the head

. the husband of the village headman and herself were similarly tortured what did mrs. olga and her family do during the occupation? she gave out all the food to the population. there were volunteers who tried to get here. they brought it to her and she sorted it all and handed it over to local residents. he directly dealt with medicines . he ordered them as soon as he needed them. on march 23, they drove by. they drove by. they drove by. they drove to our place on the street. first they searched, and then they came and took them away . first, the old woman was taken away by 100 men, and an hour later they came and took away the son of the russian military, who was seen by mr. mykhailo on the streets of the village. from about 20 to 25 years from dagestan, buryatia, from there, from that region of russia, the eternal axis

spoke against us, our intelligence made an ambush near a local pond, they broke up their column, which was one wounded, we found him, we talked to them for 20 years, he was from dagestan, he said that he was in training, i don't know how long he was supposed to kill people, go out into the streets, it was impossible who was on the street, they were just the first to kill the boy , the father and the doctor wanted to save him and take him to makarov, they killed all three of them, shot the car together with his wife and two daughters. during the occupation, mykola mykhailovych sat in the cellar for whole days and did not leave the estate until march 19. from our house, i saw

two armored personnel carriers walking along the parallel street, followed by soldiers. i jumped out and through the gate and looked. i saw what it was , what it was. i was scared because they were constantly shooting in the yards and i thought that they were killing the population when i shouted for everyone to gather quickly and run to the pond, there is grass and weeds there, and they would not have started us, and in the middle of the way, shots rang out in the back , mykola mykhailovych yaroslav's eldest daughter lagged behind her relatives, a stream of blood flowed from her chest along with the bullet. she screamed and fell. i began to cover the wound with my hand. soldiers ran up and began to ask why we ran away. i said, well, you started shooting, we ran away.