today i am saying goodbye to you - it is the 96th day of russia's war against ukraine see you tomorrow glory to ukraine - this is a verdict program my name is serhiy rudenko good day and good health to all today is the 96th day of heroic ukrainian resistance to the russian occupation, the occupiers continue to

inflict rocket attacks and airstrikes on sumy oblast, kharkiv oblast, mykolaiv, zaporizhzhia in the mountains, trying to take severodonetsk, although unsuccessfully, heavy battles are being fought along the entire line of the eastern front, the ukrainian armory consists of 30,000,350 people, tanks, 149 units of armored combat vehicles 3,282 artillery systems 643 rocket launcher systems 205 anti-air defense means 96 aircraft 207 helicopters 174 automotive equipment 2,258 ships and boats 13 cruise missiles 114 drones 507 special equipment 48 units on the situation on the eastern and southern fronts of ukraine as of the morning of 30 may, the turning point in the war and the death of putin in the

british press today we will talk with our guests in the first half of the program we will have a military expert, a colonel of the armed forces of the forces of ukraine oleg zhdanov and in the second half of our program there will be an army general former head of the foreign intelligence service of ukraine mykola let us be in touch now oleg zhdanov and olezhe glory to ukraine thank you for participating in our program glory to the heroes congratulations let's start mr. olezhe 207 aircraft units, the enemy continues to suffer colossal losses in this war, what limit of these losses is permissible for russia and are such losses justified in view of the current position of the occupiers in our country. i think that there is no limit to losses for the russian federation and

uh, we should not hope that we will reach some kind of limit there, when russia will say that we cannot do more, they will fight to the last soldier , to the last tank, to the last plane why because here the struggle is for a new world order and if russia gets uh victory, then she will actually become the ruler of the world, there is a lot at stake here, and it is not worth expecting that there is a border. well, when you talk about the division of the world, we are talking not only about ukraine, but also about the presence of the russian federation in eastern europe in the eastern countries in europe, we know that december 30 this year marks the centenary of the founding of the soviet union, and we know that putin is quite symbolically trying to relate to all these dates and meticulously somewhere to these dates. does this mean that the russian federation will deploy its troops

not only on the territory of ukraine but also to threaten other countries of the former soviet union in order to renew or at least recreate some kind of mini soviet union before this anniversary date, i think so. recreating the soviet union before the anniversary date is one attempt, the fact is that the russian federation will issue an ultimatum to the west and as soon as well, if god forbid they get a victory there, this is the first reproduction of the soviet union, the second is an ultimatum to the west because russia is the hegemon and the main leader here politicians on the entire european continent. and by the way, it is precisely the understanding of such and such a situation that shows how much western countries are ready to support us, and especially those who understand what consequences and what serious

consequences may be as a result of russia's victory even by the way, the same mr. shultz, whom we constantly criticize for his vague position, uh, at the forum, succeeded and then in berlin, on the eve of the march in support of ukraine, he already clearly expressed his political position that oh-oh, ukraine must win over moscow must lose in this er in this war, they understand the er political consequences . and regarding the permissible army er, if someone hopes that russia will not have enough, then i will say so what are the reserves of the soviet union er that military equipment that was still in the soviet union it is calculated in the tens of thousands. well, according to the tanks in storage in the russian federation, in general, there are approximately 13 and

a half thousand tanks. that is, it is 10 times 3.5 thousand in combat formation, 10 times more than we have already destroyed on the territory of ukraine, so that is why we hope that they have a limit of losses, no. and by the way, look, we say there. for us, this is a crazy number, we think with you, how are civilized people and who put a person's life there as the most valuable thing that they have and for us 120 000 is a crazy number in russia only the operational reserve of the army is 2 million people, 2 million and you, i think that they are ready to sacrifice these two million for the sake of obtaining as putin said , this is not victory. that is, it is 5% now, 5% of what they have, and they still have 95% in reserve it remains correct , yes, the enemy, meanwhile, mr. olezhe continues to

attack severodonetsk, contradictory information also comes from the general headquarters of the armed forces of ukraine, and the russians claim that they are holding the city , our general says that they are unable to enter the city, or they enter behind in the northeastern suburbs and there are street fights, military expert serhiy zahorets says that it is very similar to a fight in a boxing ring when blows are delivered from one side with another blow what is happening around severodonetsk and what will happen if the russian federation nevertheless will capture the city and how will the events in the donetsk direction develop further? well, i would say that the fighting continues in north donetsk, in the very place today there are fierce street battles, and indeed you are right that there is no defined front line there because it they go along separate streets for separate quarters and

unfortunately, the enemy throws into the battle everything that is around and the advantage there is significantly with the enemy and not with our troops, but we inflict fire damage and, unfortunately, we retreat little by little we are retreating to midlinsk, well, i think that this will not affect the general situation, we still have the river siverskyi donets, which we can become such an obstacle in the way of the russian troops, and most likely it will become and there is the city of lysychansk, if in situations there will be e will be critical, then i think that the general staff will decide to withdraw the troops in the forest at the time of taking up the defense there and it will already be a strong point. it has military and defensive advantages over the advantages even compared to the city of severodonetsk and there we can

receive it as much as it will be possible to provide this grouping of our troops in the city of lysychansk, how likely is the scenario now when russia enters the administrative borders of the luhansk and donetsk regions and how will this affect the russian-ukrainian war well, i think that the probability looks like it exists, there is a threat, there is a withdrawal of russian troops, but the probability today is not so high, and why? because we still have ... we have a line that we can receive and hold the defense. by the way, in all other directions, from the right, from the left flank, or from the south, from the north, around the lysichansk-bakhmut highway, our troops have stopped the

enemy's offensive and to this day er russian the troops are regrouping and are still preparing to resume offensives in separate directions, at the same time, mr. olezh, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reports that the ukrainian army went into a counterattack in kherson, in the kherson region, the armed forces of ukraine struck a powerful blow against russian positions near the village of davydiv brid, as my colleague and journalist andriy tsaplienko writes, judging by the fact that the russians had a large stockpile of ammunition here for several hours in a row, under what conditions, mr. olezhe, can the ukrainian army not only develop success in the kherson region and and consolidate this success, well, look, i, if we went into the counteroffensive, it means that there are forces and means that allow us to do it, by the way, this is very um,

i would say such a significant counteroffensive that can affect the situation in general on a-and on the right bank of the dnipro river if we cut into two parts e-e this grouping that was on the right bank of the dnieper then the issue of liberation or the issue of e-e encirclement will become the issue of encircling the group of russian troops at a crooked corner and e-e actually there will be a semi-encirclement of the city of kherson well, for us, this is very important and the conditions could have been created under due to the creation of reserves and their transfer to that direction, as well as the strengthening of the fire capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine, and due to the supply of western models, british development reports that russia has suffered in ukraine devastating losses among junior and middle-ranking officers, which will lead to a decrease in the

effectiveness of actions and a further drop in the morale of the russian army. reports that there are localized riots among the russian troops in ukraine, there is a lack of experienced and reliable platoon commanders herod, we should expect a further decrease in morale and poor discipline, there is a report that those who were drafted into the army and who were sent to the front from the so-called lpr and the dpr are also rebelling against the situation at the front and today there was a report that there were even skirmishes between those who were mobilized from the self-proclaimed republics and those who were brought from of the russian federation. to what extent can these internal vicissitudes of the russian army affect the morale of the russian army? and, accordingly, on their ability

to advance and fight with the ukrainian military. in general, the system of military management and, e.e., military personnel, private and non-commissioned officers, they simply go to waste in terms of the fact that there is no one to implement the orders that come from above by the way, that's why the officers are dying because discipline and morale are very low, they are forced in the front ranks to force the soldiers to carry out the orders and to put these orders into practice and then the army will disperse if there are not enough junior officers, the army will disperse, you are prematurely graduating from military schools, he will not save the situation because, uh, that young guy who will come with lieutenant's shoulder straps, he is not yet

a commander, he just received the rank of officer, he uh, he should become a commander for a few years of being in the army, and he does not have the ability to attack such an attack, they will be thrown here, in front of us, on the front line, and we will need to make decisions today and now, and this will worsen the situation even more, they will make mistakes, the rank and file will be angry with them and to pour out this anger on the feet in any way , up to the use of weapons, and we are still approaching the point when the first contract ends and the short-term contracts signed by the rank-and-file members of the armed forces of the russian federation for 90 days from now these people will demand a rotation in the russian federation, there is no such possibility to carry out a rotation with these servicemen and it will be another wave of non

-responders who will refuse to take part in hostilities in connection with the end of their contract, friends, we work in live on several platforms at the same time on the espresso tv channel, as well as on youtube and facebook, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube and facebook, please ask a question to our guest colonel oleg zhdanov reserve of the armed forces of ukraine, the military expert already has the first questions. oleg valentyna rakitina, who is watching us live now, asks you to listen, it is not clear how you can defeat an enemy who exaggerates dozens of times and who has many times more weapons than we will leave our soldiers in boilers to fend for themselves and then thank the fallen. by the way, i want to remind you that in almost 100 days of war, not a single cauldron, not a single encirclement and not a single defeat of the armed forces of ukraine took place. this is not not 2014, er, completely different commanders and they are not

cooperate with the enemy, and this is the main thing, that's why the armed forces maintain their combat capability and the ability to liberate our territories, as for the enemy, who is outnumbered, so fighting not with numbers, fighting with intelligence, and we have a smart experience that is much better and much more, so let's see and uh, we're talking with you about the low morale or the morale of the servicemen of the russian federation, the demoralization and reduction of military discipline due to the fact that there is no ideology of this war, well, they are watching in russia tv and they are ready to go there to fight after the first combat clash, they are already thinking about how to get home and when we will inflict fire damage on them, i very much doubt that there will be much resistance on the part of the russian troops regarding

the defense of those borders that they are today by the way, you don't need to pay attention to this . by the way, let's talk about weapons. ukraine is getting ground-based launchers and the corresponding number of anti-ship missiles harpoons. this was announced by the minister of defense of ukraine oleksiy reznikov let's listen to a short video, well, we will receive ground-based launchers and, accordingly, the number of harpoon missiles that, in addition to the data, are provided by our friendly countries, such as the united kingdom and the netherlands, and i think that countries will join this . set up just to defeat the a-a naval component of our enemy in the black sea so that we finally release including and establish the freedom of litigation by internationally recognized laws

that's why we are waiting for the moscow cruiser to go to the bottom of the black sea. more ships and there will be additional diving sites where i invite everyone after the victory. it is true that these anti-ship missiles will be able to be launched from the territory of the mykolaiv region, for example, and they will reach occupied sevastopol, are we talking about the black sea? no, as far as i know. by the way, the head of the of the military administration of the kyiv and odesa regions. there they showed the probable zone of damage by harpoon missiles. if they come to you in the form of missiles with a launch range of up to 300 km, the

city of sevastopol will fall completely into the zone of damage. so we will be able to traverse sevastopol we can sink the russian ships when they appear in the zone in the zone of damage of our already our missile complex to what extent does this component naval component in russia remain strong, taking into account the fact that, well, in access to the black the sea is blocked by turkey, the fact is that even the access to the bosphorus is blocked, it does not reduce, to date, the number of missiles of the chornomorsk caliber from the personnel of the black sea fleet of russia can contain up to 54 missiles, and this is meant at the same time, therefore, for us this is an existing threat, and it is good that it is not increasing today due to the fact that turkey blocked the bosphorus for the passage of warships of the russian federation from

other fleets of other fleets. he supports ukraine and announced the provision of weapons to ukraine and assured that putin will not win, you already mentioned this, let's listen to what the chancellor of germany said, we are with you, our hearts, our thoughts are with you today and every day since russia attacked your country, we shake hands with our friends and partners, we provide help so that your economy does not collapse, we send weapons to ukraine, the long-standing german traditions of not providing weapons to anyone are being violated, 80,000 ukrainians found refuge in germany, we welcomed them with arms after the war, we will help rebuild ukraine because the war will end, putin will not win we remember those who laid down their heads resisting

russian aggression, those who were wounded, those who lost their homes, those who suffered from rockets and projectiles from russia in the fight against tyranny , against oppression, we are together united around ukraine, we stand for the rule of law, for human dignity , for freedom, for democracy, that's what olaf scholz says. well, it's clear that we have hopes for american weapons, as well as weapons from our partners who have united in the conditional group rammstein at the airbase in germany and have already held talks twice about the future of ukraine, and also these 40 or more defense ministers from all over the world say that russia should not win this war. we will do everything to ensure that ukraine receives weapons on time at the same time president zelenskyy says that we are not getting these weapons enough and not quickly, we need heavy weapons, especially in donbass,

e.p. to stretch out and how it will affect the offensive of the russians and their advance - their superiority, which they are still trying to demonstrate in the east and the south, see the main amount of weapons should not reach us within the framework of the lns program and not within the framework of the aid program to ukraine, unfortunately, aid in aid that's what scholz is talking about. it's help, it's not english, and there the amount of weapons is calculated by individual copies, well , a little bit, sometimes by tens of units. well, with the exception of our partners from eastern europe, yes. there is help, which is represented by uh, hundreds of units of uh, weapons, that is why we, through the main

main, deliveries will begin within the framework of the langle program, as of today, they have already been shipped, part of the first wave of lend-lease has been shipped, part is already on its way to uh, ukraine, and i think that if we talk about the time frame, then the first wave should begin to arrive in ukraine somewhere in june, so that during june, until the end of june, we can receive more or less the necessary amount of weapons in order to start forming new units and parts of the counter-offensive group, well, putin and his army cannot fail to understand this. and they will use this time to gain some advantage, what can be expected from the russians in this period. i think that the russians now when well, when they run out of offensive potential in the east

of ukraine, namely in the luhansk region, and it is already starting to run out, then they will be forced to take an operational break in order to try to form new reserves for of a new wave regarding the resumption of the offensive on our territory, and there will be a kind of race to see who will be the first, or we will form, receive weapons and form a counter-offensive group, or they will have time to form an offensive group, and more precisely, reserves for the formation of an offensive group. this is such a race on my the view will continue in june and possibly even in july, against the background of what is happening in the eastern and southern fronts, we see what a tense situation remains in the same sumy region as from the territory of the russian federation airstrikes and missile strikes are carried out on the territory of the

ukrainian state in the sumy region, partly there from the north, in the chernihiv region, in the kharkiv region, this is a distracting maneuver by the russians in order to draw back our armed forces of ukraine and force them along the border to defend themselves from russia, or is this some specific plan in order to to launch an offensive in the same sumy region or in chernihiv region well, i think that this is a diversionary strike why because they do not form an offensive group there there is no large concentration of whiskey they do not accumulate unfortunately, we still do not have a political decision regarding the response or repulse of these strikes, and we are still repeating the mistake of 14-15 years ago. well, all the previous years. when we unilaterally did not return fire and simply silently

suffered losses, which we continue to do now. unfortunately , in my opinion, it is necessary to act, and it is necessary to curtail these actions and return fire and inflict damage on the enemy, otherwise it would be an endless song . with the beginning of the great war of russia against ukraine, well, at least my relatives who live in this region say that these tank columns calmly entered the russian and the columns entered a ten-kilometer tank column went through the village and went in the direction of kyiv, and we understand that there between ukraine and russia was a conditional border, that is, through fields, villages, and forests, it was possible to safely enter the territory of the ukrainian state . in your opinion, does the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine take this danger into account now, because it is clear that in

in the east, in the south, it is clear what the situation is, but in the northeast, it is not quite clear. how to act, well , suddenly they will somehow, at least in a small group , invade the territory of ukraine. so, i think that it is quite clear, the first and the second are understandable, we already have real experience 24 february ago uh, and that's why, by the way , we are talking to you about the fact that our troops are located along the border. we are forced to uh, leave troops there and strengthen the border in terms of engineering in order to prevent the breakthrough of russian troops into the territory of ukraine for the second such campaign it won't be there anymore, the conclusions have been made and the borders will be equipped in accordance with the requirements for the line of defense. by the way, this is an answer to the question sometimes asked that we have almost 700,000 people under arms , but where are our armed forces ? let me remind you that

we have almost 3,000 km of border with belarus and russia , and we are forced to keep 1,300 km of them for our own people, of which there is a front line where we are constantly fighting, and that is where the main force, the main number of armed forces are concentrated, but the rest of the border is we must also maintain, and that is why our troops are spread out along this border in relation to belarus in relation to the russian federation, by the way, about belarus, because during the last week there were a lot of statements and warnings that belarus could be used, including by the military in an offensive in the north on our northern border. we saw how lukashenko held a meeting and he talked about what needs to be created, but they brought out a lot of such information that was

interpreted as a possible intention of lukashenko and, accordingly, putin to attack the northern borders of ukraine for that, again, in order to strengthen the offensive actions of russia in the luhansk and donetsk directions, what do you think , will lukashenko decide to join the war of russia against ukraine directly with his troops, because it is clear that he is not like that the co-author of this putin war, but until now the belarusians have not fought in ukraine, well, my friend, i am more inclined to think that belarus is unlikely to enter the war. forced to keep there part of the troops and forces, the only thing that is alarming is the car