introduced a powerful package of sanctions and there will always be some historical reports of disagreements on any specific issues. but when it comes to the strategic direction of us as e-e partners in europe, this is, and once again, i invite you to look at these issues that we raised since last fall greetings - this is freedom life my name is vlasta lazur in our languages ​​on the pages of radio svoboda on facebook and on youtube, as well as on the air of the espresso tv channel, around 1:30 p.m. russia launched a missile strike from an airplane on the territory of the shalygin community the head of the sumy regional military administration, dmytro zhivitskyi, said that six rockets had previously been fired, the data on the destruction and casualties are currently being verified, the russian

army controls 70% of severodonetsk, the head of the luhansk region serhii gaidai reported this this morning , according to him, part of the ukrainian troops retreated to more advantageous positions, the other part continues fighting inside the city, it is impossible to bring humanitarian cargo to severodonetsk, evacuation from luhansk region will continue to be suspended. well, british intelligence in its daily report notes that russia's ground operations remain very concentrated and the main firepower is concentrated in a small sector of the luhansk region. in particular , oleksandr stryuk, head of the city, talks to us about the situation in north donetsk of the military-civilian administration of severodonetsk , i wish you a good day. what is the situation on the spot? it

is possible that something has changed in the morning. the situation on the spot continues to be quite difficult and tense . street battles are taking place. our troops are occupying defensive positions and are trying to capture it is quite difficult for the russians, because in my future the shelling does not stop if most of the city is already occupied, as reported by british intelligence and heyday also reported in the morning in the morning, do you know what is happening in the occupied part of the city, in particular with civilians, so far, nothing is happening. because the situation in the city is quite tense, there are active hostilities, local

residents are trying to find shelters, for the most part. well, except for certain situations there. at the same time, however, the information that comes in means that people are trying not to leave the premises at all. what will the capture of north donetsk mean for you, if they capture the city council ? the symbolism here is inappropriate, it is clear that the whole city is a number or we are a part of it are receiving uh by our armed forces, but everything is being done in order to gain a foothold and push the russian troops out of the city. well, if we talk about all this, the administrative buildings there, the city council is still under the control

of ukraine, no at present, this is a territory temporarily occupied by russian troops. please tell me whether the armed forces of ukraine from the city, as far as i know, the armed forces of ukraine are holding the defense in the old part of the city and are trying so that there would be an opportunity to go on the offensive and push back . how do you think the events will develop in the coming days in the coming hours? maybe you have some predictions or thoughts about this? i hope that uh, we will get the city and we will have the opportunity to return it in the long-term perspective , this also applies to the short-term

perspective, since the battles for the place continue . and you can go back to the administrative buildings in more detail. the north donetsk city council was occupied by the russian military. i understood correctly . according to my information, there is no one in the city council. the city council has no one . the building stands by itself. and where did the russian military set up some headquarters or where do they make decisions from? well, you know, i am not a military intelligence officer. i can answer you, i understand when you are very welcome. oleksandr stryuk, the head of the city military-civilian administration of north donetsk, told about the

latest news from the city, thank you, 60-100 ukrainian soldiers die every day at the front, and another 500 receive injuries, said president volodymyr zelenskyi in an interview with the american newspaper news max. the ukrainian president emphasized that the most difficult situation is in the east of ukraine, and we are in touch with oleksandr musienko, head of the center for military and legal research . can it be said that one of the reasons for such a large number of dead, in particular in the east, is the lack of weapons that ukraine still can not wait for from its partners? and the lack of weapons, more precisely, i would say not the lack even. and obviously, we are getting what we would like in an incomplete amount, and let's say not in the time frame, because we cannot complain about

the lack. because in fact, our partners continued and continue to support it by sending various types of weapons, but in addition to the fact that there is a situation related to the fact that russia has thrown a large military resource, many of its forces, to capture precisely from north donetsk, precisely on attacks in the east, that is, attacks in the lyman direction, in particular on they are trying to regroup in the direction of izyum in order to build up their capabilities and the ability to launch offensive operations south of slavyansk in donetsk region, that is, russia has now thrown large resources to the east and thrown a large amount of artillery, a large amount of rocket artillery, created tanks, uses aviation as well iskander launches ballistic missile strikes from belgorod oblast, and of course our military and

defense forces have to resist large enemy forces therefore, this is one of the reasons, and it is all complex, because it is not only a matter of weapons, but also of the fact that russia throws large resources before, they threw these resources in different directions, more let's say differentiated, if you can use such a term, in this case they tried to attack in several directions actively at the same time and now they focused on smaller directions to attack specific cities and then move from them to connect their groups and therefore this is another reason well and one of the reasons and what was and earlier it is that russia uses its weapons absolutely indiscriminately, its ammunition, its artillery, delivering destroyer strikes directly on cities where people still live, where citizens still remain, and in this way destroying the cities in fact, and

under such conditions it becomes quite difficult, let's say, to keep them from conducting hostilities there. that in some places ruins remain in some areas and of course that as a result of this our forces in some places decide to retreat to more fortified positions to conduct such tactical manners in order to to continue to repel the occupiers from the best positions, yes, yes, well, local battles are going on there, the situation is quite difficult, and russia has thrown a large number of units trying to completely capture this city. ukrainian forces are still in a certain part at certain positions , continuing the resistance let's put it this way, the situation is really difficult, and let's say that it is becoming more and more difficult to hold the city in full because russia is

sending additional units. the armed forces of ukraine are not leaving there yet. no, they are not leaving. no, they are not there, they are not suitable, but the fighting is actually going on. well, already in the very limits of the city. well, there are already russian units there, which are on the approaches and in the limits of the city, and there they go. battles, well, our forces there still have a chance to drive the russian army away from the russian military corps, or is it just us now, this is ukraine for the ukrainian side there, this issue is possible to win, it’s just time to delay, you know, everything depends on how the nearest is not even a few days, but a few hours the situation there will develop, it will depend on how much our forces are making it possible . i know this for sure in order to hold, but the situation is in dynamics and everything will depend in the next few hours on how realistically it will be

held and whether, let's say, it will be expedient, already taking into account the whole set of these factors which we talked about holding or is it possible to retreat to more fortified positions from there continue to deliver devastating blows upwards. of course. well, american president joe biden wrote a column for the new york timesis the headline of what america will and will not do in ukraine, there are the following words: i have decided that we will provide the ukrainians with more advanced missile systems and ammunition that will allow them to more accurately hit important targets on the battlefield in ukraine, and in addition, biden announced that the united states will not encourage ukraine strike outside its territory. and that the united states will not try to overthrow the current government in russia, this is what i told the test in a thesis, but what conclusions can you draw from this column? i draw conclusions that the united states continues to support

of ukraine and if we came out about e-e rocket launcher systems or mlrs, if from english, then everything remains in force. as far as i understand, we will hear about it this week. i think we will hear officially already literally , but now there is a briefing of state secretary blinkin and nato secretary general from toltenberg in particular, they have already briefly touched on this topic, as well as weapons will arrive to ukraine, as well as what we need now are jet systems. i understand that they will be equipped in principle with the most common ammunition missiles for them with a range of approximately 80 km, this is also enough to destroy the enemy's positions. i am sure that the ukrainian military will find effective use of this weapon, and secondly, no one is talking about a decrease in support for ukraine, it will only increase, i think that it

concerns weapons, and thirdly equally important is the thesis from this column by president biden that the united states will not under any circumstances put pressure on ukraine during any future negotiations regarding the concessions of some russia and so on, that is, this will not happen. we received absolutely the message about our support is understandable to me. and as for the missiles that can reach the territory of russia, well, let's admit it consistently, the policy of the united states was announced during the full-scale invasion of russia and is based on the fact that there will be support in ukraine, but the united states will not want direct participation in the conflict with russia, this is the position they consistently maintain, but in the end it does not affect the support and the fact that weapons will come to ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi also the day before

stated that ukraine will not hurry with the deoccupation of the territory if it will cost tens of thousands of victims and ukraine will wait for the necessary weapons . a lot. well, let's say from what the president announced, we heard from 60 to 100 people a day and about 500 are injured - these are the best representatives of the ukrainian nation and it is clear that it is very painful considering that counterattack actions need more forces and can drag a certain number of victims among the military. it is clear that it is necessary to save as many personnel as possible. i welcome and respect this principle. it is clear and of course that in order to effectively

conduct offensive actions, we need weapons from our partners, in particular the united states. because you understand, while receiving this, they talked about this rocket artillery for a reason. the fact is that even according to the qualifications of the united states, this is equivalent to an air strike missile strike, that is, this weapon it is powerful, it is accurate, it makes it possible to strike from a certain distance, let's say, protecting and saving the lives of our soldiers, that's why i support the position that we need to saturate, let's say, a critical mass of weapons of various types, the one that is in the request of the ministry of defense of ukraine, and after that, of course, to come up with various types plans for contour offensive actions, although we see that even now and even during this period, some counteroffensive actions took place in the kharkiv direction or in the same way in the southern buza or kherson regions, i.e.

despite this, certain offensive actions are taking place step by step carefully, but even now it is happening. thank you very much for your comment on kherson oblast. we will return today. the luhansk region is regularly shelled by russian forces over the past few days, the intensity of shelling on this road that connects the two regions has actually increased several times, the russian army is trying to surround ukrainian troops and take control the entire luhansk region within its administrative borders . well, at the same time, russian forces are shooting at hangars in the east of the country where grain and seeds

are stored. the road here doesn't look the best, let me show you what else to show you, there's no reason to fall like this , the warehouses from the seeds are all so big, the harvest is so big that there's nothing to eat, i don't know why you're asking such difficult questions, well, i just don't see a military here we also don't see the equipment of a military object at all. it's probably more profitable for them with an eagle, and all the russian troops set fire to warehouses with a seven-pointer, well

, that is, around here i personally did not see any military equipment, not a single military object for a few kilometers, the lysichansk people set fire to everything they could it's a seed, it's a mountain, it's here right now , there are no military personnel here, and why did the military say they don't know , yes, right now, i understand, it's aviation or a helicopter working nearby. at the moment, the situation on

the lysichan road bakhmut-lysichansk remains the same complicated, but literally now they are shooting at this route every day, and just a few minutes ago, the aviation worked out, so daily, as the military says, it happens here 8-10 times a day at least. it was marian kushnir, who works in the east of the country, moscow's focus on capturing north donetsk and donbas in general creates a vulnerable situation for russia in the kherson region, where ukrainian counteroffensives continue, this is stated in the current report of the american institute for the study of war. kherson is a critical area because it

the only region of ukraine where russian troops gain positions on the western bank of the dnipro river. if russia can hold on there, then when hostilities cease, it will be in a very advantageous position . if ukraine returns kherson, it will have a stronger position to defend in the event of a future russian offensive, analysts say that this strategic the calculation should prompt russia to allocate additional forces to hold kherson, but russian president putin decided to concentrate all forces to capture the eastern regions of ukraine, this is a significant to an extent, this is only a symbolic victory, as noted by the institute for the study of war, the ukrainian counteroffensive in the kherson region shows that the ukrainian command is aware of these realities and uses all the vulnerabilities created by putin's decisions, and when the leadership of ukraine decided not to allocate more resources to the rescue of north donetsk, it did the right thing, albeit a difficult one a strategically justified choice, so ukraine

still has a good chance to stop and then nullify the gains of russia, this report says well and in mykolaiv oblast, which is adjacent to kherson oblast, more than 27 have been occupied. in mykolaiv itself , 102 people have already died as a result of russian attacks. this was reported by the mayor of the city, oleksandr senkevich. what is happening in mykolaiv oblast , let's talk further with us. in mykolaiv and what is happening in the region in general. congratulations, we were in the region today. mykolaiv region - this is the southeast direction closer to the kherson region to those regions of the kherson region that occupied by russian troops, we were in the village of prishyb, it was destroyed by the russian military in 0. this unique situation is that people simply left this village because there

were almost no surviving residential buildings. well, maybe one or two houses we still saw in which you can still live, other unusable shelling was carried out from this village for 3-4 days , not only residential buildings were destroyed, the kindergarten was shot, he was there, people left the village, leaving behind even domestic animals that they previously had on the farm, there are birds, livestock she walks through this village, looking for how to survive. this is the situation. they saw it in this village. it still has such an interesting location. snigurivka is already following behind it. behind it is the front line, and then it is occupied by russian troops. snigurivka is a direct road from here. from the village of prishyb to snighurivka , there are no more than 15-18 km from other settlements . that is, this is such an extreme village to the front line in the mykolaiv region. let's

listen to what the ukrainian military says about the shelling of this village very intensively. they shelled, most of everything, it was shelling, australian shelling from sao 152-caliber, because if it was, the sound was very, very powerful. it’s a pity for many people. because the village, as we were here for three weeks, the village felt good, people lived we helped them with products. because if humanitarian aid did not come here, they would give us water wells there . people of mykolaiv vid at the beginning of the week, the russian military is shelling, this time it is artillery strikes, the mykolaiv

commandant's office believes that they are shelling the 291st artillery brigade of the russian army, they are firing artillery installations, the pion is 203rd caliber, the weight of such ammunition is 110 kg, and on monday such ammunition is arriving in mykolaiv and now the residents of three districts of this city, which are tangentially closer and in the direction of the occupied part of the kherson region, are advised to move from these districts, albeit temporarily, to other districts of the city, or to leave cities in general this is the actual situation thank you dmytro dmytro yevchyn works at the mykolaiv region of the department of the security service of ukraine in the kharkiv region roman dudin, who was recently fired by president volodymyr zelenskyi, stated that the law enforcement officers did not make any claims against him, according to dudi himself, he was fired for political reasons said in a comment on

radio svoboda, to date, i have no information about what kind of claims you have against me, except for the public words that were expressed by mr. president, you did not have a conversation with, for example, by the head of the security service of ukraine, for example, ivan bakanov, before you found out that they were firing you gennady, that it was also news , that is, real. these are 9 herbs. you did not know that there were any claims against you, no claims, then why were you fired? what do you think? well, you know it seems to me that certain certain persons in kyiv and probably already in

kharkiv have decided that he is a little late and that he should be played in politics . you were presented, you were not interrogated and so on, no uh, no uh, complaints, no summons for questioning well, i arrived, i informed the uh, management that i arrived on orders, i am located. that is, well, i am in kyiv, correct no in kharkiv, you arrived in kyiv, received an order to hand over the cases. how did i hand over the cases? although i laughed and said, well, no,

what kind of cases can an automatic machine hand over? the sbu administration in the kharkiv region was preparing and that he does not understand the essence of the president's accusations, the comment can be seen in full on the radio freedom ukraine channel. i would like to remind you that roman dudin was appointed by volodymyr zelenskyi to the post of the head of the sbu administration in the kharkiv region in march 20 of the year during the peacetime dismissal of the head the administration of the sbu in the region may have gone unnoticed, but during the war, volodymyr zelenskyi had already dismissed two heads of the security service department, whom he once personally appointed as the first head management of the sbu in the kherson region, it happened at the end of march, and then volodymyr zelenskyi said that he would gradually clean up the force structures . well, now he has fired roman dudi as the head of the sbu department in the kharkiv region, contact us viktor yagun, major general of the sbu reserve, deputy head of the sbu 14- for the 15th year, we wish you good

health. how do you see this situation with the dismissal of the head of the sbu department in kharkiv oblast? to what extent was kharkiv oblast prepared for the invasion in terms of the security service? these are very pressing questions and in my opinion, to discuss them in general space during military operations is very, very ineffective. i don't want to be on any side or the president, if there are complaints, you have to write reports . if those reports are not considered, you have to present your whole self. it's definitely discussed. did they do something there? didn't they carry out kharkiv? it was a very dangerous zone where there could really be a lot of problems

. and the presence of significant contacts on the side of the enemy and the position of the head of the special service is also key. i think that, when there was peacetime, everything was very clearly worked out by the special service. only two people have the right to go out into public space. of security and on his behalf, the head of the security service in the region, in agreement with the leadership of the central department , the head of the department and his spokesperson can go to the central department, as well as his spokesman.

by the rules and they all know it, that's why i 'm saying once again the discussion in the public space of any things related to the special services - it's unacceptable, i heard you, but let me say that after all, it's er volodymyr zelenskyi said about it in the public space in his address to e-e ukrainian