this is on their heads, and most likely, as mr. ihor hinted, they will be forced to somehow quickly curtail their aggression against ukraine. thank you, ihor, a rabid political economic expert. thank you for this inclusion, it was really impromptu . espresso will continue to work for you the army liberated the island of zmeiny in russia the ministry of defense confirmed the withdrawal of its troops from the island and called it a gesture of goodwill, the largest exchange since the beginning of the full-scale invasion 144 ukrainian military prisoners are already at home,

who could not be returned and under what conditions the next exchange can take place instead of lyudmila denisova for the position of ombudsman, there is only one candidate, deputy dmytro lubinets, but nothing is known about his human rights experience, what is wrong with the institution of ombudsman in ukraine, see freedom live hello everyone, this is freedom life my name is sashko shevchenko, we pray live on the pages of radio freedom on facebook and on youtube, where i encourage you to subscribe and also on the air on the espresso tv channel, the russian military left zmiinyi island after a successful attack by the armed forces of ukraine. this was reported by the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine , general valery zaluzhnyi on facebook. he wrote that the invaders left zmiinyi island after not being able to withstand the fire of our artillery, missile and air strikes. end of quote zaluzhnyi also emphasized that an important

role was played in the liberation of the island bohdan's self-propelled howitzer in the russian ministry of defense has already confirmed the withdrawal of its troops from the island, but only there they called it a gesture of goodwill. they noted that russian troops allegedly completed all tasks on snake island, however, the ministry of defense of the russian federation did not specify which tasks they supposedly managed to complete, the russian side also stated that this decision, i quote, will not allow kyiv to speculate on the impossibility of grain export, i would like to remind you that snake island in the black sea was under temporary russian control occupation, starting with the attack of the russian federation in the first days of the full-scale war of time, the ukrainian side reported on the impression of russian forces on the island or nearby, in particular, yesterday, the operational command the south reported 10 hits on the island, as a result of which the panzer s1 anti-aircraft gun missile complex was hit. were the russian military actually forced to leave

the snake island due to shelling by the ukrainian armed forces ? reuters journalists asked people on the streets of kyiv what they thought about it, russians they say they are slandering and this is their er rhetoric is constant and that's why i think that what they say should be perceived the other way around cannons, and their goal was fulfilled for the russians , he was important, well, somehow he was important there, maybe in order to close the sky, so that their ships would stop melting, maybe something like that did not work out for them , because we have the armed forces that do their job well, i think they just finished and new people are no longer brought there because it is very hot there, it would be nice if the next step of goodwill would

be if putin shot himself in the bunker what will the probable withdrawal of the russian troops from the serpentine mean ? expert, co-director of foreign policy and international security programs, the rumzkova center, i congratulate you, yes, i congratulate you well, the ministry of defense of the russian federation assures that they left the island on their own initiative, but it was changed out of goodwill, or is it really russia russia? stimulated our armed forces in the same way as the issue with the previous one and the next will at the end of march, russia gives a very good hint about the fact that some conditions are such gestures of russia, that is, diplomatic efforts are being made and in principle

sanctions do not work as effectively as the military power that concerns russia, forcing them to leave all these, let’s say large or small qualities , practically important parts of the ukrainian territory. well , the russian side also stated that it allegedly withdrew the troops because it fulfilled the tasks that were entrusted to it, without clarifying which tasks were in question and which these could be tasks. is it not true that tasks in principle at least tasks are constantly changing russia remains strategic i think that the success rates remain unchanged the intention remains unchanged putin and what is his name to destroy ukraine what they or the methods that were not chosen that were

announced i once again remind you that they are constantly changing, i.e. at first it was a question of complete, so to speak, identification, debilitization of ukraine, i.e. obviously, it was such a loaded message about intentions to change the regime in kyiv, then how do we remember that there was some kind of excuse that no, no, when they left, they approached from kyiv, you no, no, nothing like that was planned, and then, at the same time , there were some conversations about the next phases and stages putin's last statement was about the liberation of donbass, which in principle has some borders, let's say the administrative borders of those two regions, but the next phrase he said was to ensure the security of russia, that is, it is already such a similar concept. well plus he clarified

something for us, this is again a threat from ukraine only remotely, that it is being done by the security forces of russia, that is, in principle, the same words, the only thing i am saying is that the children are somewhat smaller at the moment, but the main goal remains the same well, about donbass we let's talk a little more later, and let's talk about serpentine , if we discussed how the russian side communicates here, and for ukraine, what strategic tasks were achieved here, that is, what was the military meaning of this, er, serpentine island occupies a strategic position, that is, it is enough to look at the map of it location because the patrol board of it from russia created a huge threat for ukraine not only for e-e from the water navigation of ukraine

those commercially for limited the possibilities of using the ukrainian military in the naval forces and in principle, the russians planned to do such a problem of aviagnostics there, in which to locate the air defense means, obviously, there should have been bases there so that in the event of an offensive, which they are also planning in odesa, the communards in the transnistrian direction. that is , it was supposed to be like this a bridgehead is such a fortress that would be used for observation for use, in fact, the furniture in rada is 180 km, which is not less than 180 km , which would be used for observation for use.

yes, every artilleryman in the south, and some representatives of the local authorities, they connected with the fact that the russian army is still trying to break through this corridor by land to transnistria with the release of the serpent, did these plans become even less, well, they became even more difficult to implement? no such an intention is on the agenda. if the first person of russia does not speak about it, then the second, third order. well, not only according to the tradition of some technical journalists, but even the members, where are the thoughts, that is, they are valuable persons. they are, er, their initiative . to imessage, but they constantly say that it is impossible to stop, that is, the country must be completely taken under the control of the land corridor , which, unfortunately, is currently not under the control of ukraine

, the territory of russia has territory up to crimea, this is not the end of this product, the border must end in russian measures in odesa, but then this he says that they did not plan a little bit about the war i announce that there is no final goal now, the companies of the temporary gra dus receive the same applies that there is no final goal, not how much more territory later he insists on seizing, that is, he will be like this, information only if he will be allowed, thank you very much, oleksiy melnyk, a military expert on the foreign policy and international security programs of the razumkova center, was with us, russian forces are not abandoning their intention to seize the city of lysychansk , luhansk region , serhiy , the head of the luhansk regional military administration , reports this gaidai, according to him, the russian army is

shelling the city with all available types of weapons, as a result of yesterday's air raids, the station was destroyed of the police and the damaged territory of the oil refinery, you can now see the consequences of this shelling in the photos from lysychansk, so many houses have been damaged in the city that we do not have time to count, said the head of the luhansk region gaidai, meanwhile , in the donetsk region, the territory not controlled by kyiv, despite calls for evacuation, more than 340,000 civilians remain this was announced today by the head of the region, pavlo kyrylenko, in donetsk region, radio liberty correspondent yaroslav krechko is currently working, he reached the front line and i talked with the ukrainian military for 2-3 days. they hit the artillery four times by number. the turntable came in, the phosphorus of the night, and then they left. i don't know who they are, what their motivation is. well, i'll tell you honestly, they go and go, and you shoot at them. you shoot and they go and go from me on the left flank. well, the guys came up to me

and complained about the fact that the smell was already so bad that it was not even possible to introduce observations, they just didn’t take them, they just lay in the sun, well, they, well the smell was very good heavy, then again artillery bombardment for 3.4 days, five phosphors, 5 turntables, they come in, and here they go again, the last time. when it happened, we were exchanged, and most of my people left, and others came in, a little less. and we changed at night and they didn't orient themselves a little, well, by morning already well, they didn't mature in the area, and by morning already uh, when i could all start showing and telling because i was the only one left as a senior position what where, how, where to conduct observations, where the enemy can enter, where he can not enter and here it turned out that we are such a descent there were on the mountain and i hear that well, what is he doing in the grass, he climbs out of the trench and so i look, 10 meters from me,

this russian soldier is lying, as they say. well, they were there in a dark green uniform and in our pixel uniform, too, he, well, i i'm looking at him, he's looking at me , he's so excited, i took out grenades and started throwing grenades, a shooting battle began, and i hear forward forward, they shout from the left, my brother opens fire to hit the enemy. not landing so what is left of planting 3d trees, the rpgshnik is sitting, taking a shot and falling down there, and just then the machine guns are pointing at him and he is not falling there, another one climbs out, i am in his turn, this climbs out and moves back to the left to his position, we take up the defense, i go out to the commander, i say that in i'm in a bit of trouble, i need help. on the right side

, there was also a position of our comrades, they immediately connected the machine gunners, the machine gunner began to practice uh, on them, the team went to the combat team, in this support fire from the artillery well that is, it’s a little too normal, how did they put such tactics there, they climb, they turn out and they cut out in this way, that’s where the machine gun works, where the ags works, where the rpg works, that is, they marked and the artillery immediately works there in full. that ’s what the left side is somewhere there. well, in i was completely sweat-shaven, that is, this is what we wrote off , what we said to ourselves, these pits. well, there, well, as well as we could, and we dug into it, so we held the defense. to knock out all our villages and cities calmly, the general directorate of intelligence of the ministry of defense published a photo of the largest exchange of prisoners of war that took place the

day before, it was clarified that most of the released ukrainian prisoners of war were seriously wounded . 144 ukrainian servicemen reported to the state security service, the department did not specify how many russian soldiers were captured were returned to russia, but the ministry of defense of the russian federation said that the ukrainian side also handed over 144 prisoners to russia, according to the information of the ministry of defense of the russian federation, most of them were also wounded, how did this exchange take place, see more let's go to hand it over, if i return to them soon, honestly, emotions are overflowing, but it was very difficult to go

it's hard because it's already an attempt to return home and everything didn't work out and that's why you were thinking all the time that something will break , something will go wrong and we'll be back in captivity, i want to ask our government and let them bring all efforts to take away from captivity all these boys who remained there. thank you. to them, who are already trained to fight and know how to do their job perfectly, we will win this war and today the first ones returned to us. our heroes from the factory and from australia, we must all act as a condition stronger for for every hero to return home i am really waiting for my brother i

really hope that he will return soon and i will be as happy as ever in my life congratulations thank you thank you heroes glory to you glory thank you for everything ukraine glory to the heroes will win, about the largest exchange of prisoners of war from february 24. we will now talk to andriy yusov, a representative of the press service of the main intelligence directorate of the ministry of defense. i congratulate you . good evening. congratulations. well, let's start with that. that many of them were wounded, so really among the 144 ukrainian

defenders who managed to return to ukraine as a result of the exchange, there are a lot of wounded and many are lying in a serious condition, you can see in the video that many people are injured, including, unfortunately , with lost limbs as a result of both artillery shelling and shrapnel wounds, as well as the lack of timely medical care, nevertheless , ukrainian soldiers are at home, and despite their difficult physical condition, emotionally, you can see this in the video, very many of them absolutely the mood is high because they are at home and already today they have the language to communicate with their relatives and many of them said yesterday that it is necessary to rehabilitate as soon as possible and return to the service and defend ukraine, it is clear that there is a long process ahead treatment and recovery, but the most important thing is that 144

ukrainian defenders, or more precisely, 43 defenders, one defender is already on ukrainian soil, and do you know anything about the conditions under which the ukrainian soldiers were held captive? yes, we know the conditions in which they were and are there are complaints about these conditions, but in general, what is happening is actually the defenders of the azov defenders. as of today, we can state that this is the most minimalistic, minimum, basic necessary level, we can state it although e to the red cross of his relatives e-e many appeals e so that the russian side, as a party that undertook the obligations under the geneva convention, fully complies with them as regards medical assistance, access to checking the condition of the prisoner, as regards

regular communication connection with relatives, that is, there is definitely still a lot to work on and to call these conditions ideal or even acceptable. i think that for, let's say, the average european inhabitants , all the viewers are definitely unlikely to be able to, well, with that from the information that is now publicly available, it is possible to conclude that the high military command of the azov regiment and, in particular, the bar infantry brigade. they are still in captivity. tell me what the prospects are for the return of these people . ukraine will definitely do everything to return them, and about the negotiation process and er hmm communication on this topic formal informal er it is difficult the negotiation process does not stop for a minute despite various throws in spite of various speculations you have seen heard

it is possible that yesterday there was a big exchange and it is clear that this conveyed previous great work and previous certain agreements. and on the same day, a statement of the investigative committee of the so-called russian federation comes out, which, as it were, announces that there will be no exchanges at all. but together with that, we see the result. that is why the events are happening. well, they contradict each other . i just want to ask a question. and then what will happen next? but bystrekin came out. the chairman of the investigative committee is the actual process. i think that we you have long been used to the fact that everyone can talk and present completely different things that, er, often do not come into contact with real life, here are your shots, which we are seeing now, this is real life, this is the return of ukrainian soldiers to their homes, and so captured er, russian military personnel, yes the very return home and the work on further exchanges and on the return

of all ukrainian defenders will definitely continue until the last of them is at home p yusef and what is known about such a trial of the azov people that i am announcing in russia, in particular, there is a lot about this it has already been said many times, but in particular, here is the latest news that today the speaker of the state duma, zlovdan, said that those azov people i am quoting here have years of blood, they will still face trial, and well, i understand that until i hear the verdict of this court, it will also be about the exchange these people are not mentioned, and if i understand correctly, the situation is precisely with those azov residents who have already been included in the plot of russian propaganda, for example, who have already been demonized, so to speak, that these people are the most difficult situation now, the question of how to return them is clear that russian propaganda is to everyone the defenders of ukraine, especially the attitude and branding, we will not repeat this pattern. but of course they pay no more attention to the heroes of the azov regiment and the azovians in general, and despite this,

we do our part for ukraine and the azovians, the marines, and all the national guardsmen, the police, the border guards, this all ukrainian defenders and they will be returned as far as the court is concerned. well, we understand that we are not talking about an honest court, not an independent court, but about an element of the general propaganda machine, and this story is about the internal consumer for which it has to support the actions of the russian authoritarian government, but this is the story itself. whom is the kremlin ready to give up and who is not ready? i wanted to ask you about this, it certainly affects the overall process, but once again, the real negotiation process very often runs parallel to, and sometimes at odds with, what is happening publicly that's why we often and publicly cannot comment on many things publicly, we see

the results of yesterday's exchange, the other day , 17 more ukrainian defenders were returned. and what is needed for the russians is to feed the russians propaganda to its citizens well, they will certainly continue to do this, calling it a court or a court or any other, nevertheless, the process of the abyss does not stop and will not stop ukraine will return everyone one way or another it is clear thank you very much with us the contact was andriy yuusov , a representative of the press service of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, another russian soldier pleaded guilty to violating the laws and customs of war, mikhail kulikov, russian tankers from the altai territory at the end on february 20, he fired at a high-rise building on the outskirts of chernihiv, what time behind bars threatens this russian soldier and what details of the crime the ukrainian investigation established will be told by radio liberty correspondent taras levchenko. on

february 26, russian troops tried to break through this road to chernihiv. from the t-72 tank, the upper floors of the building are already being reconstructed, and the one who fired the high-explosive fragmentation projectile at in the dock is mikhail kulikov, a gunner operator from the 35th separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the russian federation, which is based in the poltava region, got into ukraine, according to law enforcement officers, kulikov is from the territory of belarus, date , month, year of birth, which country, russian military servicemen, federation, 30 separate units, the sniper brigade finds in the altai region of the city lysiyskiy since when was the contract signed in 2012? on

february 26, as the investigation established, he fired at the chernihiv new building with direct aim, he says he received an order from the commander of his tank battalion , leonid shttkin, but if shttkin should already be at home in russia because he was exchanged for the ukrainian military , then kulikov is in a pre-trial detention center as a result of a direct hit by a 125-mm projectile, according to the experts' conclusion, caused material damage in the amount of 980,662 hryvnias 45 kopecks fate of the case, prosecutors say that no people were killed that day, a column of russian soldiers of the armed forces was broken up. but kulykovo, together with his commander, managed to escape to side of private estates, thanks to this, he was recognized in court on february 26. i was at home, i went all the way there, it’s the same, it’s wings, and it’s not closed in the second second, i think i’ll close it

. i close the barn and wipe it again . they called our soldiers and they sent it quickly, maybe after half an hour. they said that it was the polonins who were detained from under the broken tank next to her and they were lying near the bus stop on the sidewalk, two pistols, two military whites, two syringes with what liquid cartridges for pistols, how did he return to one of them? he says well, uh

he said that the machine mechanic was killed, i’m talking about the altai, there is so much land there that it’s more than in ukraine, he said that he signed a contract, he went to the training classes, such training classes for a russian tank driver in quotation marks can end in 12 years in prison meetings mikhail kulikov stated that he admits his guilt and repents. on july 19, the court may announce the verdict in this case. however, whether kulikov will be sent home to russia under the exchange procedure, law enforcement officers do not comment. russia continues to conduct offensive operations north of kharkiv, this indicates that the kremlin is all has ambitions for territory other than the donetsk and luhansk regions. the

american institute for the study of war reports this in its review. in the last day, russian forces attacked the infrastructure of the industrial osvyansk and nemyshlyansk districts of kharkiv. as a result , one man was killed and six more people were injured. what kharkiv looks like after the shelling , see in this story . the day before yesterday, from the area of ​​the city of belgorod of the russian city, the russians struck twice with a missile complex, probably iskander, where and why they

didn't hit, it is still unclear, we will find out when they could aim, because in that area there are also no locations of military units, not even at home. i will close the window. i will cover the window.