among our comrades, morale is very high, we have an increasing number of volunteers who come to us in our unit, we are ready not only as we are doing now, we are holding the defense and defending our land, but we are also ready according to the very first order to move forward and free our land from the enemy until the moment until we completely clear it of our occupiers, of course we need more and more weapons, but in any case, as far as our people are concerned, as far as they believe in victory and those ready to drive them out of our land. thank you , mrs. maria, maria chashka, deputy battalion commander, karpatska sich, legion of freedom, raisin direction, we are heading further, adviser to the mayor of kherson, roman, head roman, i congratulate you . good day to you. good health now. we'll see. for now, i'll read the latest news from

kherson. during the night, the occupiers conducted a series of arrests and searches. this was reported in the kherson regional council. the day before, the armed forces of ukraine struck a bridge in the area of ​​the kakhovskaya hpp, after which the bridge became unusable. please tell us about what is happening now and these moments . please comment on what you know. well, first of all, regarding the arrests and terror of the occupiers in the city of kherson. forces, the more the occupiers panic and the more they put pressure on the civilian population, well, if in search of, let's say, those who could lead there, or those who help the armed forces with regard to strikes on their troop concentrations and ammunition depots, that's why in fact, every day we hear. unfortunately, we receive information that volunteers and

representatives of international organizations engaged in humanitarian missions and public organizations are being detained, and people who are simply helping the population in this difficult situation created by the occupiers in kherson oblast, but every day there are detentions detention and violence against the e-e civilian population and people who help each other help those who need it today as for strikes including in the area of ​​the e-e bridge in the area of ​​the kakhovskaya hpp, well, in fact, every night, every day. right-bank and left-bank parts of the

kherson region, therefore, every day, a point strike every day, information every day , uh, residents of the kherson region report what they hear, uh, warehouse breakdowns, and in fact, as our armed forces indicated, uh, a counteroffensive is taking place and the point impresses the e-e rashists on territories of the kherson region, including this one, we can now see this bridge on video, yes, the bridge near the kakhovka hydroelectric power station is really unsuitable for further use. as far as i know , transport vehicles can still travel on it, this information needs to be checked . i am not ready to state right away, as far as i know that vehicles in particular in the area of ​​novaya kakhovka can cross to the left bank, it concerns the antonov bridge, indeed there the movement

of vehicles through it is all to the side kherson from the left bank er, well, in fact, there is no such crossing, please tell me what er, what are the moods of people in connection with the strengthening of these searches, er, or well, somehow they have become more massive and how do people react, well, here are two moments first moment let's say the reaction is universally patriotic, people are reacting positively to the fact that our armed forces are moving, what is happening, shelling of manpower and warehouses, and in fact, the enemy is suffering losses, and victory is approaching, the liberation of kherson oblast is approaching, this is let's say one spectrum the emotions experienced by the residents of kherson oblast is a different spectrum of emotions, it is related to the fact that the territory is occupied, the occupiers actually saturated

the city and, in principle, at the time, if we say so, they entered this territory, occupied this territory, well, they pretended that the liberators came and let's say it was with such a positive attitude, yes , the population tried to sway it to their side, then today the picture is completely opposite ; today, in fact, any resident on the street can be harmed by the occupiers and total searches apartments are simply searched through entrances, apartments are opened, garages, attics, basements, all this is searched due to the fact that among the occupiers there is a panicked mood and among the collaborators . of course, these experiences are very difficult situations,

stressful, well, imagine how it would be in such a situation. let's say to live like this or just go to the store for groceries when the city is oversaturated with military personnel who behave quite inappropriately. at any moment, they can do something to any person who seems suspicious to them or who is simply moving around the city or going about their business, these people are held hostage by terrorists absolutely 24 hours a day and have been doing so for several months now. do you understand when, for example , certain groups or certain types of weapons are placed in residential quarters - this is essentially a cover for the civilian population when, along with civilian transport, military personnel are transported through the pontoon ferry transport is a cover for the civilian population. that is , it is everywhere. in fact, today we have, let’s say

, total opposition and an anti-image for russian propaganda when uh-uh, as it were already uh-uh. they didn’t try to first flirt and then intimidate the population of kherson oblast anyway. categorically do not accept and hate in kherson oblast, and what is needed is that if they try to correct this situation, but apart from the force of aggression, there is essentially nothing, and accordingly they also receive a response from their side mr. romany, major general dmytro marchenko predicts the de-occupation of kherson, which is what everyone is waiting for, but he here expertly predicted by the end of the year and the end of the active phase of the war and the liberation of kherson, but we have one more military expert , adviser to the heads of the armed forces of ukraine, the president, oleksiy arestovych, so he he says a couple of months, but he told us there earlier

and in a couple of weeks the war will continue, which version do you lean towards, well, you understand. the point is that, well, it is not our business today to lean towards the version, there are military personnel who are planning and forecasting who are strategically moving there in one or another direction regarding the liberation of kherson region. our task today is to help the peaceful population as much as possible, regardless of how long the liberation will take, whether it will be a couple of weeks or a couple of months there, or until the end of the year, we must help the population that is in the occupied territory as much as possible today territory that has moved to the territory under control and which is trying to evacuate from that territory. that is, we are busy with this, we have our forecasts, we have our visions, and we are working just for the military to do its job. and we civilians, who have something to do with management and

the opportunity to help people, as ordinary civilians, do our job, we also predict and consider various options for the course of events of the military so that we can adapt to them and help first of all the entire population and er restore er or at least support the life support infrastructure in those territories that are freed from the occupiers, this is a very important moment, i have the current one, how exactly can we still do it now help, help, as you can, the people who are temporarily under the occupation of ukraine and the state. look. well, again, the first thing is from support, of course, moral. let's not forget about kherson, because there was even such information that the weather forecast was shown on one of the channels for the kherson region people already there are not surprised because there is a serious lack of information and obstacles with ukrainian television and the ukrainian

internet, that is, there is not enough information , so people who are there need support they are there, they must understand that they have not forgotten the first, the second is, well, the maximum humanitarian aid in this situation, which has developed absolutely well. it is a difficult situation that the propagandists from the occupation side do not tell that they are helping the population. the situation is critical with food products , especially in the front zone. with medicine. that is, this is the maximum help. although there are many obstacles in order for glory to ukraine to provide this help, this is help in evacuation, in fact, the only way remains today for the evacuation of the population from the kherson region, it is through the city of zaporizhzhia, and we are trying with all our might to increase the flow and opportunities there, well, there are a lot of people who want to leave, that is, to help them evacuate to the controlled

territory, this is also an element of certain assistance. and in fact, well, other types provision, which we can implement today, no matter how difficult it may be. because the russian federation, everyone should understand, and let's just say, ordinary people, that there are certain laws, rules in the world of conducting wars, including the russian federation according to all their canons does not observe and does not observe the geneva convention on the livelihood of the population in the occupied territory, and in fact it does not give ukraine the opportunity to take care of its population and is not able to fulfill the conditions for the population to receive this assistance, therefore, and pressing any directions there from of medicine to the provision of electricity and water, i.e. actually displacing the ukrainian services of ukrainian workers and

forcing them to take certain actions and to violate , including ukrainian legislation, forcing by threatening, she frames the population and terrorizes the population in the occupied territories, well, in the most brutal way possible, i thank you. these are important things you voice on the air. roman, the chief adviser to the mayor of kherson, told about the situation in this place. and in fact, it is important for everyone to temporarily leave occupied kherson in the information field in our lives because it is very important for those people who are essentially hostages of a terrorist we are going further with us oleg katkov chief editor of defense express olezhe i greet you and have a good day. thank you for the invitation. thank you for agreeing. it is important for us to hear professional comments on our broadcast because there are different forecasts. yesterday i saw that military experts were saying, let's liberate kherson, build a bridge there, but

the military has its own plan. the strategy here and there, we all on facebook experts don't know this and that's normal the active phase of the war and the arrestee that it is a few weeks well, i would say so because the difference between people who can comment something on camera and those people who cannot comment on camera, in principle, the difference is that those who can not comment have a complete access to information, that is, when people talk about some plans and they say it from the point of view of voiceover, simply on the air, it’s one issue, another matter when people get full information and can plan something, but they just don’t make any comments they never give up because each of us really just

dreams of seeing just maybe more powerful counterattacks of the armed forces of ukraine, the liberation of the occupied territory and the fastest victory, but it is necessary to understand that this war and the war it is somewhat different from the more mystical conversations about two or three weeks. and you do you give predictions or do you receive information about the end of the active phase and the application of easter cards , in order to give accurate predictions, you need to have three things: first - this is the first thing - this is an absolutely professional education. that is, it must be completed somewhere academy of the general staff and secondly, it is to have practical experience, i.e. commanding from a brigade and higher , and thirdly, it is to have full access to information for assessing real forces, both one's own and the enemy's . who are able to provide such comments and all of them, of course, cannot officially provide such comments regarding weapons, you will

be asked at the conference of northern european allies to support ukraine at the level of defense ministers in copenhagen, it was agreed to provide kyiv additional support of 1.5 billion euros, such a figure was voiced, and there must be some kind of new partner weapon. do you know about this decision? of the world and europe. they agreed that , first, one and a half billion euros will be allocated for new weapons for ukraine. in fact, this conference was, in my opinion, one of the key ones , because it differs from the rammstein format in these countries, and it unites in my opinion look more european countries in particular, and from the point of view of the capabilities of their defense and industrial complexes, and they have already agreed that they will look for ways to

concentrate the military support of ukraine, and given that special attention will be paid to the artillery unit and artillery ammunition, in principle, we are talking about i would say that this is the spinning of the huge flywheel of the defense-industrial complex of europe. because this whole mechanism has actually been around for 30 years. how is it that the collapse of the soviet union was there in a liturgical dream? european countries had a huge number of extremely important, for example , weapons projects, including fighter jets, artillery systems, and rocket launchers, but after the 90s, all of them simply fell asleep and no one needed the power of defense entrepreneurs, of course. - this is for understanding, one of the largest once absolutely in the world companies for the production of weapons begins to talk about the fact that in order to produce new tanks, it takes a lot of time.

view, right now i will go through the episode that the entire european defense-industrial complex will accelerate and there is also an extremely important statement by the minister of defense of sweden, who stated that it is not only possible that sweden will join the process of arming ukraine, he also noted that in the process of self-supply of the new course taken poland, the czech republic, and slovakia are already involved in zero armaments, and at the same time, sweden is an extremely important country from the point of view of the production of weapons itself, and in fact it is one of the largest producers, that is, if we let's just remember now the name of some weapons that are swedish and you understand what i'm talking about, it's a ufo, it's a carl goose, it's a fighter, a grip, a pansaw, an archer , and everything that you hear, it's all made by the swedes , that is, they were siv machines, they were developed there it is also necessary to add, for example, bmw tv 90, which is generally

the best seller in the world in terms of bmps, and we will see that sweden can really get such a very good portfolio of orders, and another important fact in this swedish defense company is the largest, for example, bofors, is it sap they are quite strong is connected with great britain, for example, the buffer is generally included in buy asystems, which is a british defense company, and we all know very well what the position of great britain and others towards arming ukraine is extremely positive, and in general, russia's place in the world is extremely well, we understand how in london you they see russia closer there 20 years ago, in fact, this is the process that took place in copenhagen. and by the way, they agreed to cut off in a month and already take certain concrete steps . that is, each country will analyze its possibilities will cooperate and perhaps even this platform

can turn into such a platform for the rearmament of all of europe and not only ukraine, because it should also be noted that nato was very european to deploy up to 300,000, if i am not mistaken, rapid reaction forces. and this already requires an astronomical amount of weapons, which it’s just plain banal that there is no physical presence on european maps. that is, we need to process or not draw new weapons. the fact is that all of us, if it’s cold , remember all the statements of the many nato gensets and of the presidents of the usa that europe is in a lithargic dream, it does not see a real threat , that is, it simply lulled it into cheap gas, cheap energy resources there, and such an illusion of collective security, which is provided only by the united states, and well, this is the result, that is, ukraine of europe

were constantly saving on armaments, if you just look at the defense budgets of european countries since the 90s, we will only see reductions there, and well-known publications as of 2014 for understanding , that is, when did they start to understand and what about us in europe inside with security when it was discovered that, well, more than 75% of german fighters are not in a state of repair, they did not undergo any modernization at all. that is, there was no work when it was discovered that well , now, for example. well, there are satans, for example, in the ranks, and there are also a huge number of them in bases for storage in case of need, according to logic , these tanks quickly go into battle there, they turned out to be songs, it turns out that spain wanted to hand over the second leopard to us, then she saw that she had one of those tanks that she did not have storage for, which she cannot start in the final, and they are more dangerous for

the crews than for the enemy, and this is the situation in all countries, that is, there has been an awakening from this dream in connection with what russia is currently doing in ukraine in the euro- in europe, yes, that is, well, the awakening here simply depends on the proximity to russia, that is, the first time poland woke up so far, poland, eh, berlin has not yet woken up in my opinion, eh. perhaps this is not even a question of geopolitics, it is already a political one. germany but to me it seems that berlin may wake up at the next chancellery in germany, let's say yes, yes, you can buy a lot, you can buy a lot or a little. let me just compare it with the military budget of ukraine for 2021. well, for the sake of understanding. in our country, the ministry of defense had a certain amount of money. in order to purchase absolutely everything, you are armed, starting from the cartridge and ending with neptune, and that’s it

. for example, in 2019-20 years there were 800 million dollars, in the 21st there was a record of 1 billion dollars, and here the country simply agreed to give it to us, well, consider one and a half year budget, more than one and a half year budgets , it's about weapons, how can it practically help us, because today we talked with the donetsk direction and they said that the tank is working in zelenka, they tell us there is nothing, there is no ammunition, there is no possibility and it works and works in the infantry, there is no way to answer, to respond, this money will practically help us equip ourselves and be able to respond to this. well, of course, that is, now, for understanding about the overall amount of aid. that is, it also helps in in the amount of already pon- 9 billion dollars, now huge

aid from the uk to poland is just well, if it’s just us let’s talk directly if ukraine woke up in terms of ensuring its own defense capability in the 14th year and we now have to catch up with the 30-year lag behind well, we are huge the number of governments with presidents, that is, for them, the defense industry in general, the army was somewhere at a hmm, well, not far off level. that is, we only started talking about the rearmament of the army in principle in the 14th year, and now and help which is simply poured into the ten-year budgets of the ministry of defense for weapons. this is simply the result of the fact that, for example, since 1991 , not a single fighter jet of any anti-aircraft missile complex has been purchased in our country, well, that's the story. the minister of defense of ukraine, oleksiy reznikov, said that another batch of british rszv m-270 has arrived to us, how will it help us, well, this is an extension of our

so far the longest official arm. let 's say this is the n-270 complexes. they are similar to hymars, known only for the exception that it is 270 on tracked and has twice as many packages of up to 12 missiles. thus, we are simply expanding the possibility of hitting the enemy at a range of up to 80 km with high-velocity projectiles. er, another warehouse of ammunition was destroyed in the enemy’s deep valley or something similar. that is, it is about this constant reinforcement, that is, every minister of defense, including ben wallace, eh. he declared that this flow will be constant. that is, it is not once we transferred and that's it. and there will be constant support and we can see that his words do not

differ from reality. thank you, mr. oleg oleksiyny, society also produces so much, they give little, uh, oleg katkov is no longer with us , i wanted him so much ask how he reacts, but defense express is an editorial team that participates in our broadcasts, and that is why we will ask questions in all our broadcasts. thank you oleg kadkov, the editor - in-chief of defense express. next to us is the child tracing service, then the news, and in java, melnyk should tell us everything that is happening in ukraine and the world, and then i will return. and we will continue to look for answers to the questions why and how we are looking for 10-year-old khrestina and 12-year-old maksym

poshenkiv, where did they live together with the mother of the village of gostomel in the kyiv region and last contacted on february 24, the day when the full-scale war began . gostomel became almost one of the first targets of the russians, so from the very beginning fierce battles were fought here, and later the village was occupied by orcs. i hope that the mother of khrystyna and maksym managed to get out of this hell together with the children and now everyone is safe, but there is no connection with them, so no one knows where they are, so i am asking you to look carefully at the photo of the brother and sister, if anyone has seen or knows them where they might be now don't delay call us at magnolia child tracing service at the short number 116 000 from any mobile operator calls are free or write to the chat bot of the child tracing service in telegram any information is important this

only one story of missing children in total for more than five months of war. we received about two thousand requests for help in the search, fortunately, most of the children have already been found, but the fate of many remains unknown, especially in the temporarily occupied territories, where the work of the police is practically paralyzed, from which it is impossible to leave but there are problems with communication in some places, people who cannot find their own children do not even know what to do. where to turn if suddenly you find yourself in a similar situation and do not you can imagine how to act call the short number 116 000 or write to the chat bot of the child search service in telegram, here you will be provided with all the necessary advice, i also want to tell you the amazing story of five-year-old sofiyka from holinska, the girl lived in odesa in the city of balta and, imagine, disappeared back in september 2020- it's scary to even miss it. what does her mother feel, who has not

known about her daughter's fate for almost two years, the woman does not even imagine what the child looks like now, because the last time she saw sofiyka was when she was only 3 1/2 years old, i don't know who i am uh, the pain of her child, what kind of pain does she have, what does she look like, and at the moment, i stand for months, then she was, you know, the cost of her blue classes, she was dressed for the last time, the position of someone only she has changed, but i don't think that it is so drastic that it is impossible to recognize her, so please look carefully at her face, the girl has big blue eyes and light blond hair, she is approximately 110-120 cm tall in these photos, she is about three years old, and

this is one of the last pictures where sofia residents about 3 1/2, of course the girl's mother also has a video of her daughter, i asked for some files, let's also look at those adult girl let me remind you that now the girl is 5 years old and two months old, of course she already pronounces letters and words much better and expresses her thoughts more clearly, but i really hope that someone will definitely recognize her and help find her. maybe the little girl will comfort and reassure her old mother. please offer me a service for her. i want you. are we the only hope for mrs. alla

? the fate of this child depends on us and you. ago it is very important to remember sofiyka's face, if you see a child who looks like her somewhere, do not delay and immediately dial the short number of the magnolia children's search service 116,000,000 calls from any mobile operator are free, this number is valid in 29 countries of the european union, who knows, maybe because of the war, the girl now i am in europe, if there is someone abroad who sees me on social networks, please also pay attention to the photo of sofia, you can always report the necessary information to the chat bot service of the search for children in telegram believe me, even a small piece of news can become very important