will rise, and on august 18-19, in the west in the north, in many central regions , dry, hot, sunny weather will prevail. it is already apple. the savior has come. yes, spring was special and summer is special and autumn will be special and winter is not only cold, it is also a war, so i think it is better to buy thank you very much. winter it was a big ether forgives you until tomorrow until 19:15 and now i bring to your attention a news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian lecture news good evening we from ukraine are hearing new explosions in crimea the kremlin is withdrawing weapons from belarusian airfields we are analyzing everything that is happening on on the fronts of the war in ukraine, we take a look at important events

in the world on the air of bc with ukraine my name is hryhoriy zhigalov clouds of smoke are rising at the military air base near simferopol, the western media say that ukrainian elite units are behind this they are operating in the russian rear, what are the russians preparing to respond to in ukraine, they hit belarus again from the territory of belarus, what does the threat from the north look like, we are talking with a military expert and energoatom warns about the actions of the russians zaporizhzhia npp operates with the risk of violating radiation and fire safety standards, is there a chance to force moscow to stop nuclear blackmail ukraine and the world

in the occupied crimea, a new series of explosions at non -military facilities, two explosions today, which continued a whole series of mysterious attacks, in the morning , ammunition depots near dzhankoy exploded the ministry of defense of russia reported a fire at an ammunition storage site, later they added that the cause of the explosions was sabotage on the day information appeared about clouds of smoke at the gvardiysky airbase near simferopol earlier on august 9. it turned out that from several to a dozen combat aircraft were destroyed, and on july 31, a drone exploded in the yard of the headquarters of the black sea fleet, the russian authorities are trying to say as little as possible about what exactly was the cause of these explosions and fires all the years

of occupation, russian propaganda is trying to create from crimea the image of an impregnable fortress that cannot be attacked, but a few hours ago, the new york times, citing a high-ranking source in ukraine, reported at least before the morning explosions today at a pjankoim warehouse in crimea, involved an elite ukrainian military unit, we will try to gather a complete picture of what is happening in the occupied crimea. who is behind this ? i am joined by my colleague victoria zhugan. vito, hello, and let's start with the chronology. tell us what you managed to find out about today's explosions in crimea. good evening, in fact, there is still little official information. at first, photos and videos from users appeared on social networks, and later, at first, the ministry of defense of russia confirmed that there was a fire at the ammunition site in the military a part

near janko in crimea, and later they added that the cause of the explosions was sabotage, and a few hours later, the russian edition of komisant reported that there were also clouds of black smoke at the strategic military air base in the village gvardiyske that near simferopol the ukrainian authorities have not yet received information about russian losses in crimea. today, there were no specific statements that it was the armed forces that carried out such strikes. the russians have already admitted that at least one of the explosions was the result of sabotage. times writes that there are elite ukrainian special forces operating in crimea, are the representatives of the authorities commenting on this somehow, officially or maybe unofficially, well , i want to return to the fact that in the western press there are no names of sources and managers who would officially

confirmed, but today we did not hear information from the ukrainian side about who and what struck military facilities in crimea, and the closest statement from the military leadership came from the spokesman of the air force command. from those places where russia concentrated more helicopters than it was before the invasion and at the beginning of the invasion. he said that in terms of aviation, there are now more helicopters in crimea and in russia and in belarus, and that in dzhankoy they were the ones who were to suffer, and also he spoke about what happened today in the crimea, offers to listen to a direct quote and the official position of the ukrainian government of the ukrainian military leadership regarding these events - it is definitely the enemy who does not know how to use any fire safety measures, but we

are definitely happy. the whole of ukraine and the country regarding the strikes in novofedor regarding the strikes, the residents of novofedor at that time also the ukrainian authorities said that in russia they simply do not know how to observe fire safety measures well, regarding today's events, the president's office, andriy yarmak, wrote on twitter that crimea is ukraine and that the armed forces are working brilliantly, he also used the word demilitarization, although in all his statements there is no specific information about who, how and when and what hit these objects and a similar statement was later also published by mykhailo podolyak from the president's office that crimea is ukraine and he also used the word demilitarization only in relation to crimea.

we will talk more about this topic in a few minutes, but according to the employees of the monitoring group of belarusian regions, on the territory of the zyabrivka airfield in gomel, belarus, russia has collected a large number of anti-aircraft missile systems and about 15 to 60 missiles, which may indicate preparations for a massive attack, is there a reaction in kyiv, how high is this threat assessed there? well, in fact, he said that indeed on august 24, on the independence day of ukraine, the ukrainian military leadership can expect provocations and attacks from belarus because as he noted, i quote, the enemy always uses such a strategy of greetings, but he emphasized that the ukrainian air

force constantly monitors the situation from the side of belarus and this threat has never gone anywhere. at the same time , today the general staff said that they do not observe the creation of any of the offensive groups of the armed forces of the russian federation and the republic of belarus and at the same time emphasize that the threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of belarus remains. thus, the military the leadership of ukraine again and again calls on citizens not to ignore air warning signals . thank you viktoria zhuvankur, bbc reporter live from kyiv. thank you for your work, and it was not for nothing that i mentioned the belarusians in the conversation from the report. they say there are fears that moscow will certainly respond, because it is too painful a blow and not only on the russian logistics lines, but also on the image, all this is very actively discussed by western experts and before us

let's take a closer look at what's happening in belarus, let's hear what british experts actually think about the situation, first of all, it should be put into context from crimea, russia is commanding military operations in the south of ukraine. so, this is an important target for the ukrainians, this time it could be western weapons, although it is too large distance for its radius of action it could have been a special forces mission it could have been a drone it could have been a diversion the only thing that definitely was n't that incident especially if you take into account that a week ago, the russians insisted that there was an accidental explosion at the crimean air base, while satellite images show that these were very precise surgical strikes on military equipment. so this is a very clearly calculated and very targeted and effective strike on the russian base that provides

operations in the south of ukraine and is part of the efforts for the counteroffensive and liberation of the south of ukraine, the russians dominate there, people still had no idea about the war, and this is what the ukrainians are doing very effectively, they demonstrated to them if you are not on the frontline, it does not mean that you are safe online, in my opinion, a certain uncertainty plays into the hands of both sides, maybe it was an incident, maybe sabotage, maybe long-range equipment is not known for sure, russia wants uncertainty, because it does not want to admit its vulnerabilities, and ukraine wants uncertainty so that the russians continued to guess and felt

uncomfortable in the annexed region. special forces, and the west trains ukrainian special forces, explosions are therefore very important from a psychological and strategic point of view, the ukrainians, if they are behind this, undermine the confidence of the russians and warn, be aware of the large ammunition stocks, it is known that russia uses huge stocks of weapons, especially artillery shells, and what the more ukraine will be able to destroy military depots, the more the supply of ammunition to the front line in the donbass and in the south in the kherson region, where the ukrainians are signaling a counterattack , will be cut off last week, almost half of the main aviation equipment of the naval aviation regiment of the russian black sea fleet was destroyed at the airfield in saky. so these strikes have a very strong psychological and

strategic impact, because they are carried out outside the radio range of the weapons, which, as is known from open sources, have but also neutralize large stocks of russian weapons, equipment and significantly weaken the russian military power, a few words about what is happening in the north of belarus, the russians have brought about 60 s-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes to the belarusian airfield zyabrivka to them, as well as a lot of other heavy weapons. this is reported by the union with the cancellation of the monitoring project of the belarusian grove. let me remind you of the zyavrivka airfield, this is exactly where the explosions were seen on the night of august 11. later, thanks to the belarusians and satellite images, it became clear that a tank was destroyed that night after analyzing images from space the monitoring group was able not only to identify the place of the explosion, but also to make an up-to-date review of all the equipment and objects that are there at the current

moment, it was possible to find out what russia has concentrated there from 10 to 14 units of s400 radar stations and pantsyr anti-aircraft missile gun complex, the probability of missile attack on the territory of ukraine is not just maintained, but it seems that preparations are underway for a massive missile attack on the territory and not in the coming weeks, this is the conclusion of the observers, and today it became known that exactly from the territory of belarus was attacked from zhytomyr region in general, a russian rocket exploded near zhytomyr according to the head of zhytomyr region, there were no victims as a result of this attack and until i am joined by the head of the security programs of the center for global studies, strategy 21, pavlo lakiychuk. i congratulate you. how do you assess the report that russia is withdrawing its weapons and how threatening is the situation in belarus? how ready is ukraine to protect its skies from a potential

attack from belarus? the transfer of anti-aircraft missile systems in such a large number to belarus, the russians and lukashenko declare joint exercises that are conducted before the air force, but the exercises in belarus continue already at the beginning the invasion of ukraine and actually it is such a constant background for this why so many complexes i am in headphones why so many complexes were withdrawn by the enemy on the territory of belarus it is difficult to say because an air attack on belarus no is not expected however the fact that the russians have started to use s-300s-400 anti-aircraft - the missile

complex as a means of defeating the ground, the ground, it is not low-quality, it is not intended for the use of such anti-aircraft missile complexes, however, this is how they work. so it is quite likely that the s34 air defense system that attracted russians on the territory of belarus, it is specifically designed to hit ground targets by firing at our cities and villages in the north of ukraine, which is bordered at a distance of up to 150 km from the points of entry of these missiles, the sign is under serious threat, as far as ukraine is now able, after so many months of war to protect your sky from such missiles, well

, actually, anti-aircraft missiles, data is ballistic, ballistic targets are the most difficult of all, however, as the experience of our anti-aircraft forces shows, they are being recruited knowledge is gained, experience is gained, and the probability of destroying such targets is about 50/50, but this zyabrivka airfield was already in the news feed due to unexpected claps a-a. to disrupt the kremlin's plans, i don't think that they are currently carrying out active actions on the territory of belarus, they currently have plenty of work in other directions, however

, the situation is like this. we do not want belarus to actively involve its armed forces in this conflict she has already intervened in him, but i would like to shed belarusian blood, however, if this continues, i am convinced that not only our special forces will carry out strikes in response to aggressive actions, but also other means of destruction, i repeat, we would really hate for this to happen thank you head of security programs of the center for global studies strategy 21 pavlo lekviychuk thank you once again and against this background it was especially interesting today to watch the statements of the highest russian humanity, the president of russia putin and minister of defense e. shoigu spoke at a security conference and talked about the war against ukraine.

statements by the leaders of russia's war against ukraine regarding the role of the un are particularly noteworthy. reflections on the admissibility or inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons in ukraine, as well as an assessment of the role of modern western weapons. putin accused the usual of developing the united states has declared wars, despite the fact that it was russia that started the biggest war in europe since the second world war. putin still talks about respect for international law, the russian defense minister insists that the heimers system is long-range howitzers, which measure provides ukraine, the quote is rehearsed in the battles before, russia has already announced many times about the destruction of the main chamber, but never once did it provide such evidence in kyiv, and that it was called evidence that the leaders of russia had lost touch with reality, commented the head of the president's office, mykhailo podolyak, meanwhile, president zelensky himself spoke with macron today, the main topic of russia's actions at the occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear

power plant, i will remind the russian military they seized the station in early march, they are still holding the nuclear power plant in august. the ukrainian government claims that the shelling is being carried out by the russian military. zelenskyi declares that russia's actions are nuclear terrorism. russia does not stop its blackmailing actions at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant and its surroundings. provocative shelling on the territory of the nuclear power plant continues . under the cover of the station, the occupiers are shelling the local communities nearby directly at the facilities of the station, the russian military hides ammunition and equipment, de facto the station is mined and more about risks to the environment and the economy of ukraine from the current situation, let's talk with hryhoriy plachkov, the former head of the nuclear regulatory inspection, who is now in contact with the studio. i congratulate you. ukrainian politicians and officials call russia's actions nuclear terrorism. let's talk about

nuclear regulation today. makhat mission to the international nuclear security agency, access to nuclear power plants, macron, in a conversation with zelenskyi, called for the launch of a mock-up mission in ukraine as soon as possible, but megate seems to be very powerful the organization added to the list of those who in the event of russia's actions turned out to be completely toothless. how did it happen ? if the visit of the mahat mission can become, as they say, a game changer to change something. i congratulate you. well, indeed, the question of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is already being heard all over the world and everyone is paying attention to because what is happening at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant is the seizure of the facility, and that is why the international community is reacting to the statements of the russian federation and the statement of the 42 countries that have nuclear energy and have nuclear

weapons, therefore, in my opinion. well, we need to put pressure on the russian federation to leave the territory of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the military and transfer back under our jurisdiction the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, because there has never been one in the world. that one state that is a party to international law seizes objects of the nuclear infrastructure of another state is which is also a party to international law, this is the first time in history that this has happened in grigory's data, are there tools in the store for that well, maybe not now well, maybe in the future to punish russia for such behavior because well, if such audacity in handling a nuclear facility remains unpunished, this is

actually a green light for others to do whatever they want in the future, in my opinion, the main thing is that this store is the only technical body in of the world, which has a status there from the united nations, a technical mandate to inspect nuclear facilities and nuclear infrastructure-infrastructure throughout the world, yes. in my opinion, this mission is necessary. yes, but there are already statements from the russian federation that this mission should go only through the russian federation, but i want to emphasize once again that the attention of the world to the issues at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is, well, so very, very big, and the question of what is happening at the

nuclear power plant is not the proliferation of nuclear materials, this the psychological state of the staff, who is there, and the physical state of the object, who controls the object of the zaporizhzhia power plant, so would the flower still be able to, uh, i don't know how to prevent such actions that put the whole world in fact, i can nuclear threat. thank you for the conversation hryhoriy plachkov, ex-head of the state inspectorate for nuclear regulation, and let's talk about another topic that remains at the top of the world news today, the anniversary of the withdrawal of the western coalition from afghanistan , which, as is now often heard, not only changed the balance of power in central asia, but also showed the weakness of the countries of the conditional democratic the camp together with foreign soldiers and afghanistan then left tens of thousands of afghans who did not expect anything good from the passage of the taliban, do you remember these

shocking shots of how tens of thousands of people stormed at the international airport, they tried to squeeze into one of the planes that were leaving the country for those who remained in catastrophic poverty and hunger at any cost. what are the new, already strict rules by which afghan society under the leadership of the taliban now lives, but another one of the consequences of these dramatic events, and international analysts immediately warned about this, uh, here are these shots that you see, they, in particular, could inspire the autocrats of russia, in particular, children, let's take a decisive look, paying close attention to how they changed the geopolitical solitaire this event, how is the kremlin trying to take advantage of this? so serhiy danilov, deputy director of the center for middle eastern studies, joins our broadcast. i congratulate you. thank you for

taking the time to join me. a humanitarian catastrophe, which of the forecasts you gave then came true? and what didn't? well, congratulations, it came true. i said that if the taliban survive the winter in the medium term, they will continue they will rule in afghanistan winter, they survived and they will represent afghanistan in the medium term yes the standard of living has fallen yes the level of freedom has fallen yes the level of urbanization education there different indices what would characterize the level of development the level of human development the sanction they fell but they did not collapse until noon nudity and this is the main thing that happened to president biden's decision

to withdraw american forces from afghanistan. on domestic american problems, there is less help to build democracies elsewhere, but in the case of ukraine, these predictions do not seem to have come true , at least so far, why and does it matter. here , ukraine has become a kind of anti-afghanistan, where, unlike afghanistan, the afghan forces are not fought against the taliban, and the ukrainian armed forces resolutely defended ukraine with russia, which was sure that america was weak, the west was retreating and afghanistan was used, if you remember how they used it in the english myth, they were very they clearly emphasized that the west was abandoning its

allies, and i was looking at what kind of negativity the russian federation was spreading to central asia, the same afghanistan, iran, the middle east, the first months after the full headquarters invasion, the same west was abandoning its allies. - we need our own, but for this the ukrainian people, the ukrainian armed forces, the ukrainian state had to stand up at the last e-e station of the fop and repel this attack. and after that it turned out that the west is alive and everything works, and the the federation got it wrong with the calculation, by the way, i mentioned it a little, but this is probably more of a question for the philosophers of history. but nevertheless, i want to put it. if kabul had not fallen a year ago, russia would not have dared to attack ukraine. yes,

i, you will laugh. i asked myself this question . no, they didn’t dare to, but it was impossible that they wouldn’t have been so confident in their position of delight, after all, it was such a crushing defeat in their eyes that after that, this switch just worked, which switched eh in eh heads except of lviv the rulers' scenarios are so adventurous, i would say that we will get away with everything, the west is weak, we will win, we will win, the new autocracies that are rising there in asia, africa, latin america, are able to overcome it, this was a very important signal, i was sure of this, the leaders of the taliban sought support from the

kremlin other players in the region are now holding out for russia's support. well, let's say iran, how many of these geopolitical movements are dangerous for ukraine, like ukraine, who should behave, watch, intervene, play, if you can briefly, well, look in fact, russia withdrew its troops from the base in tajikistan in 2011 for the war with ukraine, they are fighting somewhere near kharkov, under all of you. the authorities of tajikistan cry that they are afraid of the taliban . its geopolitical happened within the borders of the border, although the taliban of the fourth is saying to adhere to the ties to stay within the meters of their state with one exception, the state

and precisely on on on on dushanbe is aimed at moving one of the taliban leaders important that we will capture tajikistan in two lifetimes and this is important for russia - thank you, it is very interesting to watch what will develop there, the director, deputy director of the center for middle eastern studies, sergiy danilov, that's all for today, see you tomorrow at 21:00 take care so that ukrainians don't think about no matter what they say, the first place is still war, war, and our victory seven days a week