the american switch blade and are divided into two categories to investigate 36 blade 600 and we received candles blade 300 which er are lighter, that is, the combat part there is actually equal to the combat part of the usual hand grenade there and we used these ammunition to fight against the destruction of his manpower in there were several videos of us that show that 300 blades are used, and as a result, fresh blade 600 is used somewhere or other because it is more powerful in the painful part. and actually it is only produced because we took 300 of these blades. were taken from the equipment of the marine corps from the united states and handed over to us. and sit blades 600 must be manufactured because the company did not have an order. now this will be the first order for an american company. we will see how

they show themselves on this. thank you very much. let's observe a moment of national silence, let's honor with a moment of silence the memory of the ukrainian military and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war that was unleashed by russia

. my greetings to all who are with us and from the shelling of the russian nazis, the city day began in kharkiv, i will not only tell about it, yana yava melnyk , together with the news editors, and i will start this edition with operational information from the general staff, our soldiers repelled enemy attacks near krasnohorivka, pervomaiskyi, novomykhalivka, the golden field, moscow also tried to storm it near soledar, and the codes of success were not had noted in the general headquarters of the armed forces that the enemy also wanted to carry out reconnaissance of the boyag in the area of ​​the settlement of zaitseva, instead he once again dozed off on the run the ukrainian military emphasizes the continued threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of belarus, at the same time, the invaders do not stop

shelling our settlements in the slavyansk direction, the enemy carried out fire damage to the barrel artillery and rszl machines near nortsivka, krasnopillya and the valley, carried out an air strike near bogorodochka in the donetsk direction , the enemy's efforts are concentrated shelling was recorded during active operations in the bakhmut and avdiiv directions in the kramatorsk direction not far from grigorivka, the division of the belenko and the controversial, a tense night with four shellings in the dnipropetrovsk region in the kryvyi rih region, the invaders hit hurricanes as a result of the attack in the zelenodolsk community, a 45-year-old woman died, her husband was wounded, he is in the hospital, muscovites also vandalized the couple's house, the head of the regional military administration, valentin

reznichenko, noted that the enemy three times covered the nikopol district with fire in the manganetsk community , russian heavy artillery flew there 13 shells, two women were injured, one of them was hospitalized, doctors estimate that the damage to six houses in the city is average, the gas and water pipes in the khrovnogrigorivskyi community were hit by the invaders , they hit a dozen houses and a power line , fortunately there were no victims. the city of kharkiv, the enemy hit the kyiv district, mayor ihor trukkov reported. attackers hit a private house. people were not injured. they are trying to prevent a counterattack. ukrainian military russians in the temporarily occupied territories of luhansk region

tear up the passports of men during forced mobilization, the head of the regional military administration, serhiy gaidai, said that if a man shows any document about a deferral or armor, the invaders also spoil them on the spot with such methods. of our soldiers last night, the russians fired 14 rockets at populated areas, carried out seven barrages from barrel and jet the artillery used aviation, the army repelled the enemy's attacks in four directions, the enemy retreated with heavy losses, the terrorist attack in elenivka , the united nations prepared a team of specialists who will deal with establishing the facts of the deaths of ukrainian prisoners of war, the spokesman of the organization, stefan dzharyk, said that the trip to the

prison is currently not planned, despite the fact that that ukraine and russia demand an independent investigation, he believes that the situation around the colony is dangerous for access without proper guarantees july 29 in the interim an explosion occurred in the occupied olenivka colony where ukrainian prisoners of war were kept, more than 50 of our soldiers were killed, the ukrainian defense force significantly damaged the antonivka tank, kakhovsky bridges confirmed this information in the operational command of the south in nova kakhovka, and there was still no warehouse with enemy ammunition during the past day , russian aviation - attacked eight times the positions of the armed forces of ukraine, fortunately without losses, on the other hand, our defenders struck from the sky at the strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower of the invaders 17 occupiers were eliminated, not counting muscovites

, five units of automobile and armored vehicles , as well as anti-aircraft missile and towed mortar systems, at the same time, the military warns - they warn that the threat from the sea has not disappeared and citizens should not neglect their own safety 1 of the black sea among 13 ships maneuvering along of the crimean coast, sheltering in missile safe areas, four missile carriers, including one submarine equipped with 20 caliber missiles, we remind you once again about the need to follow the algorithm of actions following air alarm signals, attention to the probability of artillery shelling in mykolaiv region, kherson region, nikopol region, kryvyi rih region, the inadmissibility of neglecting danger and our country celebrates the national flag day, this holiday has acquired special

significance in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of russia, because the blue and yellow colors have become a symbol of resistance to the aggression of the invaders in lviv already ceremoniously raised the state flag , our correspondent iryna ostrovska observed this, colleague, i congratulate you and tell you how it went a ceremony in the conditions of a full-scale war, my colleague, the raising of the state flag was solemnly raised in lviv, a nationwide moment of silence began for the ukrainians who died from russian armed aggression, literally just a few minutes ago, after that, this blue-yellow flag was solemnly raised. this canvas is a huge, beautiful canvas still with a total area of ​​150 m², they raised it to a height of 50 m, it is the largest flagpole in the lviv region. well,

right now, the opening of the military artistic composition of the knights of the state is also taking place this is a mural depicting the state and historical figures of ukraine who influenced its statehood. later in the program, performances are possible among the latvians, in particular, representatives of the luhansk regional military administration. and of course, a performance by the military orchestra. this is how lviv begins today to celebrate flag day and independence day . to the studio thank you sincerely this was our correspondent iryna ostrovska on this see you at 10:00 a.m. tv channel euroespresso program for ukrainian refugees in europe co-broadcast with atf channel radio svoboda program time-time programs of the voice of america, the inclusion of journalists from public television, news programs of bbc news ukraine and franz 24, as well as the broadcast

of the information marathon, the only news, together we are the strength, glory to ukraine. i congratulate all viewers of the espresso channel. the 31st anniversary of ukraine's independence coincides with six months of the full-scale invasion of russia into our country in these days we talk with famous ukrainians about our war of independence in different senses and dimensions of our lives. my interlocutor today is the novel kostenko, colonel of the sbu and people's deputy of ukraine who, at the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine, maintains a defense in the southern direction in the mykolaiv oblast p. roman, i congratulate you. i congratulate you on the last

one . than it was before the beginning, now we have a real war for independence, and for me it means the freedom of the ukrainian people, freedom from russian territory and the opportunity for each of our citizens to live as he wants. let's say such a historical gap, especially from the russian federation. i think that what is happening now in ukraine is the closest to independence there in its entire history, the age-old history of existence in general. therefore, history is now in our hands and the struggle for independence is also in our hands, and i hope that our generation will have to deal with it by the

end of the war that our ancestors started many styles of the large-scale invasion of the russian federation on our land, you can already draw certain conclusions as to how prepared ukraine was in your opinion to such a development of events, what was not taken into account, what were the mistakes, what conclusions should be drawn, i think that first of all it should be said that probably many did not expect that we will meet this day of independence in an independent state, and we are meeting it in an independent state, it could have been different we really have occupied territories , but we are doing it now so that next year or after some time, those people who are now under the purchased occupied territories will celebrate our independence with us. everything and i am sure that kherson and

other cities will be liberated and that they will celebrate together with us at the expense of answering your question, what we did not do, you know, there are tactical issues, there are strategic ones. we still say, it was necessary to go deeper into the roots of our ukrainian culture, to pay attention to our history. let's move away more radically from those russian narratives that they imposed on us there, for example the russian language, which is in many regions, regions . it remained. and many, even politicians , said that it is not bad to speak russian, but now we see that this is exactly the reason that russians use for that, one of the reasons for coming to our the land should learn more about its history and protect it because the fact that the russians insulted it once again shows

that they will use it again later, and i will say that perhaps we were not sufficiently united around such pro-ukrainian uh principles, and these are not the shortcomings of those old politicians who were there before that, who were unable to rally the people and point them to a goal and lead them in exactly these directions after the beginning of the invasion, you were in mykolaiv and now you are just staying at this point. please tell me what has changed in the defense of the city so that it was as it was then and as it is now, the more he remembers that in march there were even shots where you captured polonne of russian intelligence officers, here are a few details about how the defense of the city is taking place. well, you know the question of what has changed in the defense of the city. i can answer yes, then there was no defense of the city, and now there is a defense of the city, and it is possible, and there will be

an answer to your question. what you asked before that, and what we did not finish. after coming here to mykolaiv, i was here on february 27 or 28. there was no defense of the city as such, the artillery was holding the troops, they were spread out in different directions, we had no intelligence, who was going where, they were scouted . well, the main ones were from the local population, who helped, they said, and here goes a column, what units, what we didn’t know, you know, there was chaos i think the russians were in chaos after we hit them with our artillery. well, i'll be honest, we also had such chaos in the leadership, then they started to put things in order here, they started to build some kind of defense line, that's what we're talking about there is a clear line . it's just a matter of posting troops somewhere the ground defense is starting to work. and this was the fact that at the beginning the enemy entered the city, we knocked him out of the city. he entered there, entered the airfields, entered the airport

from there he was also knocked out, and it is different now that there is already a line of defense and no, there is no water on the helmet, it passes clearly along well, it is practically along my khersonsk mykolaiv region, and despite the fact that the enemy was already in mykolaiv , now he is pushed back there for 20 or more kilometers in different directions. well, in different ways, that is, you can answer your question by what the defense is different then it was practically non-existent and now it is and answering the question that was before this what is in this and this problem that i believe that i was not fully prepared for defense at the time of the invasion and speaking of kherson and then how he was excited and adding er mykolaiv this is my opinion that i see my matches well, then of course the question is why were we not ready for defense, we have been waging war for 8 years we understand that these directions in the south were threatening to different peoples, you and me heard about the fact that we should prepare for defense,

this direction is critical, when these events happen, we actually understand that we were not ready and this is how the understanding of this happened well, someone probably underestimated the situation, somewhere did not believe that such and such from a full-scale invasion from the military-political leader, i will say that uh, 90% of the military-political leadership who came to us at the committee said that it was repeated, i will not talk about forces and means, they convinced us that well , the enemy does not have strike groups now and they well , there won't be a war in the near future. i won't tell you by name, it was coming, but it's the highest percentage, in fact, the leadership, that's why they said that there were no wars. therefore, in this preparation as such, i think there was none, i think that it was necessary to call up the reservists, at that time, it was necessary to withdraw the troops and take up the defense, so this is the

plan, i think that we did not prepare, and the fact that we are now holding the enemy on that mine, on that bridgehead where he is now skazhem yes, on the administrative line of almost the kherson mykolayiv oblast - it could have been more. i absolutely agree with your conclusions, and now we are not even saying that we restrained the offensive with forms, we stabilized the front line in a certain way, and even now we are talking about a counteroffensive that should take place in the south, although there are already many questions about the counteroffensive in the south in particular, there and the observers there and our citizens, when exactly this

will happen, in your opinion, what should be the optimal strategy for the liberation of the south of the same kherson region, taking into account, on the one hand, the preservation lives of our soldiers, and on the other hand , using certain technological advantages, what optimal strategies should the ukrainian side choose for such actions, first of all, we must understand for ourselves that we will never win by following the strategy, the main thing is to save lives, well, this is reality , these are the realities that we must protect our life, but there would be no war, because if such a strategy only goes ahead, all this is doom in the war. we must understand that we are now in a war for independence in the bloodiest war since the end according to some statistics of the use of artillery in the second world war, it is even greater, and the weapons are completely different, and the tanks are different and with different calibers, and the artillery and cruise missiles, so even sometimes

you cannot compare them with the second world war, because the weapons are so... it is applied quite er serious er let's say so er we must understand that in this war er we must er self- sacrifice and let's say our principles well not to give in to the russian federation and set ourselves the goal of this main liberation our territory but we understand that russia is also a resource country , it is more massive, has the largest population, more mobilization resources, and here i agree with you. we must use modern, modernized evidence . they are in combat vehicles, from my point of view. do you know how many technologies were not used here? it is good, but the basis of this

war is still artillery and missile systems volley fire i guess i will compare 80% in this war, because everyone was preparing for modern wars, building robots, they were talking about space troops . we will be able to hit the bodies of the russian army, that will be good, but this is a perspective, what is needed now is artillery and equipment specifically for the offensive, because no matter how many infantry we have there, 700,000, they say, maybe already 800,000 mobilized in this war - it's a no no no plays a very important role because i always give examples of where i witnessed such things on our side and on the enemy's side

when one tank t-64 t 90 and 72 and even t-6 e-e in which crew three people can hold back for several days, well, i'm sorry, a battalion in which there are 500 people and the wounded are walking in this battalion, the dead are walking in this battalion, the morale and psychological state in this battalion is depressed, that's why when we talk about people, three people and 500 and when there is no power of means to strike him this is such a problem. therefore, for us to win, especially here in the south, we need to provide these people with our equipment, then our losses will decrease and there will be more hope for the reconquest of the territory, but there is one more important point regarding the equipment, of course, i can't do much here to talk about , the more this is the air, after all, it’s a holiday, yes , it’s a holiday. yes, if you know these soldiers on weekdays, you’ve completely

immersed yourself in them. there are many problematic issues that we would not like. saw people should know that we are fighting and it's all the same, there are issues that we must solve, not enough, sometimes pleasant, but necessary. therefore, when returning, it is necessary to have the training of the crews and the correct motivation of the crews to defend their country, and this is also the merit of the commanders of our military and political leadership, which should motivate soldiers to fight for their country, help them, and the ukrainian people, who should support the entire ukrainian people, should understand that without exception, that the war for independence is now going on, those who are in the country is helped by those who left and are abroad. this is our country and we are now a historical moment. if we lose it, you will be exiles for the rest of your life somewhere at the head of the territory. and you will be haunted by the fact that you surrendered your country , so we must all fight together you earn

money there, help economically, volunteers help here, the ukrainian people support morally, we are soldiers, we are politicians, we will fight on the battlefield so that ukraine is a subject in the world and ukraine is independent, did you mention about weapons is it possible to say that the arrival of foreign military aid really changes the situation on the battlefield on the example of your area of ​​responsibility, or are there signs that it really allows you to stabilize the situation? it would be much more difficult and the losses would be much more with one example , i will simply explain, here i gave an interview maybe two months ago maybe three i don't remember when in the beginning russia had an absolute advantage in artillery i gave examples of 70x30 80 by 20. that the russians are superior in terms of mass in hitting the gentlemen,

and it was quite such a long period of time. and after the hymersons were hit, which was talked about by the akhmatian information media in the territory of kakhovka, er, new kakhovka hundred brylivka , their railway tracks were broken, the antonov bridge was broken. yes, it still has access there, but it is not the same as it was before, these directions were hit here on the battlefield . in the trenches, the soldiers saw that the density of fire actually decreased. and in some areas, we even took the initiative of our group with the help of system fire and with the help of e-e weapons of our partners, which is more accurate, it does not need such a massive impression, which puts a mass there, puts civilian objects and civilian people at risk and if the russians need artillery, they were able to fire a stop of shots here and there to hit an object, it takes two or three, and the object is

impressed, so it is really this weapon that helped to stabilize the situation a little, and now we have artillery, shall i say, parity? other in some areas, we even have an initiative, but this is not due to the mass of weapons, but due to the correct management and precisely the work of the crews of these communities, it is interesting in one of these interviews, i do not know when exactly you spoke about this, but you said a phrase about what at the end of the 22nd year, ukraine, taking into account the forces and means, will not be able to complete this active hot phase of the war. in your opinion, what are the forecasts based on the current point from the end of the hot power, or is it possible to form any time limits on today and say something about it to our

citizens, even if you understand here. the question is what is this hot phase? it only partially depends on us. the question is what does it mean to depend on and finish the hot phase if the enemy continues to press on us and prove to us to repulse it, and here the situation is such that if we just want to reduce the intensity, then we will have to go on the defensive yes and go and accept the fact that the enemy will gain a foothold in those areas where there are therefore here the question is if we will have enough weapons we will not we must move to this phase, let's say a decrease in the intensity, because we need weapons and constantly inflict losses on the enemy, constantly knock down his offensive potential, and this is done at the expense of artillery, at the expense of the destruction of his sometimes military objects, and that's the only way we can do it, because well, with the weapons that we currently have, well, from my point of view, we

can impose the initiative on them locally, everything else - it's us, what we do is that we react to the initiative of the enemy, returning to what i said if the enemy will recruit and we will continue to conduct military operations as we are conducting, we will only need to react to them in this way. what we are doing now from my point of view is now our command must look for places where we can impose the initiative on the enemy our strikes are to look for places where the enemy is weakest or where it is most profitable for us and to force the enemy to react to our actions, this is either the transfer of artillery , the removal of some of his reserves from the main directions and the closing of these directions where we can strike well and i see the main thing, of course for the offensive, this is a very promising city right here in the direction of kherson - it is a right-hand bridgehead, of course, if we develop a

serious operation here, if we took them here and there in an operational or operational-tactical environment, from my point of view, it could have been done earlier, but if i see this possibility but of course the decision should be made by the supreme commander-in-chief, i would do so and it gave the possibility of prospects, i will say and impose some conditions, this is the first, and the second is to speak for our prisoners, including me because i'm sure that they didn't talk about saving their lives, the russians will only hand them over when they're pinned to the wall, they won't hand them over just like that, because they came here and talked about denazification, they told us that azov is a terrorist organization and hand them over to us for them this is a very serious loss within the country of their authority, so we can take them away only when

they are first somewhere near the wall, for me the right bank of the dnieper is an ideal place, but for this you need a serious military leader who can carry out this operation conduct is it possible to say that the battle for kherson region is the most decisive battle with the russian federation, in particular, such conclusions are drawn by a number of analytical structures, or are such conclusions not too exaggerated in view of the importance of one or another region in your assessment of the meaning of the battle for kherson region, it is quite important, i think from a moral point of view, because this is actually one oblast city that was captured from the 24th oblast center from february 24, they already started building the kherson people's republic there is preparing to make the referent captured the administrative borders and from my point of view knocking them out of this bridgehead if you look at the map and this bridgehead is edi