ukraine celebrates independence day against the background of sirens and under fire from russia, president zelenskyi

says that on february 24, another referendum was held in the country for its independence, ukrainians went to defend it both in ukraine and abroad , the date has been celebrated for six months, a full-scale war with russia has been going on in ukraine with losses , the ukrainian military is holding the defense in the east and has partial success in the counteroffensive in the south of ukraine when to wait for the end of the war and is it really the worst on the fronts for ukraine already behind as they say minister of defense reznikov ukraine went to independence with long-term and self-sacrifice but in august 1991, ukrainians successfully took advantage of the coup in moscow and the verkhovna rada proclaimed independence

from the ussr. live on the pages of radio svoboda on facebook and youtube, as well as on the website of the espresso tv channel, today ukraine celebrates the 31st independence day this year, the holiday in ukraine is celebrated against the background of sirens and under fire from russia, in his address to ukrainians on the occasion of independence day, president volodymyr zelenskyi emphasized that ukraine is not a trade of zelenskyi, the girl is the main character of the dramatized action dna of ukraine, ukraine is regaining its way, it continues its path with new historical milestones of ukraine, a full-scale war , russia's attack against civilians and ukrainian resistance of the people of russian aggression in his address volodymyr zelenskyi also stated that ukraine will not seek an understanding with terrorists and any compromises were destroyed by missiles 24

february, that is the end of the war for us, before we said peace, now we will say victory, we will not seek an understanding with the terrorists, although we understand the russian language, which you came to protect and kill thousands of people who came to liberate the city and us, more concepts and closer to johnson, who speaks english than murderers, rapists, marauders who did everything in russian, and we don't. we will raise our hands up only once when we will celebrate our victory, what conclusions can be drawn from six months of war and how the war can unfold further, we are talking about this with andriy

zagorodnyuk, the head of the board of the center for defense strategies and the minister of defense of ukraine 2019-2020 year good evening day august 24 soon i heard in ukraine today throughout the unoccupied territory of russia air alarms, there were shellings and in zaporizhzhia, dnipropetrovsk region, poltava region , there are already reports of khmelnytskyi region. but if speaking in general, independence day, ukraine survived today, didn't it? we put up 100% like on any other day, we put up, and well, that is , the russians have no chance at all. none, and from a military point of view, how do you assess the possibility of strikes on the so-called decision-making centers have actually been talking about this in recent days, let them if they want, please, that is, we are already ready for this. we have had a long, long time ago any body of local government, unfortunately, we have

problems with communications we'll try it with our tongue fix, they have already informed me that andriy zahorodnyuk is with us again, mr. zagronyuk, please continue. yes, i want to say that any military facilities, any military facilities , etc., have been ready for some kind of strikes for a long time. in principle, nothing will be interrupted, let's say so, the russian minister of defense serhii shoyguz said that their so-called special military operation against ukraine is going according to plan, this is what i am quoting a-a and what is their plan and is it really so well, let's first of all, i would like to remind you that he says what russian citizens need to hear, that is, he does not speak as it is, but he speaks as it should be heard in the audience because they are now in despair. this is absolutely accurate information confirmed by all developments in the world, they do not

understand what to do next, their plans fail one by one first, it was a failed blitzkrieg, which they wanted to do here and there for 72 hours or three weeks or a month, it was impossible, but it all did not work, then they concentrated on the donbass, they tried to capture us, then it was the most difficult period because we moved away from the soviet models of weapons and ammunition and switched to nato ones, and we had such a logistical failure, that is, they were already ending, but they had not yet arrived, but we survived it very hard, but we survived and now they have no chance in general , to be honest. therefore, now of course they say that he has plans and everything else, but they do not control the situation at all, and their whole big war that they planned has already failed. is it a sign of such confusion? is the information from american analysts from institute for the study of war, that putin is supposed

to be directly subordinate to him, many commanders of russian troops fighting against ukraine, how do you comment on this kind of micro-management on putin's part, this is interesting information . the connection uh, well, if that is, if i mean, they say so, then they definitely have information that it is so, and according to this, uh, well, we know for sure that putin is extremely emotionally tied to the whole war, he is extremely uh -is personally tied this war, for him it is actually his personal history. by the way, this is the only reason why this war is taking place at all, because he was able to despite all the threats from the world, all the sanctions, the isolation of russia, and everything else. he is everything after all, he pressed everyone in order to let us attack ukraine, but uh, we understand that they are not successful and, as in typical soviet traditions

, stalin was tied up personally for the operation, legin was personally tied up for the operation, even nikolai, and the second was in during the first world war, he was tied personally to the operation, that is, when something goes wrong, the dictator always personally means the whole story, and as a rule, it only gets worse . the minister of defense of ukraine, oleksiy reznikov, said that it is not worse for ukraine on the fronts. already behind you share this thesis of the current head of the elected department, and well, then you can explain exactly what to expect. well, first of all, i absolutely share, indeed. it is a difficult period, and we have to wait for a determination of where we are going next together with our partners. that is, we have to make a strategic plan for our

victory . we have absolutely no other option ukraine will win and here, well, that is, well, first of all, we never doubted it. never even on the 24th, not even four in the morning. when everyone saw these explosions and so on, we understood that russia was making the biggest mistake in its history in general, but then, as the situation developed, we saw that indeed all our predictions are coming true because all they do is, uh, these are mistakes, uh, one by one, and well, actually, victory is only a matter of time. well, today the president of the united states announced a new aid package to ukraine simply as a financial grand for billions of dollars specifically for military support. it is also important not only direct supplies of weapons, but also money for these weapons. how do you generally assess the current level of aid to ukraine from western partners and it is already sufficient to form a resistance to stop the russians, it is not yet

sufficient for a large-scale counter-offensive. and i don’t think that the counter-offensive that they will finance and support the armament of military equipment will be so global, well, somehow like that driving force in all directions, they are very careful, as we can see, that is, it will be gradual. but nevertheless, it will be about money, about the fact that it is not only in armaments, but we must forget that war is a competition of capabilities, that is the capabilities of one side, the capabilities of the other side, it is important to maintain the capabilities, it is important not only to create them, but to maintain them in a combat-ready form. therefore, everything that the americans do is coordinated with our uh-uh troops with our leadership of the armed forces. something is changing to the negative, some things are only going uphill at the moment. by the way , august is the biggest month of aid in the entire

history of this war. thank you very much for your comment. the board of the center for defense strategies and the minister of defense of ukraine for 2019-2020 and how do they celebrate independence day at the front where fierce battles are currently going on, my colleagues maryan kushnir, who is currently in the donetsk region of maryan, will tell my colleagues. hello. please tell me what the situation is at the front and whether the military are celebrating today, the situation at the front is difficult, but of course it is not what it was a month ago, it is felt that the ukrainian army is already behaving differently for the period of the 6th month of the active phase of the war. and destroys even on the tricks of the russian army, which is trying to get closer and closer to the ukrainian population. and today and today is

not exactly a festive day, although here they congratulate each other, of course, with independence and today is like yesterday and will most likely be like tomorrow the ukrainian military will be at the party to monitor what is happening at the front and use weapons, it so happened that on this day, as in the window before, the russian army still continues to try to storm the ukrainian troops, which i will remind as active as it was at least a month ago, and today, of course, it’s not a holiday here, and sometimes you have to go down to the basement. well, i personally saw how today the ukrainian military destroyed several soldiers in one of the areas of the donetsk region. of the russian army who tried to move as close as possible to the position in this way, which is military-specific, of course, but they are choosing it here, actually. and what do they think about independence day and how they greet ukrainians? i

propose to show in the story that i filmed the day before well, not my heroic people of ukraine, i congratulate you on the independence day. ukraine is and will be independent, and of course independence means freedom. i am sure that time will pass and we will celebrate not only independence day, but also the day of liberation from the occupiers. our people have become stronger. friendlier because many people understood what this freedom that we had and have really means, freedom of speech, democracy and also these traditions , that's why i think that many people became more aware of their freedom and this day of independence without their support, without their rear, our relatives, our society will be more difficult, first of all, that they do not stop believing in any way, and the faith of their

message strengthened and grew, this faith grew every day and supported as they are supporting. at this stage, they support qualitatively and it is good for us to fight, fight and only fight, because we have no other choice, all of us have the strength and stamina in fact in this war, but we will definitely win, we simply do not have another way, only i think and it seems to me that in next year we will win and it will be independent. this country is the strongest. i think all the countries that believed before this that there is a country there is weak and will depend on someone, this is not the case because we have already shown and what about our country the strongest and the most independent i want to wish all ukrainians, first of all, victory, victory over the cursed enemy who treacherously attacked

our country, victory will be our victory, our victory will be ours like never before, when there will be a big holiday, i want everyone to wait for the protection of the protector and happiness of well-being harmony and peace peace to us all i would like to wish everyone who is fighting to return home alive to all the relatives of those who are fighting do you want all your friends and loved ones to return home so that you meet them and finally their families are reunited dear ukrainians on this day i i would like to convey to all of you what the true independence of our country is, why we are all here, what we are defending and what is our goal, our goal is the freedom of our country, all our people, we will win together until the end. glory to ukraine exactly 6 months ago, russia launched a large-scale invasion to ukraine along the entire length of the common border from the territory of belarus. ukraine is fiercely resisting in

ukraine. martial law and general mobilization were declared. president volodymyr zelenskyi said that ukrainians are on their land and will not give it to anyone. in the first months of the war, russian troops occupied parts of the kherson and zaporozhye regions under occupation until now kherson and energodar, where the territory of the largest nuclear power plant in europe is often shelled, the world community is concerned about the threat of a nuclear disaster at the end of march on at the beginning of april, the armed forces of ukraine knocked out the russian military from kyiv oblast, chernihiv oblast and sumy oblast, and after the liberation of many villages and towns in these regions, the world saw numerous evidences of war crimes committed by the russian military against the civilian population , shootings, torture, rape, as of today, russia has captured almost luhansk oblast, occupied and practically destroyed the city mariupol western countries apply more and more sanctions against russia and provide weapons to ukraine six months later

, russia's full-scale aggression turned into a protracted war on exhaustion, the russian minister of defense shoigu stated that slowing down the offensive in ukraine is a conscious decision to minimize casualties among the civilian population, he also added that the russian army complies with international law and strikes only with high-precision weapons against military facilities , numerous evidence, testimonies and in particular materials of journalists of radio svoboda - this is denied because on this day the russian army bombed and shelled the residential quarters of the cities, destroyed the civil infrastructure of hospitals, schools and historical monuments andriy yaky the institute of analytics, the institute for the study of war came to the conclusion that the russian army is unlikely to be able to capture new territories in the coming months due to the loss of offensive momentum, about how ukraine resists russian aggression for the seventh month and what to expect next, we are talking about the secretary of the security council in touch with us and defense of ukraine oleksiy danilov good evening and

oleksandr lukashenko congratulated ukraine on independence day today, he wished a peaceful sky despite the fact that a ground attack was carried out from the territory of belarus and rockets are often launched from the territory of belarus. what can such a statement by lukashenko indicate? as you think, well, a cynical statement, first of all, from uz lukashenko, and secondly, lukashenko understands, he already realizes that the victory will be ours, the victory will be for our country, so he is trying, let's say so now about a bag of drops to run through in order to consider oneself innocent in those events that unfolded starting from february 24. and how can you assess in general at what stages the war is now, or can we already talk about the counteroffensive of ukraine? well, let's say let's say in this operative understanding of the concept counteroffensive in our country, this also applies to counteroffensives . everything also applies to military actions. i always said, i say that this is the business of our military, they

determine it, they are experts, no one else, not some. they will strike these or that blows, take these or that counteroffensive or other actions, it is their business, they are responsible for this, we trust them, we have already seen our military, as they say in diva many times and i want to emphasize once again that only they know, i cannot tell you now where and in which place all this will take place, let's be patient, the only thing i can say is that the entire territory of our country, including crimea, the territory of the donetsk luhansk region was liberated from the aggressor and that rape which the russian federation of our country is constantly doing, it will stop. i would like to remind you that many of us have such a great desire to have a simplified system of perception of certain things. no, friends, war is a very, very complicated thing. in general, it is a difficult thing, we need to be patient

, it will be very difficult, it will not be easy, but if someone thinks that we have already passed the victory, some rubicons have come, what will happen in the future. and we will have to put a lot of effort into our soldiers and everyone in our society in order for victory to be ours, but you just mentioned that commenting on plans in general, the course of the war, belongs to the military itself, whom you trust in particular, i wanted i would like to ask you how you evaluate the political statements on this matter, because they actually came from politicians , and from the president's office in particular . i emphasize the question once again, we are clearly aware of what our military is doing, we understand when everything is going to start, but it is not for the general public because then it will be, well, a little strange, let's say so, the

situation when we will inform in advance in society, in what direction will our military take certain actions, that's what i'm emphasizing. once again, well, we need to be patient. everything will be fine on arrival . to destroy our people, our task is to win this war now, if we don't do it now, it will just be a postponed war, a postponed war, we don't know there for a year, for two, for five, for 10, but it will rush here to push that's why we it is necessary to break this hydra, break and knock out all their teeth, and then life will be much better for all our children and grandchildren, and then life will be completely different . on the air of the marathon

, i emphasize that one situation is pleasant for us at the negotiations, the complete total surrender of all others, our other proposals are not of interest to us, i will clarify here that we are talking about the capitulation of russia and the withdrawal from all the occupied territories of ukraine to international recognition borders yes, of course, we can’t do it any other way, i’ll explain it differently, our society is not his, well, with the exception of the arctic, they took part in this forum and they all said that crimea is ukraine, the borders of 1991 russia goodbye thank you very much oleksiy danil, secretary of the national security and defense council, was in touch with us on the occasion of independence day, radio svoboda spoke with the third president of ukraine, viktor yushchenko, did he really try to reconcile ukraine and the russian federation as in the negotiations with

vladimir putin behaved like the ukrainian president at the time, what and who viktor yushchenko was offended by during the bucharest nato summit when ukraine never received an action plan regarding membership in the alliance and why, in his opinion, this led to more than one war in an interview with radio svoboda viktor yushchenko told this and much more. putin this white moth came to the point when he started his war with unconquered ukraine. talks with putin, telephone conversations with macron, these are the constant speeches of the nato secretary general for the first three months about what nato will not do, and this is like an invitation

to a hot phase, that is, ukraine did not allow any provocation except for one. putin wants to kill us. and we want to live in the next two months 20 years no one will attack us this is a quote from your interview published four days before the full-scale russian invasion i was convinced that this is a bluff this is a bluff this is a game of muscles like dear putin uh with a bare torso to pull a pike out there the chest jumps whether to do something with the tiger or to dive 3,000 km to baikal and that is why in fact we have a problem as a leader as a führer and a second problem as a russian people who who loved occupations who will be eternal warriors and that banal

question of yevtushenko do they want russian wars want want what in the interview of your associate valentyna rudenko that in 2008 at the bucharest nato summit, let's say angela merkel almost avoided you i invited the president of the united states to work in kyiv two days before the summit e-e on issues a-a acquisition of e-e associate membership of the pdch e-e for ukraine and obviously ukraine ukraine fulfilled everything and brought us