standing with the enemy on the fronts in the rear in the economy in the information space everywhere we are fighting in politics in diplomacy today ukraine you know on different fronts but she is the only one who is not the only one then we will deal with that later we will win we will overcome everything take care of yourself i want to say to me again unfortunately an 11-year-old child died after shelling in the dnipropetrovsk region, we will follow the information, we will see what else happened, have a good hot evening, the most important thing, now i bring to your attention a news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office bbc news good evening on bbc news ukraine live from london olga palamaryuk is working in the studio and today we are talking about this to the sound of sirens almost throughout the

country ukraine celebrates the 31st year of independence and is already counting down the sixth month against the large-scale aggression words of thanks and support ukrainian music and greetings in ukrainian, what messages did world leaders send on the occasion of independence day and six months later, how ukraine and ukrainians changed during the war ukraine celebrates the 31st anniversary of independence for security purposes from celebrations and parades this year they refused in kharkiv for a day and a half, they even introduced a curfew the day before,

intelligence warned of a possible massive missile attack from russia, and today's morning began restlessly. an air alert was announced in almost all regions of ukraine. there are reports of shelling and missile strikes all day long. some of the missiles are shot down by air defense despite the danger of strikes . the president of the country and the first lady honored the memory of the defenders who died during the russian-ukrainian war, the presidential couple placed flowers on the wall commemoration near st. michael's cathedral in kyiv, a company of honor guard was formed and the sounds of trumpets sounded, the memory of ukrainian heroes was honored with a minute of silence, the threat continues to exist in the black sea along the crimean coast, 10 russian ships are maneuvering. according to him, the ships are hiding by the tarkhankut plan along the crimean coast, hiding from the

armed forces, therefore all ukrainians are advised not to neglect the safety rules during the air the anxiety of being in shelters, and also president zelenskyy congratulated ukrainians on independence day. he recorded his address on the maidan and khreschatyk against the background of mutilated russian equipment. he reminded that the russian invasion began exactly six months ago. he emphasized that during this time ukraine changed the history of the world and changed itself. it is important to us what kind of land we have, we will fight for it until the end, we hold on for 6 months, it is difficult for us, but we clenched our fists and carve out our destiny every new day. this is a new reason not to give up, because after passing so much we have no right not to reach the end that for us it is the end of the war before we said peace now we will say victory well the celebration of

independence day is taking place in the capital but due to the threat of air attacks public gatherings in kyiv were banned today also as we have already mentioned exactly six months since moscow launched a full-scale invasion bbc ukraine correspondent james waterhouse spent the day in kyiv and this is what he told a world audience as history has shown the more russia tries to attract the identity of ukrainians becomes stronger for ukraine. previously, at this factory on the outskirts of kyiv , uniforms for hotels were made, now flags are sewn here, and in very large quantities you can feel and see everything in the sky in the wheat. we have been sewing every day for the past 2 months, and it brings pleasure, joy e-e okay with a corner or

domanskoe another symbol of ukrainian disobedience english-language online publication kyiv independent was created a few weeks before a full-scale russian invasion in a few days of their the audience has grown from tens of thousands to millions , the editor-in-chief calls the publication the voice of ukraine and a window to the world, of course we are all well aware that this is the most important day of independence that we will see in our lives. khreshchatyk, as a manifestation of power at that time, had already begun to withdraw troops on the border and soon the stability of ukraine will face a difficult test 2016 this is the same khreshchatyk, but today there are rows of captured or destroyed

russian tanks as a manifestation of defiance, but how independent is ukraine when the russians occupied a fifth of the country and it is almost completely dependent on western weapons for the third president of ukraine, who fought against russian influence, the sovereignty of the country is not only weapons and territory for me, first of all, a measure of independence there is strength of spirit strength of national spirit today i can firmly say that 42 million ukrainians speak with one voice this day of independence has complex realities criticism about why ukraine does not respond to prevention of the event and the constant dependence of the country on aid in order to remain independent and i am glad

to welcome on the air a political scientist, an analyst of the stockholm center for east european studies, the address of the umlad, i congratulate you we have heard a lot in recent weeks from western politicians that putin well, he cannot agree with the existence of an independent ukraine, others say that putin or anyone else, for many politicians in moscow , the very existence of ukraine is an irritant, under what conditions does russia recognize and accept the fact that ukraine is a separate and independent state, and is it even possible i think it is possible and it is not necessary to see here only uh, as somehow, in such a person, other countries that are also not included in nato and the european union, such as moldova and georgia, read problems with russia and uh, well, it is the

existence of ukraine, it is possible as how a member of the european union and nato, and now we see that this cooperation between ukraine and the european union, and also between ukraine and nato, is growing more and more and it is growing every month, we can say that ukraine is now a candidate for membership in the european union and well, it has such and such problems now and then ukraine is a typical post for the inter countries. well , in fact, there are ruins in your work. here is a policy that came to the fore a day before the attack on russia. you wrote here, i will quote. the annexation of crimea and the invasion of donbas became an unprecedented shift in european geopolitics. well, if it is, as you wrote, unprecedented operation what do you call the war

started by russia, well, this article was a criticism of german foreign policy, personally, after the annexation of crimea and the beginning of this pseudo- civil war in donbas, and in principle today's war is continuing this aggression of the 14th year and it is violating the entire world system, not only the european security system, but the world security system. because here a member of the security council is violating the entire sovereignty of another a member of the united nations well, if we talk about the far-reaching consequences of this war, will the war lead to

a new world order and what will it be now, it really looks like there are more and more effects of this attack that not only concern -e of ukraine well, nato is currently expanding in the scandinavian direction, that is, finland and sweden will be members of nato, and now there is also an intensive discussion in europe, in the european union, whether we need a new organization for europe, for example , french president macron proposed a completely new structure, so-called european political community, which would unite not only member countries of the eu, but also countries such as

great britain-ukraine and i, that is, countries that are not currently are members of the european union. that is, it is true there will be a new european and even a new world order and today's broadcast . the prospects of the kremlin in donbas, the russians are moving with minimal progress and russia is expecting a major counteroffensive of ukraine. this is what british intelligence officers think, russia is not enough of ammunition, transport and people, morale in many military units is low and the situation of the army has deteriorated significantly, according to reports,

the economic prospects of the kremlin in london are assessed as quite gloomy. six months later, the war for russia turned out to be expensive and strategically harmful, and the president of the united states, joe biden, in honor of independence day, announced on the allocation of the largest tranche of assistance in the field of security for almost 3 billion dollars, this is stated in the statement of the white house even before the united states announced the provision of three billion dollars of direct budgetary aid not related to weapons, that is, in total, such aid will amount to six billion dollars, it will allow ukraine to receive air defense systems, artillery systems and ammunition, unmanned aircraft complexes and radars, biden noted, and it is currently unknown whether this package will contain atakams missiles for heimerskih, so they are waiting in in the meantime, the united states showed ukraine exactly how they send a new batch of weapons to ukraine. the

us ministry of defense published photos on twitter of shipments of a new batch of weapons in the photos, members of the 305th airlift squadron of the us air force port are loading boxes of ammunition into planes heading to kyiv. it is true from the photo that it is not clear what weapons are contained in these boxes, and military expert oleg zhdanov joins our broadcast. greetings, bloomberg today published their conclusions of the first six months of the war and one of the conclusions is that the next six months will be very different from the previous ones, it enters the third phase, which can become decisive and the first was the russian attempt at a second blitzkrieg, the beginning of the battle for donbas, how do you see this third phase, today we are in the phase of a positional war, having stopped the offensive of the russian federation and three, and the next phase of the war will be

counter-offensive, and here it can simply stretch in time, and it can be more- less quickly, the more likely we can end the hot phase either by the end of the year or move on to 2003, everything will depend on the volume of weapons supplies, but i didn't specifically finish the bloomberg message, i was interested in your opinion, but actually the expert schools of international studies at the hopkins university - gela-branza also believes that the third phase should be marked by a ukrainian counteroffensive in the south of the united states, the other day a new aid package was announced . 15 people died at the chaplyne railway station in dnipropetrovsk oblast, and about 50 others were injured . we are waiting for details.

yes, does this phase actually give such chances for a counteroffensive, yes, it does, if in this package, which was announced today for 3 billion dollars, there are weapons and there are artillery and there are ammunition, we do not have enough firepower to defeat the enemy, this is artillery, this is also in including a jet, these are tanks, these are combat armored vehicles, if it comes, then we can talk about the beginning of a counteroffensive already in the next month, the next six months, this is also the approach of winter, yes, and actually winter , according to your forecasts. what will happen in the winter on at the front, i think that the intensity of hostilities, well, at least from our side, will not be reduced. i will remind you that the massive invasion of our territory began on february 24, and we fought in the conditions of winter, in the conditions of the spring rains, that's why it's not a

problem for us, we already we have such experience and we will continue the hostilities. and as for putin, because winter is the time when putin’s gas weapons will be the most powerful. you are not afraid that putin can outplay and win thanks to such an energy front. today we are preparing and diversifying the supply of gas for the needs of ukraine. especially since we are extracting the necessary amount of gas for utilities and for the population, and the rest can be purchased by industry at the expense of supplies from other countries. by the way, turkey is becoming a new hub for new gas hubs and it is possible we can come to an agreement with them. well, actually. today we are trying to sum up the results of the first six months of the state war. in your opinion, why did the

russians advance from the north in february, including and not for example, from the east, as predicted by most politicians and experts. well, because they counted on the fact that there would be no resistance from the armed forces of ukraine, and the population would meet them with bread and salt, that's why they attacked, the main goal was to quickly capture kyiv and announce the transition of ukraine under the political control of the russian federation, that's why it didn't happen because they calculated their forces and didn't expect such an opening. thank you for your analysis. it was military expert oleg zhdanov, and world leaders congratulated ukraine on independence day the president of france even spoke in ukrainian emmanuel macron expressed his support and reminded that russia planned a lightning war but did not appreciate the unity and courage of ukrainians nato secretary general quoted a poem by taras shevchenko president andrzej

duda noted that poland was the first in the world to recognize the independence of ukraine federal and german chancellor olafsholz promised further military support of the armed forces, and the head of the european commission ursula fondelaen assured that europe will always be close to ukraine, together with you we will rebuild your cities brick by brick and we will re-plant your gardens and fields with grain, thanks to your sacrifice, your children will grow up in a fair and free ukraine, there are many things ahead, but we can do it together europe is with you today and in the future glory to ukraine ukrainians on this independence day you can be proud of 31 years of modern life of your country with its own borders

and the incredible repulsion of russia's aggression that has lasted for six months, we do not support ukraine and back the noise of the side, so it will be and we will continue in the future supply weapons from armored howitzers to anti-aircraft systems month after month we will continue to train the ukrainian military with modern european military equipment we will introduce sanctions we will help ukraine financially and rebuild destroyed cities from the village slava ukraine people the ukrainian armed forces and the entire ukrainian people demonstrate extraordinary courage and determination under under the leadership of president zelensky, you are an example for the whole world, you can continue to count on the support of nato as much how long does it take ukraine must win and ukraine will win and in britain by the day of ukraine's independence

the prime minister's office on old street was decorated with sunflowers and blue flowers and the orchestra performed the song stefania kalush of the orchestra explained to the british that the sunflower is one of the national flowers and during the russian-ukrainian war it became with one of the symbols of resistance in a personal video message, berezh johnson separately emphasized that in 1991, ukraine was reborn as an independent state, and not the first time it became independent, and now ukrainians are once again defending the right to determine their future in their own country, according to him, britain provided ukraine with the largest military aid among european countries, including about seven thousand anti-tank missiles, and opening the door for 100,000 ukrainians who had to seek refuge abroad because of the war. i never doubted for a moment that ukraine will win this

struggle because no power on earth can overcome the patriotism of 44 million ukrainians no matter how long it takes the united kingdom will stand with ukraine and provide all possible military economic and humanitarian support and johnson today came to kyiv to congratulate ukraine on independence day, the visit was not announced, it became known about him on social media and on ukrainian soil, johnson announced a new aid package of more than 50 million pounds, the aid will include hundreds of the most modern drones and anti-tank ammunition, in particular on the government website states that the new package will contain 850 hand-held micro-guns, which are specially designed for use in cities and villages and are designed to detect enemy forces great britain is also preparing to provide ukraine with vehicles for searching for mines in coastal waters. in the coming days, ukrainian specialists will learn how to use them in britain and

he provided a street in london. today, as in dozens of other capitals of the world, rallies of ukrainians came with yellow and blue flags in honor of the holiday and with posters with reminders that large-scale military aggression by one country against another continues in the center of europe and that ukraine and ukrainians need protection and support from the world bbc duvanih street correspondent oksana kundienko, this action cannot be called a protest in the classical sense, because the entire gathering of ukrainians at 10 duvanih street was prophesied up to two dates: the independence day of ukraine, august 24, and six months before the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine. that is, it is an action of solidarity this is a commemorative action and also a reminder that we should not forget about the war and that great britain should always help ukraine, because great britain is one of those countries that helped the most ukraine was in solidarity with ukraine, well, it is worth

mentioning a few moments, for example, the training of the ukrainian military here on the territory of great britain, or the portable anti-tank missile complexes that london provided love nlo, charitable organizations that provided humanitarian aid and, what is very important, this is almost a hundred thousand british people who opened their homes for the ukrainian immigrants , i want to say a few more words about what is happening at the event, now all the children who are present here on the old street are making such little dream planes and writing here are their dreams about a free ukraine, about the end of the war, about the fact that they can return home and a little later in the evening they will launch these airplanes into the sky, and now today is another good reason to remind the world about ukraine oksana kundienko bbc london and now more details about the reactions in europe to commemoration of the independence day of ukraine six months after the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion and with us in direct communication from warsaw

bbc correspondent irena taraniuk i congratulate you and support poland in the first weeks and months after the beginning of the war was felt both at the political and world and social level, the country experienced the largest flow of ukrainian citizens fleeing the war to the west, or is there just as strong support for ukraine and now, six months after the start of the war, olya vitay, you could be wrong walking through the streets of warsaw today and imagining yourself not in poland but in ukraine , you can hear the ukrainian language so often here, and today, on independence day, such a marker of belonging to the ukrainian people is that many citizens are wearing embroidered shirts, the support of poland remains as unconditional, as unequivocally strong and categorically on the side of ukraine as it was six months ago, this is our joint war, this is

not ukraine's war, the leading opposition politician, the former deputy minister of foreign affairs of poland , said today on the air of a local telethon dedicated to the war and now the ambassador of the basin is it so, a member of the polish parliament from the party of the civil coalition pavlo or pavel koval he is that it is precisely by supporting ukraine that the poles protect themselves and the rest of the continent and the rest of europe from threats from the east from the values ​​that the so-called russian peace brings with it to europe, which is indicative of ukraine's support for this in poland unanimously united the government and the parties of the political opposition if the government of mateusz mazuetsky memarivetskyi i apologize and president andriy duda is criticized for

some economic miscalculations for the fact that it does not sufficiently solve environmental problems; it does not solve energy problems enough; therefore, the support of the government and the government of ukraine for ukrainian refugees and ukrainian immigrants causes unanimous approval in all work and the right and the lily, it is interesting how the poles perceived the fact that their president became the first european leader who was honored with a name sign on the avenue of courage near the verkhovna rada, eh, the reaction was extremely interesting olya, because eh, even a satirical program who makes fun of angela said that she was next to president zelenskyi and, moreover, later at the meeting of the crimean platform, angela duda, who is being crucified in all directions by opposition journalists and politicians, that he looked more noble next to zelenskyi and somehow even more decent and elegant, that is, even the enemies say that after going to kyiv,

just like today, by the way, berezhunson came to kyiv and made a good name for himself, and the polish opponents of angela duda say that they give him credit for what he i went to see my friend and i say, or even say, his face has changed, if many here he can be armed and disgusted, then with his visit to kyiv, he immediately earned himself some political points. well, actually outside of poland, can we now say that support for ukraine is weaker what is the greater distance from the ukrainian-polish border, what are the main factors affecting the degree of support for ukraine, indeed, poland, as ukraine's closest neighbor, took in the largest number of refugees in this first decisive month and week after the start of the war, now officially, according to statistics, a million have settled here 300,000 ukrainians, many ukrainians returned to the

motherland e from poland, but the government supported them financially at first, paying 40 zlotys for each ukrainian e to the poles who received them, now almost half of ukrainians got a job, the second country in europe that has the largest number of ukrainian communities is germany, according to the statistics of the international labor organization, the international organization for migration, i apologize, almost 900,000 ukrainians have received legal status and asylum , political support yesterday on the crimean platform , olas scholz from emanuel macron in germany and in retirement is high for ukraine, it is not only about refugees, it is about logistical military economic support, but it is declarative of course, next month in september there will be elections in italy, there will be a threat to the authorities, there will be political forces of the extreme right, which profess

political slogans much more favorable to moscow, in general, hmm, as the supreme representative of the european union on foreign policy, jose borel, said, every day he has to fight for the unity of europe, that's what what did the kremlin miscalculate by launching aggression against ukraine in the fact that europe will be so united and that even using the energy pressure of the creams, it will still drive a wedge of discord among european countries, but winter is ahead. and this is a big test for the unity of europeans. thanks to olya . yes, it was a bbc student, arena taraniuk , live from warsaw, and that's all for today. ukraine celebrates independence day, the world congratulates russia , continues to bomb from the sky. wagons at the railway station in dnipropetrovsk region

, 15 people died, about 50 were injured , president volodymyr zelenskyy said this in a speech via video link to the un security council and all details soon on our website bbc.ua and there is also everything about the results of the meeting of the un security council, we will be on the air again tomorrow at 21:00 take care and happy independence day of ukraine, if you have an allergy, the drug cetrin will help you breathe and