this is what they didn't like very much, mr. andriy, in our country. well, just one minute, you literally have a word, uh , we have democracy, that's why we had a democratically elected verkhovna rada, you are a democratically elected president, and now we have to fight for democracy, but the main thing here is not to change the concept and face the truth in the seventh month of the war, all votes are open, er, the servants of the people very rarely or almost never gave 226 votes, that is, the de facto coalition does not exist, and indeed now exports are already voting with you more than this fact thank you, thank you for talking about this. we are finishing english for citizens of russia. is europe ready for such a step? look at svoboda life. congratulations, this is svoboda life. my name is vlasta lazur. espresso we start from kherson oblast, the american

publication, citing a ukrainian source in the army, reported that ukrainian troops returned four villages from the russian occupation, a syanin writes that this is novodmitryvka, arkhangelsk, that’s me balka and true, according to a cnn source, many russian soldiers were killed and captured. also, a lot of russian military equipment was destroyed. officially, the ukrainian side did not comment on this information in the so-called administration of the kherson region controlled by the kremlin. the reports about the counteroffensive are called fake, unlike russia, in the russian ministry of defense said that there was an offensive, but it allegedly failed, according to the version of the russian agency, ukrainian forces advanced in three directions in the mykolaiv and kherson regions, but allegedly suffered heavy losses, i will remind you that the ukrainian army announced the current offensive in the occupied south the day before the operational group kakhovka reported that the ukrainian forces destroyed practically all the great bridges near kherson and broke through the first

line of defense of the russian troops in the kherson region . forces destroyed the crossing used by the russian army across the dnipro in the area of ​​the village of lviv in the berislav district of the kherson region. well, according to the data of british intelligence, ukrainian high-precision strikes continue to prevent the replenishment of russian troops, but so far they say that it is impossible to confirm the extent of the achievements of ukrainian attacks , most of the russian units around kherson are probably not equipped and depend on weak supply lines through level and pontoon bridges across the dnieper, says the statement of british intelligence . the administration of the american president saw reports that ukraine launched a counteroffensive in the south, but did not comment on specifics operations are currently refusing to do so, in particular , the public relations coordinator of the national security council, john kirby, said. well, kherson directly

, first of all, these strikes that you just mentioned. the bridges are already being hit several times a day. and this is something we have not seen before, besides, as far as we can judge from the comments of ukrainian sources to western media , this is also pro-russian military correspondents who are currently working in the kherson region, the ukrainian forces managed to return several populated areas, which is important, important, immediately, in no direction , this has not happened before, at least for this to happen within one day, well, the

american press is writing about it, so far, the ukrainian side does not confirm information about the liberation of the villages . it is clear. but russian sources also say this, of course, i will not say which villages they are writing about, but we can draw conclusions that this is how ukrainian forces advance and at least in several areas of the front, they interrupted the first line of defense that the ukrainian source said. well, how can the russian side act now, how will they try to hold these captured positions that are already occupied, in fact, their list of options is currently very limited, so a few weeks ago they moved to the right bank a certain number of units of the russian airborne troops, which are considered elite units, so they are currently used, as we

understand it, as a kind of firefighters on at the front to try to plug some breakthroughs so that and at least in a few er in some areas they manage to hold positions but er the question is that in the situation when the masts are almost not working and the ukrainian forces are doing everything to prevent them from working and the russians hardly will they be able to transfer a large number of additional forces to the right bank, although such forces, as we understand, are currently on the left bank of the dnieper, this group is the east, which the russian command has transferred in recent weeks to the belgorod region from the luhansk region and is currently holding it as a kind of strategic reserve, but transferring

it can be problematic and also from the other side, and even if it is possible to transfer it, it is not completely clear. it is clear. how to supply them with ammunition . we need to get it, so it is clear that it depends primarily on the number of ukrainian forces involved in these directions, but we see that so far the russians have found themselves in a very difficult situation for our skin , please stay in touch cyril to our roman kostenko, people's deputy , faction, voice, secretary of the committee on national security, defense and intelligence, joins the broadcast. well, roman, i understand that he is in the south. i congratulate you. what is the situation there, in particular, in terms of the liberation of populated areas? american publications report that at least four populated

areas have been liberated. this is true . perhaps you have some additional information. active actions there well, let's say that uh, active actions are being carried out. but it's better not to talk about it now. well, the enemy is leading, i'll say, very serious resistance, and now they're fighting hellishly in these directions, exactly where active actions were carried out. the enemy is real . reserves, and despite what we say to him, the ability to transfer his troops from the left bank has not disappeared, but it has decreased a little, but he can still do it, we know that they are equipping the new kakhov dam, they are removing rails where there were railways they are trying to make the road crossings, or have they already done so , and the near antonivskoye railway bridge

is also being rebuilt, but they still have a lot of strength, precisely on the right bank of the dnieper, which they are now using as reserves and are fighting such fierce resistance to our troops, that is why there are fierce battles, well, here too just leave it to support our troops, well, the problem of the enemy is, of course, because practically all of this group on the right bank is, let's say, under the impression of our troops of our weapons, but the enemy is still let's say resourceful and the situation is difficult, our troops are fighting serious battles, and that's the question today. during the day, there were many reports in the kherson factories that there was something restless in kherson. about how is it in what messages that the fights continue right

on the spot, i did not see such messages then, what is happening there, you need to get to the city. well, in order for there to be fights, well, i think they smoke as usual there where it is necessary and it explodes in them, and in general, let's say, the battle for kherson is still ahead. we still need to reach this stage, and it will be very, let's say, difficult paths. what i see is happening now. well, we are doing everything we can, destroying the enemy and let's hope for success, you said that there is a need for silence, there is no need to comment too much there, but just the day before, commenting on this attack on the kherson region, the adviser to the head of the president's office, mykhailo podolyak, said that it is not necessary to comment and it is not necessary to do as he said super sensational sensational statement, but the point is that the politicians themselves commented on this counteroffensive yesterday. for example,

andriy yarmak himself wrote in front of kherson. well, i apologize in the context of yesterday, this statement looked super sensational, so i am a little lost here, you know, when some say it is silent, and other high-ranking officials come out and say ahead i am not commenting on kherson only from the point of view that the situation is really difficult and we have understood what can some active actions there end up with, you know, that's why i think that yesterday i also saw such expectations in the public there is a lot of people who think that we will capture kherson tomorrow. there has been a lot of information about the fact that some active actions have begun, but, well, everything is going well there, let’s say it is very difficult because the enemy is very resourceful , in fact, in some directions, these active actions are sometimes conducted against the prevailing forces of the enemy, what is there sometimes it does not fit into the logic of the military affairs there, but with the help of our commanders there, modern equipment, we have some

successes in some directions, but this is a war and the situation changes every hour, and now we will say that we not only settlements. and tomorrow, settlements. and tomorrow. well, it is not known how everything will return. therefore, it is necessary to consider when the operation will be completed. for example, we are digging on some of our own pieces and will say that yes, it is ours. because some settlements can change hands in the time when we are talking about the fact that they are already ours well, i will tell you that the situation is difficult and our defenders are still doing uh impossible things, but it is not like we are already entering kherson tomorrow there is still a lot of work ahead and who is here is located exactly on the first line, i see that everything is really difficult. i am roman, i know that you have a lot of time. i have one question for you and for kirill. first, i will give you the floor. look , one of the experts with whom i met just the other day a military officer spoke. he said that such an operation could now take place in kherson, that such a situation actually mirrored what happened in

mariupol when ukrainian fighters were encircled, but now such a situation could take place with regard to russian forces when they could find themselves in environment and they will have no choice, well, either surrender or die there, you share this thesis , novels, such a scenario can really arise, i think that if you look at this right-bank bridgehead, then this should be the task of our and the political leadership in the first place of the military leadership, this is precisely the destruction of the roads of transportation to the right-bank bridgehead, and after that, take this group into an operational or better operational-tactical encirclement and then destroy it when it is in the environment, it is impossible to simply advance in order to advance. right here, this section is yours, according to military standards, in order to cut off the communication routes and take them, well , at least in an operational environment, our weapons will help

them already hit them, therefore, this, this you need to make calculations for this you need forces for this you need means for this you need parts that will be able to perform these tasks thank you very much roman kostenko people's deputy faction voice who is currently in the south well and kirilo then i have the same question for you. how do you see the development of the situation in the south, or is it really possible that russian forces there will find themselves in such an environment in relation to the level with mariupol? i would like to note two main differences. first, ukrainian troops are trying and how is it possible not to touch the civilian population and the strikes are carried out, as we can see , primarily on intelligence targets, which are exactly the basic russian warehouses of ammunition in that, on the one hand, it complicates the work of ukrainian forces, on the

other hand, as we understand, in contrast to the defenders of mariupol, the russian troops are unlikely to have such enthusiasm and desire to hold on to kherson to the last, because who among them even knew that such a kherson existed before they entered ukraine and regarding these other parts who are there forcibly mobilized for the so-called dpr and lpr, we understand about them that they are even less enthusiastic, we all remember that video where the mobilized from luhansk say that they do not want to fight in the donetsk region it's a neighboring region after all it is clear. what kind of desire can they have to defend kherson, so this operation

compared to mariupol alone will be both more difficult and easier for the ukrainians? well, if we talk about the russian military, they may not have the desire to defend kherson, but if they receive such an order, they will be forced to carry it out. and i would like to clarify in general, and how do you imagine? do you allow more precisely that there will be battles in the very place in kherson, because from the previous battles for different cities, we see that, for example, there severodonetsk or lysychansk, when the fighting continued into the city - it was in the city that it led to the fact that the city was practically erased from the face of the earth, and this scenario is also likely in kherson, even if it is about expelling the russian army from there . i believe that the ukrainian forces are ukrainian political the management will not go for exactly such a mariupol scenario, so it is clear that when

trying to do so, it should be noted that we cannot yet talk specifically about the kherson villages because, as mr. kostenko points out, we still need to reach kherson, but even after the ukrainian troops arrived on the outskirts of kherson, the problem will be again that they will try not to touch the local people, although it is clear that, unfortunately, the victims among civilians will be impossible to somehow completely avoid, that is why the ukrainian authorities are very very much asks everyone who is currently staying in kherson to leave the entire territory or at least sit in the hills. i believe that if the situation will develop

very well for the ukrainian forces again, it is even possible that there will be another parallel situation when they can get sour to propose monitary corridors in order to e.e. to bring ordinary residents to ukrainian territory. i believe that violations on the ukrainian side will be e.e. much less than it was on the russian side when it was asked to agree on changes to these corridors . the head of the president's office, mykhailo podolyak, said that the ukrainian side is allegedly now even developing a plan to build evacuation corridors from crimea. well, i don't know how true this is, but such statements are let me go beyond the borders of kherson and ask you about some other aspects. for example, the washington post today wrote about the fact that russia was spending expensive missiles of the caliber in order to strike what they thought were poheimers. but

it turned out to be wooden models and at least 10 missiles, caliber, i understand, i have very valuable questions for you. and i mentioned here, do you remember there were several reports from the russian side that they destroyed the heimers destroyed the heimers maybe they actually destroyed the models and we thought it was a high mercedes, it's quite possible, but as uh, we understand, we still haven't seen anything that even remotely looks like a cymers from the fact that you didn't destroy it. yes, there was some kind of truck, a truck that transported a forest of firewood, but it was very different from the cymers although it should be noted that the most common russian drones, orlan, have very poor picture quality, so they are unlikely to differ in real life from the

mock-up. it is clear that this is a tactic. it works for a very long time. it is not invented. during the second world war, the united states even had a force of a division consisting of balloons that were supposed to play the role of tanks and other things, so this is such a good tradition and i am very glad that the ukrainians are using it. they handed over the first batch of attack drones to russia to use them. on the territory of ukraine, please tell me, well, first of all, the kremlin said that it was a drop, but the information that the kremlin allegedly wants to get these drones was there before, and do you already see signs that these drones are on the battlefield? or is it possible that you you expect from them, because there are different comments, they say that these are not drones at all. and so they were collected there

according to some uh, american ideas. perhaps, but this is a weak weapon, i don’t know what you will say , some of our sources confirm in march that these drones they get to russia eh for now not yet on the battlefield, i will pay attention to this very same article in the washington post where they say that these drones eh left the russians dissatisfied with their quality, it must be understood again that iran uses this without which in conditions of almost the lack of any kind of anti- aircraft defense by the adversary in general, the fact that they are used in these local conflicts in the middle east where iran has a certain interest and where it also uses its mercenary fighters , etc. and it is clear that all drones will have

serious problems in the collision for ukrainian air defense if it will also be strengthened by new systems for self-defense or pct, the only thing is that these drones are capable of first, they can stay in the air for a very long time. there is a big shortage of combat drones, and in such a situation any drone, even if it is used in reconnaissance missions , it will be very necessary for them, i understand you

, one more question, some military experts they say that the united states of america has a lot of weapons in storage. although they are not new, but they can be used to fight, there are quite a lot of them, for example, the same artillery that ukraine lacks so much. tell me why, or do you understand why the americans are in no hurry to supply us with these weapons, but instead provide newer guns are more expensive for ukraine, for example, but in smaller quantities, the fact that the ukrainian army has increased in terms of personnel almost three times at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, and now ukraine needs any weapon and this simple idea is necessary to somehow convey to the west er western officials, for example, i drew attention to the fact that there are certain er

certain movements in this direction, for example, before the americans began to supply the uto anti-missile complex , they are er compared to the javeline outdated, but first of all they underwent modernization secondly, they proved themselves very well in syria, in syria, where they were very good at destroying the equipment of the government troops, it was precisely those t-72s and bmps that are currently opposing the ukrainians, and these missiles alone produced 700,000 so we can too flood even all of the newly mobilized ukrainian units so that they can, uh, high-quality, worthy to oppose russian tanks, which, unfortunately, still leaves thousands by any count. thank you very much for the conversation with whom i was on radio liberty

. how the ukrainian military uses western artillery, let's see the

sight 272 with rapid fire, he understood the project, the shot, the target, then he shoots quite accurately there, 3-5 meters from the target, it falls, it happens that, well, direct hits on the target. well, if of course, without shooting there, for example, fire on the prohibition of action well, yes, there is already a little bit of a flight of 70 m, so 50, we were here from the very beginning, it was somehow it seems to me that they worked a little more intensively but now, at the moment, it is somehow more like that or it is calm do they simply not have the strength and means that were there at the beginning to continue in that, well, this

rhythm? what well, how did they start? this is the video, by the way, which you just saw. these were nato-caliber self-propelled howitzers. they were handed over to ukraine by poland. and now the ukrainians are already using them on the battlefield. and now, in mykolaiv, as a result of yesterday's russian shelling of the city, two people died and 11 more were injured . radio svoboda correspondent roman pagulych is currently working in mykolaiv. he managed to film the consequences of yesterday's shelling. look

, one of the rockets that hit mykolaiv on august 29 fell right here right in front of these by residential buildings, as the police say, it was probably a missile from the s300 air defense complex, the plasma was, yes, it collapsed