operational some of them will be able to develop. well, we will sharpen it, because it will. next, we will continue to defend the region, including the donetsk region, on the day when zelensky arrived in bakhmut, mr. colonel, putin celebrates the kgb day, because today in russia, the great holiday of the semenians there congratulates him. but before that he presented the awards in order to record these traitors, collaborators, saldop, shilin, and other photos on your facebook. this photo is very, very iconic . uncle, they include the balance for the award to be friends . i have not seen him before, it was good. thank you. we are now in a video. let's see how putin presented awards today. well, in contrast to mr. zelensky, who was at the front, let's see

putin of the supreme council of the family of the hero of russia difficult for the motherland , the moment in the steel for its protection well, then he thanks the people who went to fight for him, in fact, not for the protection of the motherland, but the people of semen, but this afternoon the kdb of the russian federation yes i already licked. i'm sorry to putin and congratulated him so much that it's also worth watching. everyone would like to see what you're going to tear out of the blood paste of these cannibals of our people . it will take all of us

, you know, when i hear them all , every time i want to live to the time when there will be a trial in the hague against putin 's propagandists, because we know that in nuremberg, not only those who held physical weapons were responsible and those who were... part of the big propaganda machine of german fascism. what do you say about what putin is doing now and how he is doing it, because it is absolutely clear that he is trying to show some strength. yesterday he was with lukashenka, tomorrow he is holding a meeting of the collegium of the ministry of defense of the russian federation unknown what will he say there again, are there any signs that putin is panicking, he simply frankly does not know what to do and is constantly part of the picture for his voter, very symbolic said samayan you eh

we will do everything eh well approximately yes what do you say and how much how much do you say here is not a question yes it is in russian federation is a question of a specific personality you will tell us all die well i will not go myself but i will tell the tvs that it is very good and everyone needs to go eh it's quite cynical to die because of that, and i don't know who can do it in the russian federation, and yet people perceive it, and i think that psychologists need to fully study the phenomenon of the russian mass in general, because that's what to mush the brains of russian to the whole society you have to be able to do this. i think that even hitler would be dead here to learn from that, yes, it is really a

cover to watch . now he is holding such events, this is the presentation of state awards of russia to the heroes of russia, yes, they are trying to somehow raise the motivation of the personnel so that they continue to mobilize and die for him, but such facts as what he had to speak was excellent in front of his meeting, according to the constitution , before the federal meeting, he was supposed to speak, and he didn't speak, then they canceled this annual conference that he had, which every year you remember how he pathetically sat and asked questions. they were already recorded and studied by journalists. he receives a salary and he pathetically answered these questions there, as if he was answering sharply, but he was also memorized, but there were still journalists who, hmm , asked questions, and then, having all the power in

their hands, they still have an army, he still does not stick his face in the mud, he still has something to say to someone to frighten someone, how much to answer, now there is no such thing now, any journalist will add a question. and tell me, where is our kherson? they consider it theirs, so they wrote something there somewhere, and we remember how we entered kherson under and they passed under the placards russia is here forever kherson is russia and that's all and they will bring up specific questions to which he will not find an answer and what is the cancellation of all these events and the transition to such a more celebratory one and which he is just trying to be good giving out awards means that they are now they are trying to find a way out of the situation. i say once again that uh, i think that the first thing they consider as a way out of the situation for them will be an exit to the borders of the so-called donetsk and luhansk people's republics

in order to at least somehow explain the death of these hundreds of already 700,000 er people of military personnel losses er hundreds er and thousands of tanks of equipment in general well and in general er refuge even more adoration er of the russian people must be said at least why it was these questions er these propaganda techniques like cannibals er well, they will soon stop working because people will start asking specific questions and what about where are the er achieving those goals where is our army and what we could do but i don't know i recently watched the clip today i saw that they were already singing songs, and they directly threatened the world with nuclear weapons, and now they are already singing songs about their

sarmat missiles. i used to be like that in the soviet union. let's say massive going out of one's mind is such mass madness, and it is very reminiscent of the soviet union, because it can be seen in all the steps that putin is taking now. but if it was there 30 years ago or 35 years ago, society laughed at it, then russian society is now again transforms into some other, let's say common, some organism that tries to resist in quotation marks, the most important thing is that it somehow happened after the russian empire, it somehow developed, people were educated and they were educated in the direction that was given to them there was propaganda, there was censorship, and they taught them that way to all people, and they just grew up within these frameworks, it was normal for them, but when there was already the collapse of the soviet union, when people had already seen, visited abroad, and in general, there was a period of warming when people could see other information and now

drive them into other frameworks well, of course, a large part is still calm, turning there and then goes there, and a large part still understands and understands and at the same time does not do it and you see that they make a fool of you and just do it to agree, of course, this is a disease. thank you , colonel. it was colonel roman kostenko of the security service of ukraine. thank you for participating in the program and friends. i remind you that we are working live on the espresso tv channel , as well as on our social networks on youtube and facebook. if you are now watching us live in these social networks, please like this video on youtube, you can subscribe to our channel and become a sponsor of our youtube channel, any help from you is very important to us. in touch andriy illenko, an officer of the freedom battalion of the national guard, who is currently fighting in

bahmut bakhmut, and i saw on social networks that your brother yuriy syrotyuk already posted photos from this meeting. were you at the meeting with zelensky? which place does syrotyuk serve in the fifth storm regiment, shorter is better, it’s not important. now you have some military secrets, i won’t tell you , we serve in different units, so if we were in different places at this moment, andrei, tell me either laska, what is the current situation in that area? where are you located under

bakhmut ? positions, this is actually the situation. without much change in recent days, the escort system continues to be fully controlled by the ukrainian defense forces, on the one hand , and on the other hand, of course, this is unchanged and the situation is controlled . ukrainian soldiers who are holding positions who are in difficult weather conditions who are in difficult conditions in general because the enemy of the cinema is here, well, in fact , all that is combat-ready that he has now is actually all that is combat-capable that he has left

he is now attacking the donbas, and first of all, the bakhmut direction, that is, very intense fighting, and the density of the front is very high, and it is really wall to wall , and the fighting is very difficult, but despite this, the enemy is not able to advance anywhere the enemy is repulsed, the enemy suffers losses and there are no signs or symptoms of the fact that in the near future they will be able to fundamentally change something in this regard, they are fighting head-on into our defenses , surrounding their forces. yes, we are also very difficult but we hold on and do not retreat today zelenskyi said that bakhmut is our fortress in the east and he paid tribute and credit to the

fighters who defend bakhmut who died in the battles for the defense of bakhmut, that now there is not enough defenders in bakhmut at the front er, which weapons, which help is not enough from , including from citizens, er, the ukrainian fortress, which is located on the vistra front since mid-summer, in fact, the battle for banknotes began in july, and all this time the enemy is trying to advance on the enemy is trying to take the city by storm because they surround it and all the time ukrainian forces are holding on, giving our brothers the opportunity to act in smaller directions, as was the case in kharkiv oblast, kherson oblast, and uh, well, in general, the strategic role of this battle for bakhmut for the war is huge, once again i say thanks and respect

glory to all ukrainian soldiers who defended and continue to defend bakhmut in the entire direction of bakhmut, because it is actually not a very large part of the front, it is not only the city itself, its suburbs . i'm also talking about our unit, about our freedom battalion, and about our many fourth brigade of the operational assignment of the national guard, about all other units of the armed forces of the national guard, other defense forces that are here now, all the heroes, all uh, really cossacks who show the ukrainian character who beat the enemy about the fact that they are enough, well, look, in war there is always something missing. it does not happen that everything is enough in war, of course, there is a need for some things, but we quickly try to solve all the problems, i am talking here first of all about our unit eh we of course

get everything we need from the state from the national guard, as well as a big bow to the volunteers who support the great resistance to all citizens when we need something there, for example, drones or car repairs or just cars for our work or anywhere else, we do public fund-raising there and people help us, it supports us not only with material resources, it supports us very strongly and morally, it is a great, well, such spiritual support at this moment of course there is things that are needed there even more even more even more but we also understand that this is a war and something is lost in the battles unfortunately something needs to be repaired something uh there is even more needed there but we are trying to resolve the problem quickly i think that in principle we are succeeding mr. andriy continue in the last few weeks, there have been a lot of discussions, in particular, in social

networks, among those who are fighting and who are at the front, regarding the draft law that increases the punishment for military personnel, yesterday, valeriy, the diligent commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine said that he will support the relevant changes in the legislation adopted by the verkhovna rada and asks the president to sign this law. how do you and your brothers feel about this law ? isn't it too strict, these norms are tough in the conditions of the current war? well, of course, this the law cannot help but cause certain discussions eh of course eh this is a rather complex issue and everyone probably has some opinion about this or what will be in the future

they still included the possibility of a full-fledged individual approach, so that every situation, every problematic situation, was considered from all sides and there was really an objective, balanced decision, because there are a lot of situations when, let's say, there is no such thing as one hundred percent unequivocal one hundred percent there are situations when everything is 100% clear, that is, everything is clear, but there are a lot of situations, in fact, such situations, the majority of them, right away, i immediately go to say 100% who is wrong in the right way, it is simple and i really want to after all, there was an individual approach and each such problematic issue was considered er-er comprehensively, taking into account all absolutely circumstances, all previous circumstances, all consequences, so that there was always er, well, there was no, you know, mechanism of some kind of automatism in

these matters, even if it was simple a soldier who actually carries out the entire main war on himself, he understood that in any situation he would deserve to have his opinion heard, his position heard and also taken into account, this is very important, i.e. in fact, i'm not even that worried about the law itself. how much i care that later on when applying it, there was not, you know, such a formal approach, that there was always a serious and er serious investigation, a comprehensive investigation, and of course, when the commander bears full responsibility for the attack, there is in the conditions of war, it is basically the case that the commander bears full responsibility for his personnel, and the commander understood that if he was given even additional, let's say , opportunities for management and for bringing order and discipline, he understood that it was up to him

imposes an even greater responsibility, but if , let's say, it will all work. that's how it will work. the eastern front, which southern front will be influenced by the situation in belarus. yesterday, putin and lukashenko met in minsk. putin and lukashenko obviously agreed on the future, the common future, although it is clear that they have a common past and should not be forgotten. that starting from february 24, 2022, belarus is part of vladimir putin's aggressive machine and a bridgehead for the offensive against ukraine. lukashenko says that without putin he will not be able to protect the independence and sovereignty of belarus

. we will hear from the self-proclaimed president of belarus. in a state and in a difficult moment, he did not refuse today, together, putin came here, he is scaring someone, he will look after us, he declared, and his wife went to meet him, as a relative, as close belarus человек well, it seems to me that lukashenko was simply confused here, he was thanking putin not because he does not defend the independence and sovereignty of belarus, he defends him personally today, a belarusian district reports that during the day the transportation of tanks, trucks and personnel of the armed forces of the russian federation from

of belarusian training grounds in the northern and central parts of ukraine, where they were weakened to the south closer to the border with ukraine mr. andrii how will the situation on the eastern and southern borders change if suddenly russia i am not saying that now lukashenko will suddenly decide to send the army and its belarusian army from the side of the republic of belarus to ukraine, uh, well , there is such a possibility, and it would be irresponsible to say that it cannot be , because it cannot be, because at least it is already it was actually like that, it happened quite recently on february 24, when the attack on kyiv and chernihiv began from the territory of belarus, so to say that it is excluded well, unfortunately, this option did not exclude, on the other hand, similar exacerbations of this topic there are connected with the

arrival of putin or with some studies on the territory of belarus or something else, they happen regularly every 1.5-2 months, starting there from april to may every 1.5-2 months. we hear that there will be an attack from belarus, there will be a new one there is an attempt to seize kyiv and so on, that is, of course, they use this as a constant pressure on us as a constant factor that forces us to pull back part of the forces that we could use on the battlefields now in the mass or in the north there in the luhansk region or other somewhere they make us drag part of these forces and in order to cover the border with belarus, i will remind you that it is 1,000 km. this is a very large section of the border, and of course it is primarily the protection of the capital and they use it, they will constantly push

, whether they will do it or not another issue is to push and constantly try to divert us to this northern direction. they will do it and they will continue to do it. of course, we need to be ready for this. i am sure that our military leadership is calculating it . all options and they are preparing for this, for this, all necessary measures are taken so that in the event that a similar situation starts again, we will be as ready as possible, well, let's say yes, of course, such steps are possible, but let's talk realistically, what today can charge e-e on the territory of belarus is really combat-capable e well, russia probably has very few forces, yes, they can drive a certain number of these poorly mobilized people there. but if we are talking about the situation that was at the end of march this

year, when they tried to storm kyiv, well probably the best troops that were in russia at that time were professional professional personnel units and we were also stretched our forces were stretched there in at least seven directions and only one of these directions was the defense of kyiv anyway in this situation, when they have been in the last harsh war for 10 months, when they have already suffered huge losses, when there is a huge battle now in donbas, where are they ? well, it is possible there, if not everything. it is necessary to hold yes, what can they do today that we would be, what would we not be ready for, i am not in any way belittling this, but i am just thinking in order to understand what could be a real threat to the army belarus, of course, putin

wants to involve the army of belarus in direct aggression against ukraine, it is obvious that such an option is also possible. but again, i am sure that these options are calculated. i am sure that all necessary countermeasures are being taken, and i would not let's say ani to downplay this threat or to think that this threat is somehow fatal for us, we persevered at the most difficult moment, we performed at the moment when the earth could really go in the studio, now everything is completely different, now we are much better prepared and even if something like this happens, i think that the consequences for the occupation forces, that for the russians, that for the presumably belarusian ones, they will be even more deplorable than they were in february and march of this year, by the way, the commander of the combined forces of the armed forces of ukraine, lieutenant general serhii naev says that the level of the military threat from

belarus is increasing, but everything is under control in the general staff, let's look at eva, we are closely following what is happening on the territory of belarus from the russian side, and accordingly we are doing this analysis every day, the level of the military threat is gradually increasing, but we are also taking adequate measures in addition, the general staff foresees a significant increase of the groups in the event of their significant growth from the opposite side tomorrow, mr. andrii, the meeting of putin with the collegium of the ministry of defense of the russian federation has been announced, what we can expect some radical decisions or statements or actions of the russian federation in the next few days, taking into account the aggressive tone that is now and the aggressiveness shown by

putin literally on all platforms, i don't know . not the collegium, i don't think it's something significant. is it important? well, that is, definitely. let's put it this way, we need to be ready for some possible steps of the enemy that he may take, but tomorrow or the day after tomorrow or in a week or in a month i'm not a prognosticator, i don't think on coffee grounds. well , it's difficult to say something here. by the way, the self-proclaimed president of belarus lukashenko said that, uh, they got some planes in belarus, which means that they can transport specific ammunition. this is what the belarusian dictator showed off after

meeting with putin. they prepared the planes, it turned out that we have soviet-era planes, we tested them in the russian federation, we are now preparing a crew capable of flying these planes , not dry , together with the russians specific ammunition is not a threat to anyone, i have met several times in st. petersburg, moscow , and sochi. to protect the belarusian state, you have made a decisive and very important step in support of belarus. once again, a huge thank you to you, mr. andrii, at the same time

, the meeting between putin and lukashenko . war about that republic in 2023 according to your and your observations will it be enough for russia to open several fronts at once , meaning in moldova with belarus and well and accordingly support the eastern and southern fronts well today ukraine is the shield of europe and the shield of virtually the entire civilized world with the shield of moldova, georgia, poland and many other countries, but it is absolutely obvious that the aggression of russia, if we are not talking about some kind of hybrid aggression there in the form of some attempts to seize power and so on, if we are talking about about direct military aggression, of course, it is impossible. in the current conditions , because there is ukraine, which today actually covers moldova. well, because, well, how little

aggression against moldova can we talk about on the part of russia if they only recently lost the battle for kherson we returned kherson, that is, in order to enter moldova, they have to go through kherson, mykolayiv, odessa, at least, in order to reach moldova. and this is unrealistic, therefore, in this regard, i think that the threats to montova are now more political, that is there may be attempts at some kind of pro-russian coup, plus, of course, there is the transnistria factor, which seems to have quieted down now, but still there are uh, well, it's a completely russian-controlled enclave there, of course , it's not enough to take over all of moldova, but in order to start some kind of expansion there it can be enough, it can be determined , that is, i think that the threats in moldova are now more in the form of a possible hybrid war, only attempts at a coup d'état, and in this regard, well, of course, the only thing that moldova should do now

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