what is the current operational situation? has it changed in the last day or so? it has changed, uh, since the fighting on the contact line is very difficult, the ukrainian military manages to push back the enemies. then, after the massive arto shelling, we have to withdraw somewhat in order to save people's lives after that, even if the positions there are partially left , they need to be taken away again, this way it turns into such a constant tumult of romance in the same places, that's why the situation is really difficult in bakhmut constantly hear shelling every second, in fact, different calibers , yes, in different places, this is a constant chatter. as a senior member of the medical

service, i am on duty 24 hours a day with our medics and provide assistance to the wounded of our unit and all other units that are nearby, mr. serhiy. well, yesterday we received information from the british ministry of defense about it seems that they wrote on twitter that the russian military is entrenched in the eastern regions of bakhmut, however, the poorly trained soldiers of the russian army do not have an advantage in street battles, or are there really street battles and the russians succeeded in the eastern part, in the eastern districts of bakhmut, already camp, please, well, to some extent, they are supported by outliers, but it’s like that, every house or every half of the street there is such a pyrrhic victory, because one thing is that a house is occupied there, and another thing is to get a ride my kit is running out because,

well, the number of cartridges carried by soldiers can all be used up within one hour during intense battles. therefore, the ammunition needs to be replenished, and it makes it difficult to maintain of these lines of kyiv for the enemies, because they need to carry out all this. and yet, in response, our artillery also works, uh, through drones, through intelligence data, uh, the ukrainian side also analyzes what is happening and cuts off the enemy's path and supplies, well, that is, street battles active ones are still not being conducted, i understand the contact battle correctly, or are they on the eastern outskirts, on the edge of bakhmut, there , er, you can often hear er, automatic rounds of firefights, that is, in this way, we can say

that street fights are on the very eastern outskirts of bakhmut, where and private sector there it is what is going on, what exactly is the quality of the filling of these russian units, what are they trying to storm bakhmut, what kind of people are these, what kind of military unit is this? along with our dead, there were two hundred russians, there were many more of them, and it turned out that they were also taken, because because this is also an option for exchange, in case of what. therefore, we can say that they are not badly equipped, although if there were enough the amount of ammunition for driving such a practical short-term battle mr. serhiu

, the day before our president was in the congress and the united states of america spoke and met with the president of joe biden and before that he was in bahmut from just handed over a battle flag made of bahmut to the congress uh, how do you assess the effectiveness of this visit, it was the first time when the president left the territory of ukraine after the full-scale invasion, and it is very good that the president first visited bakhmut and then washington, that is, that is the line , i think it is perceived positively in ukrainian society because he did not i was afraid. i stayed here and met there with the ukrainian military. i, like all of us, have high hopes for this visit, which is currently taking place, of the president of ukraine to the united states, because direct talks with biden, so to speak, without a

phone face to face, provide an opportunity well, it 's better to reveal your plans, your intentions, and your expectations. and i think that as a result of such a visit there should be something, that is, he should implement his speech at the congress of the united states, where the president spoke about tanks , airplanes, artillery, and everything else. that's it. must end with something materialized so that we can see the consequences of this visit. i think it will. for us, it was extremely important because at least we achieved some kind of parity with the russian side. we will significantly outnumber the enemy for today

considering that the russians do not spare ammunition and have a large amount of heavy equipment, of course our soldiers will not be in traffic jams the day before, but what about the ratio artillery duels on our air, which of the military experts talked about what yes if not what before if severodonetsk and lysychansk there were one to 100, now well almost one to one regarding the shots regarding the use of artillery projectiles how do you assess that on the spot there are the stories of the soldiers who are on the front lines and the wounded whom we are taking out because i repeat eh, the head of the battalion medical station, you can say that the losses of the enemy are much greater and if you even listen to the eh sky of bachmut to the atmosphere that is there, we hear

a larger number, well, there is a separate one, i saw a larger number of shots even from the ukrainian side. and in response, of course, all this is also there, but it seems to me that here our artillery does not spare itself and its equipment and works intensively, by the way, here is what you said about this help well, unfortunately, this package is not as wide as we would like . there will be a system of one patriot battery and gmails air defense missiles, then 500 excalibur shells. mortars 37 btrku are still good of defense, a transporter for eight people seems to be possible to drive there, then there are six armored trucks, missiles, harm missiles,

aviation ammunition, 2,700 automatic grenade launchers, that is, anti-personnel ammunition, kleimar, there are no tanks, planes, that's what we wanted, and as he said, the american president explained why so, he said that it was a lot, well there was fear among european and nato partners, america, that the large-scale delivery of a large package of weapons at once could lead to a direct war with the russian federation. what did biden say? what did biden say? the idea that we will give ukraine a fundamentally different material. this was yesterday at the press conference than the one that is already going on there, which would have the prospect of the collapse of nato and the collapse of the european union and the rest of the world. we are going to give ukraine what it needs so that it can defend itself, so that it can achieve of success on the battlefield er, they are not looking for the third world war. this is about the european allies who also

understand the importance of support but do not want to fight with russia. you see, he said in particular that they do not want a third world war and they think that all this can be avoided by making sure that ukraine will be able to succeed on the battlefield one way or another, there is more to say, but probably i have already said too much, that is, such a conspiracy too, biden asked several questions and at the end of his press conference, what he does not say how do you think, mr. sergey, do european partners really fear the beginning of the third world, that is why there are such restrictions on the supply of weapons by the americans, given the position of the allies in the eu and nato, and others. well, you know , it is very difficult to believe that the leaders there are afraid of something well, here people are walking on the bahmut and are not afraid of anything anymore, we are local leaders who are 1,000 km away from these hostilities,

for some reason, for some reason, they are afraid of something. i think that it would be worthwhile to know these leaders who are slowing down these countries maybe under the influence of incomprehensible factors, we know that russia at one time also filled many politicians with spies and rough money, maybe not all the money is spent, i don’t know, but it seems to me that it is the provision of heavy equipment that will speed up the end of the war and the end of suffering people and the end of the death of ukrainian soldiers and soldiers of the enemy, soldiers of the country of the terrorist, there is also a representative to die, these uh, newly created, uh, about conscripted terrorists, uh, and will remain alive, so i think that in these general humanity, it would be necessary to do so in order to provide ukraine with your equipment on which it

was possible to move armored vehicles, because at the end of the day, we are the stocks that we have there, the bti, the armored vehicles are not unlimited, and the equipment that now lives on the battlefield then it crashes due to various reasons, there are breakdowns, there are some explosions there , and so on, that is, equipment is needed all the time, all the time, it all needs to be replenished , and i think that we should not stop here, not completely, there is a refusal by biden, maybe this is some kind of diplomatic regression. i still hope that western tanks will come to ukraine, which will be able to improve the situation at the front, but the king, what is the main restraining factor now, what you see and analyze, after all, is that the countries cannot give us as much as

we need because they cannot themselves to disarm, are they still present and this fear of putin still has an effect. they also threaten that if the kremlin sends any signals through their channels, threatening, i don't know. therefore, it is possible, maybe it is politicians who are openly using russian money, we see that hungary blocked certain things, in particular, they stated at the beginning and below that aid would not be provided to ukraine through their territory, well, in particular, weapons, because that is what they mean if they are going to incite a war, but in fact it is encouragement to kill more ukrainians, because if we don't have weapons, we are in the hands of others, this leads to greater losses, but still, thank god, we have not only hungary in the west and other

countries that really help us and with my gratitude, and poland, slovakia, romania, the czech republic , which uh, contribute to the fact that this western technology enters ukraine, that's why it seems to me that uh, well, in europe, if that's all, uh, it is necessary to show the cause and effect relationship here, in this way form that braking support of ukraine, it fuels the war more and more and leads not only to its end, but also to the fact that it can spread to other countries, in particular, take the example of the second world war . germany with britain, there with other countries, and in the end, this

desire to be on the sidelines and avoid war led to the fact that the war covered the entire european continent and 50 million people died. began to crush this hydro-hydro of war that lives in kremenets, actually, well, and in conclusion, i generally wonder how much the ukrainian president's visit to the united states is now interested in the front, and the fighters know what the president said there, the american answered, who did they meet there, what was the atmosphere of support there ukraine, to what extent is this information overseas in general well, it is available there at the front and they are interested in it, well, at those times, where it works, where it works, where the internet works, in particular, stalin uses it also in the armed forces of ukraine. yes there is an opportunity to read the internet and the matrix, what is all this information for a soldier, a

military serviceman is more important here, the practical component is also important, and the fact that you listed weapons by weapon, that is actually what interests more soldiers. big diplomatic meetings they cannot do without it. of course , it is not so interesting because everyone is interested in having high-quality weapons in their hands. thanks, it will be later. serhiy george was with us , a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine and the head of the public league of ukraine, nato, is currently in a frenzy about the operational situation. and about the president's visit, it's also interesting to hear what the people who are fighting think. and now serhii zgorets will tell us in detail, as a military expert, about the aid and the theses that

we heard mr. serhii i congratulate you, i congratulate you as the director of the information consulting company defense express serhii zgurets. we have you. how do you rate it? let us know in general. serhii. well, there are no tanks or planes here. well, there are 30 mortars, er, 500 excalibur shells. to me it seems that the ukrainian armed forces now deserve much more, or are we misunderstanding something ? well, in fact, first of all, we are talking about the fact that the military aid of the united states is stable and rhythmic, this indicator is actually maintained . now we have reached the point that finally we we will get an anti-aircraft anti- missile defense system, which was not even mentioned before that it would be fast, but it is happening quickly enough, eh, the issue is related to means of impression, in particular, with ammunition, new impression systems under

planes, uh, munitions, mercs, uh, other samples of impressions, they are in this package, and it is quite voluminous, and in any case, we are talking about the fact that this stability of aid is an important factor in the stability of the actions of the ukrainian army. of course, we want to get more a powerful weapons system when we are primarily talking about e-e tanks on infantry fighting vehicles and other such potential of these weapons in the united states. i think that it should have been behind the scenes of these negotiations because the potential for conducting offensive operations now depends to a large extent on a significant number, including heavy equipment, on the battlefield, this is the statement of the scumbag, which we all know about the number

of equipment samples, they are actually we need them not in general for the entire war, but only for the conduct of which includes only one offensive operation in the south of our country, so i think that this direction was present at the negotiations and i think that we still see changes that will complement that the package we are talking about now, but the package is significant - it is actually 2 billion dollars , and the main thing is to give 44 and 0.5 billion dollars in total for the next year to help ukraine, including the military sense, and this speaks of the stability of the american the most important thing for us is to receive help on time and gradually increase our capabilities on the battlefield at the expense of additional weapons. about which we are now talking with you in the past. it's propiar, but let's say this, in fact, what it

will do is to specifically protect the city, the area of ​​these anti-missile systems, if we are talking about one battery, then it is actually an opportunity to protect one of the sectors in the most dangerous direction. ° in the direction of a certain fence there and yes and regarding the range we will receive a complex that has well no no no the most powerful indicators that we have today in comparison with other samples of anti-aircraft guns that are already of foreign production on the territory of ukraine that is, we will now receive a complex that has the ability to destroy aircraft at a distance of 160 km and ballistic missiles at a distance of 60 km. this will be the first complex in the arsenal of the ukrainian army that can fight ballistic missiles by russian or iranian enemies. each complex

has eight launchers on each launcher. there are four e.e. missiles in general, the complex serves 90 military personnel. that is, it is a fairly autonomous system, which then, as i said earlier, allows it to be integrated with other m.m. complexes of foreign production that we already have in it is also possible to obtain information for the ukrainian army from the system, which is actually the eyes of the nato countries. i do not yet know whether such a data transfer will be ensured, because it is precisely the most regime component of this volume of data between patriots by wax, but in the future we will see how we will move in this direction and maybe others will follow the first battery. because zelensky, when he spoke with biden, said that we still want a patriot and this is actually everyone understands that it is simply behind the first battery there may be others, so that in any case this is a very

important step for solving one of the problems facing ukraine - strengthening its anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense . of our btr-80 well , about 120 of these uh-hummers, yes, infantry vehicles , how much can it strengthen our defense ability? well, it’s just in this package. there are, well , yes, but so far, it’s wide enough to actually do these things that you are talking about, that’s right well, in the directions related to the strengthening of the mobility of our units, this is a 4x4 car and there are cougars that are optimally suitable for conducting combat operations in cities because they are poorly protected countermeasure protection against forged protection, but i would still single out no no no no this mobile component, which is not decisive in this package, is precisely important here, this is precisely the problem

of providing ammunition and means of impression because now on the battlefield - this is and continues to be an urgent need of the ukrainian army when there says what you need there is we need there long-range means impression then comes the artillery then ammunition for this artillery so that there would be more of it because even some countries there say that we use a lot of ammunition there, but in fact it is determined not by our actions but by the effectiveness and intensity combat actions that we have to satisfy and the question of hummers and there machine vehicles of this class is important in principle, but in my opinion it is now in the background now really or to press the situation on tanks and on combat infantry vehicles, because both tanks and bmps have much more capabilities than those samples that are handed over to us today. and here we simply approach the fact that it is necessary to implement lend-lease projects, but when i say

lend-lease, it actually means the preservation of american stocks and tanks and bmps, which actually belong to the american army, are also here. the question is that we now have to create the prerequisites for obtaining these systems , which we talked about earlier, mr. sergey . is this already a lend-lease or not yet a lend-lease? the help of almost two million landrises is only the form, the form of this, she says something, we will now receive, we have earned at the expense of american funds, and we do not pay anything for it landrist - this is actually when we pay for american equipment and the guys tell us, why should you pay if we actually pay you now we regularly and so give significant packages for which we americans pay for ourselves if you take a lease there, you have to pay, but in principle here lend-lease is important because you can make requests to the american side, but in fact we also give requests in the same way

you are finalizing other samples, actually with tanks, but optionally the american side satisfies what it considers optimal and what it can satisfy , so just me only questions about the use of the reserves of the american army, which are still idle and which primarily concern heavy armored vehicles how will it shape we don't have to return the right help now we get e-e and weapons and equipment without any obligation to return the lend-lease will provide for other financial conditions and in now americans act rationally, that is, if we come to the store to buy a car, we buy it. and when they just give us a gift, then we just take it. now we actually take everything in the form of free help, ah, well, it’s a strange logical question, why is it better for americans to

give us free than to give e-e under obligations, why are they here, the obligation is global? everyone understands that actually this is a war not only ukraine, russia, a war against e-e, the russian coalition, e-e, the state of the americans and us, where do we actually understand that our potential, our strength is ensured at the expense of external support, and in this sense, they say whether to choose some other model when we still have to pay there. well, in my opinion, it is not a completely rational question to look for diplomatic options to expand the list of access to heavy defense equipment, because these are just such long-range vehicles and heavy armored vehicles for some reason, it is always discussed and is not being promoted yet. do you think that native compensation is not being promoted? nata is free for you here, and here we will wait a little longer so as not

to anger putin. takes into account, but there is a certain sequence of arms supply, and this sequence is sometimes more narrow and rational than what our military leadership and political leadership and military experts say if we want to get tanks and everyone says that it is yes you have them and they will be for the time being soviet ones, and we need to prepare for new models, so i have a question: when do we start preparing the infrastructure , and because so far we have been talking about it for six months, the changes related to the preparation of the infrastructure have not yet happened means that we are delaying the deliveries themselves, you can get them , we lack samples of armored vehicles, and you all say this, this means that we need to press the political and military to look for other ways to influence our foreign partners, a few words. well, one more question. i already

gave this quote. there was a press conference. well, tonight, the american president was asked by a ukrainian journalist why the united states does not immediately provide ukraine with all the necessary weapons, and biden answered that the european the partners did not have or do not currently have an agreement to provide the ukrainians with other weapons systems than it currently receives. well , the direct quote from the american president is about the fact that we will give ukraine fundamentally different material than what is already there, there is little prospect of the collapse of nato and the collapse of the european union and the rest of the world that's what biden said we're going to have to give ukraine what it needs so that it can defend itself so that it can still succeed on the battlefield well he said they're not looking for a third world war about european partners who do not want to fight with russia and they think that all this can be avoided by convincing that ukraine will be able to succeed on the battlefield in one way

or another. president serhii , that is, there is some resistance in the european union and in nato up to the disintegration of these structures, which is likely if the americans provided everything within the framework of this material military aid, what do we want , please, in fact, i think that this is the same here the words of the father, therefore, the verbal construction is quite sophisticated and difficult to understand. in any case, we are talking about the fact that the war should not go beyond the borders of ukraine, it should not become renewed between nato and russia, and the strengthening of military aid should to be such that, conventionally speaking, it does not cross some conventional red lines. and around

these three corners, and that is where all the interaction with this side takes place. the lion's share of aid is provided directly by the united states of america, what was in the europeans have already transferred, and now europe itself is trying to fill the gaps in its own defense capability , primarily focusing on its own needs, we are important to them in principle, but given what they could give, they actually gave, and now there is an acceleration of this european defense industry on with the new capacity of the americans, the situation is somewhat similar there, because the ammunition of all other missiles is now taken in stock at the ministry of defense. yes, the time period is now primarily saturated with these organizational prepared actions aimed at strengthening the european union, e.e. nato and the united states, and i do not see any risks associated with the provision of

any other types of weapons that influenced the disintegration of the european union or nato, we understand that these things well, not unrelated to this, the question is that now europe itself and you know, all steels have become more powerful in a short period of time and they are actually striving for this, mr. sergey. thank you very much for the information. his professional analysis serhii zgurets, a military expert and representative of the defense express, come and read as an interesting professional site just about the military, all the changes in the case and about weapons, information is reported by the dfs express website that the ministry of defense of russia is already preparing to defend moscow and st. petersburg at the operational level fronts and creates two military districts of its districts, and now moscow and st. petersburg are interested in what muscovites and residents of st. petersburg are ready to engage in terrodefense. minute of silence 9:00 a.m.