glory to all who fight and work for our country. glory to all who help us protect our independence and freedom. glory to all of you to our people. glory to ukraine. thank you . on these holidays, you have to meet guests whom no one invited to these holidays

. garlands instead of a bounty explosions instead of shots of champagne shots but on these holidays we are still together because every day you give us the most valuable gifts of life and freedom and new year's wish we have one for all victory our soldiers thank you we congratulate you when the enemy cannot achieve results on the battlefield he resorts to cynical attacks on civilians russian invaders want to exhaust us break and divide us this is the last chance for them yes they have not counted one in these dark

times we are united as never we are free and strong we are ready and even in the dark we see how our victory is approaching, we will defeat the darkness together on the holidays one wish victory is like a sudden power outage prepare for yourself and your loved ones records of drinking technical water warm clothes food charging batteries, find out in advance and save the contacts of medical institutions and addresses of emergency services from official websites or help services and the administration of your locality, get ready for us, we will defeat the darkness together,

you knew that they would go, some cards were signed in january, some in december, and they changed like this, take them out of the barracks, throw them away in the battle, the offensive is real, there is a desire of russia to die, belarus goes to war according to the decision, responsibility was given to him on the tangent of time, which during this period was the most difficult, was very shaky the border, when the russians were supposed to enter kyiv, our people are doing miracles, how long have these people been at the front, a lot will be unexpected, that it will be in moments from 50 to 70,000 a day, they did not go down, it was such a very severe pain , the metal is melting, people are standing and 200 people

went took up the defense and held this crossing lieutenant general oleksandr pavlyuk met the russian-ukrainian war in the east in 2014 as the commander of the 24th separate mechanized brigade from march 2017 he commanded the troops of the west operational command from july 21st to march in 2022, the commander of the operation of the combined forces in the spring of 2022, during a full-scale invasion, led the defense of kyiv as the head of the kyiv regional military administration, in march 2022, he was awarded the gold star of the hero of ukraine, now the command of the group of the capital's defense forces. i am glad to welcome you to our studio. oleksandra honestly wanted to start with something else, but this morning the russians are wearing corrections, and the akhids woke up from the explosion, you also woke up from the explosion today, and we are also

leaving. we had enough at the workplace. well, at 6:00 we were already at the control post and started work, the work was calm and planned, not the first time, i think not the last, but all of them and some entered the zone of damage of our forces, it was determined how you can really assess their resources, how much they can still be i will say that their resource is already quite small, especially with regard to the missiles that remained from the soviet union, which were manufactured before the start of a large-scale aggression, it is possible to say that it will capture a maximum of two or three such powerful that hit, but what they they are producing at the moment, i am not yet ready

to say it is a small amount but everything is fine production is going on and that is why we are ready for constant work in this direction human resource personnel human resource - this is the main thing can be the most modern weapons but if there are no people who are able to use there are no people who if they want to protect their country, then this is scrap metal in their hands. and so our people do wonders for all foreign specialists. surprising. this is really the desire to win, the desire to protect ukraine, the offensive that is talked about so much, and sometimes we observe movements there on the border with belarus, it is

real, based on these positions, what you said about human resources and weapons, they do not have the potential that could be used against us and to have success is the desire of russia from amarata to belarus by war, this is to force them to go down the path where there is no way back, at the same time, according to our observations, the belarusians also do not want to fight if we analyze the potential that is from belarus, from all the armed forces. it is up to 20 thousand. this is the personnel that is intended for the war that will come, taking into account that i am a little more than 10,000 russians, well, this is not the potential that will go. and if it goes there and remains with us in that direction assembled a rather powerful group, ken can not

only stop but also destroy, there will be a lot of surprises if they decide you were the commander of the 24th mechanized brigade, do you remember your first battle and where it took place, where you met exactly with russian units, this is how i remember this day that's right it was my birthday then, on august 20, 14 , the russian troops tried to cut off the road of life that was around luhansk and cut off the 80th airborne assault brigade and my battalion, which was at the end point of this cartilaginous in order to create the first cauldron as they then they thought they shared the mask well, to force us to kneel as much as possible it was such a very difficult battle for us the first time because all kinds of weapons were thrust in, starting with

powerful artillery training and ending with tank attacks by paratroopers which on august 12 were from pskov and already on the 20th they were on the territory of ukraine and engaged in hostilities with us. how long did the battle last? well, it started from four in the morning until 3:00 p.m. somewhere only after 3:00 p.m. the battle began to wind down when we exposed their main reserves of concentration and covered them with arterial the battle ended with the fire that they completely lost their fighting capacity and what our armed forces of ukraine had what resources did we go to war with?

we had no artillery reconnaissance at all, we had very weak communication and this had such a negative impact on our actions. but despite this, thanks primarily to the help of the volunteer, we began to appear and drones began to appear, as well as night vision devices and means of communication. yes, these are motorola trunks but with this, we were able to complete combat tasks , communicating with the military in the 14th year under slavyansk, and they were also shocked that this was russia. well, i think that everyone was shocked that the russians went against the ukrainians, what were they worried about your soldiers, what words did you find as a commander ? you know, it was difficult for me to understand that this was not a brother from the other side, but a fierce enemy who simply disguised himself and it was a cold shower, but we

did not believe until the end that russia would still shoot us. the first strike on my unit was on september 11, this unit was at the disposal of another brigade, 72, was divided when the night camp was fired from the radio from the territory of russia, then there were many dead and wounded, and then for the first time we felt something like this. we realized that we there are no further options. and that we want to remain a country. we must stand to the end and destroy everything that comes our way this year. this was the first loss. the first loss was on june 19. then we carried out offensive actions in order to go out and seize the bridgehead before the words we liberated yanska and then the task was thrown away, but then my

battalion commander was killed, he was ambushed by the first company commander and with him these scouts, it was the same painful losses, the first losses and, unfortunately, the most professional people well, those who went forward in my first died, such was yaroshenko, such were stepan horobets, well , how many years have passed, but they will always remain in memory, because ukraine really held on to such guys and is holding on. to this day, the military, when they talk about losses, they are silent and thank you for having these people in our lives, but the military taught me this . unfortunately, this is how you cope. unfortunately , we have no other choice. we have to cope because people look at us, namely the leadership team, especially the

commanders of all e-th levels. this is the sample on which one every soldier looks at, where the commander is in his place, where my personal example shows how to act, there will be a team standing there, the team will perform the task, he will follow him, but where only this link fails, or the commander is wounded or killed, if there are no worthy replacements of course, such a collector must be reformatted and a new commander must be trained, a lot depends on the commander, the main principle is to do as i do, we still use this principle, professionalism , trust, care for personnel, this the main components of our commanders and the main commanders of the new generation are those who grew up in the war, who went to study in military institutions when there was already a war, they are different from their predecessors, and why do they first understand

people because they grew up with them, they grew up in the same trenches, they do not understand a soldier from movies, not from books, not from lectures at an educational institution, but first they understood what it was when they went through it with them, what is a battle, what is a loss, what is a panic. how to stop this panic, i will say, is very difficult and the first days, when various things happened to stop panic among the people, especially when the hostilities were going on for a month and people were simply physically exhausted to such an extent that they already lost the ability to hold on, then a lot depends on the commander, as a personal example, he leads the people forward, but here they are, these commanders are not made of steel although in the 14th year they are called

cyborgs or superhumans, but after all, they are just people. yes, but who will do it , decentralization? the ukrainian army spoke and you said then that this is what the higher management has given the right to the officers in the trenches to make decisions when this is the main thing. i understand that what distinguishes us from russia is our advantage . yes, there is a common goal, there is a common task. commanders on the ground, already taking into account the situation that has developed, taking into account their vision of a particular task, they can perform the task according to their wishes, but the general goal remains simply the way of performing the task is given to the commander’s decision, you can say that this is a manifestation of creativity, as it were

it did not sound strange regarding the military independence of commanders, where there is initiative and seeing the result, how dare such decentralization is the same well, it is necessary to be confident in this officer and whether the officers are ready because the decision is followed by responsibility, this is the most important thing, the most important thing was wrong to make a decision, how to give an opportunity, how to prepare people who are able to take on this responsibility and make such decisions, because it is easier to say that i have an order, and we carry it out, and partially shift the responsibility to the senior commander and very it is difficult to say, i see that it is necessary to do so, i made a decision or to respond to this decision, this is the main problem, to find such people, to train them and to trust them, you knew that they would start a full-scale war

. in principle , we had no doubt that we would meet with large forces, you can compare them, they have changed in these eight years, the russians, which units you met in the 14th, and now, why did you modernize, you said that in 8 years our army has changed and they have changed in the 14th year, we met the starkoviki if there had not been all the talk about the great potential for the 14th year that they could have destroyed us then, but for some reason they threw us into the fight, for example, in the direction of luhansk, the regiment of the moscow division was collected more urgently by the starkoviki, this people who were not prepared at all, so they were pulled out of the barracks and thrown into battle. this is

already the 22nd year of people who were preparing. it is already better that they were selected for six months, they were equipped and prepared. that this is ukraine, and their maps were also theirs here and for kyiv, their maps were all planned in advance, some maps were signed in january, some in december, the separation was planned long before the start of its implementation, there would be painted by dates where and by points where they were assigned where they should get to and when and where were they? it's true. in three days, kyiv, and literally on the second or third day, they should have already taken the government quarter. and at the expense of what they expected to do this in the first place, not the readiness of our troops for suddenness and greater mobility

maneuverability they expected that in the kyiv direction someone would meet and meet so powerful that they did not expect that and their first days did not go exactly according to plan, the first days we already suffered losses. so our artillery worked very clearly and all of them. the advantage of suddenness was nivelina literally on the first day, we have a powerful artillery school, a very powerful artistic school, i will say that it saved us a lot in the 14th year, because our artillerymen created a miracle, having no means of artistic reconnaissance, having no drones at all, they hit the targets clearly fulfilled their task, the armed forces of ukraine surprised the whole world during these three days, and in fact, even the ukrainians themselves, if it was a holy policy, they offered our president to leave, yes,

and he said that no, i don’t need a taxi, but ammunition, these days you were in charge of the defense of kyiv in the spring, there was not enough ammunition, there was not enough everywhere, not only in kyiv, all the calculations give what does the potential were not in favor of ukraine, how long should kyiv hold out, they calculated 3 days of the largest group, what was in the east, i gave him up to a week, but on in the east, first we shot down their offensive potential. then the potential was shot down, which was transferred from the south. when we realized that we could break through to mariupol and we began to do it, then the entire group that was in the south and was supposed to advance on mykolaiv, on odesa, was transferred in the direction of volnovakha . and in the course of two weeks, there was

something fierce, so that the fighting until we could not stop it, then the group that was supposed to capture kharkiv went to izyum to destroy us already with a blow from the north and style, it was also stopped, defeated, that is, the group that was in the east hid from everyone the possible further actions of the enemy, and it was not yet in him to make a gesture of good will, because in two such directions he already understood that he lacked strong means to carry out such actions and on in kiev and in the east, i understand that it was simply the economy that these retreating people did not finish. we fled very quickly. i will say that we only started taking measures to surround them. the brigade left in the western direction and began to enter. then they threw out the

tactical, then the landings in the direction of sumy oblast, what to cut the roads, the pace of their exit was very huge and unfortunately, we do not have long-range means that will be able to catch up with them to stop them, what we have is a maximum , this is a point of 120 km, and their number is very limited , which during this period was the most difficult for the spring defense of kyiv how was the period for a person, it was somewhere in the middle of march, when there was moshtyun, the russians had a bridgehead and that border was a very shaky border, when the russians were about to enter kyiv, this was the very moment when everyone was on the brink and if they did not hold out in that no one knows how the situation developed, there are units that did not have

vacations or rotations, and as a result, their service was extended and the defense was extended in connection with the full-scale invasion, how long these people have been at the front, it is very difficult to say for sure the main mass of people there are brigades that have not yet left these steps since the first days, despite the fact that they performed tasks even before the beginning of the aggression, some for a year, some for a year and a half. to be honest, it really surprises everyone how our people can withstand such conditions they wanted yes, it’s simple, well, it can’t be explained, because in reality, such a division of such battles, well, it’s enough for a month, 2-3, no more, just human potential to endure, not to burn out

, ours is holding on, more ours is holding on, some of them are holding on for half a year of daily battles, maybe they understand that we have no place to go ukraine for us and she will enlighten to live well, many words are difficult to say, this is all the main emotions, such a sensitive moment. there were definitely moments in the 14th year when i managed to get out of the complete encirclement of my unit, and when you know, 5,000 people come out alive and healthy, and yes, such a moment that it is difficult to write in words, well, you will never forget it, because a person is a great

value and save your subordinates save with those you dream of for sure the main thing, unfortunately, it doesn't always work out is that it's a war, but in these moments we don't always have the moments when the guys closest to you die, with whom you started the war, with whom you were fighting, who did you drink coffee with yesterday and today it is already being carried by a load of 200, too , such a moment that is difficult to calmly evaluate and difficult to experience but again with each month i will say a year unfortunately, it is slowly getting used to it so you already understand that we have no options we must protect ukraine at any cost and this is what i understand these commanders at all levels, what is the phenomenon of the ukrainian army

of every ukrainian, and this is what distinguishes the achievement that he loves his family infinitely , he is ready to go to the end for it, in general we are standing until we see each other, we have nowhere to go speak up, we know how to fight, we have been fighting for hundreds of years, we are destroyed not only by famine, but also by war . siberia doesn't make us, it doesn't kill us, it won't make us stronger, all the trials that fell on the shoulders of our people

must have really made those steel boys, as they say, who have the ability to fight, the desire to protect their family, their people, for their own sake the country and indomitable spirit. the main thing you felt was the change in the people's involvement in the military ukrainian attitude began to change from the 14th year, but not all over ukraine , not everyone felt the breath of war on themselves. they understand what war is, the volunteer movement that saved ukraine, they understand, but most of it was left out of it by the war, but in the 22nd year, everything

was different, the war had already touched everyone and everyone understood that they can only hope in god and the armed forces, and we are not let their country down from a soldier to a general, did they do everything possible, it is impossible, that's why i think the people's respect is deserved, god forbid, we will liberate ukraine , then we will fully fulfill our duty, the people will not let you down, if the people let you down, then we would not have the armed forces fighting for them, what is this people the armed forces, we are one, there is no difference, the people, the army, are now fighting a lot , yesterday you were a civilian, now you forgot to divide it in your hands

. what hinders the army the most is that there are still not enough weapons, and how many were fired, if at all, in march, for example, in april, if the brothers, according to the use of artillery by the russians here, somewhere from 50 to 70,000 per day, it was not released under supervision. and we are much less because we were limitation of exactly this amount that we have in reserve, yes, first of all, limitation of quantity, secondly, we replaced quantity with quality, because the russians mainly used the old firing tables, where 300 shells are needed to hit a stronghold, that is, for its we released the independence of that, there is no such destruction, we understand that we have a

limited amount of ammunition, we conducted reconnaissance, adjusted the fire, shot the target with these and achieved parity in connection with the smaller amount of ammunition, and now i already used foreign artillery samples, they are also used more accurately more powerful using a smaller number but yielding the enemy increases the pregnancy than the massive supplies flying from the side of russia, in your opinion, the most successful operation during this time in 9 months unsuccessful probably this is the kharkiv operation why it was unexpected for the enemy all bases focused on the following in kherson at this time