places to leave him before the funeral, and also the most active advertisement today in the temporary occupations is that of the funeral parlor that delivers bodies from the temporarily occupied territory to russia, that is, to melitopol, which has become such a hub not only for living russians, but also for the dead yes , that is, they are also being formed, mr. ivan, or how do i know that the forecasts are bad, of course , the history of this year is that we are waiting for the liberation of melitopol. well, you know, of course, in the answer to your questions, i will talk more about emotions than a real assessment of the situation. of course i want to return home like all our residents already today, but we have to understand a few basic things, first melitopol - this is today the key to the entire south of our state, to the liberation of the entire

south, part of the kherson region, and our nuclear power plant, and so on. and the administrative center of southern ukraine, which they will try to defend , for sure they will not succeed, but they will try to choose. so today i suggest not making any predictions that they can may not come true, but our goal today is to help our armed forces every day so that they liberate our territories, this is the only way we will be able to return home and this is the main goal of our work, are there any attempts to leave or have the russians already turned off this tap that they simply do not release anyone, they remain . approximately 50,000 of the population is a third of the number of the population that was on february 24. as for the mood of civilians, of

course it is such a depression that is obvious after 11 months of occupation, because the rashists turned our city of melitopol , the intercultural capital of ukraine, into a foreign city, settled it with foreign people, turned it into a garbage dump, therefore, of course, the situation is quite depressing for civilians. as for leaving , it is extremely difficult. there was vasylivka-zaporizhia and in september, for example, 1,000 people left a day, today they leave in the last three and a half weeks, four people left in total. chose their enemy and deported them simply , for example, three days ago they deported one of our best heads of vocational education in ukraine and the head of the mykhailiv vocational technical university, they also deported and as for leaving , today our residents choose

temporarily occupied crimea above all because of the fact that crimea is occupied up to the borders and georgia or the european union is there to solve it according to some algorithm of their own, they choose who to release and who not to release, as well as a path that recently began to fully function, which our residents choose - they go to the nearest airport in greece and from there fly to turkey or moldova to a country where they can also feel safe, so the ways to leave today are difficult and quite expensive, but we still recommend it to all our residents to leave because no one can guarantee the temporary occupation of anti-security forces, and of course today such a strategy is decisive if they try to do it in the temporarily occupied territory, which they control only physically, and this is the key after 11 months, they control our territory only physically, the residents have no support, they are trying to disperse them, they are scared, the population is lower, so

that they do not have the money to buy food, medicines, and of course, they were scared even to go out on the streets, so when we we talk about the liberation of the territory, about the deoccupation of the territory, then first of all we have to say that we really need to free our residents who are still temporarily occupied thank you mr. ivan and i want it to happen as soon as possible ivan fedorov, the mayor of melitopol, told us about what is happening in the occupied city, which has turned into a city of cotton blossoming. and also, as andriy said, it is not only for living russians, but also for the dead, because the bodies of dead occupiers are brought there in bundles. well, now, yuriy mignat, the spokesman of the air force command of the armed forces of ukraine, will talk to us and

on the phone, yuriy. good morning. do you remember, i forgot, so last year, this year, it was not like that. it was on the eve of the new year's celebration. well, who celebrated not so much. who fought centrally. yes , but really then, on new year's eve, the attack of the shaheds was also repelled, so 45 were destroyed and already in the new year year, another 39 shaheds were destroyed. in fact, in those two nights, 84 pieces of firewood were destroyed on the kamikaze, and the day before, it was 20 rockets. it seems that it was a missile attack, 12 of them were destroyed, well, the others, of course, you know that a few fell on the territory of russia. well, there were also several ballistic missiles

that's why it's actually those missiles that can be destroyed well, no , we can't, to date, there was such an extreme attack, and this year, we see that the enemy made a kind of pause, so regarding the use of missile weapons in particular . will respond to any such new challenges. well, they take a break like that for a week, one and a half, two weeks, and it's already somewhere so, uh, it's getting closer here, we understand that the cold is already there, after all, ukraine has already covered a little with snow and we see that eh it gave the load on our energy industry is so because more and more blackouts have already started because half a month has already passed since the attacks of the attacks of the imprint that is why we are moving forward moving forward to our

victory what successes we have already at the beginning of this year with the downing of the russian aircraft at the front well, we have seen in this year 's summer assault airstream, several su-25 planes were shot down , as well as several helicopters of various types. yesterday, the day before yesterday, they are constantly the targets of our air defense. aviation is in the sky, there are hellish battles for the desired solidarity. in other directions, in the east of the country, it is really extremely hot there, and where it is hot, there will always be aviation, of course, which provides support to the troops from the air, this applies to both enemy aviation and ours also aviation or attack aircraft

, bombers under the cover of fighters, as well as helicopters of the army aviation, these helicopters of the air forces also strike every day, supporting our troops, because, well, this is a very important moment, it is the cover with the air grouping of troops actually succeeds only from time to time. like you helicopters, planes, well, this happens first of all when they neglect caution somewhere, they rise higher, and then this, of course, allows them to be detected and destroyed by anti-aircraft missiles, because the aircraft that are pressed to the ground we saw those shots. so , how and airplanes and helicopters, well, extremely lower there, helicopters there are 5 m from the ground, planes are a little higher, well, it allows you to be unnoticed and perform tasks from such and such a height

and return home not at school information was about the fact that russia is already afraid to fly over the territory of ukraine, at least with its most modern fighters, because there are not many of them left, or are we simply negating them successfully, surely you have information about su-57 aircraft, so what are they, in fact, there are not so many of them in russia, this is a new one there is even a su-75 plane there, it is lighter, which they recently showed at the exhibition, one engine, yes, this engine is new, yes, they have them, they fly , they make such a nasty sound when flying, well, it was visible from the video there on to some air show, there is no confirmation that they

used anything on the territory of ukraine, we know that today’s aviation, except for the attack aircraft, as i said there , bombers and helicopters that work directly on the front line, that is, apart from them, there is fighter aircraft. well does not fly, there is no such need to fly into the territory of ukraine , because the missile weapons of many pay and here it allows you to use it remotely, that is, without entering the zone of damage of the ukrainian anti-flood defense it is doubtful that they are using the su-57 pod. well, there are no such confirmations at the moment. well, although we have seen that western intelligence information was published. so i cannot rule out the use of it, but there is no confirmation yet. i will also ask yuriy sometime on the eve mykolaya

promised us to slovakia to transfer mig-29, how does the matter progress, is everything okay there? well, you know, we are grateful for the help regarding the soviet-type aircraft, because after all, they fly and are used against shahedov doesn't even uh, they also launch harm missiles that hit anti-aircraft defenses, but this plane is unlikely to date. well, ukraine still has aviation, and it hasn't been destroyed five times, as the ether says, yes, in its reports. previously in use, but

f-16 aircraft, which should be today to be in the air force and the pilots are very, very much looking forward to that they really get the western aviation platforms, we are talking first of all about the type that i named because it is the most common aircraft in the world and it is the most realistic to get it today well, first we will talk about about some small aviation units, we are talking about excavators, or i understand correctly that the f-16, in addition to its advantages over russian aircraft in the air, also has the ability to carry heavy and long-range missiles. that is, it in fact, the flying highmers are only er more mobile, let mercedes including them can be used, well, it is used like

this . planes of the f series, well, these are also aviation bombs and long-range missiles, the same, even farms, they will already be used many times more effectively than it is done from airplanes, that is why they are not actually launched into the area, the task of strikes is already that the missile itself is looking for how the target, that is, the means of the enemy, prisons , radar stations, and so on. well, the means of rap right there, having an aircraft that is connected with those weapons, adapted to it. it grows under it many times, even for these armies and their capabilities. well, the plus is not the surface, that is, the air is the surface air air adjustments aviation bombs and other well plus it is clear

that those planes went through several stages of deep modernization and even if they are the same age in terms of production with the same mig-29, well, this does not say anything about our migs as they were from those times and there were attempts to modernize them somewhat to some variants. well , there is no comparison with the american f-16f-15, it’s how much they would help us to start with and how necessary they are, in fact, this type of aircraft for large-scale offensive operations. well, we are now talking about defense we talk about protecting the sky and about this and give clear signals to our international partners because we need to expel the occupiers from our land and the plane is like this let's say f16 is yet another effective tool against air of defense in the west, yes, in countries as large as canada, it is the airplanes that are the basis

of air defense against air defense, that is, petriv and the same and stark himself. they protect certain objects, the same airfields, and important state strategic objects, well, such government buildings, such as, say, the white house , protecting the pentagon, it is clear that there are ground-based anti-aircraft armor, but when there is a threat of an air attack, especially missiles or airplanes, then for this there are airplanes that are supposed to intercept one or the other goal in the airspace is alarmed by another shift, is it a group of planes, is it a couple there, and they are destroying this principle of operation with their missile weapons in principle in all countries , because to cover such a huge territory as , say, the united states or canada or the same russia, do you think so in russia of course, they have it around large cities, around putin's bunker, maybe there are some terrible military facilities

protected by air defense means, it is simply physically impossible to cover such a large area. the last literally yes and still the forecast for another russian missile strike well, they are definitely preparing and are you preparing and are you ready to actually open it so you know i don’t give forecasts i don’t want to because they immediately use very hmm hellish headlines and i don’t want to to become the one who scares our ukrainians. i think that we must keep and believe in your victory in the successful repulsion of any air attack because, after all, we are getting stronger, the help of the west and means of air defense and others systems, we would like to get tanks and planes, of course, but still help is coming and we will

do what we always repel the attack when it did not happen there. but nevertheless, if you hear, god forbid, if these sirens sound, then go to the shelter and do not ignore the warnings, serhii zgorets, military expert, director of the defense express company, is already with us, mr. serhii, good morning. good morning, i greet you, mr. serhiy, well, first of all , monitor the situation, of course, there are many messages from the russians in soledar that it seems they already control the city, that they are not there, they are not posting any pictures of beauties somewhere in some salt mines, took a picture with his soldiers and said that it seems to be under soledar, which the latest situation now. what can we

say? well, in fact, there is only one piece of information that we have not seen or heard now that is absolutely one hundred percent true, because the dynamics of the fighting, especially yesterday, the day before yesterday, and i think that today at night it is so dynamic that it is probably difficult to determine exactly where the line of demarcation passes because there is a fairly wide gray zone soledari those publications or there are photos that were posted yesterday by the wagnerians near the center of administrative services, this is only part of the general picture because in the evening the spokesman of the east command, serhii cherevaty, said that we continue to destroy the enemy and now the main task is precisely this for our armed forces, and it seems to be quite effective. they were also interesting in the evening.

publications, important publications. how are you? what a breath-taking trend in cnn, where actually one of the army employees of the 46th brigade said that really , because they are so intense, we cannot understand where or the house, because today he is ours, tomorrow he is the enemy, then again we fight back and so also our military spoke about significant losses, and from both sides. he even mentioned the phrase that sometimes we don't have time to remember the names of the callsigns and which people are going to strengthen our units , that is, in fact, this is really happening now the fiercest period of hostilities in the soledar zone and because it will continue for a certain time because the enemy now we see has constructed his main forces to capture the soledar in several directions so far it is not possible and with an effort to move further on the

tracks which connect the hungarian and soledar as one of the directions of a promising such attempt by the russians to complicate the defense there and soledar and seversk, but we know what is happening and the strengthening of our group . troops who were in this area the other day, which was actually a sign that there would be reinforcements , and this part of the front is actually the most relevant for our armed forces. well, yesterday, i understand, the adviser to the president's office, arestovych, said that the russians they took the bakhmut soledar highway under fire control, how dangerous it is, it’s worrying what does it mean in practice or in fact, is it true, it actually means bakhmut soledar, actually, uh

, uh, that’s actually the town close by. maybe he meant the inner siversk, uh soledar because this plot is much larger, because actually taking the route between er soldiers and bahmut is actually very close , yes. that is, the fighting is going on there anyway, everything is under the influence of fire from both sides, if we remember here a little bit wider, exactly er siversk solidar bakhmut, actually, the solyada- dar sillyus route is really subject to fire control , so the range there, i think it is somewhere up to 4 km , it is under the influence of the enemy’s artillery, this is actually, in my opinion, the main thing that complicates the perspective is that the supply of soledar as a part of our group, and there remains one of the roads that leads to the west, which actually can make it difficult to supply

from the northern group, in general , all these routes are under fire control from our ukrainian side. and actually, this is the only from the elements of such hostilities in that area of ​​the front, well, since we have no other sources of fresher information, taras berezovets, who is also at the front, wrote 18 minutes ago that the situation continues to be tense in english on twitter the information about the fact that they took the city under the control of the wagnerites is false and untrue, and the enemy continues to attack despite losses, and there are also constant skirmishes, well, gav-fights in rifle battles in the very place, the ukrainian army continues to hold part of the soledar. this is the most recent information taras

berezovets, who is in this direction, well, actually, the information is also in the middle of the night where, relatively speaking , wagner's troops descended on the eastern part , and this is a photo near the center of administrative services, in fact, in the center of the city but this does not mean that this entire area is actually under control. we remember once again the words of our military that the houses come under the control of one side precisely due to the fact that the battles are dynamic enough. i think that this will characterize the future days as well confrontation in this zone, i hope that just the addition of additional reserves will not allow the enemy to advance further. and also, if we assume that the ukrainian

armed forces will be forced to withdraw from soledar and it will be taken under the control of the russian army, what will this mean ? do you agree with the estimates of the institute of war research that this will not mean well, what will it not mean, for example, the encirclement of bahmut, well, i absolutely agree, because in fact, if we move away from soledar, we will move to the line of defense between the seversky soledar, then a little deeper into our territory, at the position that has already been prepared , those positions are located on the commanding heights, they allow us to actively use artillery to hold and destroy the operative in relation to bahmut, then actually all this catavasia around the soldier consists in because this storage is to surround bakhmut from the north, and in the same way, active actions are currently

taking place in the south, where the hostilities are taking place near the tick, in order to cut the two supply routes to bakhmut in this way in two directions, there is still a third route, so that in any - in any case, you will have to sacrifice too much of your life to advance further and provide a real environment for bakhmut, which means that the grouping under bahmut is getting stronger, just like our grouping under soledar, this is, i repeat, the most fierce section in the front right now, but in in any case, even the encirclement of the soledar is only a small stage of hostilities and it complicates the defense of bahmut, but it is not critical from the point of view of not receiving it further, i think that god will keep us further because there are appropriate opportunities for this if you, i apologize, now i am quoting

russian military personnel, there is very little information at the moment, who writes that they do not divide or trade with regard to the advance in soledar because of the fact that there are very large losses for his information , including tanks in which they were overtaken under soledar without dynamic protection, and there are a lot of them ukraine is being destroyed there now. the ukrainian armed forces are saying that this will lead to the fact that in the spring, and maybe even earlier, ukraine will be exhausted by russian troops and ukraine will carry out serious counterattacks, well, that is also the assessment even from our enemies, and it is very interesting that prigozhin yesterday seems to be i don't know enough, suddenly he said that there were some russian propagandists there in some story that they say that the armed forces are running and retreating to the army, there is no one to fight there, then he said that the armed forces, that the ukrainians are fine and

they are fighting bravely, that is, of course, i see this message. this actually indirectly confirms the fierce nature of the battles, and relatively speaking, when the romantic certification is to stabilize the situation there and not let the enemy pass further, then actually this, uh, will lead me to you, these promises, i come to ours about advancing in the directions that actually interested him. then he will have the opportunity to rely on these statements that the ukrainian defense was actually strong, just as he previously said about bakhmut that 500 defense lines were built there, every house is protected and we cannot there er, deep irony, but in any case, we repeat that in fact, bakhmut , the middle tick is now such areas of the front to the tense ones. and how are our soldiers behaving in this video, if you see it there, watch it with sound, you will see

how calmly the ukrainians are behaving uh, the soldiers who are currently defending soledar, how do they use all the equipment that they have, and this is actually intense close combat, which is actually a sign of the most difficult stage of hostilities, and this is where it is better now, our military, uh, effectively uses in view of the peculiarities that are now being killed in the word itself, well, and finally, i will ask, after all, yuri ignat and i just talked about the fact that slovakia promised us to transfer mig -29-and here is whether there is any news. well, mr. yuri said again what could the 29th be, we don't need much and we need f16 in our opinion, or after all, this year, this ice will cross and eh these c- will those limits be removed from this type of weapon when we talk about planes,

this is really the component that we is really necessary because there is also a question of protection against airspace and the question support of ground forces. this is actually a component that is an integral condition for carrying out even ground offensive operations. the dynamics of negotiations with the americans are ongoing. i think that at every meeting of high- ranking officials, this issue is rises. we remember that this $100 million for pilot training has been deposited somewhere and is not yet being used. there must be shifts this year, because maybe at the beginning of the year we see such an extremely fast dynamics, we will receive samples of weapons that were not even mentioned before, first of all, we are talking about e.e. bmp and in the future about tanks, that is, the world, europe, the

united states sees that the actual equipment is now needed more in what quantity in view on the fact that the time period for preparing for offensive e-e operations from the ukrainian side is not so long and it is still necessary to unite, act faster, start right now , yes . with us but now a moment of silence will be observed