natural objects where it would be possible to hide and, well, or there was an opportunity to concentrate certain forces, the enemy is currently taking certain measures there, and his small groups are there under the cover of civilian objects, and this gives him the opportunity, at the same time, well purely theoretically, to apply and launch some of our own means of destruction there, which can bombard our territory , for example, there are mortars or something else. in this way, i will ask about the administration living behind the crimea occupied by russia. we saw some time ago how the minister of defense of the russian federation flew over the sheikh in a helicopter. some defensive fortifications were dug on the territory of the crimea. in the west of the crimean peninsula, is it possible today for reconnaissance group m of certain aerial vehicles to continue

under the control of the events on the isthmus , and yet with what the russians are doing in them today, are they transferring equipment or vice versa , preparing for the defense of crimea? can we talk about what we know, what exactly the enemy is preparing for. well, as for rome, of course there are certain signs of his preparation for the defense, the enemy, in principle, is trying to create a deep -seated defense throughout the entire taurian direction, because he is he knows exactly what our offensive will be, otherwise we will liberate the land, as has already happened more than once, that in the mountains, building our fortifications, he still cannot take everything into account, and in any case, we will find the optimal option that will allow us with the least losses and most

you know, they talked quite actively at the time when kherson was occupied about the situation in the occupied territory of the kherson region , now kherson has been liberated, they have liberated the right bank on the left bank of the enemy, continue to implement the local population, do these things there, is it known today exactly how people live in the occupied territory of the kherson region, how does the enemy act, what is he doing there, how does he treat the local population, what processes are taking place there in general? i have not seen winter. i understand that it was also interesting to know about any communal services, whether or not they are provided to people, well, at least in urban areas, please. well, what is the enemy doing? what is the enemy doing? ruble zone, plus there is constant control over the civilian population, e.e., attempts to restrict their movement, attempts to restrict their rights, and i also have information that there is a constant check of

mobile phones in the occupied territory with in an effort to identify some persons who, uh, we support their regime, unfortunately, such measures exist, but these are the occupiers, they do not behave differently, they do everything in order to intimidate people, they do everything so that the forces know no other way establish themselves in the temporarily occupied territory although i think that neither the defense forces nor the resistance forces will allow them to do this, i thank you very much, mr. yevgeny, for somehow joining in for your comments yevhen yeri, head of the joint press center of the defense forces of the tauri direction, colonel was in touch with us, we talked about the situation in the er tauriy direction and we will add to the conversation, er, viktoria moskalenko, deputy of the mykolaiv regional council mrs. viktoria, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear. first of all, i will ask about the security situation in mykolaiv

mykolaiv oblast as of evening. on this day, please. ochakiv area. let's put it this way. the city of ochakiv. achakiv district remains a dangerous zone in mykolaiv oblast. you know about the large-scale shelling that took place the day before yesterday. also, shelling of nearby communities continues where the kutsurub ochakivska and chornomorska hromad a-and that's why the enemy is constantly firing from rocket systems of salvo fire. that is, these are the installations that today allow the patient to reach the territory of the mykolaiv region, and it is precisely this zone, let's say, that is subject to shelling, so after the large-scale shelling on the ninth of january, today the consequences are very large-scale in the city, according to

the information i have from the residents. the city itself is almost 80% agreed damaged damaged damage of all different, of course, but what is there today in such a frost, let's say zero -1 temperature is impossible to live normally, this is a real fact, that's why 5,000 properties in the city of ochakiv were damaged , there are simply many acquaintances there, many friends who drive every day are waiting for the osb plates slowly . forces that can restore there is no such er there is no such systematic approach to restoration because we still had time to do so, we hope that, let's say, there will be a referral from the military administration for the restoration of our resort city, many people

we left ochakov earlier because this is today let's say this, the combat zone remains, well, in the plan, it is considered to be a zone because the kimbur spit is nearby, so uh, about the security situation at 100%, that there is nothing safe in mykolaiv oblast, let's talk with you we can't also the water situation, the disconnection continues in the districts of the city. that is, it is in the regional center. i have already reported that today there was no water in some districts of the city. well, people expect that there are three queues involved, three queues of disconnections, the queues continue. thank god for now according to the schedule, the situation is now this is how it is. i read that in mykolaiv only residents owe oblenergo almost 297 million hryvnias. i don't know how

this situation is in the region. i understand that many people don't have it. this story is not only in mykolaiv. it's exactly the same. well, it's problematic in kyiv, there in zaporizhzhia in other cities of ukraine where there are non- payments. please tell me if such debts affect the provision of people, first of all, heat, because this is about oblastteploenergo . measures are taken regarding besides, why not pay attention to these debts now and still serve people, uh, provide people with services. should we take as much as we can from anyone, or impose some restrictions on non-payers , again? if it is not the payers who are still at home, but their apartment is heated without residents please, you know, i will tell you about my experience in the sense that the information i had as a deputy and as a person living in the city and in the region, my parents live in the sense that if a person did not pay before the war, well, let's say there was debt

for various reasons, and this of course, a very high tariff and plus, the person does not have enough income in the family, so of course he will not pay today, he can pay in installments , and those people who could pay, they and will pay, those who have some kind of salary , some payments for those who left, you understand that many people have left, so the whole apartment building is warm, and people have left and live, for example , in the vinnytsia region and in kirovohradsk in odesa, so the question here is that these are idps, and at first there were talks at the beginning about a full-scale invasion because i always i say that the war has been with us for eight years and since the 14th year we have been helping boys, people and volunteers. and this is a full-scale invasion this year. sorry, already in 2022. therefore, i believe that it is still necessary to make installments and

make installments. not through the court, but in installments to make the person's application voluntary because when the person is already brought to court and then the person will pay a state fee for it, everything is already a compulsory order, it is not voluntary, so i still think that the state must still make the promises that were made for the vpushniks and the vpu, this is forced displacement persons from the word forced that is, they just left against their will , we still need to give them the opportunity to pay at cost price, let's not hide from you that those tariffs were always inflated because there were moments, we understand with you that the requirements are appropriate, but for example , the transportation of gas, that is the payment before that time, we don't know with you exactly what it consists of and why you are thickening the bend, the truth is that's why there is a lot

of debt just for the transportation of gas. heat, the transportation of gas is also a very big loss for the family budget, there are also cases when people contact me that they have left the city and oblenergo also charges them on average. all calculations and enumeration must be done when the people have already returned and when we already have uh well, let's say the city is not near the front because it still remains a near- front area when we have already restored all buildings, business, and then deal with utilities, you understand, er, please , completion of the opinion, please add just a lot of people today are sending money to the army, you understand, that’s why it’s necessary

. helped the army of the state budget , including uh, and how many people it is to compensate for this kind of, you understand, because every second third volunteer and every second third risked, let's say, somewhere with their budget family and directed aid to the defense of the country because there should be a comprehensive approach and definitely some kind of selective justice. thank you very much mrs. victoria for taking the time to join. important business so let's get to know each other, dear friends, the espresso team would like to get to know each of you better. please fill out the introduction form so that we can learn more about you. for this you need to scan the qr-code that you see now on the screen of filling out this form, it only takes 5 minutes of your time well, at the end of january, among the participants of the survey, we will draw

valuable prizes from the espresso tv channel, because let's get to know each other, join, scan and fill out the forms, you definitely need to know each other better well and it's time to talk about today's military results, and serhii zgurets, director of the defense express agency and host of the military results of the day column, is already on the air with us sergey, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, vasyl, i congratulate you of our viewers i'm preparing a question for you and now i've already forgotten that i forgot what i wanted from you with all this. and about leopard tanks, lord, i was asking myself about valery in reserve, just about that. poland promises ukraine a tank in the gate of leopards. at the front, it is not certain that they will not be superfluous. your opinion on this matter is that banks will not be superfluous, and when the president of poland and british challenger tanks are promised, britain promised us that it would be much faster

and more, so that in any in this case it is the weapon which we really need on the battlefield, and later in the military results of the day, i will speak about the situation on the fronts of the heads, it is in the hands of the soldier , of course . around the soldier and it is still covered by a kind of fog of war, the occupying forces of russia two days ago reported about the capture of this city, but today it seems that the enemy has started a kind of information entry, because instead of reports about the usual total victory, statements began to be made that the capture of soledar as they say , the armed forces of ukraine were a little hasty in their turn, which earlier today refuted the russians' reports about the alleged capture

of this city, and with words and practical actions, the ministry of defense of ukraine emphasizes that heavy fighting continues in soledar, that after significant losses the russians once again replaced their units and sent more wagnerians to their attack, the enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops and completely capture the city, but there is no success, so they say in our ministry of defense as for the action of the enemy, thanks to the concentration of a large number of assault groups and neglect of human losses, the occupiers actually entered the center of soledar through their pipes. the attack on soldar is actually a part of this enemy offensive on bakhmut, which for 6 months with frontal attacks the enemy simply cannot take and

break through in any way. at the same time, it is important that these on these sections of the front and near soldar and near bakhmut, according to certain estimates, the enemy lost more manpower than during the storming of severodonetsk and lysychansk, this means that in the bakhmut zone, the ukrainian army is conducting an effective defense, the aim of which is to inflict maximum losses on the enemy, but this section of the front remains extremely difficult, so we are waiting for further information from the official spokespersons for well- founded conclusions and now we have vyacheslav siluyko in contact. mr. vyacheslav, i congratulate you. good afternoon. right now , everyone's attention is focused on the hottest part of the front, and on the soldiers of the donetsk region, heavy fighting continues. as the general staff says, the situation is difficult,

but under control. what are your assessments of the soldiers in the current line of defense from seversk ? to bakhmut as they say, what are the challenges, risks, and possible scenarios well, we understand that soledar is the left flank of the defense in bahmut , therefore, uh, its importance to the russians is practically even operationally important, and from a propaganda point of view, we understand that the russians they were going to pay bakhmut by january 1 and now they see that bakhmut they will pay by the first of january, they have not paid it, maybe the first of february and the first of march for the first of may and so on. therefore, they need some success now, and so they chose less significant is the target that they are trying to capture despite the losses in order to somehow present it as this success, and when we talk about soledar

, we actually take into account the fact that the enemy is slowly changing tactics, when we talked about severodonetsk lysychansk, we talked there about the fiery rampart now we are actually talking about such a tactic of a living rampart, that is, the enemy does not hesitate to spare his manpower, but at the same time there is a certain crystallization of a new tactic, this action in small groups, which is implemented both under bakhmut and under soledar and in other directions , what can be said about this tactic of small groups, what are its features, what risks does it carry for our defense, yes, the russians are really taking a position now, the experience is the experience of the kaiser's army in 1918, when during the first world war, the german army began to use assault groups uh, small but well equipped and really now the

russians are attacking not like you, there are human waves, they attack in small units at different times, that is, there is no system on a wide section of the front and there, for example, at nine from uh in 10 cases, the attack is unsuccessful, but somewhere it can be successful, that is, here it is a kind of attempt by the russians to get the appropriate result at least somewhere, that is, to attack in more than one place with constructive forces, where this wave of infantry could suffer heavy losses from fire artillery and it will not bring results , on the contrary, attack on a wide front, but with small units, hoping for something somewhere , the defense of ukraine will not detect this group in a timely manner, whose forces will be inadequate and may i hope for

demoralization and so on. - to attack in all directions with small units and hope that some of the units will have some success. here is the video that was distributed by your press service of the special operations forces, which actually shows the night operation the sso detachment, which conducts in coordination with information from copters while providing thermal imaging cameras, it seems that 13 russian soldiers were destroyed and five were taken prisoner. to what extent are such tactics common today in the actions of the special operations forces of the armed forces of ukraine, let's say that the special operations forces are trying to intercept the initiative, that is, if you simply sit in defensive positions, as unfortunately our infantry often do, then sooner or later the enemy will create the necessary number of forces under his numerous attacks and achieve

suddenness, that is, if you give the enemy the initiative, sooner or later he will not succeed, but the tactics of our structure are aimed at seizing the initiative from the enemy, and in this case, we see how a small group simply knocked out an entire unit of the wagnerites, and this is important. well, because when the enemy is if he is forced to defend himself, he spends additional forces, additional resources, that is, it is one thing to completely give the immunizing agent, and he directs enough forces to the area of ​​the front chosen by him at the time chosen by him and can achieve success. and when the adversary does not know whether he himself will be attacked, but he is forced to spend additional forces with us to consolidate the positions he has captured , and this objectively reduces his initiative,

reduces his forces that we can use for assault actions, so this is how the struggle for the initiative should be not only within our organization, but also the infantry units, to the extent of their capabilities, should try to inflict losses on the enemy as much as possible, seize the initiative, and then the enemy himself will not have the opportunity to collect a sufficient number units for offensive actions, well, it is usually believed that the special operations forces have better technical equipment than the infantry, and therefore they can conduct such cool raids that then you need to add the infantry so that it is not inferior to your capabilities, well, first of all, these are copters, unfortunately, our minister of defense said wedding copters and it has already become a meme but realistically, if the infantry had these wedding copters and they hung 24/7 in the air so that wagner units or assault units of other

units of the russian occupation forces would not could surprise them, this would significantly reduce the effectiveness of russian attacks ; secondly, this is the fortification of the area, both trenches and engineering barriers, both explosive and non-explosive. that is , we see that there are already tactics of the first world war and against infantry, which is in the style of the first in the world, the same barbed wire or mines or other barriers are effective enough, and the third is another means of fire, that is, against a group of 10-15 wagnerites , even one aks 6.60 millimeter mortar that has already fired at the site will be effective of the area which receives timely instructions from the same drone or other means of surveillance and, for example, cameras or ordinary infantry sps, that is, he

opens fire in a timely manner and everything the attack is choked and for example, a sniper who controls a certain area of ​​the area and we saw that both our structure and there, the state border service, another structure of the defense forces of ukraine, effectively use snipers to counter this wagnerian tactic, because for 10 people, a pair of snipers is death, they simply shoot them, and well, we saw this ourselves on the videos that are distributed on vyacheslav's network . does this mean that all this talk about heavy armored vehicles is one way or another in such point actions where the emphasis is on such actions of the infantry or special operations forces, its actual meaning goes to the second plan is this actually not quite the correct interpretation here, most likely the timeliness of fire support, that is, if there is another tank

that shot at the landing and covers the infantry , and the wagnerites are advancing along this landing , then some tanks open in a timely manner fire can be very effective, that is, it is not the heaviness of the weapons, but how quickly and how accurately these weapons begin to help the infantrymen of the first line, and with regard to the use of aviation, i heard that the enemy is actually trying to operate at night and in the period when, relatively speaking, the moon does not rise and it is actually difficult to determine the location of a helicopter or an airplane there , that is, in fact, a narrow period of time where the enemy uses aviation, despite the fact that it seems to be claimed that we do not have time when the enemy uses attack aircraft to capture them with our manpads to the extent that this information is correct , we understand that the manpads are not effective enough at night, in fact, thanks to the supply of manpads from

western partners, ukraine has significantly reduced the effectiveness of army aviation and attack aircraft, that is, combat helicopters and su-25 attack aircraft, but these air defense systems have certain limitations during of night operations, in fact, for example, the polish perun with a thermal sight, it is effective in night operations, if we are talking about a game or a stinger where there is no thermal sight, well, if it is not installed, then it is really difficult to conduct at night the fight against air targets, but we also have to understand that the effectiveness of the russian aviation is low anyway, the russian aviation tries to shoot in the direction of the armed forces of ukraine and not at specific targets, and at night this effectiveness is even less. that is , it is rather a weapon of moral influence and not to achieve a certain efficiency

vyacheslav thank you for your time for your professional comments and i would like to remind our viewers that the espresso channel aired numbers in a kiss, you are not an analyst, now you are a military serviceman of special operations of the armed forces of ukraine, and now we are in touch with volodymyr kopchak , head of the south caucasian branch of the army conversion and disarmament research center, mr. volodymyr. i congratulate you. i am very glad to see you. tanks, we are starting to learn from the patriots, canada buys us samsas there, but georgia, where are you now ? so, when they asked to share the letters there with javelins, she became such a stand-in and says that actually nothing will come of all this as i think, the question here is not only about the money worth of this weapon, but about some other things behind the scenes of this story. so, was

there a resonance in this story, what is happening there, or is there a continuation? this is absolutely currently the working moment of that breeder, where it has been 11 months already, the mode of dive diving in official tbilisi, dear ones, volodya taught me very clearly, the sale of at least one cartridge according to any scheme, gray, white, green, any, first of all a political decision, and then everything else, but georgia now lives in a very interesting paradigm at the government level. well, first of all, we now know the kremlin, and secondly, there was no war. i am not kidding now. that is why this certain resonance is already with me, for example the question arises why the acting ambassador of ukraine to georgia andriy kasyanov in a

rather complementary article in relation to georgia in general on the european truth mentioned this so-called usually ukraine here in georgia is indicated by a wider nomenclature and in relation to the complex of ears we have not recently applied, and in the first weeks, i think the most difficult let's say the most difficult battles in that period , in that period, look here, it is necessary to explain the position of tbilisi in that period, tbilisi was not unique at the level of the highest military and political leadership in the sense that there was an eye convinced that kyiv it will fall there in a week, in 10 days, and so on, that is, here at that time, to buy claims for such an attitude towards them is naive, half of the world did not believe in us, but already now it is surprising that i even said such a half-moving dining room, the logic of the official tbilisi, you do not believe in the fact that russia can lose in principle about further during the last ten years at least

, georgia has not been engaged in politics at all, countering the aggressors, so called against the so-called word-parasite of hybrid threats from the economy to the issue of the church, the influence of the russian federation in georgia, now the tatars are absolutely total and in this the paradigms are now just waiting parties, the georgian dream is like that. therefore, those people who are more or less confused about the topic here, but they smiled wryly, well, what buks are we talking about here, the problem with medical first-aid kits, so that we level to the interstate let's say they set and what is the biggest paradox in georgia georgian people here there are two paradigms we are completely for ukraine 1.5-2000 non-ethnic georgian citizens of ukraine but the owner of georgians who after february 24 last year went as volunteers to the front returned 36, moreover, at the level of government, it must be said that

there the issue of social support for refugees, humanitarians, things will be openly included in the ukrainian language, that is, all these things are done there, mayor kasha kaladze of tbilisi, who grew up in kyiv, in kyiv dynamo lobanovskyi is a close friend of andriy shevchenko, i have something against ukraine, but on the other hand, he is a team player, together with the georgian dream, he is in this paradigm. well, i don’t know the vector of frustration, you know the giver, putin can take life, the americans are worse, they can take money, it’s about the ruling team therefore, now there is no sensation in the fact that they did not give us the beech , of course, from the internal political paradigm, well, this topic is divided by the opposition. by the way, he raises it to bite the authorities, they cannot agree around the national e-e well, i don't know the shame of georgia in relation to saakashvili because it's good and others like that, so i wouldn't