[000:00:00;00] the story that i will now tell you for a second, friends, you have the opportunity to support espresso journalists , you can become our sponsors on youtube or with the help of patreon, the link you see now on the screen and in the description of this video join our joint tespresso and get access to the backstage with studios with hosts of special broadcasts with the rectors of express and many other benefits that you can get, as well as other exclusive bonuses by supporting ukrainian journalism - this will become available to you, please go according to the links and the children according to the instructions you will see thank you for being with us what i am with you about until tomorrow now for your attention a news release from new colleagues from the ukrainian reaction b8 news good evening we are from ukraine from ukraine my name is olga palamaryuk and today we look at what is happening at the front in its latest report, british intelligence

reports that russian losses are increasing and we will talk in detail about the reasons and how events may develop further and also today in the issue during the storming of ugledar russia could have lost an entire brigade of elite of the marines, the ukrainian military believes so. what is known about this? russia is draining the reservoir in kakhovka, kherson region. this calls into question the supply of drinking water to people, poses a threat to agriculture, and also creates a danger to europe's largest nuclear power plant and russia's rear. how residents of border areas are afraid of shelling from ukraine and forgot about who exactly unleashed the war in the special report of the correspondent and the bbc with belgorod and we start with the front line of vugledar there during the storming of the city, russia could lose a whole

a brigade of elite marines, this is what the ukrainian military believes, a video appeared on the network, and here it is, in fact, a column of russian equipment retreating from the coal mine, panic gathers on the field, tanks and armored personnel carriers are blown up one by one, and this video has already been analyzed by the american publication politiko and concluded that in general, under the coal mine, the ukrainian forces were able to destroy several thousand elite russian soldiers , russian forces are also talking about losses in the armed forces, according to a ukrainian military officer near ugledar , russian forces were losing up to 300 every day marines, with his estimates, the brigade totaled about five thousand soldiers, most of whom were killed, wounded or taken prisoner, and one more information from the institute for the study of war, in one of the latest reports, its analyst cites reports about kremlin war bloggers that criticize the russian command for by sending elite troops in a frontal attack, moreover

. kremlin bloggers, together with analysts of the american institute for the study of war, believe that the russian military and nationalist community is losing faith in the fact that moscow is capable of launching this decisive offensive. experts note that in the previous stages of the war, and especially the composition of russian units, they restored precisely at the expense of mobilized, but the russians did not were able to prepare people for effective offensive operations, the researcher adds to this the lack of adequate vehicles , ammunition, and other equipment. in addition, we screenshots lack of elite formations for a large-scale offensive this is how the analysts summarize well, let's talk about everything in more detail , contact us military expert oleksandr kovalenko p oleksandr i welcome you on the air, did you see a report about vugledar that your sources know about what

happened there well, actually it is happening right now. congratulations. well, in fact, there is much more information , because now they are talking directly about the losses of the 155th marine brigade from vladivostok, but in fact, not only this brigade was there, but there were units of the fortieth brigade a separate brigade of marines from petropavlovsk-kamchatsky, and there were also units of the 136th msb, as well as the battalions of the 37th and 36th msb in reserve and the private military company patriot, that is, the number of well there was a much larger group that also suffered quite serious losses, so on today it is the russian occupiers, they once again tried to occupy vugledar for the second time, but the second time they suffered a total fiat scu. by the way, here

is a very interesting moment, namely, the 15th separate brigade of marines from vladivostok it is inculcated in a -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d ad-a-aed aedled haded been committed at the very beginning of the large-scale attack on ukraine on the northern bridgehead directly in the area of ​​ivankiv, it was entertaining, and it was there that they committed war crimes against the civilian population, that is, well, let’s say so anyway what is not what what karma well actually the fact that you have listed so many units, could this mean that the number of those who died could be different yes uh that's right because this attention is focused on the 155th separate brigade of marines and as one which refers to the elite units, but the most interesting thing in

this story is that a significant number of this brigade died at the very beginning of the large-scale invasion of ukraine, that is, on the northern bridgehead, then in november 2022, they also tried to advance in the direction of the coal mine with the forces of five battalions of tactical groups and they suffered serious losses near pavlivka, without even reaching the outskirts of the coal mine, and now the part that takes part in hostilities is no longer the elite, in general, it is in the majority, some of which are mobilized did not see the sea at all. although they are marines, that is why all attention is focused on the 155th, while other units do not pay such attention to them, and that is why we can say that in fact their losses are much greater, and besides , this is how the kremlin declares plans to seize the territory

allegedly, putin gave the order to take bakhmut to donbas. by the end of february, to announce some successes, even during the federal meeting on february 21. well, the situation there is very difficult . big, if several issues are resolved, the first issue is the full supply of artillery and mortars to the units near er-e bahmut directly in the amount that is proportionately necessary in order to stop this effect of living waves and the proportional provision of ammunition er-e is also an er-e important issue - this is in relation to other directions, because all the concentrated attention of the forces and means of the russian occupation units is focused on the bakhmuts, but if uh,

what completely unexpected actions begin to take place of the armed forces of ukraine in different directions, one way or another , but the russian command may not withdraw part of the units, that is, reduce the pressure on some locations. bakhmut may be one of these locations. the russian army currently does not have it. it is absent, and therefore they are forced to use the available resources as closely as possible about other directions, so messages appeared in odesa, so you know about it. the russians already had all the sea drones, the russians designed exactly the surface unmanned boats. well, starting from

the middle and after the 2010s, they received the support of western companies, for example , the french company eco-groups, which helped them develop drones counter-nominal protection for minesweepers of the 12700 alexandrite project, which group provided these technologies even after 2014, when the first sanctions were introduced against russia, not only of an economic and political nature, but also technologically and already on the verge of 18-19 years and the russian military-industrial complex began to demonstrate the first boats without a crew, they were then completely crude . this was a basic presentation of basic projects, but i do not exclude the fact that russia could implement a mikadze drone based on these technologies without crew boats, and

today i am testing them a-a well, let's say the first steps trials thank you for the information oleksandr kovalenko military expert well, i just want to add that if you watch us on youtube, don't forget to like it in this way, more people will be able to see this conversation, and if you have something to say, please write comments, we always read them, and you can also take part in the discussion. the briefing announced the capture of the village of krasna gora - this is a suburb of bakhmut, and this is despite the fact that the founder of wagner prigozhyn had previously shared such successes, they say that krasna gora was captured by mercenaries, the ukrainian side - this he does not comment yet, but what is happening in the city of bakhmut itself, which the russians have been trying to capture

for more than 6 months, bbc correspondent orla herin will tell before our eyes, ukrainian soldiers from the 93rd brigade are defending the city with battles every night. they still hold bakhmut, but now in some areas street battles are taking place and the russians are strengthening their positions, the city has become a symbol of ukrainian resistance, president putin has been trying to demolish it for months now, our route is carefully planned, everything that

moves here can become a target, we must crouch down and move quickly one at a time but suddenly war is coming from behind i think they saw us on our way a russian shell fell very close behind us moving we have to be very careful here it is a very clear day good weather for russian drones that will operate in the sky to the nearest russian positions everything two kilometers led us to the bunker to the commanders who are in the center of the battle among them igor , well, they ask as much as possible, press on us , they are trying to push us away, he says, and surround us so that

we leave the city, but it has not worked yet of course, we have losses, but we cope and hold on to those losses. the military waits for orders like young soldiers in past wars. they receive the coordinates of the enemy positions and open fire with a 60 mm mortar . that these are old supplies sent from abroad another struggle here is the lack of ammunition and then the threat

overhead russian aircraft you hear on our tactical transmissions in the city center the brand of russian war and what they want to seize destroy we hear constant shelling yes shelling from russian artillery we are led to believe that ukraine is the winner yes definitely how long do you think this can last is a really difficult question we are not in the supreme military strategist but we are trying to do everything possible to get the city around the corner another

strike russia is intensifying its the offensive in the east and south of ukraine, while an ominous milestone is approaching, the first anniversary of the russian invasion, the plot of the clockwork is not made of gold , one of putin's justifications for entering ukraine was the need to protect russia from what he claimed was a threat to national security, in fact his so-called special military operation has made many in russia feel less protected in recent months there have been drone attacks on military bases deep in russia and regions bordering ukraine are now under regular fire bbc editor stephen rosenberg visited to the belgorod region of russia to see how life has changed there after a year of war, this part of russia more than

any other feels like a war zone near the border with ukraine, trenches are being dug fortifications are being built a year ago, there was nothing like this here and this was not nearby either, the market came under fire from a mortar, people here say that now they live in constant fear of shelling from ukraine, but they forget to mention that it is their country that invaded ukraine, iryna says every day and people here are scared. we traveled a lot in russia this year, and i noticed that for many people it is a virtual war on tv screens somewhere very far from them, but for those who live here a few kilometers from the border with ukraine, it is very even

real and here no one knows how it will end, the war seems close when you meet such people, this group calls itself a whirlwind of spies in honor of the infamous security unit of stalin's time, they train the local defense forces, they talk to us, but their faces do not show that there will be an attack on russia, they say, but they themselves are ready to perform any task in any city in any part of the world in belgorod, a few kilometers from here, there were also explosions here at the airport and there were reports of an attack on the power plant, suddenly people here have to think about where to hide in the cellars in the basements of apartment buildings shelters have appeared here is a rather primitive wooden bench some water in belgorod itself for display a symbol

of president putin's war in ukraine i remember soviet russia i did reports from post-communist russia but this is russia zed security, stability and peace have disappeared, but state propaganda and patriotic slogans are trying to convince russians that this war is just for the homeland, it is written here thank you for the heroic act and it seems to be working take this family masha the teacher but now works at home, all belgorod schools are closed due to the threat of shelling, dad is not around, he is a volunteer fighter, as for olga's mother , she agrees with the official narrative that the aggressors were ukraine and the west, not russia , russia , the russians , i attacked ukraine человек он последнюю рубашка отдаст вязанете как он нигидать не ответить just like that, he

will go only to protect russia's ass , invasion is liberation and war is peace steve rosenberg and vittinnews belgorod well and russia is draining the reservoir in kakhovka, kherson region, this threatens the supply of drinking water for the population in agriculture and poses a danger to the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the largest in europe. this is reported by the national public radio of the usa with reference to satellite data. this reservoir in the south of ukraine has been controlled by the russians since the first days of the invasion. and according to the available information, they started discharging water from the reservoir in november and now, according to satellite data, the water level in the kakhov sea has fallen to its lowest level in recent years for three decades, separate images provided by commercial companies planeta maksar show how the coastline along the reservoir changes as a result of a rapid drop in the water level . experts believe that the intentional discharge of water

is an attempt by russia to harm the economy of ukraine, which largely depends on the export of agricultural products, so what consequences can this have? let's try to figure it out together with an expert with us on the connection of the former head of the state inspection of nuclear regulation hryhoriy plachkov thank you for joining, mr. grigory, do you have an understanding of what is currently happening with the kakhov reservoir? well, there is an understanding that there is an uncontrolled discharge of water from the er through the dam of the kakhov hydroelectric power station. of the kakhovsky reservoir, which is so important for such facilities as the zaporizhzhia thermal power plant and the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant well

, actually, my colleagues from bbc ukraine researched this topic, and the experts say that for russians, this dumping of water is just as successful as, for example, disabling the entire power grid. please tell me, everything is so serious. i think so because water and electricity are necessary things for the safe operation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, so water is necessary as well. as well as the element that is necessary for the technical processes that take place at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, this is the cooling of the active zones of the reactors, as well as the cooling of the holding pool, which are also at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, so the water here is very

what kind of electricity is needed for the zaporizhzhia npp well, yes, yes, if we talked about cooling, yes, um , will it be possible to cool the zaporizhia npp , yes, if we know that the cooling takes place precisely at the expense of these water resources of the reservoirs, there is still a possibility eh, at the nuclear power plant, use its pumping equipment to take water from the eh kakhovsky reservoir and also from the dnipro to i think that well , it is possible to maintain the safe condition of the zaporizhzhia npp, since all six nuclear power units are in a cold state the shutdown is not so great, the need is necessary, but when nuclear power units are working, more water is needed , and while they are in a cold state and in a cold shutdown, well, i think that for now it is more or less safe, it is operated and works despite the presence of the occupation

representatives of rosatom and maintenance supervision at the site of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to prevent this situation. unfortunately, we have been waiting for a year for the general director rafael groys to agree with the russians on the safe zone and the security situation around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant npp at the nuclear power plant itself, but unfortunately during his last visit , well, i did not see progress, the russians in their news reports say that they continue consultations and negotiations on this issue. the instrument as an international agency, the idea for energy, unfortunately, did not work during the war. well , what steps do you see to solve this

situation? maybe you have a vision. unfortunately, i see only uh, well, only demilitarization is going voluntary occupation of the zaporozhye nuclear power plant by russian representatives and russian troops and representatives of the occupiers. how did it happen at the chernobyl nuclear power plant? when they came, they did not understand why they came, and then they voluntarily came and transferred the chernobyl nuclear power plant under the regulatory and military supervision of the ukrainian e-e ukrainian states yes, i think that this is the scenario of voluntary militarization and the occupation of the zaporizhia nuclear power plant is the most profitable for all parties as well as for russians

yes for and yes for our state regulation hryhoriy klochkov well, i will add once again only if you watch us on youtube , don't forget to like that way more people will be able to see this conversation , a small war that started almost a year ago changed every ukrainian city and village however, these changes may be felt in a special way in kharkiv. the second largest city in ukraine . with anti-tank hedgehogs, plywood instead of windows broken by russian shelling and slogans. kharkiv, the city of hero, has changed , and mayor igor terehovy, with the mayor, who led kharkiv for less than three months and before the full-scale invasion, communicated with my colleague svyatoslav khomenko. positions are pro-russian well, they say that in kharkiv

yes 95 in kharkiv yes 95 pro-ukrainian five pro-russian may still sleep less maybe now less than five and eat earlier m-m the mentality of the kharkiv region if before the mentality of the kharkiv residents was a normal friendly attitude towards russians, now we are more radical than in the west of ukraine and you used to be like that i would say that in principle you are russian-speaking now you often give interviews in ukrainian and in the fall of 2021 i found your quote, they advocated for the russians to grant the status of a regional one. tell me something about it. everything is changing. in the end, we will all talk. i think so . the

ukrainian language is the first thing. to your arrival in ukraine a fine of 3,500 hryvnias somehow played a role where i paid by the way, i already paid the first one, they issued me the second one, i went to court well, it's impossible with uh, it's impossible to do that, you know, everything should be by itself, why let's come to the ukrainian language, we 'll talk in the ukrainian language, and our children will only speak with uh, i think so, in the ukrainian language, now there are you and nada and uh, this is the language, it can separate because uh , on its own, actually, there are a lot of people, in fact, a lot of kharkiv of soldiers dying in the trenches and they defend our ukraine, they speak russian, but because of that, they are no less ukrainians and heroes, and there is no need to impose anything on anyone, it will come naturally. in some interview, you said that after the victory

, the city will have to be restarted, what do you really mean we are drawing a new economic model of what the city of kharkiv will be like in the future i want it to be an ideal city of the future i want it to be an ideal city of the future what is an ideal city of the future when the economy is working, this is new production, the it sphere, this sphere is an inflow, an inflow of young people, that is, it is necessarily the university center, but the russian-ukrainian border will not go anywhere 25 km from kharkiv 30 days 40 40 the time of the rocket's approach to saltivka is less than a minute , the first s300 or will it be possible to convince foreign students, it

workers, investors to come here, and will kharkiv turn into a ghost town because of the proximity of russia? the city of kharkiv, as far as the it workers are concerned, part of the companies have already returned to kharkiv, the logistics companies are returning, all will return regarding the proximity of russia, first of all, the victory of ukraine will give an opportunity because kharkiv will be completely safe. of security and this is all said about any missiles from the russian side, there is no question of such missiles from the russian side that will give ukraine victory

in this war or maybe russia will become democratic state and there will be nothing to talk about at all. understand that after our victory, the balance of deterrence will be there in any case. therefore , there will no longer be such a russia as it was. see the full video with the mayor of kharkiv on our youtube channel. see everything for today . for more stories, search on our on the website bbc.ua on our pages in social networks , we will be on the air again tomorrow at 21:00 good luck and take care of people who suffer from rheumatism and arthrosis in the joints, it is impossible to get used to it , it does not allow you to move. i bought dolgit yellow cream, it saves me from