[000:00:00;00] but it has calmed down. i hope it will continue to support the express tv channels. i urge you once again. e joins in supporting independent media, in particular, the independent snake of the espresso tv channel, the express youtube site , espresso, follow the link on youtube , patreon, e-e joins and you have many options that you do not have now until you become a partner of our youtube channel espresso it is developing rapidly and you can help us in this thank you so that you know what i am with you until tomorrow take care now to your attention news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of bbc news good evening we are from ukraine unknown drones in russia the difficult situation under bakhmut and lukashenko in china on the air bbcineus ukraine uplifts the results of the day

together war in the ukrainian sky bbc correspondents flew on a combat mission with the crew of a stormtrooper helicopter drone attack on russia what is behind the latest drone raid and why the russians seized so much ukrainian territory in the first days of the war investigation by bbc correspondents about defeats in the south, a year ago, the russians shelled kherson again today, they hit a residential building, damaged power lines, a gas pipeline, a heating network , and cars, four people were killed, five were injured, the russian military regularly shelled the city, especially the coastal zone, from there to the contact line , a whole kilometer, according to reports from the general staff

of the armed forces of ukraine, the russians are introducing restrictions at the entrance to the village on the left bank , this territory is not temporarily occupied , the general staff indicates that the entrance to the village of promin russians allowed only citizens with local registration and a special pass belgorod-bryansk region tuapse and adygea during the last day the russian authorities immediately reported several drone attacks in different regions of russia on tuesday night the wreckage of three drones was found in belgorod local authorities reported that one drone was shot down an explosion was recorded also in the republic of adheya at night , an unidentified aircraft fell there at the place of the fall, two objects with a diameter of about two meters, another drone fell in moskovska region near the object belonging to gazprom around two o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out at an oil depot in tuapse, krasnodar krai. local residents say that

two drones tried to attack the territory of the oil depot, but they exploded 100 m from the oil storage facility. the outbuilding was damaged . the administration says that the oil tanks were not affected . well, they got scared today and in st. petersburg in the morning they closed the airspace there and the local pulkovo airport stopped accepting planes, this happened after an unidentified aircraft was spotted over the city the flying object was announced to delay flights for several hours and the local factory was informed that the planes literally turned around in the air into the sky, fighter jets later lifted the restrictions on the airspace in st. petersburg, and the ministry of defense was informed that it was a training exercise, the appearance of drones in the belgorod-dnipro region , then abseta adygea also reported the appearance of a drone in the st. petersburg area , an unprecedented event. and although there is no such data as to who owns these devices, experts believe

that the most logical thing to do in such a situation is to assume that the ukrainian military may be behind this, so let's try to understand everything with a military expert in touch with us, oleksandr kovalenko. congratulations, let's start with the drones. i guess you've already analyzed everything, so mr. oleksandr , who do you think is behind everything? good evening. well, i'll say we really had time to analyze it, but we must understand that there are no official statements regarding the use of these bpla drones or other objects of any kind on the territory of the russian federation from the official and authorized there were no ukrainian people to make such statements. so, in fact, today there is no official confirmed information that it was really the armed forces of ukraine. this is exclusively an assumption on the part of the russian side, but even if we talk about the assumption of the russian side about such

a massive raid on aa airspace in the first place i want to point out in russian that the federation must understand that most of these objects were located somewhere approximately hundreds of kilometers from the border of ukraine and russia or from the positions of the nearest of the armed forces of ukraine and on the mainland of ukraine. that is, if we are talking about the adyghely or whatever, it is actually 400 km in a straight line a from the nearest positions of the armed forces of ukraine, and these 400 km pass through the air defense zone of the russian federation . so, if this happens in the air space of the russian federation, we can assume that it does not fully fulfill the functions that were assigned to it, therefore it does not meet its characteristics, and while

accusing the ukrainian side of using uavs on the territory of russia, the russian authorities, the russian representatives well, they recognize that their air defense system and it, to put it mildly, does not guarantee the safety of russians well, st. petersburg is generally more than 1000 km from ukraine well, if we assume that after all it is there were ukrainian drones, then questions arise in ukraine such drones exist, this is known only by the armed forces of ukraine of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, but i note that recently and in 2022 , a drone was presented, which, according to the characteristics of which it was said in open sources, has flight distance up to 1000 km ago, if we are talking about the fact that we have the opportunity to use such uavs with such a distance, then yes, indeed, there is such a uav, but they are currently in

testing, they are not fully part of the armed forces of ukraine and so far they cannot be used in combat conditions . well, the question that arises by itself . do you think that this story can have a continuation or that such cases can be repeated, for example, i am more than sure that yes, this situation, these incidents will be called how will they be to continue and here there is one more very important factor, the incidents that occur are primarily infrastructural objects of the energy order, which have one or another relationship with the provision of the russian army, and here the interesting point is that in recent years , it is the infrastructure communications and other e-e objects of russian production of energy carriers and so on, and they degraded

, they were not maintained, they did not undergo timely scheduled repairs, and in fact , they are currently undergoing a period of man-made collapse, that's why i don't rule out that such incidents will happen also because of this techno man-made collapse . by the way, the sanctions also affect the degradation of their communications. a few words about the situation at the front. actually, even president zelenskyi declares that in the bakhmut area very it is difficult, the city has been defending itself for six months, the military says there is a real poor person, and this is what president zelensky said, he suggests listening to the bakhmut direction, the situation is becoming more and more difficult , the enemy is constantly destroying everything possible to use to protect our positions for consolidation and defense, our soldiers who are defending themselves in the direction of bakhmut are real heroes oleksandr we heard

the president ot how do you assess the tactics of the russians in donbas in general, the situation especially if we are talking about the bakhmut bridgehead because it is the hottest point on the and in general the donetsk bridgehead because we can narrow down precisely to the level of the bakhmut sector as the concept of a bridgehead , these events, and the situation is difficult, it is true, but this is the most important thing, and they are working effectively enough so far, and how is this possible in these conditions the main logistics arteries, for example, route 0.5.04 through ivanivskoe to bakhmut and also through chromova at the time of the ravine from bakhmut and besides , it is not advisable to withdraw and leave a place for its defenders, because logistics solves almost all questions. if logistics works, then defense works if there is a threat the cutting of these main logistical arteries on 05.04

, as well as modest at the time as but then you can already raise questions about the fact that this e-e garrison located in bakhmut should leave the city, and besides, it is really possible to defend keep the general situation on the donetsk bridgehead and it is also difficult but controlled avdiyivka maryinka constant assault actions but these assault actions they turn with a fairly dense defense and the armed forces of ukraine and there are no options for russian occupiers there today. in addition, the resources of the first and of the second army corps, they are not the most reliable, and the pressure continues in the direction of vugledar, but vugledar has been holding its defense for more than a month, and with each passing day, in fact, it is a resource used by sorokova separate

the marine infantry brigade from petropavlovsk chatkoy is the main potential, as well as the 155th and a separate mp brigade from vladivostok, and they are already losing their full-fledged potential in terms of pressure on vugledar and in fact , if the balance of forces does not change there, that is, they do not receive reinforcements new units have no chance of capturing a coal miner. thank you oleksandr kovalenko , a military expert , was on our air. thank you. it is possible to protect the territory of ukraine with the help of modern aircraft. reminded the recent attack of iranian drones and the consequences could have been less if the air defense system was also supplemented with combat aircraft , as those who fight in the sky currently work. what do they fly and who sits at the helm , the bbc film crew managed to get on board the attack helicopter and, together with the pilot, go to mission how did everything go, see further, an attack

helicopter goes on a mission from a secret base , we had a rare opportunity to see the war in the sky over ukraine together with the sikorsky brigade in the cockpit of the helicopter, our camera rotorcraft and denisko so that he would not be noticed by the russian air defense against the wind and fate in a moment releases the mission target on the eastern front where exactly we cannot say the pilot deviates to the left so as not to come under enemy fire and returns to the base flying just above our heads his name is roman vin has the medal for courage of roman 34 one of the best ukrainian pilots on an old

soviet helicopter they are almost the same age during this war roman has already made many sorties and each means readiness to die as well as the readiness to kill do you think that there will be russian soldiers who will die there are no people on the ground only our troops and enemies so if they came to our country with a war we are just defending our land we are not the attacker we are the victim who is forced to defend himself if you need to kill russian soldiers to win this war , we are ready to kill them all, so they are preparing for the next look, fired casings , recovered rockets, loaded 40 per car

on one obscene message to putin, now the helicopter is refueling and reloading it happens every time after returning as soon as the landing gear touches the ground, the car must be ready for the next task, because it can come at any moment, but each such mission can be the last, entering into battle with the enemy , part of the pilots of this brigade did not return home, meanwhile, oleksandr lukashenko arrived in china from as reported by the belarusian mass media, the three-day state visit will last there until march 2. the program of the visit includes a meeting between lukashenka and chinese leader xi jinping, they will sign a large package of documents on the development of relations in key areas in

to the american institute for the study of war, at the same time it is assumed that the purpose of such a meeting is to help russia and china avoid sanctions, recently there was information that china is considering the possibility of providing lethal aid to russia in the war against ukraine, not while lukashenko arrived on a state visit to china, the state secretary us anthony blinken met with the foreign ministers of five central asian countries in kazakhstan, she arrived in the evening in the capital of uzbekistan, tashkent, this diplomatic tour is aimed at strengthening relations of the united states with that region, as the bbc correspondent reported in the state debate, this is the first such high-ranking visit to that region for the current us administration , according to american officials , the united states seeks to show the leaders of the central asian region the advantages of cooperation with them , a key topic of negotiations is also the position of china , which according to reports plans to provide

military support to russia is ipplication we have very clearly warned china about the possible consequences of attempts to support russia we have no hesitation we will take action against those chinese companies and individuals who violate our sanctions or in any way support the russian war machine and in addition, many countries in different parts of the world with whom i had negotiations in the past 10 days when such fears about chinese intentions arose confirmed that the problems will arise not only in china's relations with the united states, but in china's relations with countries in the whole world . i would like to add the following regarding the issue of russian aggression in ukraine. china cannot, so to speak , catch a fish and not get its feet wet. on the one hand to put forward peace proposals and on the other hand to kindle the fire that russia has lit, so i hope china listens

to what we say and what other countries say and refrains from any intention to support the russian armed campaign, mr. kremlin , we will talk about this with the expert of the ukrainian association of chinese studies dmytro efremov mr. dmytro i welcome you to our broadcast, the other day the chief diplomat of china went to moscow, now we see lukashenko flew to beijing , so what is the purpose of these meetings the russian leadership meets quite often, they constantly coordinate positions and this is very important to notice because russia needs diplomatic support from china now on the international stage. through such regular conversations, they mutually reinforce each other , and china continues its diplomatic line to provide support to russia, although officially

not to russia er, as a participant in the conflict , there were no complaints from chinese diplomacy against russia, but regarding lukashenka's visit to china, i do not think that this will be a means of circumventing western sanctions the fact is that almost the same sanctions that western countries impose on russia are duplicated almost every hour, maybe once , except with a change of surnames to belarus, so belarus is unlikely to become the same lagoon as it was in 2015-16, through which russia bypassed import restrictions from european countries, belarus will also not be able to take advantage of this even now. well, now it is. why did lukashenko go to china and who does he represent there , himself or his master, the kremlin? no, he

represents only himself there, he was missing of political support, he continues his old game of balancing with and against the russian federation, because if he does not have other high -ranking diplomatic contacts, it will mean that he is completely dependent on zero and of course that the kremlin is strengthening pressure on him, so he also needs additional leverage . so, for now, this visit is still more in the interests of belarus itself, but it is also trying to strengthen its international position , demonstrate that it is not an isolationist and demonstrate what it has besides russia the countries that communicate with her, well, what is the reaction of the kremlin, are they against such a visit, how do they look there? well, i don't know how other people look, but i suspect that it did not cause sharp objections, especially since lukashenka has long accepted such steps from russia a very limited room for maneuver is sometimes

possible lukashenko is used as a channel of communication or additional communication or verification of messages sent from the chinese to the kremlin, that is, the chinese usually prefer communication in rather abstract forms without specifics, and here there is a possible problem of misinterpretation, in order to avoid it, other channels are needed through which the hypotheses or those messages that were sent are checked and in this way a complete picture is formed for the correct interpretation and further reaction to the evidence, so what do you think is the purpose of this trip? we see that the countries of central asia are in a very difficult situation, they cannot get rid of their dependence on the russian

federation, especially in terms of economic and some countries and security ot and china are also their very important partner but these countries understand that and however and and ot and one and one big regional player that is china another and russia they pose a threat to their security potentially they can use these levers of theirs to pressure er, and for these countries of this region, it is also important for them to have freedom of maneuver. therefore , it is not so much the coincidence of interests as the countries of central asia, because of which they can demonstrate their certain foreign policy diversity and independence, and for the united states, which once again emphasizes its presence in the region, its influence and its involvement in the affairs of the region, that is, it demonstrates that the united states of america can also influence the development of events and provide support to various governments of these

countries, yes. well, if we talk about china, yes then we heard the warning of the secretary of state of the united states specifically addressed to china, how real is that scenario, about which anthony blinken has been warning for the second week that the chinese government still plans to provide military aid to the russians, it declares that it is not planning, but is considering the possibility , it does not mean it is planning, it is already decided, and we are concretely showing that we will implement it in what volumes and in what way. states, as well as the support of european countries for such an active line with china , shows that western countries are trying to push china to be more expressive of its position

. this is a set of principles, this is not a set of steps, and such an inconspicuous plan has long allowed to mask the real interests of china and blur the responsibility for supporting or not supporting the parties, and by taking such an aggressive line towards china, western countries are trying to push it to defend itself and, through defense, clarify its position on the international arena and in this way to make your line more clear for western countries, not only for the russian federation, but also for developing countries in which china's authority is very high", one of the biggest failures of the defense of ukraine in the first days of the war, military experts believed that ukraine would have time to prepare the defense of key cities in the south of the country by the time the enemy reached them

, but the bridges over chongar and canals were not blown up and the russian troops were able to calmly cross the administrative border without any special obstacles with crimea, how the russians were able to seize a huge territory in the kherson region in a matter of hours, and due to which ukraine managed to ultimately thwart the plans for a blitzkrieg in the south, correspondent's report bbc abduzhalila to rassuluv from nikolaev this is the moment when more than a year ago russian troops invaded ukraine from crimea in a few hours they will advance more than a hundred kilometers deep into ukraine there in just a few days they occupied a territory larger than switzerland investment in less than a week russian troops managed to reach the outskirts of this city of mykolaiv, where they encountered stiff resistance and were eventually repulsed, and how russian troops managed to cross

a narrow strip of land from crimea to ukrainian the mainland and so quickly seize large areas of southern ukraine, bridges across the isthmus and irrigation canals were not destroyed to slow down the advance of the russians . why do the authorities say that they are still investigating this case? of the russian commander confirmed the reports of the ukrainian intelligence. that is , you expected what would happen. invasion, we had the task of preventing panic inside the country in any case, imagine it turns out the president says, dear citizens, in two weeks we will have a war, that would be the beginning of a process of chaos, which no one can manage, this is what the russian federation

hoped for. russian ukrainian troops had to retreat from the kherson region because the russian forces simply outnumbered them, that is, for two days the commander of the tank company yevhen palchenko held the defense on the strategically important antoniv bridge near the city kherson just starts a wedding, it’s like that they start to say that there is a whole mortar to cover us, the aviation is flying in, that is, a large number of helicopters 52 sluskhas did not burn all in a row, artillery, rifle battle, drg rises from the right, because the game from the left storms to prepare for the russian offensive and this man, general dmytro marchenko, was sent to organize the defense of the city for several days, he mobilized citizens and distributed weapons, ukrainians attacked convoys of military equipment and shot down

russian helicopters, mykolaiv's resistance became a turning point in this war, but the ukrainians had to pay a high price for it abdujalil abdurasula in bbc news mykolaiv at the beginning of the russian invasion, more than 8 million ukrainians were forced to leave ukraine , most of the ukrainian refugees were accepted by poland, where more than 1.5 million ukrainians received the status of temporary protection are starting life anew in the new country, how are they adapting, what problems are they facing from poland , bbc correspondent sarai rainsford has been reporting for a year, how was this railway line a lifeline or in the evening the train stops on the fifth platform bringing families from ukraine to poland from war to safety and peace now the carriages are quieter

but refugees still arrive olga just arrived from the north of ukraine and the family spent the night in an abandoned supermarket they left because olga is afraid that vladimir putin is planning a new deadly offensive on the first anniversary of his invasion of ukraine , no one makes plans anymore because you don't know what will happen tomorrow, it can fly into your house at any moment to your neighbor's house and so on. then the family took only the most important, including albert, and left olga's son, who was almost 18. if he had stayed in ukraine, he could

have been drafted. go to polish schools , that's why we can't say that you know, they just hang around, stay here and do nothing, they integrate very well, it's not easy. polish schools have special classes that help ukrainian children to adapt how about 11-year-old sofia, who plunged into local life, she already speaks polish fluently and there are no signs of fear, which, according to her , made her tremble when her city was shelled. last year, she had to hide in the basement. i asked her how often she thinks about home, in ukrainian i try not to think because when i think i start to cry for example if i think how good it would be if i were in ukraine right now in my

house for someone poland is just a transit stop in an exhausting journey further west there are free trains from here to hannover. olga and her family have tickets. i will never forget the scenes i saw in the east of ukraine at the very beginning of this war. when there was a huge crowd at the stations, everyone was pushing to get on the evacuation trains . there was panic, there was absolute chaos . calmer, however, in a year. i would say that there is less tea now, but more depression , because the first ukrainian refugees thought they would be home in a few weeks, now no one tries to predict when the war will end