[000:00:00;00] new due to the prohibition of the russian authorities, the group will be forced to reduce its activity at the front, british intelligence reports, in recent weeks, the owner of the wagner group , yevgeny prigozhin, most likely lost access to recruitment in russian prisons due to disputes with the leadership of the ministry of defense, it is quite likely that prigozhin is directing recruitment efforts to free russians of citizens , the message says. please comment on this, well , regarding the fact that the wagnerites no longer have the personnel that they had at the beginning of their activities, let's say the same during the mobilization zekiv yes, this is true, this is evidence of this, both prigozhin’s statements and, in principle, the data that we receive directly. wagner is already being diluted by line units of the armed forces of the russian federation, diluted by units of the so-called self-proclaimed dpr

, lpr volunteers from these self-proclaimed republics, and this is another evidence of that that wagner no longer has the personnel that he had at the beginning of, let's say, companies in the direction of bakhmut and its surroundings, so we will see how the situation will develop further , but in spite of everything, i think that russia after all she no longer has a portal, she conducts, as she reported to the entire country, the general directorate of intelligence that russia began a covert mobilization at the beginning of this year, in my opinion, she conducts this mobilization and needs with personnel, that is, fresh meat, fresh orcs, she will satisfy her commanders to the fullest extent also, please tell me, it was written that the enemy is allegedly planning to send some of its units to the northern

part, well, the northern balcony that hangs over the bahmut and from where they also go to meet the southern one to close the trap in fact, in the south, the armed forces of ukraine have certain successes in pushing the enemy further, or will it change something if , relatively speaking, we remove certain parts from the frontal offensive and move them to the north, what can this give in the future for the enemy, please? very active, let's say so, it is wrong to judge if the enemy has success over there on the right flank , we have success over there on the left flank in the format of what it will somehow change the front today , the main indicator is the forces and means that we use and the enemy uses today the forces and means the enemy has enough to maneuver in any

direction, including that we have enough forces and means for defense, but we need to liberate our land, so we focus on the future offensive actions that says the command, if i emphasize everything i said in general, there should be an understanding accordingly that the enemy should not even succeed in the bakhmut direction, because this is a key media factor for him for us, let's put it this way: permanent conventional defense, which we have been conducting since february 24, an important task for us is to liberate our land in order to engage in counteroffensive actions, therefore the situation is dynamic . we will see how it will unfold. to stop the offensive potential from breaking all the operational and tactical achievements that

want to reach the enemy precisely in this bakhmut direction, which is important for him . well, thank you, mr. rodion, take care rudion kudryashov, the deputy commander of the third separate assault brigade, a major, told us about the situation in the bakhmut direction . well, we will have the next guest join the conversation , now they will tell me if she is already in contact with us, then we will be able to introduce her. and we should start our conversation to be iryna vovk, a volunteer, which is exactly who i am. by the way , i will read information from a journalist from journalist serhiy harmash, he wrote about a released ukrainian soldier, well, the armed forces of ukraine were able to repel the population points repulsed the enemy position and found our soldier , a soldier of the armed forces was a prisoner in the basement for two months, they did not feed him if it were not for one russian soldier.

he died of hunger, of thirst, he drank antifreeze , go to it, no, this is what cools the engine, the coolant , that is, he was even thirsty and before this prisoner was exhausted. it was also necessary to poison two of his comrades, who were also in captivity, died because of hunger well, this oleksiy, what is his name ? it will be possible to talk about him. well, this is about the attitude towards our soldiers , it is worth understanding that there are a lot of those soldiers in captivity and the more embittered the enemy army becomes , the more difficult the situation is, the worse they can treat our soldiers, well, up to the fact that you can simply not feed people for two months and ignore

them at all iryna vovk volunteer mrs. iryna we greet you good morning good afternoon iryna how often are there such cases well, how often are ukrainian prisoners simply kept without food in the basement for months, what serhiy garmash wrote about and vasyl quoted him, he says that it is not about one person, it is about a whole group of ukrainian fighters , tell me what you know. it is difficult for me to say the same about this group, but at one time, together with daria bura, we investigated this issue. there were guys girls, women, men from the exchange of 19th december 19th and we wrote a whole book about it, which was actually distributed in other countries because it was in a foreign language, it was actually about the crimes committed by the russians with us, the crimes committed by those who are the russians' oppressors, yes

and it's not only about starvation, it's about various tortures , i won't mention on the air all this that happens to people in captivity and ukrainians in captivity just because they are ukrainians or because they say glory to ukraine or because of that that they pasted leaflets in occupied luhansk donetsk or simply because they have a ukrainian passport or in the ukrainian language , their name was heard there, so i think that in most cases it is true because among the russians there are no russians who came to our there are no people on earth, people who are capable of thinking, people who are capable of some empathy

, this is an enemy, a direct enemy, and we must be ready for any actions they may take. the needs of ukrainian military personnel are different, at zero until february 24 of last year and now, i ask, well, these are different needs. if we talk about the 14th year, then we started with some small things, even so, we took t-shirts and berets there, and then everything just improved, we realized that there are things that they can buy for themselves, there are things that someone from their family can buy , what we can do - these are more powerful things for which we need to do some fundraising , attract sponsors, attract the foreign diaspora that's why we changed all these needs little by little and got to the point that today these are mainly cars, copters, thermal imagers, that is, those things that the fighter himself cannot purchase, but for the unit they are vitally necessary. that is, we recently

had a video about the battle in bakhmut a fighter who spoke on the radio station with the operator of the copter pilot and who helped him actually lead the battle, so what is needed now are wheels, eyes , and mobility. ms. irina, please, i know that there are many fighters. well, i often see in advertisements that my friends join such work and write about the needs of many dropouts who receive injuries , injuries, need finances, donations , help in hospitals, someone needs prosthetics, somewhere it is a state program, somewhere our partners help in any case , sometimes it is necessary to support these fighters also with the finances that people give. and then volunteers, in particular, are looking for clinics, looking for the opportunity to help those people with prosthetics

to heal support somewhere to provide everything necessary while a person is undergoing rehabilitation because we often see that there is not enough budget money for this, how difficult is this direction and what are there and how much interest if let's say so well, from that segment, what do you know how much interest is covered now and what there are needs, please. well, i can't answer this question. unfortunately, because my line of work is radically different, my line of work is work on the front lines as a documentarian and the work of a volunteer who he goes directly there and takes the car. well, my wife, then i will ask you specifically about the volunteers. well, for more than a year, a full-scale war has come and continues, if you evaluate the support of the people and provide for the needs of the troops for the same needs that you provide by providing everything necessary to go to the front line, it is growing, it remains stable this is support, what does it depend on, how people donate, how to provide information , how to set people up, how to tell about it . is it all unimportant, people either give or don’t

give, please when it gets scary and painful people will give more. and in order for it to become scary and painful, it is also necessary to tell people more and explain that it is scary and painful . in fact, it is not necessary. it is just normal human instincts . when you are in danger, you do everything to protect yourself and your family. and this is right and logical, that's why we are ready. we were there and understood this for nine years, and we understand now that people cannot constantly provide funds, people cannot constantly spend them and donate in the same quantities in the same amounts. every person has certain life stages, so someday they can donate more, sometimes less. i wouldn't say that they are somehow drastically decreasing, this is the union, yes, this union that started on february 24. i don't see it particularly disappearing

, so people have become a little less active, but people are running out of money, we have that too understand, that is why we often work with foreign sponsors and public organizations abroad that can help . i will not blame people for the fact that they will contribute less somewhere, no. they often give their last and this should be appreciated, irina. recently, you were in bakhmut, avdiivka, and mariinka. tell me about all your trips . what impressed you the most there, what are the greatest needs of ukrainian soldiers there, please ? well, we were not directly in bakhmut this time, well, the very last time when we went . yes they couldn't let us into the city because there was a partial encirclement. we were there in january, respectively. in fact, i also saw civilians there who went there for their own needs. unfortunately, many people

stay there and this can often harm them and the military, because the military there provide, they can provide help to those people who are injured in the bahmut, thereby risking themselves and them what the military needs, what i actually called eyes, and in fact, first of all, we are currently focusing on copters on drones, that is, this and a thing that can save a reconnaissance group that goes into development by fighting is, well, that is, it is a life saver , it is a life saver at any stage , it is artillery guidance, it is kamikaze drones that are capable of destroying the ammunition depot there, because in my opinion it is somehow possible in part a new direction since the 22nd year, because until the 22nd it was not particularly developed in our country, now it is gaining momentum, new drones , some new techniques, our pilots are improving a lot, and that is why i am personally a volunteer who sees the results that these

drones, i see a perspective in them and i see a need in them, and well, what is always asked for is always copters, cars are probably in second place , and yes, it is copters everywhere, they are asking for copters and it is really necessary, i also want to ask you, you know what, and how trouble-free it is now is the premises of goods that are buried, well, we are talking about copters, cars, in other ways, perhaps necessary goods across the border , are there any delays, unclear things that need to be resolved, because you know, it is very important that everything goes quickly don's tails were delivered quickly , but quickly transported please well, we all this we do it officially and honestly through the documents provided to us by the military unit. that is, it is a real need, the military unit confirms this real need with a letter of guarantee or an appeal to the head of customs and accordingly

what is official ? it is possible to get it honestly and bring it to ukraine, now there is a certain delay with thermal imagers for import to ukraine, but i hope that it will be resolved soon thank you very much mrs. iryna thank you for your work and for your comments take care iryna vovk the volunteer was in touch with us well, we already have the next guest andriy demchenko , the spokesman of the state border guard service of ukraine , we welcome you, mr. andrii, can you hear us? greetings, the studio, yes . well, let's start with the belarusian border guard. colleagues hanged

a soldier of the russian valery on the border with belarus, well, a dummy, what did they call a russian soldier and scare belarusians in such a way that now if the same thing happens to you , tell about this valery, where he hangs and from for what purpose or is it true, please? well, actually, this is not the first time that belarusian border guards treat all actions carried out on the border by the defense forces of ukraine with such caution. well, in fact, in this case , they again said that this is some kind of psychological pressure on their servicemen , but i will note that everything what is ukraine doing, we are simply showing it to them as a warning, because actually we must once again remember the actions of the belarusian border guards on february 24, when they opened their border for russian

units and actually entered the territory of ukraine from belarus. therefore, this is not a provocation, it is actually just another demonstration of what will happen to every invader who tries to enter the territory of our country . and we actually continue to strengthen the line of our state border as well as the border in order to be able to repel any attacks so that it should primarily be our guys, our soldiers and the state border service and the armed forces of ukraine , the national guard, who are strengthening this direction, because at least at the moment there is no such strike group that could to invade the territory of ukraine from the direction of belarus, but one cannot underestimate the treachery of the enemy at any moment, russia can once again use this direction in order to not even achieve any

strategic goal, but to carry out a provocation in this direction. and i also want to ask about these yesterday , the president of moldova commented on the ditches that are being dug on the border with moldova, saying that this is the absolute business of the ukrainian side and that it has nothing to do with it, because there were accusations that what is this happening, what kind of trenches will be dug on the border with moldova, maybe you can tell more , again without giving away any military secrets , i understand that it is not necessary to explain all this in detail well, but in principle the fact itself and of course a threat from above all. here is this self-proclaimed transnistrian people 's republic, the so-called which contains the russian contingent, well, look. only ukraine is starting to do something for its protection , the propagandists of the russian federations in the first place, which, as we remember, also paid attention to the border

of ukraine with moldova, specifically the transnistrian segment, which seems to be where ukraine is strengthening its groups that are ready to seize transnistria, but as noted by the official authorities of moldova, the engineering fortification of the fortifications is actually being carried out on the border and this is happening not only now, it happened before as well as the border with moldova on the transnistrian segment in the first place and the border with belarus as well as the border with the aggressor country ukraine attaches considerable attention, because i will point out once again that we understand well the insidiousness of the enemy, therefore, the direction of the transnistrian transnistrian segment was strengthened earlier and continues to be strengthened so that the defense forces of ukraine have all the opportunities to

counter any aggression that may come , including from this direction at the moment in the transnistrian segment , we do not record any changes in the nature of actions on the other side of the border or any provocations, but it is ukraine's business to strengthen its territory and we will continue to do so mr. andriy regarding of travel abroad and travel permits, opendatabot reported the day before that as of march 1 of this year, more than 1,200,000, or more precisely , 1,270,000 travel permits were issued through the system, as of march 1 this year, according to the analytical platform, the vast majority of cases concern of departures for business purposes this is about 1,100,000 permits, only 170,000 permits were issued for traveling abroad to carry out humanitarian humanitarian

aid missions, in particular for the needs of the armed forces , the ratio of business matters 86.5% for needs armed forces of humanitarian aid 13.5%. of departures and permits. how do you evaluate such a proportion, please? well, i would like to point out that the state border service is not the administrator of this system, the administrators are the ministry of infrastructure and the regional state administrations , which enter information about a person who can follow this direction as a system path, and also issue a corresponding order, and that's it. those two conditions that allow those who are in this information system to cross the border for departure, but during border

control measures, border guards can establish that that the purpose of a person's trip may not correspond to that, that is, he has to go on business in order to support ukraine , including for the purpose of volunteering, but for example, during communication with our inspectors, they indicate a different purpose, therefore, in such cases , even though the person is in the route system, she is refused to cross the state border, and these are not rare cases when our inspectors refused to cross the border to citizens when they were following the route while in the route system; in addition, our operatives together with others law enforcement agencies are working to ensure that there is no speculation when they try to enter information about people in this system in an illegal way and in the future citizens plan to use this opportunity to

illegally leave ukraine the return of each person is not foreseen by anything. the most important thing is departure from the borders of ukraine, when the border guards control and check all grounds for departure when people arrive at the border following from the borders of ukraine well, thank you very much, mr. andrii, for joining. thank you for your comments. andriy demchenko, the spokesperson of the state border guard service of ukraine , was in touch with us. well, we still have a little time. i want you. thank you very much. i want to urge you to support espresso journalists. of course our tv channel you can become our sponsor on youtube or with patreon link you see now on the screen and in the description of this video now on the screen you will see join our community espresso get access to the backstage from the studio

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of normal development of the state, in the future, because you know when if we are talking about the normal development of the state, then it is very important that there should be independent competitive mass media, and not only those that bark under the conductor's stick, so to speak, of those or other powerful people who really want to hide something, well, in our country, i will literally tell you that last night kyiv was awarded the oscars, the world's most prestigious film award, by the jury of the kinemono academy of cinematographic arts on uksha, yes, as the winner in the most prestigious category , the best film, and seven more nominations in total , she took the film everything always and at the same time, the creative team of the film collected seven oscars at once, in addition to the best film, as well as the best female role , the best directorial work, male supporting role, supporting female role, best original screenplay, best editing. well, it is also interesting that the best full-length documentary was the film navalny, and

now the child search service then news , we have great news about one of the girls who was wanted by us for more than six months , alina checheliuk, four years old, from the city of mariupol . fortunately, alina managed to find and most importantly that she is already safe in the circle of her family together with her parents, alina's story is one of the many stories of ukrainian children who , unfortunately, got lost because of the war, this happened back in the spring of 2022, then alina tried to evacuate from mariupol, where fierce fighting was still going on, and so 9 in may, the girl suddenly stopped contacting her, it was unknown what happened to her, after receiving a message about alina's disappearance, we immediately began searching for her and spread information

about her on all available media resources . for quite a long time, there was no information about alina's fate news however, after a while we received a very encouraging message, a man approached us who said that he is a friend of the chechel family, actually alina herself was able to evacuate from mariupol and is already abroad with her father and mother good day alina chechelyuk is now with her parents in switzerland, the information from her parents is clear, we were incredibly happy with this news, moreover , almost immediately, mother alina contacted us and confirmed that everything is fine with her daughter and they are already together good

alina's day with us is unworthy. thank you for your interest in the search and, in particular , for sharing videos and announcements about the search for alina on your pages in social networks . from mariupol, one of them is eleven -year-old hleb cherepanov, whose mother has been looking for him for almost a year, did you want him to become an artist, it turned out to be a good class , everything went well for him and he had friends for a long time, all his friends are very worried about him

good boy, i'm not the first to train mrs. victoria told the details of her son's disappearance so, hleb lived with his mother and grandmother in mariupol, and they stayed in the city when there were very fierce battles due to the shelling of gleb, his mother and grandmother left their apartment and hid in the house of their relatives. one day, gleba's mother went out on business. and when she returned, she saw that the house where her son was. that mother was hit by a projectile, and the bomb shelter was destroyed. we ran away . since then, nothing is known about the fate of the boy . it is worth noting that there was a version about the death. hleba when a shell hit the house but fortunately the boy was not found among the dead

, so hleba's mother assumes that her son could have been injured. maybe he received a concussion , partially lost his memory and because of this he cannot report anything about himself, and therefore i am asking you , especially the residents mariupol, who can see this program on the internet, look carefully at the boy's face . hleba's mother really hopes for your help and concern. if you have any information about hlebo-cherepanov, do not hesitate and immediately contact the hotline of the child tracing service by