[000:00:00;00] the fortresses of the crimean tatars, i.e. their displacement from the crimean peninsula , there was a large number for the first time on the 20th, well, after september 20, 2022, and they still believe that the crimean tatars can pose a threat to them. subpoenas to the places where they live compactly, we can hear what is being said in particular, but we are also hearing such predictions that this year or the next, what will happen to ukraine after all? this is a very real prospect of liberating crimea when such statements are heard from the american leadership and the american military. to what extent do russian politicians and officials and collaborators in crimea listen to these statements, and do they start doing something after that, or do you observe any connection? well, they try not to react to such statements, they react to but we know

, we note that they monitor the specified information space, in particular, they react to individual elements from these statements, but try not to react specifically to the statements about dismissal and about what they gave in the statement about the liberation of crimea, they respond only to the statements of the first persons and ukrainian officials and officials. the territory of the territory of the temporarily occupied crimea before the representation increased, and this is connected precisely with domestic issues. and what concerns the first not the first years, but the situation that will be in crimea after the liberation, this indicates that after all, crimea has returned to the information space , which russia tried to limit and is actively trying to monitor all information related to the crimean peninsula. thank you very much for your comment. denis chistikov, deputy

permanent representative of the president of ukraine in the autonomous republic of crimea what is happening now on the peninsula, thank you , russia is afraid of the ukrainian offensive on melitopol, is building a deeply echeloned defense , this is reported in the current report intelligence of the ministry of defense of great britain, in the intelligence report, it is reported that in recent weeks, russia has been engaged in intensive strengthening of defense lines in the zaporizhzhia region in the south of ukraine , most likely this one is responsible for this , the southern group of russian troops is in charge of this area , the intelligence report says that russia has currently completed the creation of three layers defense zones in this sector with a width of approximately 120 km , british intelligence also notes that russia made such efforts because it is convinced that the armed forces of ukraine are considering the possibility

offensive in the direction of melitopol, i will remind you that this place was captured by russian troops in the first days of the invasion, this line of defense can potentially become a serious obstacle for ukrainian troops, according to the report, but its effectiveness depends almost entirely on the supply of a sufficient number of artillery and personnel, whether the southern grouping of russian troops will be able to to collect these resources remains unclear , the british intelligence report says that the probability of a ukrainian counteroffensive has been actively discussed in the press for several months in a row and on social networks, in the russian rear and in the border territories of russia and in the occupied ukrainian territories, meanwhile, trenches are being dug and strong points are being built. if earlier in the context of the beginning of the counteroffensive of the armed forces of ukraine, spring was mentioned, then, for example , today the prime minister of ukraine, of course , does not belong to the military leadership. but nevertheless, denys myhal said that the counteroffensive of ukrainian forces could begin in the summer. well, in the united states, they believe that ukraine has a significant part of the capabilities necessary for

the success of the spring counteroffensive, even against the background the consequences of the leak of american intelligence documents yes us secretary of defense lloyd austin answered the questions of journalists about how much the leak of classified data in the us will affect the tactics of the expected ukrainian counteroffensive listen they have a great plan to start but only president zelenskyi and the leadership really know all the details of this plan so they have a lot of capabilities that they need to continue to be successful, we've trained a lot of troops, we've provided a lot of platforms, and so i think he feels that they are in a fairly good position and we will focus on continuing to create opportunities for security support so that they can continue to succeed when they decide to start offensive operations, well, the air is on, oleksiy hetman, a military analyst, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, will join him and we will discuss the counteroffensive that

the ukrainian side will also announce and as we see, american , do you hear me like that? my greetings. well , today we heard a statement from denys shmagal, he is the prime minister, who allegedly does not belong to the military leadership of the country nevertheless , in an interview with an american publication , he said that it is possible. the course of the war is significantly affected by the weather, because driving on soil that is not solid heavy equipment is not able to be wobbly, especially wobbly. therefore, this may be the reason that it has been raining in ukraine for several days now, and so far the soil is not such

that you can move on it, why exactly does he think that it will be in the summer, well, this is not his personal opinion, because about the beginning of our counteroffensive in the spring, they said that it would be the end of spring , maybe the beginning of summer, so he just used part of all the expressions, where were those spring, the end of spring, the beginning of summer, he just focused on the phrases the beginning of flying well you know, for some reason, everyone expects that the counteroffensive will be some powerful fists formed , there will be some such beautiful offensives as in the movies. i think that in the counteroffensive it has already begun, it will happen in a way that we do not expect and really not the enemy is expected because they will storm those positions near melitopol head-on, like the russians are storming bakhmut, thousands of people are clicking there, no one will be there, how will we do everything? well, why do tactics deserve the attention of our partners , the generals of our partners, nato countries, and some of our tactical know-how, so to speak we have already entered certain textbooks and certain methods

. soon nato countries will be brought here, so we will see how it will happen, but the statement of mr. shmagil, who is not, he does not have 100% of the information that he has very a limited circle of people about how when and how this will happen here, so he simply assumed that it was his right here, you don't know anything like that. well, scary or bad . they definitely don't exist, but did i understand you correctly? counterattack, no matter where it happens in which directions it is definitely inevitable in any case that is, you are not even considering the option that it may not happen in principle, it will definitely be prepared for it, we have, we have made a decision in the middle of our country well, not only our military management and all people it's like that, there's some kind of combination. we'll stop his offensive action. and he's already out of breath, he can't

continue to advance so actively, although he's still trying to do it in some areas , so what's next? well, we've stopped, we're moving to trench warfare like in the first world war, we will not mean that in any case, in one way or another, we will push the enemy to our borders until we liberate all these territories, not everyone for some reason once again for some reason expects that it will be some kind of beautiful movie powerful in which of the following directions, it can be many offensives, it can be offensives on different areas of the front, it can be rapid movement of troops, it can be attacks inside occupied or temporarily occupied territories thanks to our long-range weapons , that is, in different ways, it can even be naval attacks. well you know it, the general staff knows it for sure. and how many people himself, mr. zaluzhny, said about it that mr. reznikova, the minister of defense, said about it that we had prepared many surprises, if this is how to attack

melitopol through three lines of defense, then it is unlikely is it a surprise, that is, a surprise is something they don't expect and you and i don't expect, but when we meet, i think we will be pleasantly surprised, and by the way, can you still guess now, or do you have any options of your own? and about any surprises he spoke differently, because he also talked about surprises and surprises on the water, including, well, look , they sank the flagship in general, there are such maritime rules. well, in russia, they do not follow any rules, well, their own scraps, their own rules. well , if other words, well, a photo, then it is believed that the fleet must be disbanded, it’s like a loss to lose the battle flag of the part, the part is disbanded, but they didn’t disband, they appointed the second flank, well, from the naval point of view, it’s a cold shame, they’re used to being ashamed, although they think that they don’t care about it, their personal opinion. what surprises at sea, well

very simple, well, the ships moved to a distance where neither our neptune nor our humpback partners can reach, that is, they consider themselves a danger. well , there are two options, or we have made some kind of modernization of our missiles, they can fly further and hit them at a long distance, because even if we sink some more ships or maybe use some other non-missile weapon, it can be uavs or surface or airborne, well, there are no others that can also keep a short distance and destroy the enemy in the same way, that is, when mr. oleksiy riznyk told about the surprises, he meant that the entire russian fleet, where he was , is not in danger and how it will be damaged or destroyed.

secret american documents, we see the information provided by the press, retelling these documents , uh, for the most part, these are the doubts about the effectiveness of the ukrainian counteroffensive there, and due to the lack of ammunition and perhaps insufficient preparation, and here is the latest, for example, what the washington post wrote today about the planned counteroffensive exposed in particular due to bad weather. this is what you just said due to the slow supply of equipment and ammunition to the west, as well as due to the leaking of secret documents of the pentagon, where it was precisely about vulnerable places in the ukrainian army there and in the ukrainian air defense. do you fully share this opinion? and which of these factors plays the biggest role in slowing down this offensive ? first, the weather plays a role. i think we'll manage somehow. well, as soon as the third time - it's a leak of information from well, which was made public by the russian media through the mass media. well, you know if you look, there

aren't any big secrets there. everything that's there is possible you can see open sources if you just look at them carefully well, not a refrigerator, some channel , but carefully look at everything that you can find, sorry, then you can on a large scale all this that seems to be leaks in that leaks can be seen well, besides, weak what are our weak points well we know that we have certain problems with our anti-aircraft defense, that's why we ask to strengthen it. well, we see that some rockets break through, but they