[000:00:00;00] to the situation at the front by the russian occupier, the losses are under control, the fiercest fighting is currently going on in the western part of the city, but in other parts of the front, military analysts emphasize this, the enemy has reduced its offensive activity, they have not had any significant success, the fighters in the trenches are watching how the russians are actively preparing for the ukrainian counteroffensive about the situation on the front in our review next let's let's let's go for every house in bakhmut there are fierce battles between the ukrainian and russian armies capture the enemy has tried in vain since last summer, but now he has come close to the goal, more than 75%

of the city is now under the control of our units , but to say that the city is completely under our control is still premature, very heavy fighting is going on in the western part of the city, that two-thirds of bakhmut is controlled by the russians, military analysts confirm but the situation is very dynamic and the ukrainian army continues to fight for the city , they say in the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine that during the storming of the city, the occupiers are losing to the stabians every day and the russian command is forced to surrender bakhmut elite units, in particular paratroopers, but they are not enough if the situation is such that it is necessary to leave bakhmut. i think our military leaders of the general will make the right decision to go because with the exit from bakhmut the defense of this direction is not lost and will be lost, and therefore there is no need to carry them there damage

to the forces of ukraine . the soldiers, on the other hand, on all other areas of the front, the pace of the russian offensive decreased, even in avdiivka, which is called the second bahamut in terms of the activity of russian attacks , the american institute for the study of war notes that they are now more afraid that we will go on the offensive and he is not planning any offensive actions, because we also take information from from many sources, this is like the interception of aerial reconnaissance. well, in general , it is clear from their actions that what exactly they are planning to do, they are now actively mining

. thank goodness, they do not interact very much because and beh and theirs stopped by, it was blown up on their tems, they are building a hero in the occupied crimea, they are even actively strengthening their border area, they are going not only along the contact line , including even across it, that is, in fact , he is trying to divide the entire area of ​​possible offensives into zones that are from all sides closed by fortifications and mined, and this means that the preparation for our counterattack actions must take into account the previous period when, due to the use of aviation and artillery, we will first have to destroy these for a long time professional facilities that can actually slow down the offensive actions from yes, the expert is convinced that due to serious challenges, the ukrainian command will not rush to start a counteroffensive until the army is properly ready.

international transferable studies icds from estonia greetings, for the past six weeks with various experts we have discussed the spring counter-offensive of ukraine, but now we have faced from these data, my question will be the following: can such a leak of information affect ukraine 's plans for a counteroffensive? in fact, i do not think that such an extract of information has such importance in this aspect, because we understand that the data that was made public is no longer relevant. they have approximately 1 or 2 months, and in fact we understand that now in fact the training of the ukrainian troops is completely different, so i think that there is no need to

worry so much. there may be political consequences of such steps. of course, it is such a big shame for the usa if this kind of leaks happen, it is a shame for the whole nation, but now in fact we want to understand what, in fact, on what scale were the synthetics planted that are currently being discussed, the possibilities of uh, in particular, in fact, in relation to nations who do not very actively support ukraine, they can now, because of such abytoks, actually join the side of russia and , in fact, the usual talking about counteroffensive actions, not always, such leaks of information can have a significant impact again

after all, if you refer to the data of american intelligence, then they believe that ukraine will come to the negotiating table with russia, and in fact there is a good chance that the war of attrition will continue in 2024, i think that there are chances that such a thing can really happen, because now we see what the possibility of negotiations russia now really wants to seize and hold even more territory of ukraine, they are holding on to every piece of land and it is clear that they will not give up the territory of donetsk and luhansk regions so easily after all, ukraine aims to liberate these territories. and i have to ask you, because you may have seen the video about the demobilization of a ukrainian soldier. but again , in fact, now russia is on the rails and the

new deal, and of course it affects us emotionally, this is a very rich video for ukrainians, for instant who live next to the russians, it did not become such a big deal, surprisingly, this is typical behavior of russians, so they are capable of such atrocities, and in fact, we know that they resorted to such beasts not only today, but also during the second world war, of course it is very difficult to look at this, it all causes great devastation, but also a small breath . and is estonia ready to support ukraine until ukraine wins in 2024-25 , returning to the question of the ukrainian counteroffensive, in fact, it is extremely

important for ukraine, namely the liberation of the occupied territories of ukraine in relation to western countries, they believe that the armed forces are doing a great job on the battlefield and they will continue to provide the necessary support to the ukrainians that in 2023-24 there will be active counteroffensive operations which will be crowned with success and in the end it will lead to the victory of ukraine, let's come later now , sadly. that the military leadership of ukraine

has shown their training, their strength and their sense of military strategic actions, and that is why i think that now we are reaching a point where the ukrainian troops are really armed effective western equipment and they will now be able to er move to a counteroffensive in the next month or two and indeed ukraine will succeed in liberating its territories in the summer or spring thank you so we have seen that the putin regime is now ready to escalate to such a level that they will necessary. so, in fact, we can expect a new wave of mobilization. how long do you think they will continue in this spirit? first of all , i want to say that they have not reached the level

of mobilization of another wave of mobilization like this it was during the first or second wave of mobilization, so people are not willing, people do not have any spirit to go and defend their country, which was not attacked by anyone. that is , we see how the russian troops are behaving on the territory of ukraine, you see how they acted in the winter in the direction of crime on svatove avdiivka in the direction of bakhmut. they are so exhausted and i think that russia really lost the vast majority of its elite troops on the territory of ukraine, and that is why they want to continue this war, they have no way out, they are forced to resort to regular waves of mobilization but of course we cannot call such waves of mobilization successful because we see that of course all this is coming from the side

of the russian leadership, but the russians do not support such verbs and the government and the leadership, so people are really worried about this issue right now. is a new wave of mobilization needed in ukraine? it is difficult this question is actually we know more about the russian army than we know about the ukrainian one , we know that the armed sons of ukraine manage to keep military secrets, we can also teach the americans how to keep secrets of course we understand that now there are enough ukrainian soldiers who are currently in the war zone, but if the war continues, of course there will be a need for new volunteers and soldiers , thank you for being with us, the director of the center for international defense studies icds from estonia indocannik was a guest of spotlight ukraine in ukrainian version, do not forget to subscribe to our official youtube channel

espresso tv spotlight ukraine, next we will talk about the fakes that russian propaganda offers us every week, you are watching patlati kane the ukrainian version right now together with my co-host whose name is oleksandr semkova who is the fact or the anchor of our partners stopfake we will deal with the latest news of russian propaganda congratulations oleksandr traditionally for those who watch our regular column for the first time, which is called fake-check , explains that we are together with you we choose the three most high-profile cases produced by the russian propaganda machine, we analyze and try to understand how this fake machine works in general, we will start with the first case. to quote, ukraine kidnaps children from families living on the front

line , this is what the russian mass media believe, referring to the permanent representative of the russian federation at the united nations. forgive me, lord vasyl nebendzu, what evidence do the propagandists use ? ukraine, you are a thief of the combat zone, the price of the practice is the selection of children from parents who refuse to evacuate from the zone adjacent to the combat operations in anticipation of the arrival of russian soldiers whom they are perceived as liberators ukraine does not abduct children on april 4, the cabinet of ministers of ukraine supported the initiative of donetsk ova on the mandatory evacuation of 126 children from more than 20 settlements in the region. russia is constantly shelling this territory, so it is

dangerous to stay. with free shelter , social guarantees, humanitarian aid and psychological support , the russian post-progress bandy made a statement about the abduction of children on april 5 during the so-called meeting according to the arya formula, such gatherings are often organized at the un, they are informal and allow members of the organization to get more information on various issues of international security in response to the outrageous russian measure. 49 un member states adopted a joint statement, the first current attempts of russia, which , thanks to false comparisons with other situations, is trying to justify their systematic efforts to separate ukrainian children from their families and country are terrible . thus, the russian leadership intended through the un to once again legalize aggression against

of the ukrainian people and also present themselves as a peacemaker. so, mr. oleksandr, why, despite the decision of the international criminal court regarding the arrest of vladimir putin and the children's commissioner in the russian federation maria lviv and belova, russia's obvious crimes against children, the kremlin media still spread fakes accusing ukraine of their own crimes well, because they have to mirror everything they do and blame the other side for exactly this, and we know that the international criminal court has now brought charges against putin and against maria belova, and in order to somehow make her accusations look like well, at least let's say it's not heterogeneous and they could also be blamed on the ukrainian side , they are now inventing a story that ukraine is engaged in the same thing, the same thing accusing putin is fine, but it is more like the logic of a five-year-old child when

you remember how they said in childhood and you talk about me, you translate it to yourself, are there people who are able to believe such an outright lie of the kremlin , russian propaganda from the very beginning is trying to convince the world that it is at war crimes and what is this war? well, it is not an aggression on the part of russia, but it is , let's say, a confrontation between two sides that committed some actions against each other, allegedly both are guilty of the fact that this led to the war, they need to show ukraine as a side that also neglects rights human rights, including the rights of children, and the accusation that she kidnaps children allegedly from uh in populated areas that are on the line of fire

in principle, it is difficult for some people to win some territories neglects the local residents who are there. and this also gives them doubts. well, it can encourage different audiences, for example, to think that well , if there are actually, as russian propagandists say, the logic is clear. well, indeed , the logic is so clear. let's move on. another case that was made this week in on the walls of kremlin propaganda in ukraine , now again the quote is allegedly being filmed to raise the morale of the soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine

. oleksandr, we will discuss everything on the so-called zet channels in telegram, some network users are also distributing footage from the filming of a video in which people in military uniforms typical of the armed forces of ukraine storm the building of the filming of the prescribed videos about the effective actions of ukrainian soldiers in order to maintain high morale in the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine on video that is spreading on the network, you can see the behind-the-scenes work of the cameraman, the sound of the cameraman and pyrotechnics, in fact, this is the filming of a short feature film nadiya is dedicated to the russian aggression against in ukraine, the author of the video, the director of the tape, artem kocheryan, publishes his filming materials in his tik-tok profile. this is not the first time we have seen a similar case that ordinary filming is passed off as propaganda filming. why does this narrative called demoralized ukrainian troops still exist

? it is very profitable. here the russians do not need to shoot any regulations, they simply take working materials from ukrainian filming and allegedly pass them off because we make our own regulatory videos here. of course, this is not true, and every month in ukraine a lot a lot of documentary materials and they are constantly taken by russian propagandists and attributed to them that this is allegedly the filming of a staged video to raise the morale movement at the front or and in general it is there in order to accuse the russians and for some reason of some fakes er-e it happened in gostomel as well there was a video shoot from various music videos of our stars, and now this plot is also being shown , a documentary film was shot very recently and it was also taken, well, allegedly in order to accuse ukraine of

spreading fakes. and in general, he himself gave birth it is even very general, because russia is trying to convince its constituencies that the ukrainian army is demoralized. it does not want to fight against the russians at all. at the same time, it is also going to give birth to the fact that there are many people in ukraine waiting for russia, but they simply cannot talk about it, and the military themselves are ukrainian. it seems that already in a year, they are generally very tired of the war and they will not make any real resistance , although, well, again, in the same russian television shows, the situation with counteroffensive of the armed forces and again this is a tactic to make such a fork because if something like this happens that they will surrender their position very much, it will turn out that the ukrainian army was strong, if not, it will not work out , well, there will be something like that in some areas, that is, they will

it's like putting different eggs in different baskets, if it happens that way, they will say that, if it happens differently, then they will say it in a completely different way, as it is now fashionable to say that a bipolar girl entered the chat, well , they have to do it, because the russian audience also reads different russian channels. well, i have on pay attention, there are social networks watching television shows and if they constantly point out only about the same thing, they will doubt that even the ukrainian army . spotlight is the ukrainian version and together with my colleague oleksandr zishtovfaik we analyze the narratives of fakes, how russian propaganda generally works. on specific examples , the kremlin media this week and users

of social networks are spreading information that the sbu in kherson will allegedly kill ukrainian military personnel who will refuse to remain on the front lines, the so-called "hot behind bars" gangs, as they call it, in fact, this is not the first fake that russia uses to disrupt the mobilization in ukraine. what did the russians come up with this time, look after this side, we say that the decision to kill fugitives is proof the alleged order of the head of the sbu in the kherson region, artem borysevich, convinces russian propagandists even show the document but do not indicate the source of its origin about instigators and instigators to be detained and held in different cells. in case of impossibility of detention, neutralize on the spot. the order itself is dated march 29 and has the stamp completely secret, but it is nothing but a forgery of the security service of ukraine in the kherson region. i draw your attention to the form of the so-called document, no such orders service security of ukraine did not make and did not send even the paper on which they printed this fake is not a letterhead of the sbu

russian propaganda is actively spreading fakes about the mobilization in ukraine and the military so that to undermine citizens' trust in the state and inflame procedural moods here, too, the logic in principle is understood , however, oleksandra, to which audience are such fakes spread, well, the situation with fake documents is typical of russian propaganda in general, they are trying to act like this, let's say that here and on ukraine and on russia in russia. they are trying to show that the ukrainian, that the ukrainian leadership in general sacrifices its soldiers and severely punishes the military for not wanting to go to war, and they also try to convince some audiences in you will build ukraine, which is very fond of conspiracy theories or some insiders about the fact that there are supposedly such secret orders , they are direct to the security service of ukraine that military personnel who

do not want to fight or do not want to take any positions are simply physically liquidated well , of course well, this is not true. i am very happy that our for example, the office of the sbu in the kherson region reacts to such and the press secretary immediately came out with a refutation, saying that the form that was used for this fake e for this document is allegedly not at all typical for the correspondence of the sbu and no one he signs documents like that, but we constantly record such cases, well, russian propaganda is actively trying to spread various insiders, especially through telegram channels and such fake news such and such fake news thank you oleksandr zamkova fact checker and from our partners that the faker with whom we fought together with the myths of kremlin propaganda thank you oleksandr see you in exactly a week well, what is going on in the world this week and what is the role of ukraine in all this our

international viewer yuriy fizin knows norway expels russian spies, diplomats in the ministry of defense of the united states of america has no doubts about the success of the future counteroffensive of the armed forces of ukraine. well, why wo n't there be a so-called victory parade this year in the temporarily occupied crimea? norway expels 15 russian diplomats, spies who worked in the diplomatic office of the aggressor country in oslo, the ministry of foreign affairs of this scandinavian country explained that these people were constantly engaged in diplomacy and espionage under diplomatic cover, they were declared persona non grata, the head of the department noted that such a decision by norway is an important step

to protect the country's national interests , the prime minister of estonia kayakalas wants to increase defense spending to 3% of the gross domestic product, she stressed that the country needs to replenish its defense reserves after the transfer of weapons to ukraine , this is especially important against the background of the threat from neighboring russia, i note that estonia has become the largest supplier of military equipment of our country as a share of the gross domestic product , the secretary of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austin, has no doubt that the upcoming counteroffensive in the armed forces of ukraine will be successful . this will not be hindered by sure laziness they have many capabilities necessary to achieve success and we have trained a large number of military we

have provided a significant number of weapons systems and so i think they're in a pretty good starting position , we're focused on continuing to provide support so that ukraine can continue to succeed when they decide to launch an offensive operation well, for more international news , see our digest us president joe biden's administration is exploring the possibility of transferring frozen assets to ukraine of the central bank of russia such a statement was made by us deputy secretary of state victoria nulant during a forum organized by the american chamber of commerce. according to her, the american the congress made several important decisions that may allow unblocking the frozen russian money, mrs. nuland reminded that it is about 300 billion dollars, they can be used to finance the post-war reconstruction of ukraine china has not sent its weapons and ammunition to russia and

will not do so under any circumstances in the future this was categorically stated on friday by the minister of foreign affairs of the chinese people's republic of china during a meeting with his german counterpart anna lena berbock in beijing. according to him, the government of the country constantly spoke about this because he is convinced that the war in ukraine can be ended only peacefully, and regarding the supply of dual-use goods that can be used for military purposes, china's policy will remain unchanged, namely that the government of the kingdom of heaven will consider each individual fact in accordance with the country's legislation , german foreign minister anna lena berbock during the meeting with tinggang, she called china an important geopolitical and trade partner of the european union and called on the leadership of the european union to also make maximum efforts in order to strengthen this cooperation in the future, in addition, she asked the government of jinping to be more actively involved in trying to end the aggressive russian war in ukraine

as soon as possible. at the same time, we are most interested in the fact that the russian aggressive war finally ends fairly, only one person can put an end to this war. this is the russian president and one country has the greatest influence on russia, it is china. that is why i am also advocating during this trip for china to stand up for peace as a permanent member of the un security council around the world and helped to do everything so that the brutal russian war of aggression was finally brought to a just end israeli prime minister podnyminnetanyahu is not against becoming a mediator during peace negotiations between ukraine and russia, he said this on tuesday during an address to the nation at the headquarters of the ministry of defense of the jewish state , at the same time mr. prime minister expressed doubts about the existence of a possibility to settle the situation peacefully and then a quote from mr. binin netanyahu i will do

everything i can to complete this conflict, and i don't know if it's possible. if possible, i'll do it. ukraine is an economically non-existent country, so the prime minister of hungary, viktor orban, made a strange statement on friday on the air of the kosos radio station . according to him, it should be stopped as soon as possible. the war peacefully, since the ukrainian budget is supplemented by revenues from the usa and the eu, but in the opinion of mr. orban, it cannot last long, as soon as washington and brussels decide to stop funding , the war will end - he says the leaders of russia , china and the dprk - these are extremely smart people the best in their game, and putin also loves ukraine, the process of the 45th president of the united states donald trump gave an interview to the american tv channel fox news, at the same time he emphasized that he spoke with putin several times and each time made it clear to the kremlin master not to do stupid things donald