[000:00:00;00] and in a few seconds we start the verdict glory to ukraine this is the verdict program my name is serhiy rudenko good day and good health to all today may 3, 434th day of heroic resistance of the ukrainian people to the russian invaders zelenskyi arrived in finland the office of the president of athens reports this at the same time the defense forces of ukraine tonight shot down 21 attack drones of keran production, in total , the enemy used 26 drones; at night , a russian su-35 fighter jet struck

an enterprise in the village of svesa, sumy region in the krasnodar region of the russian federation, an oil depot has been on fire since the night was attacked by a ukrainian drone, ships of the black sea fleet of the russian federation were refueling at this base, meanwhile, the russian occupiers continue to lose manpower and equipment in ukraine, as of the morning of may 3, russia has already lost 191,000 or 940 people in ukraine only in the last day, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed 520 orks at the beginning of the great war, the russians have already lost 3,702 tanks, 7,199 armored fighting vehicles, 2,946 artillery systems, 544 jet systems in ukraine volley fire 300 anti-aircraft defenses 308 aircraft 294 helicopters 5851 units of motor vehicles 18 ships of boats 947 cruise missiles in 2505 drones 363

units of special equipment so in taman , the russian oil base on the bryansk region was in flames, echelons were launched. well, racism has become a state ideology, at least that's how the verkhovna describes it the council of ukraine, which approved the recognition of racism as the state ideology of the russian federation , we will talk about this and other things in the next hour, we are waiting for the inclusion of our first guest oleksii hetman-major of the national guard in the reserve , we will talk about the counteroffensive , which the russian federation continues to be nervous about

oleksiy hetman major of the national guard in the reserve military expert mr. major good day good health to you and glad to see you on our broadcast good day glory to ukraine glory to the heroes let's start with the situation on the eastern front because bakhmut maryinka avdiyivka remains a hot spot on the map of military operations and the russian-ukrainian war about the situation in bakhmut from the commander of the first assault battalion of the third separate storm brigade with the call sign, we will hear right now the situation in bakhmut remains difficult , the enemy continues its mass offensives , non-stop, declares himself 200 m and a hundred dead, in principle, it corresponds

directly to reality, our unit is now conducting counterattacks in the very place of bakhmut , the enemy has been successfully stopped and even rejected in some e-e directions and we ask him mass losses, it is found in us well-coordinated work of artillery tanks and assault infantry shows its result, that is, in principle, in principle, bakhmut can be held , it is possible to fight, the main thing is the spirit and, accordingly, the professionalism of actions. also recently we rejected the enemy on the road of life, that is , the track of the times of yara bakhmut through the chrome track road. i apologize. there we conducted successful

counter-attacking actions, where we knocked the enemy out of the trenches, which we threw to him to cut highway and pushed him away from the road to oleksiy and the ukrainian side and american analysts, researchers of the russian-ukrainian war who closely monitor the code of military operations say that the russian federation lost a lot on bakhmut in the bakhmut direction. during the last three months , they are talking about tens of thousands of dead and probably hundreds of thousands of wounded and for russia, bakhmut was supposed to be the place from which they talked about their successes, or at least about the completion

of some intermediate e-e of their history special military operation. obviously, all of this was planned until the ninth of may, because putin needs to talk about something, what can we talk about, judging by those data, and judging by the current situation around bakhmut as of may 3? well, they really have now set the goal of capturing bakhmut on may 9, before that , they still had about 15 deadlines, half of them wanted to capture, then they refused to give deadlines directly, they decided to capture bakhmut, as they wrote before the start of our offensive actions, well now again, they set the date of may 9, uh, this smells good to the russians, well, most likely, it is not so much military, because it has a political significance for them, it must somehow take place on may 9. well , in general, just report on your social military work that it is achieving certain

successes. well, then the commander there just said very well that they have no chance, so far there is no chance to capture this city, and about the losses. well, they suffered, roughly, there were an estimate of 20,100,000 people in the last few months, of which 20,000 were killed and 80,000 were wounded it was mostly in whose british in the fall of last year were up to 45,000, now there are no more than 5,000 left. that is, about 40,000 were disabled, they are not necessarily interviewed, they are killed and wounded . there are now approximately 25,000 military personnel in this direction, we understand that 5,000 according to the bactors, what is the plus minus, again, somewhere around 20,000 tons, that’s where exactly the russian and podu troops were transferred, well, in terms of equipment, there are approximately 60 units of e-e equipment, tanks of various modifications, somewhere, well, 450

units of heavy equipment, armored vehicles apcs and bmps and somewhere uh 150 guns and somewhere well approximately plus or minus there and somewhere there 150 uh a jet salvo system these are the forces that are there and who are trying to advance what to do on the uh western outskirts of the city and well in this way, to tell that they took over the tank well, they did it before, they even invented such and such a phrase, a phrase, more precisely, that they legally took over the tank, well , that’s it, in the future, they will tell me about something , anything, but judging by everything , they end in eh attention of the occupier the occupiers and power ends. yes, it is. well, it is a little bit, as the people who are there say, i will give you a little bit weaker , that's why i believe that we are in bakhmut and in order for us to start making small but counter- offensives and this should not be confused

with our large contour offensive, but directly in this local battles. we are vacating some areas there and strengthening ourselves a little bit . well, no less than they repelled their attempts to seize two roads there, along which you can contact the time, where you can transport everything that needs to be transported. well, they are are fired at but are not under control, let's check that soon we will be sentenced even further to the bank . well, in the evening, when our next one begins, and he looks at two words. why, after all, is it better to say our offensive and not a contour offensive, because we now have a tactical advantage on the front line tactical advantages, and the initiative is on our side, so it is still more correct to call our actions the following, well, it is not necessary, but from the military terminology, it is more correct that we will soon begin such an offensive on our side, that is, the major is correct. i understand that the tactics regarding bahmut and

the defense of the city and not retreating to the temporary ravine were correct, because in this area , the ukrainian army crushed a lot of rashi occupants, and during our offensive, we will have a planned offensive advantage because most of this army that they drove from that side they simply lay down under the city of hm bakhmut or in bakhmut itself well look here you need to look here you need to understand what area is there baku is in nizhyn it is like that well it seems to be a narrow gap, a passage and further on the lords are already walking, but the whole family is already 200 by 200 m away from there , that's why it's so, well, it 's such a firm.

defense and destroy a very large number of enemies, that's why it was decided not to move away from bakhmut, because there will be a smell, because there will already be quite wide fields, and there the enemy can expand, become angry and advance on a wider area of ​​the front. well, for more than a year but these farm saws are used by the ukrainian bombers. it is just a small, well, relatively small, uh, gap between these commanding heights, and because of what height , they cannot take it and advance there. well , apparently it will not come out, and it will not come out in parallel with how russia is trying to attack bakhmut and other areas of the eastern front we also closely monitor the northern operational northern operational zone because the commander of the combined forces of the armed forces of ukraine

, lieutenant general serhiy naev, characterizes what is happening in the northern operational zone, i suggest you listen to it now, the situation in the northern operational zone is stable and controlled , the russian federation aviation group and the russian ground forces group with a total number of up to 2.5 thousand people continue to stay in the territory of the republic of belarus in the bryansk and kursk regions of the russian federation there is a group numbering up to 17,000 people, the enemy continues to launch rocket and bomb attacks along the border and in depth from the territory of the russian federation of our territory

, we are in turn strengthening the air defense system and increasing its effectiveness . but this does not mean that we will sit down, we work every day to strengthen our defense and do everything to be ready for an adequate response. glory to ukraine together major, it is clear that the russians are lost in their guesses as to what our offensive will be and where it will begin, and therefore they are obviously planning their operations in the north or northeast, because this is sumyshchyna, today the airstrikes were on the border of the sumy region, there are very often shelling of these areas which border with the kurka region and further there with the belgorod region

, can and does the russian federation have the ability to create tension in the northeast, in the north, where we border the belarusians, so that in what way to secure or disrupt our offensive in the east and southeast. let's put it this way. of course, we understand this, but the number of military personnel who are there , especially there , is approximately 2,800 people. well, the vast majority of them are engaged in other things, so to speak, which are preparing for militants. well, they are not there no it seems that they are planning to organize some er, some units that will take offensive actions against the kursk-dobryansk region. well, there are more military personnel in the russian federation, but

there are also no signs yet that they are planning to create some, er, some group that can , that can do offensive action, well, some or that, or some shelling, but in order to form a military unit that can advance, well, there is no need, no less heavy equipment is needed, and armored personnel carriers are needed. well, we don’t have everything that is needed for offensive actions. well, we don’t have it. we can’t assume that simply by the number of people , if it is going to be done, that is, the artillery is 17,000 people. and that it is not military the unit is, well, it just makes sense, the people who are there for the gathering are staying away, well, it’s not an evil unit, help, the gentleman says correctly that so far in the form in which there are now the troops of russia and belarus on our borders, it is not occupied, parents can count and the spelling of the profession can be done even there in a small case. there are 10 people. i can make certain provocations. this is a completely different

sentence. well, the director is the so-called ponamajor. we have seen in the last few weeks how uh, partisans or uh, special operations forces of uh, ukraine are conducting some special operations on the territory of the russian federation, literally several days in a row or several nights in the brest region, er, are going off the rails, er, some wagons with saltpeter or there with some ammunition are not completely clear, we see that the airfield in the bryansk region was attacked this night, and also on the night of may 3 , a fire broke out at an oil depot in the taman region of the krasnodar region of russia, and the russians, in particular, the governor of the region , veniamin kondrativ, say that the cause of the explosion and fire, in particular, on

the taman peninsula, was ataka the detonation of the drone took place at about 3 o'clock in the morning, the petroleum products were located on the territory of this oil depot, which was used by the black sea fleet of the russian federation, they were refueling there, and the strikes were carried out on siva stopol and potamanya, and on the bryansk region, on the airfield, all these are signs of it is a preparatory period for our offensive on yours . ways of supplying everything that can be used by the russian occupier on our territory, i.e. airplanes, ammunition, oil products, and other means of waging war

on the territory of ukraine, you know. now we see that there is a major attack on the fuel style of the bases that use fuel for their equipment. i think that this will continue, this is an action not only by the partisans , not only by our special operations forces, it is, well, such a concerted effort, including the broccoli that flies to such a place. these are definitely signs that it is being prepared. offensive actions on our part, well, that’s right, even signs for the russians, if when we when we destroy or some amount , well, a relatively large amount, this is exactly the problem , for a certain time, they will not feel it, because these uh, well, simply put, their machines are fueled, that is, in they have enough fuel there directly in the places near the front line, but after a while they will have to be replenished

, replenished with nothing. and this is precisely this, well, this will be such a serious problem for the russian army, and maybe this is exactly the time when it is necessary to attack when the newest fuel is not supplied, especially large quantities cannot be there lexical cries up to a thousand kilometers it is still us now it will be used well there are a few days the channel when it is brought up to refuel it will not be able to there many some maybe just became well these are ideal conditions for us propagandists are very actively using the topic of our offensive and how it should take place, they are talking about the ninth of may in a week, uh , there should be a parade on red square, so far the russians are refusing the air show, they say that there will be no airshow well, of course, if ukrainian drones do not fly there, they call the number of ukrainian troops, the directions assure about one of the main strikes on

belgorod, in a word, there are many, many discussions and many different options and simulations of the situation, we have a small fragment from russian propaganda television, let's look at the ukrainian bill for admission, i am sure that it will be, i am sure that it will be until may 9, after all, they are trying to spoil our holiday, uh, because of the strength of the funds that ukraine can use. but here, uh, according to the data of our intelligence, only in the zaporozhye direction, they have more than 50,000 in the donetsk direction. in the rear, they have more than 80,000 in reserves , and they are not accumulating in the kherson direction, in the nikolaev direction , in the dnipropetrovsk direction, in the kharkov direction, that means belgorod, that’s permissible if it’s now, eh, well, you paid attention to the network , there were ukrainian commercials for the russian segment, where are they except for luhansk and donetsk - the direction of the main attack

and belgorod p major according to your opinion, will it be a holiday that they organize there on the cross square as they draw and imagine for themselves, taking into account our capabilities. is the ukrainian army still going to be more concentrated on the offensive on the territory of the ukrainian state? why am i asking this because it is clear that the worse and the this offensive will still look unexpected for the russians. it is much better to see, given that they are now in such a difficult situation because they understand that a lot of equipment has arrived in ukraine, they are already talking about how many soldiers are waiting for the offensive and

obviously, all this was not part of the strategy of putin's army before, which came here for three days . you know how they are. there is a phrase that in court, don't judge yourself. we are trying to spoil the holiday, listen, we are going to risk our lives in order to spoil your holiday. who are you, if you are ? what do you think about your holiday ? kolis are ready for this it will be the most convenient moment for us, uh, it also applies to the actions of the immediate situation on the front line in russia, it could be a rotation, it could be a lack of a proposal , well, that is, we are still doing all this now and in order

to weaken the military forces as much as possible russia directly on the line, when there will be the biggest reception moment for our offensive, we will do it and this and it will be the ninth of may or the fifth of may or any other so we will not prepare for this, it is such a headache for them and they think that everyone they are just as sick in the head as they advised on the red square on may 9, but in the fact that they wanted to er even offered a certain reward to our er businessmen, well, one businessman another 20 million er hryvnias if it succeeds so that ours would be certain they put it on red square during the consultation , they don't necessarily have to put explosives, it's enough that they put our flags. or maybe they investigated, they scattered leaflets where it will be spelled out what is really happening. well, this kind of beating is a military-political action more as a template, it had a great impact on the minds of the russians when we saw our saws. and it’s better not one on several on the red square

to run to the wanted, uh, air of ours , that would be great, and everything else, well, really , military actions for the liberation of the territory, and not such actions, let’s say we filed an emotional political action. the washington post, with reference to interlocutors in the american government , today writes that the white house , predicting the expected offensive of the ukrainian troops, will turn into a bloody slaughter and say that the ukrainians will give the russians quite a difficult time and difficult conditions for staying in the territory of the ukrainian state, according to estimates released by the white house this week, the number of beaten and wounded russian soldiers in ukraine has increased dramatically in recent months, what we are actually talking about with you and they said only since december, about 20,000

died in battles, well, i think these are quite modest estimates, because i clearly remember that 100,000 dead, according to the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, were in december somewhere after nikolay in the 20s of december and now almost 200,000. that is, uh, about 90,000 in the last four months . will force the counteroffensive of the russians to some kind of reaction and proposal for some kind of negotiations or to some kind of truce , because the actual offensive is aimed at certain political and military military goals

- it is for the russians to withdraw from the territory of ukraine and liberate the territories belonging to the ukrainian state as of august 24, 1991 year and yet, well, it is clear that this pressure should push moscow to what kind of actions , what kind of actions do you think these actions might be now , well, first of all, about the washington post newspaper . this is not the first such publication. er, after being fried, er, they emphasize that our control actions on the liberated territory are precisely on the fact that er, it will be a bloody massacre, will there be many dead people, this is not the start of a war, we were attacked and it was covered up, the poor man is constantly walking, that is, you understand what what chain is trying to see

journalists there, as i finally know that it was some individual journalists. these are not exactly the opinions of the politics of the editors of this magazine. what, that is, the chain is also a right-wing hug . can we stop the right-wing people? and there was a constant war there, and there is a constant war . that is, you are starting to turn into pigeons. the world is russian negatives, they give us all the price, the people ran, there is no land or territory that would be worth only of one square meter of land and so on and so on, that is, they missed the conversation, that is, the russians want to convey their own masters , that is, what can be done, even through such a respected publication, that is, let's agree here, where we are here, and in fact, we will consider how and what we should do next. what are the interests of whom, what are the rights, who is here, what is the problem, he said, as it were, who is here who owes someone else, where is it in the 20th, we will sort it out no friends, we will not sit down with you to sort it out, we will liberate

our territory, and when we liberate mine, we can sit down after that and figure out how much it arose to compensate for the fact that we never go to our territory. and all these conversations . feeling they won't lose so when they won't lose when it was the beginning of full-scale sides of the conversation about there were conversations by others interestification diversification responds lord demilitarization of ukraine such demands that well , a lot of what they said recognized the laundry form, or you go for a walk, you put uh, they ordered on the numbers, now they give inside the victory to agree on something again. no one will agree with you on anything. smoked and are morally responsible for the death of our people, including not only you told the employee who we are, you know well, let

it be at least a very respectable publication, very powerful, our partners, but we are against it well, then i agree with the position of our political leadership, well today she is it looks like this, no negotiations until at least one russian soldier will be our goal. no victories at all, and if from this position our leadership does not join the zd and well, then it will be very good and we will support as soon as god gives harrows something it will change for some reason. well, then we will already understand internally what is happening here . there is, indeed, a russian federation. they will constantly want to sit down with us at the negotiating table. in stock oleksiy hetman, a military expert, friends, we are working live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our social

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