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for the study of war reports that russian forces in bakhmut are vulnerable to ukrainian counterattacks. what is happening in the direction of bakhmut , we say and exclusively show in a minute , the cnn channel, referring to two high-ranking western soldiers , reports that ukrainian troops have begun the so-called forming operations on the eve of the expected counteroffensive, what does this mean, let's talk soon. well, turkey, two days before the presidential election, this race can be the biggest test in the last 20 years for the current president, raja perdogan , he can lose his seat, what can ukraine expect from these elections, about it today svoboda life the armed forces of ukraine have advanced 2 km in the direction of bakhmut, this was announced today by the deputy minister of defense

of ukraine hanna malyar russian forces in bakhmut vulnerable to ukrainian counterattacks, the american institute for the study of war reports in its current report, the deployment of insufficient combat-capable forces on the flanks around bakhmut means that the russian ministry of defense has largely abandoned the goal of encircling a significant number of ukrainian troops there. concentrated in the district of bakhmut, invited the minister of defense of russia , sergei shoigu, to the city in order to independently assess the situation in an official letter invitations invitations prigozhyn claims that his mercenaries control 95% of bakhmut and allegedly continue the offensive in donetsk region . radio liberty correspondent maryan kushnir works, he joins our broadcast maryana. have you seen the last days well, i will start with the fact that

literally yesterday from night to morning i took part or rather i went with the unit that took part in the assault that is being talked about very actively today in social networks in particular, the representatives of the russian army are talking about this. actually, ukrainian forces carried out a small counterattack in the north of bakhmut with the involvement of various equipment, and it is not only about what was reported by the third separate mountain assault unit on the other flank , but also about the fact that the 10th a separate mountain-assault brigade edelweiss and other units stormed in the north near khromov and there occupied a section from 200 to 1.5 km to the depth of the defense of the russian army, that is, without storming these positions, the ukrainian army advanced deep

of this defense and thus, according to the preliminary assessment of the military, at least the advance of the russian army was made impossible in order to target the group that is in bakhmut, and in this way they pushed back a little, and there they are possible to advance to the route from the temporary yar to the chrome, it is also under bakhmut, it is simple improved their tactical position , such a movement was in the north there, let's say massive, and according to a preliminary assessment, only in the area where i was there, the ukrainian army carried out successful measures to tasks. that is, the defensive positions of the russian army are occupied there. it was done very quickly, lightning fast. we managed to see how everything around there was really mowed, that is, mowed, i mean . imagine that you kosos usually mow the grass. that is, everything there was completely destroyed, the artillery was completely destroyed, the russian army did not put up any kind of resistance, since

there were no such reserves at the positions of the combatants that could resist, there was a small number of mobilized of the russian army. well, right there on the battlefield, after a few hours, the russian army only then managed to open fire and from artillery and rocket systems of salvo fire there, of course, they did not spare the projectiles, but this did not prevent the armed forces of ukraine from fulfilling the task we set. we took down a lot this film will be published there, most likely tomorrow, because we are still working on it, and i just suggest watching what it is literally. i would like to announce it , let's see.

the land is just men, we have enough talk , the ukrainian army has started art training before storming these directions

, we will suppress them , maryan kushnir, the author of this video , contact us, maryana at the beginning of the fragment we saw how the ukrainian military actually the prisoner surrenders to a russian soldier and you filmed it. and what did he tell them after he surrendered? they used a branded chest camera, which we had to learn beforehand . he was the one who captured this soldier of the russian army. this is how he later told the military that he was mobilized from st. petersburg of the russian federation and they were sent there based on preliminary information that he also told on the spot , again , how reliable is it? they were sent and for four days they were not delivered food there, there is a small number of them, all letters, they are mobilized, some of them are not going to fight. however, they were so informed that they are afraid

of surrendering. and just in this military the russian army was lucky enough to surrender as a prisoner, he was taken prisoner and he will go on to go maybe for an exchange maybe something with him will be unknown and other military men who were in positions in the same direction next to these fighters who surrendered in polo one of them according to previous information as well as of the soldiers who told it like this, and of this prisoner himself, one of those soldiers simply blew himself up, he was afraid that he was going to be tortured somewhere over there. this is what they were told before, and in fact, on this plane, in this direction, that is what he said that exactly there are all these mobilized military personnel, there are not many of them. well, bugner, as he would say, in the very place of bakhmuti, they are not there. so it is possible that this allowed the armed forces of ukraine to occupy these positions without any difficulties, and currently the ukrainian

military personnel are entrenched there. and will continue to monitor the situation and monitor this situation in this direction maryana thank you very much for your work and for these exclusive shots in particular maryan kushnir correspondent of radio svoboda who currently works in the donetsk region well, radio svoboda too also visited different flanks of the bakhmut defensive operation, it extends from the north from the outskirts of the occupied soledar through bakhmut itself and its surroundings and reaches the outskirts of the toretsk division of the combat clash in the south. roman pagulych visited there, ukrainian tankers from closed positions work on the advanced positions

of russian troops in the bakhmut direction, this is actually the usual work for tanks part it works with direct fire, part of it works in such a quasi-artillery mode, as it should be. i found the priority of this is the 43rd . how much sewing machine works exactly hit and exactly along the line. defense, we dig in, we dig in, but at the same time, for today we feel stronger and we

, uh, little by little, we advance, we move the sp observation points, more, more, more , further, towards the enemy, we occupy more and more of our land, we press the enemy later that his forces are running out. and we feel that we have more forces due to the fact that they have become more , they have become less, they are mainly becoming less , this is an indicator that here the brigades are changing, and we know about this through

interceptions, that is, they go in and out they are changing their brigades to other brigades, well, other brigades are coming, they are also suffering losses to the unit, maybe they are trying to do something, but they are receiving very powerful surrenders from us, so uh, not knowing what they are talking about there , the hostilities do not stop. and how in general, that's it how do you and your brothers feel there? what do you lack? what is your moral and psychological condition? are you brave? everyone is keeping this as positive as possible. everything will be fine and the boys are charged. the boys are fighting. well, how very powerful.

of territorial defense 127th brigade 135th battalion uh, they talk about us, the development reports about what they say about us, that these are not territorial defense forces, what are these summer special forces that entered bakhmut and my husband do not hold the defense , that's why they are afraid uh, they they fight in hysterics and we use this, yevhen, i can’t help but mention the eurovision song contest, which is just now taking place in great britain, it’s so impossible, not all viewers now recognize you as the musician and band leader o.torvald , who participated in 2017 in eurovision, but that's right in peaceful life, it's just a question, do you have time there to watch or follow eurovision with one eye

? that luckily i don't follow yes, the spectacle here is more beautiful. it seems to me that it cannot be compared to eurovision. yes, i understand you. thank you very much for joining in and telling me what is happening in your direction . yevgen halych, lieutenant of the 135th battalion of the 114th brigade. how is this possible, if you can still contact viewers, people, the 135th separate battalion, the 17th day, holds the defense of bahmut, not a single position was lost, and it is thanks to you , including because uh, you help , you will help. if you are ready to help, if you are ready to donate to support uh, our battalion. me in social networks we are now very powerfully collecting birds that help us shoot those videos that you have already seen. the 135th air reconnaissance fighters of the 135th are working tirelessly, so help us, we will be very, very

grateful to you for this. glory to ukraine and after victory glory to the heroes after the victory evgeny halych will return to music thank you very much well, the city of maryinka is donetsk completely destroyed by russian troops this was reported by the head of the president's office andriy yarmak and distributed this video that we are now showing you because it is for maryinka has been under siege since 2014, then the ukrainian military managed to hold the city at the beginning of a full-scale invasion , the intensity of the attacks increased . as you can see, the city has turned into ruins through maryinka, now the front line passes through maryinka, there are no surviving buildings left, all residents were evacuated before the full-scale invasion of maryinka about 10,000 people lived there

. see without comments . and about the situation at the front and how it can develop further, we talk with expert oleksiy melnyk, co-director of programs of foreign policy and international security center, razumkova joins our broadcast in a moment and we will discuss the unconditional situation in the bakhmut direction . well, it is worth noting here that even the ukrainian authorities often admit that they feel a certain pressure, if you can say so, including from western partners about the fact that the counteroffensive has great expectations from the counteroffensive and among the western partners, of course in ukrainian society. here it is also worth reminding that in fact thanks to, including following numerous announcements from the political leadership of the country, these expectations are happening. oleksiy melnyk has already joined

our broadcast. good evening, congratulations. i'll start with what i already quoted from cnn today. counteroffensive, what is the meaning of formation operations? conducting a large-scale operation, well, it is usually called the formation of a favorite, but yes, if by all accounts it is the formation of conditions. for the successful conduct of an operation, a whole complex is involved. now, let's put it this way, the most obvious is the increase in the number of carriers on the board of ukraine in warehouses

, places of concentration of the enemy, that is, your teams do you know we have some problems with the communication , it is not very good to hear you. let's try to redial you again and try to talk with you. of the security center of razumkovo, we talked about the expectation of a counteroffensive while we recruit it, i will mention that today, from noon, russian troops shelled kostiantynivka for an hour, this is the donetsk region. residential buildings were damaged, this is reported in particular by our colleague, the correspondent of radio donbass - these are realities, serhiy horbatenko, in general, during this shelling , russian troops damaged 28 private houses, two high-rise shops, and two

gaz-gazogon was written by the head of the donetsk regional military administration, pavlo kyrylenko, and on these shots you can now see the consequences of the shelling of the kostiantynivka

well, well, you hit the roof, the roof fell in, the neighbor jumped out, start what. help, i ran, more neighbors ran and pulled the woman out. well, oleksiy joins our broadcast again melnyk, co-director of foreign policy programs of the international security center, rumzkov oleksiyu. once again , good. good evening. started at the front by the notification of the sin - these are necessarily such actions that always precede some major major operations , in particular, a counteroffensive, we can say that it is a complex of actions that are carried out by the e-e

command of the headquarters in order to make it possible to implement the plans for this operation and together with the fact that it is also important not to reveal your plans to the enemy so that the enemy cannot figure out the intention of the contour command, the offensive actions will already begin . generation is possible are those who watch younger films of the second world war or the first is it a red rocket that will be launched and soldiers rise from the trenches and tanks move in columns or fronts , in fact, in my opinion, the machine has already been launched that's when

the operation itself will begin then well, what for us as for viewers and listeners, here are the messages we have been receiving for the last few days that the russians have retreated in one place in another , if these messages will be much more frequent and much larger, well, something like that