[000:00:00;00] i want you to meet with us tomorrow at 19:15 on the big air, be with espresso, now for your attention i offer a news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of bbc news good evening we are from ukraine from ukraine live from london i am yevgenia shadlovska and let's talk about what is happening in the belgorod region of russia on the border with ukraine and russia declares an attack by ukrainian nationalists about the fighting ukraine rejects its involvement and points to russian partisans, after all, who

crossed the border and how can this affect the future ukrainian counteroffensive in the belgorod region of russia announced the completion of the counter-terrorist operation, which they call, however, the armed groups that crossed the border , the russian ministry of defense has already reported that, quote, they blocked and defeated 70 ukrainian nationalists. this was the first statement of the russian ministry of defense regarding this incident. it is impossible to verify these statements at the same time new unconfirmed reports appeared in telegram channels about the activity of attackers on border russian authorities declares an attack on the good deed of a ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group , but ukraine denies its involvement in these operations, states that it is a private initiative of russian partisans . the fighters of the russian volunteer corps and the legion of freedom of russia claimed responsibility for the attacks on the border region of belgorod. they also claimed that they occupied several russian settlements points , including the border goat. here are these points on the map. and this is what the representatives

of the russian volunteer corps claim near gray crow and the governor of the belgorod region announced numerous shellings, shot down by drones, one dead civilian, injured local residents, according to him, residents of a dozen border settlements were forced out as a result of the fighting, and the russian mass media write about several dead russian soldiers, again , it is impossible to verify the information. but let's remember how the events unfolded in belgorod regions of russia on the first day of this incident and other holes smoke in the distance on this video the result of the latest attack in belgorod moscow declares saboteurs broke through from ukraine to the territory of russia, the second bbc journalists found out that this video was shot at the border checkpoint south of belgorod, it shows military equipment crossing the border ukraine denies involvement in this attack and says it was carried out by russian citizens from

two paramilitary formations russian army sent reinforcements to that area, and local residents still do not believe what is happening , the regime announced an anti-terrorist operation, says that special measures will be taken in the city , introduced temporary restrictions russian television blames the ukrainian army, local media reported injuries among the civilian population , people were evacuated, this part of russia is increasingly resembling a war zone in belgorod, a series of explosions occurred in belgorod on suspicion of ukrainian drones, this forced the residents of bygta to take shelter, the current attacks on the territory of russia are putting direct pressure on the kremlin and in general the russian mass media are careful to comment on the events in belohorod region, so some russian tv channels completely ignored this topic, others emphasized the fact that it was, they say, an attempt

by ukraine to divert attention from the chaos of russia previously stated that they captured the city, the ukrainian team refutes this and reports about you and in general about the semi-encirclement of russian forces from the flanks, what is happening in the belgorod region of russia , a bbc correspondent in moscow tried to find out, and at the same time it is difficult to understand what is happening in belgorod right now, the local the authorities have introduced a regime of combating terrorism, this gives them broad powers to manage communications and the movement of people, but this morning on social networks, the governor of the region published a new message, vyacheslav glatkov, said that russian security forces will continue, as he called it, the clearing of the sabotage group after yesterday's attack and smoothing them out, he advised the local residents who left their homes not to return yet, in other words - this is not the end, what happened on monday seems to be the largest crossing of the russian border by ukraine since the beginning

a full-scale invasion of russia, and this is what the russian newspapers wrote about it this morning. to be honest , it was not easy to find the news in the government russian newspaper, it was printed in another news item under a different headline and this is about the kremlin komsomolskaya pravda and there is also a lot in it. about this they quote putin's spokesman who said that attempts to liberate russian territory from the group and destroy it are ongoing, but this news on the front page of the business newspaper kommersant under the photo says that russian-ukrainian saboteurs on armored vehicles negotiated the belgorod region and we are in touch with the correspondent bust oleg antonenko, who also follows the events in the belgorod region by russia, this is how revealing the kremlin's reaction is, because in addition, putin's spokesman

said he was deeply concerned, but there was no reason to call a meeting of the security council, for example. well, instead of the security council, today putin met with the head of the constitutional court , valery sorikin, zashkin brought him a french map from the middle of the 17th century, which, as he said, was found in the premises of the court with a smile, zashkin said that there is no ukraine on the map, putin answered of course not and repeated his favorite thesis that ukraine was invented by the soviet government , there was no ukraine before that in the history of mankind, that's what putin said, so even though there was no security council, it was about ukraine today, putin mentioned, and as we understand it, it is also a reaction to the events in belgorod. another reaction is the regime of the counter -terrorist operation. for the first time in the history of russia in a separate region, it was introduced outside the caucasus in the belgorod region. this regime gave the security forces almost unlimited opportunities, in particular to stop searches and arrest people and do a lot of other things, actually putting the entire region under martial law, although this regime was there tonight, which may indicate

the end of the events that began there on monday me about what is happening in the belgorod region of russia, that's how they commented on it in russian social networks , well, look. of course, they comment on it in different ways, first of all , russians who are in russia should be very careful in their comments on social networks, because joy about the actions of the ukrainian military can interpreted as an excuse or even help to terrorists, and this is a criminal case and prison is possible for a long time, and such cases are brought in russia, we know this well, but if we talk about the reaction of the russian soldiers and of the so-called zet-patriots, many of them were in a state of confusion, one of the dean's offices, for example, writes that the russian terror defense unit in the belgorod region never issued weapons, among these unarmed terror defenders there are allegedly dead and wounded. and a critic of the russian authorities is

known in ukraine his manners are ironic and this means about the lack of reaction of the russian authorities, in particular the absence of the security council you mentioned earlier, takoy strelkov writes play bronik in russia, thousands, belgorod, dozens, and the president one and while he is and russia, and it is not necessary for the president to go beyond the schedule regarding such trifles as what happened yesterday , these events are actually ignored as such, that is, what happened somewhere happened, they do not officially react to it about the official reaction you say you asked me about how people they react to this and officially, we said that there is no security council, there are no such serious measures , there is nothing that could indicate that russia , the russian authorities, they are not that they are very worried , but simply for them it is a kind of panic situation

, there is no such thing. about who took responsibility for the attack, yes, the russian volunteer corps, the legion of freedom of russia, what is known about them at all? who are these people? well, let's say right away that we don't know . we don't know who these people are. how many were there? those who participated are russians, for example denis nikitin, he calls himself the leader of the russian volunteer corps, this is one of the two military formations that, as you said, are made up of russians in ukraine. nikitin himself was known in the past as a far-right member of football groups in germany and russia, and in russia he is not called a nazi and an associate of another such infamous russian neo-nation and sak. so, today the correspondent of fainen sultan in kyiv, christopher miller, spoke with nikitin, and according to miller , nikitin was in a good mood and not at all it was heard that 70 of his fighters were destroyed

, as stated by the russian ministry of defense . prisoners of war and volunteers who went over to the side of ukraine. if you remember in the summer of last year, oleksiy arestovych estimated its number at 4,000 people, but how many are there now, how many of them actually took part in this operation, we do not know , namely the region of freedom of russia called belgorod turid oblast, i quote further, and the creation of a demilitarized zone in the oblast between russia and ukraine, the destruction of security forces serving the putin regime. well, the ukrainian authorities , i will repeat again, deny their involvement in of these events in the belgorod region of russia, and here it is interesting to look at the comment of the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, mykhailo podoliak, who actually paraphrased putin's rhetoric about the little green men during the annexation of crimea , he said something, as you know, tanks are sold in any russian military store, so this game

was actually invented by putin in 2014, this game can be played by both sides . well, of course, i won't say that it's so subtle, but it's really trolling on the part of the underdog, but i would draw your attention to another, much more interesting and a more serious thing. look, the chernihiv sumy kharkiv region in ukraine has hundreds of kilometers of border with russia, and there are many border points similar to hayvoronsky, and on the one hand, ukraine shows that we can carry out a special operation and choose any adjacent territory of russia . you will have to play for by our rules , which means that russia must strengthen its border in the kursk and bryansk regions of belograd and look for forces and means for this, and it is possible to transfer these forces and means from

ukraine. antonenko and british intelligence believe that this atalgorod region shows how much the threats to the border regions of russia have grown . these are the conclusions of the compilation of british intelligence, which it publishes every day since the beginning of the war between russia and ukraine. armed sabotage in belegorod region will affect the distribution of forces before the expected ukrainian counteroffensive this is not today by itself this attack will not change much from a military point of view this is what they call the formation operation, the preparation of the battlefield for the inevitable, probably close ukrainian counteroffensive, in return, is a chance to do two things, firstly, not to get the russians, to make them fear possible uprisings among their own people, and secondly, to make the russians disperse their forces, to transfer part of the reinforcements to the belgorod region, in my opinion, the country

it is hoped that this will open certain areas for a major attack in the coming weeks and finally, in anticipation of the ukrainian counteroffensive, the russian military has strengthened its positions in the occupied territories of ukraine after studying hundreds of satellite images, the bbc found places in the south of ukraine where russia has been building powerful fortifications since october, for example, the western coast of crimea, the beach is fortified with dragon's teeth - these are concrete blocks in the shape of pyramids that cover the noble tanks and other military equipment behind them, as you can see, a line of trenches that provides cover from offensive attacks along the trenches. you can see several bunkers, and stacks of wood and earthmoving machines along the coast indicate that when the picture was taken in march, the work there was still going on and the bbc was able to identify other fortifications by identifying the locations of individual trenches in the tokmak social media video, the satellite image shows two lines of trenches to the north of the city, from where the ukrainian offensive could potentially come. and another ring of fortifications

around the city and with three layers of defense. here is this image from above you can just see the anti-tank reef several rows of these dragon's teeth and another network of trenches in addition all revealed three other cities near here macau fortifications in a similar way further west of tokmok along a 35-kilometer section of the track there are 105 lines of anti-tank blood from the trenches, this route is strategic because it connects the occupied melitopolis with zaporozhye, and near mariupol, near the village of enopol, the bbc discovered lines of round trenches. they have a mound of soil in the middle, possibly for artillery protection or for installing guns, and this is just a few examples on the network trenches in the occupied territories you can read more about this on the website vvc.ua how the russians strengthened their positions in front of the counteroffensive of the armed forces, that's the name of

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bahmut achieved tactical successes about this the american institute for the study of war reports, however, the russian army does not give up its efforts to advance on the city, what is happening there, serhiy shoigu allegedly visited the advanced command post on the front of the zaporizhzhia region, why did the russian defense minister not visit bakhmut at the invitation of prigozhin, and whether the ukrainian forces could get it to discuss well, in georgia's protests against the government's official-policy restored air connections with moscow after a four-year break. does this mean the end of the country's european integration? we'll discuss all this in a few minutes, and in the meantime, do not forget to like this broadcast, we start with a bang, where the armed forces of ukraine continue successful counter-attacks , the analyst of the american institute for the study of war writes about this in his report. the reports of the so-called russian war-cows, who for several days

reported on the breakthroughs of the russian defense on the flanks of the city. also, the institute cannot claim that the successful counterattacks of the armed forces of ukraine the beginning of a major offensive operation of ukraine at the general staff of the central security service, however, in another report, it was reported that russian troops continue to try to attack the positions of the ukrainian army in the same place. earlier, the head of the pvk wagner prigozhyn confirmed that his mercenary had to retreat at least half a kilometer north of bakhmut. the armed forces of ukraine advanced several hundred meters in various areas of the bakhmut direction. this was reported by the spokesman of the eastern group of the armed forces of ukraine , serhiy cherevaty. what is happening on the slopes to the city, we will talk about just now live with us yury fedorenko, commander of the company of the attack unmanned aircraft complexes achilles 92 of the separate mykhailonized brigade named after the basket chieftain ivan sirk, i congratulate you

glory to ukraine glory to the heroes and i will just note that your unit performs tasks in two directions, these are the swativ and bakhmut well and let's talk now specifically about bakhmut a-a please tell us what the situation is in the place where you are, or whether the armed forces of ukraine are actually advancing and more the main thing that the defense forces managed to thwart the enemy's intentions to cut off the main communication routes, that is, the capture of the city of bakhmut, was to shine what exactly against them wanted to deprive the defense forces of the opportunity to establish the necessary reserve of manpower, ammunition , weapons, everything necessary for the defense of the city of bakhmut itself, in the last week, in general, the defense on some mitinkas managed to advance almost 2 km, driving the enemy away, improving their position and knocking out the enemy with the pronoun of position, that is, the vise

squeezed the initiative on the flanks, the force of the defense intercepted completely on their side as far as the city of bakhmut is concerned, extremely difficult and brutal battles are going on because the enemy has no intention of maneuvering or retreating instead from other directions that are less priority for the enemy, the reserve of manpower and equipment is being withdrawn, which is being sent to the city of bakhmut despite this despite the enemy's bombing of the city of bakhmut at the expense of aviation, despite the use of prohibited types of ammunition of the phosphorous incendiary type, the defense forces managed to withstand onslaught and systematic systematic work is being carried out both to repulse attacks and to improve their position in the very place , the defense forces also managed to knock out the enemy at some points and occupy other positions that were previously under the occupiers. at the very place and on the approaches to it but the initiative

really passes to the defense forces and what is very important , friends, is that it becomes possible, including at the expense of your support, because at the expense of the defense force, the operational to provide the necessary means, for example, to identify the enemy and eliminate him, so we can say that the professional management of the defense forces, international military aid, and the support of the ukrainian nation make it possible to ensure the result that we are discussing with you today. and of course, the heroism and feat of every defender who is fighting on the bakhmut direction or on any other p fedorenko well, the head of the pvk wagner prigozhyn has been complaining for several days that his mercenaries are missing or missing

there is enough ammunition, as from the ukrainian side, the armed forces of ukraine are in your direction, what can you say, just with ammunition, you just said that the means of monitoring drones, drones, seem to be enough, as with ammunition, there is no excess ammunition , so i will say that ammunition is enough to introduce an active defense, act by striking - offensive actions, but ammunition is always such a thing. the more the better, so for more effective work, of course, we call on our international partners to listen and provide more intensively both the weapons themselves and ammunition, it is also very important to note that providing ukraine with long-range missiles of the gls db type, which will be able to hit the enemy at a distance of up to 150 km, as well as aviation , are of priority importance, the sooner our partners provide us with these types of weapons, the sooner we will manage to de-occupy most of our territories. well, today and today in the next few days, aviation will be discussed, including in japan

, we will talk about it later and whatever aviation issues would be resolved in the direction where you are now, the first aviation has closed this is the main thing, and not only in the direction where we are, we know that the occupiers are terrorizing the entire population of ukraine there, even in the most loyal regions, and accordingly, for the effective fight against the air attacks of the enemy, which have been happening for the last week and a half , for sure, that night is normal, would be a means that secured our sky and our peaceful cities as much as possible. additionally, we limited the movement of the enemy at the expense of his aircraft in the air, they felt much more uncomfortable with the currently available forces it is possible to capture them in the presence of aviation, this will be done much easier and, in addition, any shock-assault actions, that is, advancing the deoccupation of our territories with the support of powerful aviation, the air

will be faster, the result will save the lives of the forces of the force defense and eliminate the occupiers as much as possible , therefore, the components it is in the air of planes. it is extremely important , that is why here i am sure that our partners will hear and will not delay. please, you have already mentioned the losses of the russian army, what can you say about them? during the last week of this month , if you take only the part of our unit that works in the direction of bakhmut , confirmed by video recorder, it was possible to eliminate 61 and 138 were wounded and will quickly adjust, it will definitely not return now i will leave aside the amount that was managed to be eliminated due to the adjustment of the artillery fire, these are the gains of the artillerymen simply under

our control, therefore we do not consider as exclusively our result as well as the number of firepower, starting from the aggression of mortars and ending with their artillery , therefore, the enemy really has local losses in this direction, both in manpower and in equipment. ivan sirka live from the bakhmut direction thank you thank you well minister of defense serhiy shoigu visited the advanced control point of the russian troops in the zaporizhzhia direction at least this is reported in the ministry of defense in russia, even a video of this visit appeared, but it is not possible to claim or verify that these shots and shoga were filmed in the zaporizhzhia region . according to the russian general staff, the minister of defense spoke with the command and presented awards to the russian military. it is interesting that what was already mentioned today by the head of the pvk

wagner prigozhin last week invited bakhmut to visit him. prigozhin was hunting for many years of experience in conducting hostilities by serhiy shoigu, and it was evidently that it was a kind of sarcasm, because actually experience command of the troops and military career that he is gone. he headed the russian ministry of emergency situations for more than two decades and was appointed minister of defense in 2012 after a short stay in the post of governor of the moscow region. well, i will remind you that prigozhin has recently been publicly and disparagingly addressing shoigu due to, in particular, the lack of supplies of pvc wagner of ammunition well, what does this alleged visit mean, that he is going to the front , we will talk about it further and live with us oleksandr musienko, head of the military legal center of research, congratulations, congratulations, well, this is not the first time that he is visiting front-line command posts, well, at least, if you believe the official statements of the ministry of defense of russia and this video that was released by them, if such a visit really

took place, what could it mean and why exactly zaporizhia direction i think that he does not mean practically anything because in principle all visits to the cities where the sheygun was were crowned with success for the russian army . and although it should be recalled that earlier he visited mariupol, occupied not only mariupol, and communicated with those responsible for the so-called south-donetsk in the direction, that's what they call it, but the russian troops didn't manage to capture the coal mines , move on, and so on. well, of course, he drives because he wants to demonstrate that he is in control of the situation. he drives wherever he needs to. where he deems necessary and, strictly speaking , at the same time, he does not visit such hot areas where active hostilities are taking place, because i want to remind you that he does not appear in

the direction of bakhmut or in the direction of crime after all, mariupol is also occupied, it is not the nearest point where active hostilities continue, after all, it is several tens of kilometers from the front line and the collision, so he visits more and more safer places, and the zaporizhia direction is also one of the decisive for the russian troops because they were strengthening the defenses there, they were building the tsar rukope, maybe now we see the footage of the awards - it is for a trench 70 km long, awarded by the minister of defense of russia - it is a know-how of engineering technology from the 19th century, i guess well , but at the same time, maybe he came it is impossible, he is simply making a symbolic visit in order to demonstrate that he is not afraid and keeps his finger on the pulse, in addition, they are checking the defensive positions that the enemy, wary of the ukrainian garrison, is setting up, in particular, the active one on the southern borders, this is the left bank of the kherson region

, this is the occupied part of zaporizhzhia ah , the region and the south of donetsk region, etc., actually speaking, i think that this is all connected to this , he makes and has made quite frequent trips, they can mean a lot this does not affect the situation on the battlefield, this is the key, well, in general, they said, they really asked why he does not visit such sharp ones, in particular, bakhmut, in general, it is possible to imagine, at least in theory, that such a meeting is beautiful, and that he is somewhere in a hot spot, or is it in principle it is unrealistic and he will avoid such a meeting without the minister of defense of russia. well, i think that from the point of view, if prigozhin approached him and reported to him, as the movie would do. him

in such a way that prigozhin declares something and he must immediately carry it out. not at all because of this point. and prigozhin is perceived differently . he submits that he has already reached the level of shoigu gerasimav and he already has the right to speak and dictate and so on and so on. actually speaking this is a barrier behind which they will not meet. well, if we have already started talking about the passage, let's talk about the bakhmut direction. in the last few weeks , there has been a lot of official and official information from the armed forces and from the institute of war studies that the armed forces of ukraine have successfully they are counter-attacking, they are going uh, well, they are actually retaking the flanks around bakhmut by hundreds of meters, ah, in your opinion, this is at the institute for the study of war, they say that it does not look like a major offensive operation, ah, in your opinion , it is an offensive operation from the ukrainian side , which has certain successes she is now