[000:00:00;00] well, the russians blew up the kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and it's 55 billion uah, that's all, and i'm not talking about those problems, what kind of help did you immediately give, you know, it's interesting to know this from a person who did it all firsthand , firsthand, as they say, what else is she didn't need it, how did you manage to save people and what are you focusing your work on these days, please? well, it all started with the fact that we woke up in the morning there somewhere at 4-5 in the morning and learned the news that the gs was blown up and we immediately went to kherson. we started in nikolaev there is literally time to drive and we went to the island, it was not yet sunk

, that is, the first couple of trips to the island were still on a dry road. the problem is that people did not believe that the water would rise and they say there we will sit here for a day or two and everything will end, uh, it literally lasted there for two or three hours, and somewhere already at 3 o'clock in the afternoon it was difficult to get to the island, the water was already it rose there by 30-40 centimeters and we were simply afraid to get a hydraulic shock on our boats uhu and we were already grinding until three temporary people were taken out. then we started to deliver humanitarian aid, uh, this is hyena food to the people who were taken out, that is, we went to the hospital . there were a lot of elderly people, uh, not only the hospital there

in my opinion, there were 130 people. these were those who were not taken out . we arrived there at 8-9 o'clock in the evening. food was distributed. the day is upon us it started very early, our partners arrived just in time with boats and motors, and we spent the whole second day in the water, that is, we swam out looking for animals, uh, they took them to the shore, they took them, they took our partners there from nikolaev, from shelters, that is, literally animals the car was assembled, they immediately left so that they did not sit there in the sun, they were in a chocolate condition and so it was, too , until it got dark and on the third day we went to the region upstream of the dnieper because we saw that in kherson began to drag on

a large number of volunteers, but at the same time there was no information about the region , even uh, we then communicated with the coordinates of uh , the regional administration, and they said that there is a village, there is no connection with it, even if you would know what is there and the next day we went there all the way crossings were flooded, we had to make a circle there of about 150 km, that is, we climbed above the gs and then went down to the bottom already along the current, we arrived in the region there, too, some houses were partially flooded, there were 15 houses, 50 houses were completely up to the roof in the water, they also gave out no humanitarian kits where there were also a lot of people like you, and we pleased them with sweets and toys, in general, what we had

was because when we went to kherson, we uh, well , i don’t know that the gs will explode. we were just going to the front-line cities to help you residents a- and the villages turn out to be what we planned to go there to yuzhnoe selo below kherson. and maybe i will briefly ask yevgeni whether you had the opportunity to communicate with people or help people who were able to evacuate from the left bank, er, where there were enemies from the occupied the part that managed to escape because today people tried to leave by swimming from the left bank to the right and the russians opened fire on them in the back and now they are being rescued in kherson , the doctors are trying to fight for their lives, this is about evacuation and some do not evacuate at all because their boats were taken away and where would they even i really wanted well, please, didn’t the waves communicate with the left bank because we had inflatable boats with pretty good motors, that is, a rather big sparrow was this current, and there was

a moment when our boat and motors broke through it was not enough to flow upstream. i rowed and my friend asked me to use the motor for something else or to hand over er. therefore, in order to get there to the left bank or at least to try, you first need a frame boat, something like an aluminum one, for example, and that’s enough we didn't have a powerful engine , so it's difficult to fight with big water, i even thank you for your work. thank you for joining them and answering my questions . to the armed forces of ukraine well, this week he actively helped people in the flooded areas of the kherson region and told us both his impressions and about his work and about the problems that exist, that is, we understood that there will be many problems. water

, medicines, clothes, some kind of housing, but then there will be a question of another infection, outbreaks of possible infectious diseases , e . a lot of money, a lot of attention, it won't disappear that easily, now it's time to talk to serhiy skvorts, director of the defense express agency, the leading accountant of the column, military summaries of the day , serhii. i congratulate you, vasyl. do you have confirmation that regarding the statement of the ministry of defense of the russian federation in my aggression, so let's call them those who cry out that the armed forces of ukraine hit their ship in the black sea , why don't you know about this, please? well, there is indeed information from the ministry of defense of the aggressor state that their ship pryazovya was attacked by the ukrainian by naval drones at night and in fact that they repelled the blows of six of these attacking drones, they claim that the ships were not

damaged. but in any case, i think that we should be more persistent on the ukrainian side regarding the russian ships and i think that we should wait for such effective actions of our electrons when they will really destroy russian ships and submarines that will try to launch cruise missiles on our territory, so i think that this time will happen soon and further in our war work, we will talk about the state of affairs at the level of the front than our military and about the features of the enemy's strategy, our military analysts will talk about it in a moment. so , ukraine is starting to return to its very format of the already summer offensive operation, although we usually talk about it as a big counteroffensive or it began. volodymyr zelenskyi said at the saturday press conference in kyiv that the counteroffensive and

defensive actions are indeed taking place, and all military leaders are optimistic and positive about future hostilities, however official information about the counteroffensive is quite limited, but there is more and more information that comes from the education of analysts and from official representatives of certain military units or from the military themselves. what can we say now about the fact that, in particular, in zaporizhzhia, the dynamics of hostilities are really on the way increased if we take into account the statement of the commander of the tauri direction, he says that yesterday one company of the enemy's personnel was destroyed, today about five, that is, in fact , it is about 700,500 enemies who are being destroyed due to the active work of our artillery, this is actually a reflection of active hostilities in the zaporizhzhia region and in the donetsk direction, at the same time i will

say that the status of certain settlements that were either in the gray zone or under the control of the occupiers is actually changing to a status that is already is such that these settlements are already under the control of the armed forces, if we look at different directions, well , first of all, i will start with the settlement of lapkovo - this is precisely the zaporizhzhia region - this is the movement in the direction of pyatikhatka. next to vasilivka, there is a video from our soldiers, who from gopro cameras show how they enter this settlement also in the west of the zaporizhzhia region, the ukrainian armed forces achieved local successes during counterattacks to the southwest and southeast of orihiv, there is also a video about this confirmed by geolocation and of course

during the week, there were hostilities in the area of ​​greater novosilka, this is a line that started from novodarivka, not boringly, novodonetsk, and it is precisely from there today, you know, that positive news arrived from the armed forces that the settlement of blagodatne was liberated. to the south of the great novosilka, and as explained by the command of our armed forces, the enemy tried to resist the latter but could not resist the onslaught of ukrainian defenders and there are, by the way, russian prisoners of war, in parallel with the liberation of blagodatny , the enemy also left this settlement which is also not far from blagodatny. and it shows that all these videos that are now appearing actually change the perception of the picture of the battlefield, and they slightly

change the fog of war that continues at the beginning of the week, russian military personnel were shown from different angles showing combat operations near the small tokmachka, this is near gorikhov , where it was hit, the leopard tanks and the bradley infantry fighting vehicle were hit there, so a video from the 47th brigade appeared, if you analyze it carefully, it is actually possible to claim that in fact that battle proved the high level of our fighters who actually built enough defenses under the enemy's attack and ensured , first of all, the preservation of personnel and there was no panic that i, well, actually it was enough to watch, yes, it’s pleasant, it’s clear that these guys can really fight in any conditions, but we understand that conclusions about the hostilities near the small temachka should also be made, because we understand that the means of covering the air force there are different. they should be taken into account when

carrying out further offensive operations and we understand that every part of the front which is now extremely active, every meter of territory that we care for the enemy is given to us with a difficult fee, we understand about life of our military who, in principle, really provide these solutions at the expense of their skillful skill and challenges that relate precisely to the training of our personnel and now we can talk about other areas, we can talk about bakhmut . it is positive that the advance in the area there up to 1400 m was talked about yesterday by the representative, the spokesman of the management, from the north-east, but we understand that the enemy in these areas and under the top and under

the ticks, which is still powerful, is trying to defend and it is precisely at the expense of artillery that we are knocking it out now, but they are trying to dig in and hold the defense if they say that the enemy is not going to leave the positions that he captured and this requires further courage from our soldiers to advance the enemy in the territory temporarily occupied by the enemy and now actually everyone direction remains important and extremely relevant. therefore, now we will talk about another section of the front where the situation, which our guest will tell us about , remains with us now, oleksandr afanasyev - he is an officer the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine that defends siversk, mr. oleksandr. i congratulate you. glory to ukraine . congratulations to

the heroes. glory to the heroes. on the part of the front where your military unit is located now , how does this affect the specifics of combat operations in your part, well, on our part of the front , the enemy overthrew special units of the spetsnaz, namely the 2/4 brigade of special the appointment of the siberians, who conduct active aerial reconnaissance, use combat attack drones of the lancet type and try to destroy our equipment . we are also fighting, well, that is, we are talking about the fact that instead of the wagnerites, the 24th brigade came here, and uh, uh, representatives of the lpr there and in kadyrivka, they also remained on these

parts of the front or now completely only the regular army has replaced this swamp, look at the special unit and the special purpose brigades they do not sit in the trenches, they perform a special task, these are elite units , they are fully staffed, if they are transferred to our area, it means the enemy, i am worried that we will also go large-scale next , and this brigade is opposite us, we are doing the same work that they did not transfer it to another direction where active hostilities are taking place. that is, we also add combat work from it , we try to put models of armored vehicles and they destroy wooden tanks with lancets, so here we have our own war in that regard, we have been in position for almost a year and since that moment we have never retreated and the enemy is, let's say, at 180° and our main task is not here as much as possible enemy troops against all risks and our performance at the beginning of the year, because you were the commander

, the ivankovychs led the defense of a group that carried out such actions against the enemy , now the form of actions has changed somewhat, or as before , the need for hostilities also applies the use of armored units and artillery means, how exactly are the combat operations at the current stage, well, at the expense of the armed groups, i am the commander of the defense group, i will tell you that this is a tactic in the execution of the defense groups - it is, let's say, not so long ago , it began to be used, it is different equipment 113 bmps of various modifications and tanks and they act together mobile groups that destroy advanced units or destroy the enemy that is trying to advance, that is, let's say this is how it is, this is how we use it, this is a tactic the selected group is very effective. now we are resuming contact with

oleksandr afanasyev, an officer of the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, if he can hear us now , then we will continue this conversation . trying to capture the soledar is now trying to conduct combat operations there in the area of ​​belogorivka and soledar in order to somehow encircle our group . but if we see now , there are no operative possibilities because our military well, such opportunities are causing significant damage to the enemy. oleksandr a. are all the power capabilities of our armed forces sufficient now, or do we really have the maximum deterrent effect for the enemy, given that the supply of your group has become somewhat difficult due

to the capture of the soldier, we are fighting here and once again i say for a year and i am used to performing all combat tasks with those from the post well that's all what we have is just a minimum minimum for as if now we will restore contact again and i would like to clarify and what what is happening right now in seversk itself, is the civilian population still there, how is it now behaving, why do they say, are there people there who actually, to be honest, probably contribute to the enemy and bring risks to the activities of our armed forces? well, i already think of such people that their there is almost nothing left. and i think that there is nothing left at all. what remains are our people who are pro-ukrainian, whom the army helps with everything they can. did you say that

the enemy uses lancet attack drones, or are there any developed methods of countering this? means of destruction, what is the most effective , well, the day before yesterday, the enemy posted a video in telegram of how he destroys my wooden tank . i think that we received orders and awards there, if that you better mislead the enemy, we have a lot of boxes for ammunition, so we can rivet as much as we want, are there any operatives? well, there are attempts to somehow influence our communication system, to suppress, uh, negotiation possibilities, are they working on our means of communication

reliable enough well, if the weather has gotten very, very bad now, we communicate with you, not everything is so bad, what is the current dynamics of the use of artillery on both sides, is there a certain overshoot, or what changes are taking place in the enemy, let’s say so, like it was last year, now it saves the bull, they use there is less ammunition, but they are roaming around the city ungodly. looking everywhere, this has always worried me and i do not understand these military personnel who are fighting with the honey population, mr. oleksandr. they will show this destruction of a wooden tank and please comment on this video, where it was exactly, how it happened, how was it possible to mislead the enemy, well, let's just say that there were armored vehicles there, and when the wooden tank was simply assembled, i myself doubted that they would behave, but they behaved that is, in fact, they could not distinguish your tank from a real

tank. well, of course, i will say that the means of visual surveillance from this drone are not that good, but everything was done correctly and there are a lot of such tanks deployed in seversk and the surrounding area, the enemy shows that he will destroy our armored vehicles, in fact, this network is not a secret, mr. oleksandr. thank you very much for your inclusion, for your work, for your service , for what you do for our country, and i will remind our dachas that oleksandr afanassie, an officer of the 54th armed brigade, was broadcast to us of the forces of ukraine defending siversk and then continuing goodbye and then about other aspects of the confrontation with the enemy and actually about the insidiousness of the aggressor now where is oleksiy ezhyk an expert of the national institute of strategic studies studying, mr. oleksiy, congratulations i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear, and i would like to start our conversation in the situation related to

the kakhov hpp. and actually, was this a military calculation against the enemy in order to limit our defensive offensive capabilities there , or are we actually already moving to such a new stage where the enemy is trying to carry out the strategy of such an escalation for the sake of escalation , raises the stakes and will try in such a hybrid way, there, here, the kakhovskaya hpp , then the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, to put pressure on the west and on ukraine. what are your assessments, well, first of all everything i would say that this is a war crime and a war crime committed for bad reasons . well, there are signs that they tried to stop a new offensive to complicate the possibility of an offensive in the direction

of crimea. it is possible to get to armyansk very quickly by walking along the seashore. maybe, but still, there is more to this in this event . you know, this is a possible escalation of what you said. there is no such direct connection directly to the safety of the station, but the fact is that the law from the supreme war which regulates is rich in what can be done and what cannot be done, so the hydroelectric power station there are not stations are passed by the same articles and the same articles say about what can be done, what can't be done, if they did something at the hydroelectric plant, they released, as the law says, and ordinary wars , dangerous natural forces, this means that they can do the same thing, well, at least a hint

that they are psychologically ready to release dangerous natural forces at such a facility as the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station . that is why it is such a complex move. i think it is, after all, a sign of bad management because it is impossible to calculate all consequences and if they take such steps and they cannot calculate all the consequences , and judging by the way they respond to what they have done, they say that they did not list all the consequences and on the way they change, er, they change er versions of what happened, well at least they significantly change the modalities, so i think here it is, well, i say it again, it is a war crime that was made with a bad calculation , and then when we talk about the reactions of international structures, about the reaction of the leading countries to the undermining of the kakhov hpp,

what in your opinion is this reaction to that that according to my estimations it looks so too well and too slow and too restrained why otaki well not categorical conclusions and such slowness in actions there on the part of the un there and the red cross of other structures in general it seems to me primarily due to the fact that the entire international system reacts very badly, reacts very badly, reacts very badly to capable of responding to modern threats, this whole system was created after the second world war, and apart from nato, in general, everything else seems to me, well , even nato, there are certain doubts about efficiency, but there is more or less what will be done , and that's all and the rest turns into bureaucracy , this bureaucracy has a certain resource for solving small problems and prevention

of vaccination, since when did such questions arise but they can no longer stop a big war, they can only provide a platform when the negotiations start, or there is a platform for negotiations, they can communicate and solve certain humanitarian issues, and so on that when the war ends, all this must be radically rebuilt. and as for the reaction of individual countries, i think that among our partners there are those countries that are determined to do so, there are two aspects. after all, this event was made at the stage when there was another probe of negotiating positions, the future began, the decoupling operation began, it is clear that the russian elites

are reacting in a certain way and putin is reacting in a certain way from the side of china and from the side of germany. this call, but there is such a probe of positions, russia is not yet ready to get out of this war, and i think that these are the ones who did this detonation, they were counting on the fact that the west will not be able to give up these so easily consultations. well, it's just such a step, how often does russia take a step when it realizes that it's difficult to abandon ongoing consultations and then do something like that and declare its negotiating position. in this way, no, i think that our partners are won't affect because if they decide what should be given to the wigs, they will give it to their hands, but if they don't give the wigs uh, it will be a bad signal for

further such steps, what i mean is to give the wigs, well, a few, a few, a few steps , the first major public step new orders for arrest by the international criminal court for those who are against those who obviously did it in russia and here i understand that there is a certain investigation going on in the united states and in the united kingdom regarding who exactly gave such an order well here you can understand a certain delay then absolutely must be clear indicators against those corporate structures in russia that are responsible for the operational control of such objects as the kakhovskaya dam and the zaporizhzhia station there at the station. controls well, here are the steps, if absolutely clear indicators are taken, that the consequences will be very serious

in case of continuation. well, it is good if there are no such signals, well, it will be an encouragement to russia for further war crimes, paralyzing . thank you very much for your such balanced and clear comments to our viewers , i will remind you that on the espresso channels there was oleksiy ezhyk, an expert of the national institute of strategic studies. of the international community on the actions of the russian federation, in addition to sanctions , other options must be sought that will actually prevent the russian federation from carrying out such terrorist acts. and the main factor that can make this impossible is the ability of the armed forces on the battlefield. on the world community and on the environment of the countries bordering

the russian federation, how it will happen , i think that we will see the results of these hostilities, and summing up the program, i can say that the broadcast continues, vasyl zima with his news and our journalists who will talk about international and economic news . we are starting to inform about the most important things from donetsk region , the russian occupiers are being driven out, the defense forces liberated another village of nesochne in the golovnovatsky district , the relevant video was released by the fighters of the seventh of a separate battalion of the areas of the ukrainian volunteer army on june 10, 7 and we need