[000:00:00;00] what with shrapnel injuries from concussions, but they are saved by professional, cool, patriotic zaporizhia doctors, but the situation is difficult, i say here, everything must be treated very carefully and competently, what our guys are doing, in particular, there to destroy russian equipment, thank you very much for joining and they told what is happening in the zaporizhzhia direction kostyantyn denisov, a fighter of the legion of freedom, was on radio freedom, thank you, the armed forces of ukraine used only a small part of the prepared units and the main battles are still ahead, so writes reuters from with reference to western analysts, in particular, the publication quotes a military analyst from poland, konrad muzik, who will indicate that currently ukraine has used only 3 of the 12 brigades prepared for the counteroffensive in ukraine. officials

previously stated that the ministry of internal affairs had prepared eight assault brigades with 40,000 soldiers. let's show footage of the work of the third assault brigade in the direction of bakhmut, yes, first , the brothers left. approach , leave

. it's lit. we also have fresh footage taken from a drone , they show how bakhmut in donetsk region looks now, this video was shot by the 93rd kholodny yar brigade, i would like to remind you that well, first of all, you can now see what bakhmut looks like, and according to the information of the ukrainian authorities, e- around the end of may, there was a report that the city was 70-80 % destroyed, in principle, we can see it now from these footage . i will also remind you that the battles for bakhmut began in the summer of last year and already on may 20, the leader of the mercenaries yevgeny prigozhin, were the mercenaries

focused on bakhmut direction reported about the capture of bakhmut, the ukrainian authorities do not fully acknowledge this, and we often hear statements that the ukrainian military still maintains some of its positions on the outskirts of the city, we do not know how true this is, but in the direction of bakhmut , the ukrainian military is present. well, i will also remind you that until after the full-scale invasion , 70,000 people lived in bakhmut, and at the end of may, according to the ministry of reintegration of the occupied territories , about three to four thousand people remained in the city. and about the situation on the fronts, how can the situation there we will continue to change, andriy kramarov, a military expert, reserve officers of the armed forces of ukraine, joined our broadcast. good evening, i congratulate you. reuters reported today that, again with reference to its analysts there, that the counteroffensive of ukrainian troops has been going on for a week, but that kyiv has also been very involved a small part of the prepared units and

that the main battles are still ahead do you agree with this assessment and well, what does it mean to explain so easily to people who are not related to the army, the assessment is absolutely correct correctly assessed the router from our forces that we use, i explain the bells almost along the entire front line, here they perform such a task that they, you know, they create the foundation for our main strike, where it will be, we do not know, because now we see , well, active offensive actions today, for example, we were near the coal mine and , in general, the whole area. and this is the eastern part, all the main aspects of the front and the southern part. indeed, from the fifth of june, we began to check. now

the foundation is being built for the future of some such a large-scale offensive, which will involve much more personnel , forces and means, is a very difficult job, and now it is also an inspection of defensive fortifications. they use it, but what is called, well, such a classic, you can say combat reconnaissance is very hard work. moreover, the work is offensive actions - it is assault actions against the overwhelming forces of the enemy, well, this is heroism of the highest caliber. you can also say professionalism from our soldiers and that's why, but without these actions, we can hope for a successful , larger, more massive offensive . well, it will be absolutely wrong. while we were talking, i see that the statement

of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states mark milley has appeared. commented on the counteroffensive of the armed forces of ukraine and now he says that ukraine has begun to advance and they are gradually moving forward. this is a very difficult battle, it is very cruel and it will take a long time and the price will be very high. i will also note that today the ukrainian american institute for the study of war stated that the ukrainian forces are continuing counteroffensive actions in three directions and it is noted that this is bakhmutsky, that this is zaporizhzhia, and that this is the western part of the donetsk region . could you give us a brief description of what all these directions are, where the battles are now taking place? look, the southern direction

is a defense that our enemy was preparing well, for more than a year, that is, it’s a system of uh, the cops have defensive fortifications, some of them were concreted by our enemy, uh, these are deployment locations, where his artillery is placed , uh, plus, they have now pulled uh , up to 90% of their reserves there for information. they are very worried right here for the southern direction, eh, which are also taking place there, well, certain offensive actions are eh, they are opposed there , in principle, a fairly well-equipped and , let's say, not exhausted opponent in considerable numbers, but on this line it cannot be said that the athlete has any like how to zaporizhzhia defensive fortifications further we have this bakhmut where the enemy is exhausted, its personnel and gradually gradually we there are engaged in what, well , in fact, you are leveling the front line

well, again, we are checking how much they still have left after all these attacks our enemy's forces and means, and then i avdiyivka , which the enemy also unsuccessfully tried to encircle , continues to carry out bombing attacks there with these guided air bombs, something happened with us better sorry, i interrupted you because the connection went down and accordingly yes and accordingly in the direction of avdiyivka now the armed forces of these also claws around avdiyivka began to break more actively in order to force the enemy to retreat marinka in the principle of the status quo under the ugledar the armed forces of ukraine began certain offensive actions, well, in general, the eastern direction, except for the territory that was still temporarily occupied from the 14th to the 15th

year, in principle , there were no such serious defensive lines there , the front line was dynamic, scattered, so they did not prepare there to the defense to the offensive rather e except for the ice of donetsk luhansk oblast and that territory that has been uncontrolled since the 14th year, what about yes sorry, again there were some problems with communication, but it has already been fixed andrii, and what are the main advantages of the russian forces on e- in each of those directions or or in general this is what i understand, definitely not the wagnerites as it was in bakhmut on zaporizhzhia in the direction we heard today that these are quite prepared military well, you know not to engage in such hat-throwing, but to say as it is, how much is trained units and what to expect from them, look at the first line

, they usually use less prepared units - these are mobilized, and mobilized to the regular army from among the number of prisoners, and simply mobilized, they are worse equipped, and less technical the staffing is worse prepared, this is zero, this is the zero line, the army that retreated from, including from the right bank kherson, kherson, rested until it is staffed , uh , well, the regular army is also prepared. in the southern direction. but in the east, those connections that stand in the east, in principle , there are no special problems with the equipment there, and that's why, well, you can't say that there can't be any mood in zakydalsky at all, because well, we are opposed by

close 400,000 e-e in terms of personnel of the enemy army with, albeit understaffed in certain areas of the front, but nevertheless an insane amount of equipment and artillery, and plus e at the moment, so far, the advantage in the air, i understood you by the way today we will still discuss the perspective of the air superiority of the ukrainian army, today there was a meeting in the rammstein format, maybe, maybe , the question regarding the coalition of fighter jets was partially resolved, but i will return to this question again. today, in its report, british intelligence reported that prigozhin is allegedly challenging putin because there is a proposal from the russian ministry of defense that all mercenaries sign a contract with the russian ministry of defense and prigozhin's mercenaries they refuse to do it and prigozhin also refuses and then supports this step, we don’t know now how much it is a political

internal russian issue, but please tell me and and for what if we are talking about some influence on the situation on the battlefield, why do you understand? do you understand why the ministry of defense forces the russian mercenaries to necessarily all sign contracts. will this have any effect on the field on the field? i'm afraid of what this means because the military commands their general staff, so they begin to obey the general staff. and now it's the armed forces formations such as the command there, for example, mr. prigozhin and the persons who were appointed by him as commanders, in principle, have no influence except for the limitation of providing ammunition or certain equipment to the ministry of defense, well , quite there. they subordinate them to themselves and now they will be. well, they somehow become, in

fact, sign a contract with the armed forces . they become a regular army. well, there is the execution of orders, or something like that, or something such arrogance as that of prigozhina, well, in principle, this is all grounds for criminal punishment, mila, thank you very much, the forces of ukraine, we talked in particular about the situation on the fronts. help for ukraine, this is such preliminary information, but my colleague zoryana stepanenko directly followed the progress of rammstein today, she joins our broadcast zoryana my

greetings i already see and hear you i hope eh starry, what news did today's rammstein bring for ukraine. congratulations, vlas. this 13th rammstein, which became the first since the beginning of the long-awaited counteroffensive, brought ukraine its new military aid against the background of russian missile attacks that have become more frequent in the united states, britain, the netherlands, and denmark are strengthening ukraine's ability to repel them together in an urgent in order to provide it with hundreds of short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles, these parcels, so to speak, are intended to make ukraine less vulnerable from the air have already gone there and the transfer should be fully completed in a few weeks, the aid, as explained in the british ministry of defense, will protect critical infrastructure and help ensure success in counterattacks , new contributions to the strengthening of ukrainian air defense were announced by canada , the netherlands, italy, providing additional weapons systems, denmark and norway together 9,000 munitions and special attention was paid the supply of spare parts for the equipment that is already at the front and the repair of this equipment and how

to ensure it so that the tool does not fail at the moment such a responsible person now for ukraine evil is war, we know that there will be damage on the battlefield from both sides , what is important is that ukrainians have the opportunity to restore damaged equipment and return the damage to the battlefield. but to be honest, the ukrainians still have a lot of combat power . at the meeting, the preparation of trainings for ukrainian pilots and the efforts to create an air training coalition led by the netherlands and denmark and other countries joined the work. the american minister of defense noted the energetic movement in this matter and the determined spirit of the partners, adding that the training has not yet started by itself, because the united states still has, as the minister said , to approve the pilot training system and take other measures on what he said

for a while without specifying exactly how much, but his ukrainian colleague heard here today that the introduction of izef 16, the long-awaited for ukrainian pilots, was actually what he called important news for ukraine. they mentioned their own and the training was assumed earlier by the minister of defense of denmark and the netherlands can start in the summer today we received a commitment from our partners that the training will begin and that we will together build the structure of this fighter consortium we have a tank coalition anti-aircraft artillery family of the rsv family so i fully convinced that we will have a bird coalition, this means that the future forces of ukraine will remain the eastern shield of europe and nato journalists of the military leadership of the united states why the western

nato's flank is not as resolute as the eastern one supports ukraine's future membership, and lloyd osen said that in washington they support the policy of the open door of the alliance and further added that everyone will see how the allies are working to provide ukraine with what it needs for success, as well as further assurances in terms of security in the long term , he confirmed his promise to support ukraine because it will not be achieved. the door is no longer suitable for kyiv, even before the summit in vilnius itself, nato ukraine still expects to hear something more and not just an open door. but we will talk about it later. rammstein well, i will remind you that if you watch us on the internet on youtube or on facebook, like this broadcast, subscribe , the youtube algorithm works in this way what the more likes, the more people will know about us well

, the beginning of the training of ukrainian pilots for f16 fighter jets opens up an opportunity to consider the decision to start supplying the planes themselves to ukraine when the pilots are ready for this , the secretary general of the alliance jenstonberg said today. they intend to start training ukrainian pilots as soon as possible, but they did not specify when exactly to have air superiority. i think it is important

for ukraine to restrain russia in the future from repeated attempts and such an advantage, which we are now starting to work on by training ukrainian pilots on the f16, of course, will significantly increase the power of the ukrainian air force in the future, technically if you are a pilot, it is just another plane, but switching to the f16 for them would mean learning another technology , other design concepts so we just need to work with them and look for example at a partner like poland who also switched from 29 to f16 and learn from their lessons in this transition nothing now

we are studying all the logistical details and this it's really quite a complicated process, we have to see what knowledge these pilots already have, what kind of young people, what level of english they actually have, and the sooner we start, the better. our goal is to teach them this summer , we'll see if it's realistic. rammstein , minister reznikov expressed hope for the so-called bird coalition of the euro, the parliament approved a resolution in support of ukraine, in which , among other things, he called on nato member countries to start the process of accepting ukraine into the alliance is it true that after the end of the war, before ukraine acquires full membership, this is indicated in the text of this resolution. and the member states that , like nato allies and close partners, have some kind of cooperation with ukraine to create a temporary mechanism for security guarantees. well , in turn, the new york times draws

attention to the fact that during the 16 months of the full-scale war in ukraine, the us president constantly emphasized the unity of the alliance on the issue of ukraine. about that, silence was maintained only on one issue: when and how ukraine will join the countries bordering russia, lithuania, latvia, estonia, poland began to put pressure on nato most actively. they are calling for ukraine to make political commitments regarding future membership. on the eve of the summit, which i will remind you will take place in vilnius on july 11-12 , some members of the alliance are pushing to provide ukraine with concrete schedules. goals for true membership in nato that the truth is that the allies agree that this process must begin after the end of the war , the university states.

we will talk about this in more detail now, oleksiy ezhyak, an expert of the national institute of strategic studies, joins the broadcast. good evening, let 's first talk about today's rammstein. hopes for the bird coalition, i understand that alluding to the aviation coalition, so that you can highlight as the most important thing today and what we did not hear. well , after all, rammstein rammstein, all these meetings are logistical meetings, they do not decide political issues, they solve the question of how to do what was agreed on at other political levels, when it comes to the bird coalition, it is primarily logistics , how to create, how to teach, where to take and how to integrate, to integrate different versions of aircraft that different nato countries have now, well, in different degrees of readiness they are but it is necessary

to collect, deliver, safely base , train pilots, but i think now it is usually resolved, a logistical issue, but still, time is the main thing for any rammstein meeting, this is the current supply on the battlefield because of the increased consumption of ammunition for rockets, the equipment breaks down, it gets into a combat situation and requires replacement, and yet , here is the pace at which the leopard was imported , the ammunition for the hi-mars was imported, now the pace will be even higher, and it is necessary to follow these logistics, that's why i and i think that was the main thing that was there now. and if we talk about fighter jets, look now. we only hear such hopes and expectations that pilot training will begin soon. perhaps it has already begun . by the way, he claimed he claimed today

air force spokesman yuriy ignat but nevertheless, we do not currently hear clear intentions when , how many, under what conditions, ukraine will receive f16 , it is simply not the time to address this question objectively. it was announced that in principle it was agreed that in the fall, in september, it is possible that ukraine can already receive several f16 squadrons . well , it is unofficial. it doesn't happen simply according to the words, it is necessary to launch all these mechanisms , at the same time, to coordinate international positions and supply from many countries and many

routes, so i think it is more or less guaranteed in september, maybe earlier the first western fighters will appear, and the total number in september may be several scds and already trained and prepared and integrated with the patriot system - this, i think, is the main thing now, well, the main feature of those in 16 ukraine receives is that they are integrated patriot systems i understood you then, to donato, let's move on. today, the european parliament called on nato allies to invite ukraine to the alliance . the relevant resolution was adopted . please tell me what it means in practice. this consensus, unfortunately, i would say it is real

, but unfortunately, one could have hoped for more . well, in principle, it corresponds to what the secretary general says, to what appeared in international publications earlier and unfortunately, this jesus is such that there is at least one good thing that i understand that the budapest memorandum is not enough and it is impossible to have members between these poles, there is a large set of tools, but concretely no one yet knows well what is understanding and this consensus is understanding and which resolution is demonstrated from international institutions, including that these problems must be solved immediately in relation to the search for acceptable guarantees. otherwise, as everyone in nato understands, the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelenskyi, will not come to vilniauska

themselves, then the question will arise, and why nato is doing what it can offer ukraine at this vilnius summit. well, we know that donato includes 31 countries and supposedly all are equal there, but there is an equal and informally we know more precisely how all the experts agree on this so that such a leadership role in nato is still the main one the united states of america is playing this game, and today the new york times wrote about the fact that the partners are allegedly pressuring joe biden to voice some decisive position regarding ukraine's accession to nato, and the allies are demanding this from him. and please tell me about what does biden's silence say and what weight would his voice have? if he had somewhere publicly declared that ukraine's place in nato and somehow more clearly outlined the peaceful guarantees that ukraine has been insisting on for the past 10-15 years, the situation would have changed a lot

regarding the fact that what was the weight of the united states in the decision-making process regarding the expansion? there really was a period when it was preserved until the crimean operation. well, before the occupation of the crimea, there was such an understanding that everyone believes the united states if the united states says that a certain the country must be admitted to nato , this means that, well, it is. united states, other countries also do not check us united states, they have their own position, but now when we talk about the position of the united states, the situation has just turned around here. here, uh, the united states

has doubts. but at the same time , germany also has doubts. now it depends on who in the current situation can jointly create a new consensus to influence the position of other countries , well , that is, relatively speaking. must join and france must join the coalition and if now biden said yes, we are for the immediate membership of ukraine in nato , we would still have to hear what olaf would say in shock. would be enough to influence the position of certain countries, but in the end, i wouldn't say that baida is silent, after all , hungary was told that if

hungary's position is destructive, then they don't get inhibitions, that's more words, i think yes, yes itself was historic regarding the membership of sweden and the supply of f-16 for turkey, so i think the united states is not silent, but they have their own plan, we do not agree with it, but they have their own plan. thank you very much. we will definitely return to nato llc itself which themselves nato, which will be held in vilnius on july 11-12, so far eh. for the time being, we are making some approximate predictions about this. thank you very much oleksiy ezhyk, an expert of the national institute of strategic studies, was on radio liberty . ukraine should take advantage of the window of opportunity to conduct a successful counteroffensive this year, because