[000:00:00;00] in a way, but the soul is pushed into the garbage, we disassemble the anti-aircraft guns and the fields bite off such an artificial territory of 100 m², they live in the future and it can be quite a long time, because there is no way to expect such advances that were not in kharkiv oblast, there is a continuation and, uh, there is still denis popovych, a military expert, was in touch with us. a nationwide minute of silence will be observed with a minute of silence in memory of the ukrainian soldiers and peaceful citizens

of ukraine who died in the war that started it

at the beginning of july, russia had an active front line installed more than 1200 km mine is taking place in the kherson region, zaporizhzhia, kharkiv region, luhansk region, and donetsk region, however, according to the ministry of defense, the military initiative went to the side of ukraine, how many years are they waiting for what was promised, or when will the f16 planes be handed over to ukraine? and oil depots, how many occupants are there they came to crimea and what routes are recommended for them to flee? i congratulate iryna kovalova. watch the news. summary of the week on the espresso tv channel. the armed forces of ukraine are approaching the moment when their counteroffensive actions against the russian invaders can already gain momentum

, president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said, speaking on friday via video link on aspensik . horn does not give up the desire to seize these territories but lose ours of the armed forces is nine times smaller than the enemy. if we talk about the losses of equipment, they really are, but despite the intensity of battles lower than the russians, then five directions on the front: kupyansk, limansky, bakhmutsky, avdiivskyi and mariinsky remain the most difficult on the limansky direction around bakhmut, the main forces of the russian army are concentrated during the occupation of these territories

. quantitative composition and especially in artillery despite this, our troops advance daily up to one kilometer, realizing that the enemy has no success in the direction of bakhmut, he has become more active in kupyan, the main goal of which is to divert the attention of the defense forces of ukraine and draw our forces there . more details about the situation at the front can be found in the material of my colleagues. according to the ukrainian general staff, the active front line at the beginning of july was more than 1200 km . and in different parts of the front, the situation is not the same in the south the armed forces of ukraine are gnawing through the enemy's defenses and are conducting an active counter-battery fight, that is, they are destroying the enemy's artillery, the situation for the ukrainian army is complicated by huge mini-fields and enemy aviation, they make it impossible to use armored vehicles on a large scale. however, the initiative in this direction is on the side of the armed forces of ukraine, a different picture in the kupyansk liman direction, kupyansk is one of the largest railway hubs of the kharkiv region, the russians occupied it at

the beginning of a full-scale invasion, but the armed forces liberated the city in the process in a lightning operation in september 2022, on october 1, lyman, a city in donetsk region, was also liberated, which opens the way for a further offensive on donbas. since then, the occupiers have tried to improve their positions along the kupyansk lyman line. 500 artillery systems at the peak of the number in afghanistan , the soviet troops were 120,000. that is, this is

the last war that ukrainians could remember before this great war, that is, there are more than 100,000 opposing ukrainian soldiers, the enemy has concentrated its landing units there, and it has concentrated its motorized infantry units the best, another very hot section of the bakhmut front, or rather its surroundings in the north and south, here the armed forces have the initiative and are advancing, according to the information of military observers, the advance in the south in the area of ​​klitschivka is more successful, the occupiers are putting up strong resistance in the gen the headquarters do not hide that they plan to surround the city and eventually turn over it control for the time being, all the conditions have been created in order to take back this city, but with tens of times less losses, the location of the russian troops at the moment resembles such a bow , which is concentrated in bakhmut and they are in a semi-encirclement, it is simply impossible not to take advantage of this, active actions continue in other parts of donbas, in particular in the area of ​​maryanka and avdiyivka near donetsk, there the russians are also trying to attack in different areas of the front and in the armed forces and the enemy have different tasks somewhere to break through the enemy's defenses and

where to force him to spend reserves and relax the pressure in other directions, therefore, some analysts compare the summer campaign with a big and bloody chess game, the situation at the front can change in one direction several times a day even now, while you are watching our release, because it is ongoing and some positions may already be under the control of our armed forces, now the war has become so dynamic that decisions are made in a few hours and only a few people know about them, but we can understand what is happening at the front now

and whether our counteroffensive is going according to plan so my guest today is the director of the information and consulting company defense express, serhiy zgurets, mr. serhiy, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, so i want to start our conversation from the south of ukraine, because the western media and politicians have repeatedly expressed the opinion that they expected faster results, the ukrainian command notes that the territory in the south is mined, and therefore it is really difficult to advance there, besides, we do not have aviation, so please tell us more about the situation in the southern direction and what could help us to liberate it faster these territories well when we talk about the southern direction, this is really the area to which the main attention of our society and foreign politicians and experts is drawn during this month of hostilities, the armed forces changed their tactics. after the first offensive actions near the small tokmachka, they made conclusions and now the main offensive actions are actually concentrated in two directions , in the direction of berdyansk, in the direction of melitopol - these are the two areas where major changes

are currently taking place on the battlefield. chained to just such advancing at the expense of small units that, after demining the territory, move forward with the support of artillery, here we actually have two areas, this is just from er-e large novosilka, we have battles near er-e old marvel- staro maiorsk, they are giving combat operations in the vicinity of these settlements, also er-e there are battles for the shelter when we are talking about exactly this direction for us er-e melitopol well, actually, when the second area is combat operations in the direction of the work there there

is also counter-fighting with with the enemy and there, this line of work is not recruiting now, well, this is the main line of resistance by the athlete, the enemy is also trying to get these areas by throwing them, then it is necessary , and just like that, the regular use of reserves by the enemy will get our advance, but the fact that lorom is throwing reserves from the deeper territory, then, in this way, it is not sergey to create the prerequisites for further advancement in these directions , well, according to anna malyar, the deputy minister of defense, the eastern front remains the most difficult, the enemy does not abandon his desire to go to the border and donetsk and luhansk regions wants to seize the kupyan and bakhmut directions at the beginning of the counteroffensive, we were happy that the armed forces of ukraine could encircle bakhmut, take it into a ring and thus destroy the rashists, what is the situation there now? well, our question is to single out only the issue of bakhmut, first of all, there are really all the prerequisites for the real syrians to encircle bakhmut, but now the enemy is trying

to use the end of this area as much as possible to try to restrain the ukrainian advance, but we know that there are positive actions ukrainian units that ensure the liberation of our territory in the north on bakhmut, there is an advance towards the beaver shelter, there is a good situation with the manning of the dominant heights above the klichchivka and the liberation of the samoyeds, what documents are there? well, the actions are actually related to pushing out the enemy from the south under bakhmut, that is, all these directions of activity are under the control of ukrainian artillery and the actions of our units are precisely directed at squeezing out the units of the russian army that receive these areas, mr. serhiy, well, separately

i want to pay attention to everything in the kupyan direction where the enemy does not stop attacking and tries to go deep into our territories and defeat our troops, really when we talk about the direction of kupyansk svatovo, the criminalist, starting from july 12, there are actually offensive actions on everything in this, there are three threatening directions, this is precisely the attack on kupyansk, there is an attempt to advance in the direction of borova, this is the middle part of this area . the enemy tries first of all

to implement measures that the breakdown of things rejected our grouping behind the river o skil and actually for this purpose it will be carried out. well, further actions will probably be carried out in the direction of the kupyan threshold to try to cut our grouping, which is in this area, but the enemy is moving there, he managed to move to the left in front of grishtyol, this is just near karmazinovka, there are two areas of combat near novoselovskoye eye. now, they are quite active, where the fighting continues, just as the fighting continues, it is necessary along the entire line of populated areas to begin there is a makarivka nevsky terne-torske all these settlements are now under attack by the enemy, so i think that now the ukrainian leadership is paying special attention to this entire front line, or the body, on the contrary, is trying to transfer reserves and suppress its initiatives by using an excessive number of personnel artillery, but i repeat the dynamics are such that there are no strategic changes on this part of the front and there are no successes on the part of the front

, sergey well, what role do strikes on ammunition depots play? indeed, the ukrainian bridged production strikes to the enemy or concentrated stocks there and the armament of ammunition and fuel equipment is also a complication, so in any case we understand that such strikes against deep bodies will continue for a certain time so that these measures can then be translated into an opportunity to ensure the advance of our forces in the south after the enemy's defenses will be numerous close areas where these forces and means are destroyed directly in the first and

contact lines and will be exhausted the supply of any forces and means from the depths of the territory of the russian federation using both crimea and the city of kerch serhii thank you for today's communication and for your comments thank you serhii zgurets, the director of the information and consulting company defense express , was in touch with us . on the battlefield but to which

you can buy it at any electronics store , our soldiers are changing the course of the war, the espresso film crew visited the front lines together with the air reconnaissance unit of the national guard of ukraine, so there are interesting details of their work and exclusive videos, see further this is what a jeweler looks like under the ground, these drones what we have, they give the throne all the control of the battle, all the intelligence, the adjustment of our guys, the aerial scouts , the senior soldier oleksandr, the burned soldier maksym the beaver yanka, your skill , guys, is very, very helpful, maxim remembers the story that impressed the president so much, the guys destroyed a tank that was damaged by two grenades, but it was combat-ready and protected, but we thought of this, judge. only, it was in such a projection that they tore the grid just so, and it started to burn very successfully. the guys learned to go and see that there were no infantry nearby, because such shots should be carried out on the small formation for the sake of volume, so that it would not be knocked down by sniper fire, and accordingly, the second drone shoots in the same way, so we did it like this for the first time not far away. by

the way, mines were demined from that tank the enemy's barrier there are 15 anti-tank cities, but the explosion was very powerful. the guys fly drones all the time and learn something new every time. oleksandr shares a life hack on how to work from the so-called gray zone. i'll say that to remote antennas, the further we go, the more protection increases. it's sad that we work with remote antennas and it greatly improves the work. we survive. air reconnaissance has become many times more than drones. this is the biggest discovery of modern warfare. such a kid can save a lot. lives of ukrainian soldiers and

also to cause a lot of trouble for the enemy and on unlike the german leopards, each of us can equip our army with such things. aerial reconnaissance means need constant updating. and although copters are much cheaper than everything else, drones are consumables, we constantly need them to replenish funds. we are partly helped by good people, but still a little. our stocks are already running low on cartridges. we ask you to support us with our fees. our fees are hryvnias. these soldiers need our help. you can see the details of the funds on the screens now. please support us. fighters who bring ukraine's victory over the russian invaders closer artem lagutenko oleksiy kutsuk from donetsk for the espresso tv channel everything we can do with our own strength and we are doing it is extraordinary at the time as reported in the white house f16 will arrive in ukraine as soon as possible until the end of the year for the last few months, on average, announcements about the transfer of planes to ukraine were heard every week, but pilot training has never started, who is slowing down the process and whether f16 are actually capable

of changing the situation on the battlefield valeriya pashko learned from the beginning of the full-scale the invasion of russia, ukraine asks western partners to provide aviation finally during the g7 summit at the end of may, president biden agreed to the training of our pilots, but in the last two months, nothing has happened, except that abroad, germany, from time to time, mistakenly reported the start of training, our pilots are ready to leave, although tomorrow the partners are procrastinating a lot, saying that the carpentry process yes, we would like to speed up the transfer of aircraft

. they are nato for more than 10 years, they have been stuck in the queue for more than 10 years. at 16, the pilots who have been determined will go to study and retrain at 16. the first group is the advanced group, which will be the first to fly in the ukrainian national plane . it has been ready for two months . they have been sitting on their suitcases . of 11 european states , a green light from the president was required biden and there were difficulties with this. they still look back at the position of the russian federation. unfortunately, when i talk to our partners with congressmen from the bundestag and parliamentarians, i tell you what to watch. here is a concrete, clear example of an effective information war against you, the russian federation. remind us of the necessary weapons to provoke the russian federation to something

. well, what else can you provoke it by using nuclear weapons ? the us can be explained reinsurance, because the plane is a complex weapon. it is better to keep information about it secret until the last. the china factor is also important for beijing. any alleged escalation from the west is perceived as hostile geopolitically, and for kyiv and washington, a neutral china is more profitable than one that helps the russian federation to keep this balance of china for

the americans. thais give weapons will be in developing than now to fight without the same planes china can be calculated with china can be adequately warred with russia the main fear remains this unpredictable unpredictability pilot training can finally begin at the end of summer in august, however, the air force is not given a hundred percent guarantee they plan to train dozens of pilots in several waves for this they selected the best specialists pilots had to be selected by several criteria this knowledge of the english language is someone better than someone worse that is why here was already held homework this young pilots should be what before the transfer of aircraft, it will probably happen not earlier than 2024 only ready infrastructure and pilots are able to perform the fighting of the task and engineer of equipment to serve at this moment will make the decisions of the right now the aircraft will be aircraft. radius of the ability to hang more

bombs and missiles pilot of the western fighter has full information about the situation on the battlefield , where the enemy targets are located, where their planes and ground air defense systems are located, besides, on the f16, the pilot sees the enemy in the sky at the greatest distance, so he can destroy him even before the enemy notices him, american missiles are longer-range, besides, and they work according to a different principle, he fired, he forgot, that is, he launched a missile and you perform an anti-missile maneuver so that you are not hit, our missiles work according to the principle of semi active radar guidance, that is, all the time

it is necessary to illuminate the target in order for the missile to go to it as if in a tunnel or as if on rails, thanks to western aviation, ukraine will be able not only to protect its people, it has discovered enemy missiles and drones, together with the means of air defense, to drive russian aviation away from the border, to strike safely along the entire front line without entering the zone of damage to enemy targets, as well as to protect the sea . takes place, first there are battles planes, then artillery, and the last to arrive at the threshold of the infantry positions. ukraine is forced to carry out the current counteroffensive without western aviation and in the 16th most massive combat aircraft in the world, only the united states has 936 such aircraft, more than 2,800 more are in service with the allies in ukraine, a few dozen of these multi-purpose fighters would be enough for a start valery pashko yehor nikitenko and andriy verstyuk tv channel espress o on monday, july 17, russia announced that it was terminating the black sea grain agreement and after

that fired at ukrainian ports, destroying 60 thousands of tons of grain, moscow explained from this treaty, allegedly failure to partners of the agreement by european leaders condemned such a statement by russia and noted that the lives of millions of people depends on ukrainian grain about it in particular . but was delivered to hungry people and i blamed russia for that absolutely

an unjustified decision the black sea grain agreement was adopted through the mediation of antonio guterres and it is very important for the most vulnerable countries, and that is why we fully support all the efforts of the un secretary general to ensure the continuity of this agreement. russia's termination of the grain agreement was condemned even in egypt. supply minister aliel musili said that his country will continue to import ukrainian wheat through other alternative routes, but they say that all ukrainian grain will not be exported through the land corridor. in kyiv, after all, poland, romania, and bulgaria slovakia and hungary are not ready to open the borders for the import of grain from ukraine, at the same time representatives of the neighboring countries assured that they will continue to support the transportation of ukrainian grain. germany stated that it is working with its allies to activate the export of grain railways. in addition, on friday, ukraine once again asked the polish government to open the borders for the import of our grain, these brothers of the poles. your support during the russian aggression is extraordinary. we will never forget it and will always be grateful for

it. you are always the first. who supports ukraine? how does anyone understand that ukraine is now a shield that prevents russian barbarians from entering europe, so we urge you not to succumb to slogans and populism, the president of turkey reject and its party said that the black sea initiative went down in history as an important diplomatic success and promised to discuss the extension of the grain agreement with putin already in august. on friday, the security council of the united nations met to discuss russia's disruption of the grain initiative. russian federation to

ukrainian ports as the situation develops let's see next, and in the temporarily occupied crimea, it is restless both day and night, monday began with explosions on the kerch bridge, and in fact, every day, all week, something explodes and burns there, the alarm sounds, russian tourists panic but continue to go. what is happening on the peninsula temporarily occupied by russia, see further in our article in crimea

. assured that all spans of the bridge survived, and only the road surface was damaged, however, the occupying authorities of crimea declared a state of emergency, russian tourists were trapped, now there are at least 50,000 tourists on the temporarily occupied peninsula, and most of them drive their own cars, and ulayat roksonov suggested a detour, in fact, the road of death through the front-line regions of ukraine , russians are afraid, but still go through mariupol, berdyansk , melitopol to visit the beaches of cops along the sea to admire the work of air defense and to swim in the sea with replaceable buoys afterwards is angry and threatens the gift and defense of ukraine did not take long to respond to all vessels