[000:00:00;00] now there will be a project from our colleagues from radio freedom freedom in the morning well and traditionally at nine o'clock all of ukraine remembers those ukrainians whose lives were unfortunately cut short by the russian aggression that began in 2014 and takes lives and destroys ukrainians, a moment of silence let's observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war that

was unleashed by russia . hello, this is freedom in the morning. my name is oleg. we are starting. the counteroffensive continues. oblast, we tell the details of the analyst of the institute for the study of war, they say that russia is unlikely to be able to block the black sea, this is despite the fact that the russian black sea fleet is increasing its military presence there , or so we ask the representatives

of the naval forces of ukraine in crimea , it is restless again, the so-called russian operational headquarters of the occupied peninsula has forbidden the passage of civilians on the arabat arrow connecting the eastern part of crimea with the kherson region, what happened there so that you don't miss a single morning with us i suggest you subscribe to youtube channel of radio svobody and share this video with your friends if you are interested in it, the armed forces of ukraine liberated the village of staro-majorske in donetsk region. this was announced by president volodymyr zelenskyi. he will fake the liberation of the settlement . there is currently no. the 35th separate brigade of the marines together with the soldiers of the seventh separate battalion areya of the ukrainian volunteer

army glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. i will note that staromajorskoe is located in the south of the donetsk region and near the previously liberated village of makarivka . in general, this is the first settlement occupied by the armed forces of ukraine after a pause , and the seventh since the beginning of the summer counteroffensive. i will also note that that the russian ministry of defense has not reported anything about the loss of settlements at the moment , russian forces shelled 15 settlements in the avdiiv direction, it is about berdychev, avdiivka, pervemaiske nevelske and karlivka of the donetsk region this is reported by the general staff of ukraine, in addition, under the heavy fire of aviation and artillery of the russian army, the ukrainian forces in this direction successfully repelled the attacks of the russian army, it is said in the message, i will remind you that a day earlier, the deputy minister of defense malyar stated that the russian forces are trying to surround avdiyivka, but they are afraid enter the city

maksym morozov, major of the ministry of internal affairs, a fighter of the legion of freedom, join our broadcast. i congratulate you. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. that the army of the russian federation is trying to surround the car, what is the situation in this area as of now, and how many forces did the russian side throw there, was there any possible reinforcement? the russian federation has been trying to do something with their mouths for 9 years . this is a little true, because they are always trying to surround avdiyivka, she acquires and stays avdiyivka is now so semi-surrounded, plus that is the only road that leads to the action that she er shoots this one, and sometimes she is shot very massively

naked eh, what about the frontal ones, also the fractional syllables of the forehead meter, because he still wanted to be naked and is afraid to go into the city so as not to be involved in eh street fights, but still, such attempts are made because when they fail to encircle the city, either from the north or from the south , they then try to probe our balloon head-on. that is why this encirclement plan was always the main focus of our uh dear enemies, starting from the 14th and later with the beginning of the full staff war, eh these efforts to surround avdiyivka, they are the main ones, but the enemy does not leave 100 and break through to the frontal p maxim, but why is avdiyivka a new strategic goal for the russian forces? is it still a symbolic goal, because if you take a map and listen to the military, they say that the positions around in particular avdiyivka allows you to control the northern outskirts of the neighboring

settlements of donetsk yasinuvato and so on. well, look at the symbolism. here , the symbol of avdiyivka is more advantageous. 9 years ago, all er, all brigades, all units that were here from volunteers and e-e ends with special purpose. they fought for this city for 9 years and all nine years , and russian propaganda and katsap's troops constantly took objects with their mouths, but did not take avdiyivka, therefore, of course, eh, accordingly, and the symbolism of avdiyivka is high in relation to the tactical there of strategic importance, and it also has a certain significance, according to which it is close to our troops in relation to donetsk, from here we can develop a normal offensive of ours on yasinuvata

on spartak opa's forces from the immediate proximity of the proximity to donetsk, because counteroffensive or offensive actions of the resistance forces of the ukrainian forces on donetsk will be an extremely painful blow for all of not only russian propaganda, but for the entire russian military campaign that is currently being conducted in ukraine, because it has a strategic and important static and tactical significance is more for the ukrainian military than for the moscow katsap, the muscovites of moscow can sometimes and not from avdiivka shell the karlov reservoir there, depriving the southern region of water what they destroyed the dam and shelled other cities there. it has more tactical and strategic significance in the case of our donetsk stoma. maksym, but what

about the attempts to surround avdiivka and what the russian forces are resorting to . how well thought out and clear are these attempts? is it happening chaotically so what about the planning of operations of the russian forces now on this part of the front? well, you know. you don’t need to ever evaluate the enemy. the muscovites have a huge number of companies around the world. africa and many other uh hot spots. another question is what uh the operations they planned in these countries were directed against the gens, who probably had a maximum of kalash instead of spears and , accordingly, their operations were legalized in relation to our avdiivka in relation to our ukraine , and they are regularly opposed by the army to carry them out well, very often very motivated fighters have their plans, and they have them, they spawn operations, they plan quite classically, powerfully, because it first

happens, a powerful bombardment, airstrikes, strikes , we did not control unguided missiles, nukes , everything works, attacks work, tanks, that is, such a normal shelling, after which sometimes, well, you know, you don’t want anything, but after that they still launch, it hurts so much, to attack equipment units, these can be bmps and er tanks well, of course, a sufficient number of massed infantry can be up to 300 er fighters well and technical units can be up to 30, that is, the ideas are classic , they are powerful there, but they come across precisely the geological work of our forces .

they may have planned these operations in africa or somewhere in syria. i think they would have succeeded in all of this, but here in ukraine they are opposed by regular and in many uh very often motivated fighters, because what you say, we can conclude that, for example , by providing equipment, i have in mind, there are no serious problems on the russian side. and what about the military itself , because the morning summary of the ukrainian general staff , for example, says that the russian military very often throws newly mobilized soldiers into battle without preparation, to what extent is this may correspond to the reality and with whom you have to deal in the direction in which you are now . let's see, let's start with the fact that bc they have no problems with bc with ammunition. that is, there is the preparation or use of reactive launch systems of fire they have in large quantities, they they use e-e every

day in avdiyivka, aircraft fly by. well, that's all, that's the main thing - they don't have a problem with ammunition. the following is about the equipment in the ministry. there are no problems with the equipment , respectively, even if we are our resistance forces they shoot up a unit of equipment, it happens very often, after all, they can take it at will and then repair it, that is, if the equipment is not completely destroyed, and it can still be repaired, they really try as much as possible to get the equipment repaired and prevent our resistance forces from getting it so so to speak, to completely burn this equipment, because they are, after all, over enough sirs and repairing the personnel statute - the personnel statute here has been worn out for these nine years, but there was no one here, some kind of yawn, i think, uh, all of them

the small vassals who handed over their national idea and serve the kremlin empire, they all fought here and i am sure that there were also brothers and say all other evil spirits there who do not want to build their own state and serve the emperor in relation to the local residents or among the baldans, they are also e- they find in this corps of the dpr, which then fights in our country for a very long time, both ideological troublemakers and forcibly mobilized ex-ukrainians who are there in the temporarily occupied territory from kherson to donetsk, that is, there is a difference crap that is trying to take over avdiivka thank you for this activation take care maksym morozov, major of the ministry of internal affairs, a fighter of the freedom legion , was in touch with us about the situation in the avdiiv direction, according to the ukrainian general staff , the situation there remains difficult, russia is unlikely to be able to implement the blockade in the black sea about this in another report

, experts of the american institute for the study of war report that analysts note that the russian black sea fleet is increasing its military presence in the black sea, probably trying to create conditions for the forced stop and search of civilian vessels, earlier i will remind the ministry of defense of great britain with reference to intelligence data that russian forces were preparing ships in the black sea to ensure the blockade of the water area, in particular in zaya it happened that the russian corvette serhiy kotov was patrolling the shipping route between the bosphorus strait and the odesa region, and it can be part of an operational group for the interception of commercial vessels that, according to the russian federation, are heading to ukraine despite the strengthening measures against civilian ships, the analyst of the institute of war believes that russia is unlikely to be able to carry out a complete blockade of ukraine in the black sea. because this would mean that russian forces would have to open fire on all ships trying to reach ukraine , according to experts, russia is unlikely to do this in order not to to provoke a military conflict with the coastal countries of the black sea

, including nato members - romania, bulgaria and turkey, meanwhile, in the united states , they announced that they would not enter their warships into the black sea to ensure safe export of grain this was reported by the coordinator of strategic communications of the us national security council , john kirby, on the other hand, the americans and their allies are looking for other ways to transport grain. of a potential conflict between the west and russia and this is not what we want we want the grain agreement to be extended and in short we will work with our allies and partners to find other ground or possible river routes if any are available what is happening in the sea and we are talking with dmytro platenchuk this is the head of the press service of the tactical group thunder captain lieutenant i congratulate you good afternoon i have to correct you the spokesman of the naval forces

of the armed forces of ukraine let's get better subtitles, let's wash everything a-a well, if we are talking about the situation at sea , mr. dmitry, about the black sea fleet of the russian federation, if it is possible to voice it , what is the composition of the ships there now, the number, and so on, what is generally known to the defense forces and in particular, to the naval villages of ukraine, does this fleet meet the requirements of the time, conditionally, which is often talked about by those who once referred to it as one of the most powerful fleets , first of all, i want to add a little to your previous material regarding the replenishment of the e-e group in the black sea -e gold of the black sea fleet or the black sea kotori currently, this is actually not important due to the fact that the bosphorus was first closed by the turkish republic , that is, replenish the ship's warehouse. outside

, they cannot there at the expense of other fees for example, the baltic or northern e, there is still the caspian platylia, which is nearby and has connections through the london channel, but at the moment the geopolitical situation there is also not the easiest, taking into account the number of e-e neighbors and their composition, therefore, in principle , it is unlikely that they will transfer ships to the azov-black sea region will there be and everything that they could quickly extract from there, they have already extracted what concerns the increase of the grouping, so here, in principle, they are at a dead end, so to speak, everything that directly concerns the composition that is in in the waters of the black sea, it is permanent, there are carriers of 6.7 units, they periodically go on combat duty, there are other ships. usually we have from 7 to 11 combat ships in the sea , plus border guards, it is from one to three at the same time, but they are located more in the kercheni area of the kalisz strait, this

is what concerns this group. dmytro, if we talk about the situation in general, what threat can the black sea fleet pose to ukraine in the future? how else can it be used besides bombing ukrainian cities in in the future, he will not be there at all, as for the risks that arise due to what he wanted in our black sea. for now, there is the black sea fleet of the russian federation. this is, of course, the infliction of fire damage on civil infrastructure , port infrastructure, in the first place. they are interested as you can see from the media they launch a caliber actually across the entire territory of our country regarding a-a possible hostilities directly in the waters of the black sea - this is also a threat from the black sea fleet of the russian federation and regarding the security situation in the black sea in general, what has changed , what is the state of affairs at the moment, i will explain. i am sure that i mean the russian

federation, after it withdrew from the black sea grain initiative, it was officially announced that any ships that will conditionally enter ukraine will be considered as such that they can probably transport weapons there and so on. and it can be assumed that the ministry of defense of russia officially stated that they would open fire on them, or were there any attempts, i don’t know, to open fire on certain ships or there were some unrest, let's call it tentatively, and in the black sea, the situation still remains calm, and at the moment the biggest threat posed by the fleet of the russian federation in ukraine is the bombing of ukrainian cities . i can even say more. position as you know, a few days ago they announced that they had detained an alleged turkish dry cargo ship which allegedly participated in a grain deal and on board of which during the maintenance of the

they allegedly found remnants of explosives, which is, of course, against the logic of things, because all the sad ones who went through the grain agreement were taken care of by a russian group, but for the internal audience, this is enough, and this is how they internally justify their actions. and as for foreign policy, then of course, these are ordinary threats, this is actually terrorism - this is a violation of the safety conditions of civil shipping, and russia in this case behaves as it always does, violating all international standards, laws, international law, maritime law. stopped because and this is in fact a rogue country, but as long as they have a group in the black sea, of course they can afford such rhetoric, what do they do, but there have been no incidents so far conditionally open provocations, what about the fact that i don't know try to fire to warn that they will open fire on some ship and so on with the expiration of the grain agreement

, no such cases have been recorded, well , it ended on the 17th, everything officially ended on the 18th , that is, since then, nothing has happened either. this is how the united states declares that there may be an operation under a foreign flag, which is being prepared by the occupiers, does the naval forces know anything about it, you actually mean the grouping of a private military campaign in belarus, it is not about the fact that provocations can take place at sea under a foreign flag is also actually quite difficult and in fact impossible, we control the entire water area, we monitor the situation , and accordingly our partners also see how it is happening, and that is why at the moment it is actually it is impossible well, for a word, of course they can and it will not change to put them there , uh, jolly roger, who are you to attack someone because they are such

and such people, just in quotation marks, but well, at the moment it is very difficult, in fact, allies of ukraine , they also declare that they are strengthening development in to the black sea, the ball is exchanged, perhaps some data with the naval forces of ukraine and how this will strengthen the position of the power of the harrow . for now, the black sea fleet of the russian federation, after the flagships of the black sea fleet were lost there, and those ships that are currently on duty or those that may be put on duty , up to what extent is the fleet of the russian federation currently combat-capable in order to establish, i do not know, a huge threat conditionally not only for ukraine but also for security in general on the continent because we understand there the story about the second army of the world that was before so

that is that the russian army there is the second army in in the world, which experts claim that the armed forces of ukraine are incorrect have long since destroyed the black sea fleet as a matter of fact. how can you assess its combat capability and the level of this fleet as of today ? the group is, of course, combat-capable, of course they have units, but it should also be noted that after they got rid of their flagship, conditionally speaking, the situation changed because, first of all, this ship provided cover for this the group from the air, the first, the second, had quite powerful means of conducting reconnaissance and monitoring the surface and underwater situation, therefore, of course, they lost their combat capabilities. it is precisely because of the fact that

the ship that provided the grouping of information is now lying at the bottom, but this does not mean that the enemy should be underestimated , they are still there are quite a lot of combat units in the water area and this should be taken into account accordingly, yes, yes, dmytro, that one question is from the latest, in fact, the commander of the naval forces of ukraine the day before discussed with the commanders of the naval forces of romania and bulgaria and the security of the situation in the black sea. is it possible to have any details , maybe data from the allies of ukraine . what is the situation ? can you share something in this context? we saw the activity of russian ships near the coasts of both romania and bulgaria, and in this context it should be noted that for what purpose they were there it is not known

what exactly they were doing as well we cannot say, therefore, we can expect any provocations from the russian fleet in this region, but it is actually possible , the naval forces of ukraine are ready to respond accordingly. in the whole area, we watched these ships, uh, for a while in the southwestern part of the black sea , there were three combat units at the same time , now there is only one. and what exactly were these ships doing, for example, at night, it is difficult to say, it could be, for example, the commanding of the actors while drifting them or the anchor sea mines precisely in order to create a provocation and blame ukraine for this. one more question in conclusion, we talked so much today about the black sea fleet of the russian federation, and the naval forces of ukraine, how are they

being strengthened in the context of existing threats and possible future threats are preparing surprises for the naval forces of the black sea fleet, in fact, in this context, how are the naval forces of ukraine strengthening? well, you want to leave our enemy without surprises the development and direct application of the armed forces and the specific ship composition, currently the information with limited access can only be noted that we have a concept of development, it would become we are moving in this direction, we are replenishing the ship's stock , we are training the crew of these ships accordingly, and we are preparing to further operations in the waters of our black sea. thank you for this activation. dmytro pletchuk, the spokesman for the ukrainian naval forces, was in touch with us, we talked about the situation in the black sea, the first american abrams tanks can

to appear at the front in two months, that is, in september, the american political publication writes about this with reference to informed sources, the question notes that the usa plans to send several tanks to germany in august, where the tanks will be modified, after that in september they will be sent to ukraine, the first batch will include from 6 to eight tanks in total, the us plans to send 31 tanks, the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion, according to one of the political sources, before the ukrainian military can use the tanks they have to complete a training course lasting approximately 10 weeks at an army base in germany, according to pentagon officials, the training of ukrainians is planned to be completed in august, but the african country is demanding that russia return to the grain initiative from which the russian federation withdrew on july 17 , the head of the african union, the president of the komar islands and in general assumani at the russia africa forum held in st. petersburg, he noted that the suspension

of the grain agreement is a vital problem which quotes can have a certain influence on cooperation. putin, in his turn, speaks or at the forum, he announced that russia will no longer join the grain agreement. instead, he promised to provide burkina faso, zimbabwe, mali, somalia , the central african republic and eritrea with 50,000 tons of grain in the next few months free of charge. let me remind you that on july 17 , moscow officially announced its withdrawal from the grain initiative, which allowed the export of ukrainian food in conditions of a full-scale war, russia then put forward a number of demands for the restoration of the agreement from the connection of banks to the swift system and the removal of a number of sanctions restrictions, share your thoughts in the comments about what you think, whether russia will return to the grain agreement or the world will give in to russia's demands , because the topic of the black sea grain initiative is very, very important. they are actually talking about it on on many continents and this topic is still being taken care of by politicians

of the highest rank, the ukrainian authorities announced the day before that they would look for alternative ways so that grain from ukraine could actually be exported to those regions where it was done previously, in order not to cause mass hunger in the world, this is what threatens the actual suspension of nato's black sea grain initiative. president putin, again discussing this topic, said that during the implementation of the grain initiative, they allegedly did not comply with the conditions that were put forward. this was the official position of moscow , which they actually voiced publicly and if you watch us on the youtube channel of radio svoboda, be sure to join our circle of friends, which means that you should subscribe to the youtube channel, and radio svoboda is another the e-e youtube channel is radio freedom of ukraine. there are shorter or longer analytical forms, so also subscribe there , and in our telegram and on our other platforms, actual information about what is happening in ukraine

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prodaivodi, the gunners of the 80th brigade of the zasu on firing positions under the bahmut set up their weapons british howitzer l119 it is light, mobile, rapid-firing and , most importantly, less noticeable, although, like all western equipment , it needs special care , how to start it here . it works in soviet guns , they are like this, it’s a piece of iron, which is practically no longer needed, but here care is needed , a large one, everything must be this well-maintained , lubricated, checked to the state of beer, but the dimensions