[000:00:00;00] good health to all. take care of yourself and your loved ones. goodbye on the air. sheepdog from ukraine live from london. i'm evgenia shadlovska and today in the program we are talking about the second day of ukraine's independence in conditions of full-scale war, while fighting on the front line continues in the center of kyiv. russian equipment for a year and a half russia has been waging a full-scale war against ukraine for a year and a half ukraine defends its independence, as it did last year, in the center of kyiv with a symbolically broken parade of russian rusty military equipment

tanks, trucks and also discreet celebrations, my colleague oksana turov will tell about what happened in the ukrainian capital for the second year in a row, ukraine celebrates independence day in an atmosphere of pain and sadness, today a full-scale invasion of russia continues at the front , ukrainian soldiers are still dying and there are still no prospects for ending this war that is why there are no loud celebrations and sumptuous receptions here, traditionally on the eve of this holiday, on august 23, the ukrainian authorities are holding the summit of the crimean platform this year, it has already third, three presidents of lithuania, portugal and hungary came to the event. in total, more than 40 foreign delegations were present. they talked about the de-occupation of crimea and the post-war development of the peninsula . there are no specific decisions here, and the main task of this event is to make sure the world does not forget that crimea is ukraine this morning. volodymyr zelensky came to sofia square, where he presented awards to the military, some of them posthumously. he spoke a lot about their exploits, thanked the army

and all ukrainians who help their country in this struggle, also during these days, the president spoke several times with journalists who were mainly interested in foreign aid and the situation at the front , we were also able to ask him whether there will be increased mobilization and he answered that there is no such decision there is no such decision yet, although an offer from the military has already reached him as well he stated that ukraine will not exchange territories for membership in any unions and that ukraine will continue to fight for crimea and other occupied territories, according to the president, the offensive is going hard, but the main thing is that there is progress, and since there are many foreign delegations in kyiv these days, of course bilateral meetings are held in the president's office, and bilateral meetings are held there to agree on further support for ukraine in this war , as well as the supply of weapons and financial assistance on khreshchatyk street in kyiv, where in the peaceful days of independence, military parades are now presented trophy russian equipment people just come up close

to look at destroyed russian models of tanks armored vehicles remnants of missiles are photographed near them well, it is also worth noting that in these two days did not pass and they sounded without alarm in kyiv, as they did during the crimean platform, and today is independence day, and three countries have already confirmed their readiness to provide ukraine with fighter jets at 16 - these are the netherlands, denmark, norway , president zelenskyi said about this, kyiv has long asked its western partners to modern aircraft , just as before he asked for long-range artillery tanks, however, western support is currently not enough for the victory of ukraine, according to british general richards led start music assistant for ukraine one gets the impression that western military aid arrives with delays and in insufficient quantities in order to achieve the breakthrough that western partners expect from the armed forces of ukraine, and in your opinion , how do you assess the degree and pace of western

military aid for the armed forces of ukraine when will it be enough for victory and not only is it enough not to lose inter.ua western military aid must be considered in three ways, first we must recognize the great failure of the measure in securing ukraine after the events of 2014 military forces that would have prevented the invasion that we have been overcoming for 18 months now, that is , the west has been providing military aid with a delay. the increasing scale restrained by the desire of the west to do anything to prevent this war

from expanding and turning into a war between russia and nato, this is evidenced by how long it took to switch to missile systems and cruise missiles and so we have the situation that has developed now, when ukraine has enough equipment, ammunition, training and money to stop the further occupation of the russians, it seems to have reached the highest point and the ukrainian forces are gaining small tactical victories on the battlefield it is quite possible that the armed forces will achieve a decisive breakthrough within the current counter-nato but even if they achieve great success on the battlefield before the onset of winter , this will not be enough to drive russia out of ukraine, that is, the current capabilities are enough not to lose, enough not to worsen the situation, but not enough to win and now we stand on the threshold of the third stage of western military aid, the stage of choosing whether there will be

a west and further quote side by side with ukraine as much as it is necessary to provide weapons , training, money and support on a much larger scale and for a longer time on my in my opinion , it is a matter of at least two years to give ukraine the ability to defeat russia on the battlefield and liberate all its territory. in particular, the british challenger tanks distinguished themselves on the battlefield. and what did you personally notice in the tactics of the armed forces of ukraine and what the ukrainian military showed to the ukrainian allies total makeuption the ukrainian armed forces showed themselves in defense simply fantastic, they surprised five people even in ukraine, but the successes of the first stage of the war were largely due to the systemic failures

and incompetence of the russian armed forces , which were much larger but not better at all . and now we are at a different stage when ukraine has the initiative on the battlefield, it is moving forward thanks in part to the equipment and training of nato, but it should be remembered that this is still an army of citizens, a year and a half ago, most of these people were not professional soldiers, and now the most difficult thing is required of them to attack well-fortified, well-prepared and protected enemy positions and they do it with forces that are well prepared but dosed and not the overwhelming force for a breakthrough that we all imagined. the actions of the armed forces in the spring proved that if they are given more time, more equipment, more money munitions, they can defeat the russians on the battlefield regarding what conclusions the west has drawn. this is primarily what in great wars and this is a great war , non-professional armies fight and win, and mobilized civil societies are ordinary men and

women who wear uniforms to repel the threat of delites in in all public opinion polls, the majority of ukrainians express confidence in the victory over russia , how do you think the victory of ukraine will look like for you start janelie bad sight when wars begin, both sides believe in quick they say victory will be over by christmas, but in reality everything is not like this and this war is not like that, but we must understand that on the day when there is no shooting, the geography will not change and russia will remain where it was, it may be engulfed in internal strife, but it will remain in the same place and ukraine will be where it is now a european state, a breadbasket for many countries of the world, the decisive factor for victory will be the will of the ukrainian people, and now there are no signs that anyone has

a desire to stop fighting the successes of ukrainians show victory on the battlefield is possible, patience is needed, time, money, weapons and the mobilization of support for the west and the war will end when both sides realize that they will gain nothing more by fighting, i think russia will then still control some part of the ukrainian territory and it will be possible to agree on its exit from there at the negotiating table or not however, for ukraine even after the end of the fighting, there will be two moments that will be of decisive importance: the first is a massive international campaign to rebuild ukraine, which will become a fantastic place to live, and the second membership in nato and here the challenge will be that, on the one hand, ukraine will be protected by the fifth article of the alliance, that is, the russian threat will disappear, and on the other hand, if nato membership is revoked , ukraine will not even be able to think about going to war with russia, because the alliance will not allow this, but for now the only it is clear that this war is far from over, both sides are determined to fight on, and the west has pledged

to support ukraine as long as necessary, and we now know that it is necessary to mobilize industry, money , military training, weapons and support to complete this war next year or a year later, because such support is necessary and the right thing, this is what general burns thinks about western support for ukraine. we spoke with him, in particular, in a special broadcast before independence day, which you can watch on our youtube channel , bbc news ukraine, so will western countries support ukraine as much how much will be needed and, in general, how and when the war will end, about all this in our special issue on the youtube channel bbc news ukraine the coat of arms of the soviet union instead of it. now the coat of arms of ukraine is a trident. these were complex works at a height of approximately 90 m. the wind was burning in the august sun

. my colleague albi shunder ivan yermakov was watching the decommunization of the soviet monument. what's more, they visited inside. here in this giant metal hand and there is a ladder that you can use to get to the shield the space is narrow like somewhere on a submarine behind the wall the hellish sun that heats the metal here is the defeat of my colleague ivan yermakov who was allowed to get here with a camera such stairs metal ones, it is now about 27 degrees outside, this is the way people overcome every day per shift , workers work for 4 hours more , they are not allowed if they do not have an air alarm

, it will go down quickly, very quickly , the crane will be filmed, a special crane inside the sculpture , but it does not work, therefore, materials are supplied from the outside on the final stage i had to close all the gaps near the trident, polish the metal, the work schedule was tight , we had to make it to independence day, august 24, there

is, from a height of 72 meters , i descend to a height of 36 meters, it is cold, and here is a bathhouse here a real bathhouse here you can steam and take brooms take the ukrainian trident on the shield apops the ukrainization of the iron woman has finally come to an end, it is not yet the victory that ukrainians dream of most, but the events were met with joy . who hates the word independence, this added the greatest drama to the history of the formation of the trident. this is how it was remembered by albysh dra ivan yermakov bbc and finally how ukraine

is congratulated on independence day in britain britain one of the first countries that provided weapons to ukraine is now training the ukrainian military , and today the british ministry of defense released a video of the royal regiment of scotland performing the ukrainian national anthem near edinburgh castle, this is how we

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of ukraine no other holiday has gained such importance for the last time, such symbolism, such a simple, physical sense of belonging. we believe in victory, we believe that we will return to a peaceful life where there will be no air-raid sirens , where there will be no battles, we will clear the fields, the airports will work again, the refugees will return, we will rebuild the cities and villages, we will restore the dumbbell factories, we will heal our wounded, but there are things that we cannot change, we will not be able to return the lives of our people, our defenders , independence day of ukraine, no other holiday

has gained such importance in recent times happy day of the independence of ukraine, dear ukrainian peoples, the day of the restoration of the independence of our motherland is a truly special holiday that reminds us of the importance of our unique national identity. we also honor god's remarkable gift of freedom, this is the time to ask about the trials that we have lived and live through to protect and preserve this priceless gift. independence day of ukraine shows us the importance of truth, courage , justice, stability and love, because it was these virtues that prompted the actions of the fighters for the restoration of our statehood. to establish ourselves and all our further development today and for which we have something to thank god for and something to be proud of and we should never forget the great feat that our defenders do every day to commemorate the independence of ukraine, we also have a great responsibility before future generations to achieve victory and build a just country to stick to faith and spiritual guidelines to increase the well-being of the people and

nurture our centuries-old cultural heritage , so may god's blessing accompany us on this path so that we achieve unity

of the dreamed victory of a just peace and further blessed successes, god, the great one , save ukraine for us, father, who were you during the war, a defender, a defender, hello to everyone in ukraine, they celebrate the 32nd independence day, and we begin freedom life my name is sashko shevchenko and today we remember how it is such a symbol of what the russian army tried to enter the center of the capital and passed only in this form. this is the second year in a row that this equipment is here. and it is increasing because the equipment was also knocked down in 2023. there are many people. i am today i was here in the morning at the same place and it was almost 10 times less. now more and more people are coming up and watching the equipment. they are looking at both children and adults . moreover, i met here not only guests of the capital, but also guests of ukraine who

are watching . behind this equipment and are very impressed by the fact that the armed forces of ukraine managed to destroy such equipment, but now we will even turn around because i will show the t-90, this is the tank that is russia, which russia boasts that it is a forward tank, but it is still standing here shot down, destroyed, the armed forces of ukraine did it, as far as i know, this is not the only t-90 that was shot down on the territory of ukraine, so there is such equipment all over khreshchatyk, and there are self-propelled artillery installations and rocket systems of salvo fire and letters, that is, everything that was neutralized here ukraine during these one and a half years and choosing independence , everything is posted here. many people want to see it . after all, everything is calm in the capital today. there are no attacks, despite the fact that there were warnings about what could happen in the capital today.

there was one air alarm - this is due to the fact that there was a takeoff of a mig 31 k, which is the carrier of a dagger. despite this, uh, for today and the current state, everything is calm and without any loud statements without any high-profile events, but people still celebrate the 32nd anniversary of ukraine's independence in the capital , thank you, thank you, maryan, we were contacted by a correspondent for svoboda, maryan kushnir, who told us what was happening on the independence square, what do you see on your screens now? many people today decided so to spend the evening of independence day and see an exhibition of russian military equipment that was destroyed in ukraine, and today, august 24, is not only independence day, today is exactly one and a half years ago when the large-scale aggression of russia against ukraine began , the great war has been going on for exactly 18 months

, let's look at the key stages and events of this war uh-uh-uh i want me to die

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no fight too long you don’t have a straight women’s cathedral you have such events such events were during full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine well, the great war continues today, as i already said, a year and a half since its beginning. and today also the first precedents are taking place , for example, today, at least according to the notification of ukrainian military intelligence, for the first time there was a landing of military personnel of ukraine in the occupied crimea. during this landing, ukrainian intelligence officers damaged four