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with their help thank you to all the people who made its contribution to our common cause, the cause of our victory, so as we have already seen from the map of hostilities , the armed forces of ukraine continue their offensive in two directions, that is, melitopol and bakhmutsky e-e and there e-e well, meanwhile, the russian troops they are trying to attack in the east, this is primarily the bakhmut direction as well as the kupyan direction, but we were told that

the activity in the kupyan direction has decreased, although it is impossible to say when we say it has decreased compared to what, after all, there are quite fierce battles going on there, and after all, the russians are trying to break through, but the situation has changed somewhat, and i just want to ask you, viktor, in what way, because they record, as it were, the withdrawal of some forces from there or this is a withdrawal of the russian forces of the kupyan direction is just as critical. does it have any effect on the whole situation? well, how do you assess this story, what is happening there now? it just seems to me that there is a lack of reserve and now they also have a team in the zaporizhzhia direction to stand to the last , so she all the reserves that can be drawn, after all, for the defense of the zaporizhzhia direction and are going to develop a further attack on kupyansk , well, that is, it is not only attractive, they , on the contrary, wanted to draw our

reserves to kupyansk, but since the following happened in them unpleasant squeezing of the line in the area of ​​the robot, that's why they got a little nervous and started to move it a little, it seems to me that it was about 76 so on. well, this is logical, you are their situation if he is faced with political tasks and for 5 and in general the story is that whether it will help them. well, i don't know here , we just need to know how much our reserves are used. i don't know this. and if i knew, i wouldn't said i understand that they are pulling out from there, well, they mean in skupyansk of the lyma-laman direction, after all, they are pulling back those forces that can be quickly transferred, first of all the airborne forces , the same mechanized brigades remain there, and let's not forget that there is a border nearby, there is a hub station through which they can completely transport by rail, therefore here. yes, here the issue of reserves

is probably the most important, how much can they bring something additional from the depths of russia, do they have these reserves to bring there because, well, physically, they can for example, to take something else from belarus, something additional for the same estuary-kupyan direction . so it seems to me that the story is still not finished there , you can say that it has calmed down, because this point is even political, we can see it at least from their political statements it is very important for them to make some political statements like we are going towards kharkiv, so i agree with you. so here we have to think, because these were the only direction in which they really were some kind of offensive, and the rest we have to say firmware. here they said that we are heroically advancing on kupyansk is not possible - it was impossible to say that we were heroically fleeing in the tokmak region , that's why they heroically attacked kupyansk, but

i, if they will say now, i don't know how they fled in the tokmak region, well, it's clear that there is an advance there but what can we say about this advance anyway? where did it advance ? well, we can really say that the first line of defense is being re-rolled. to consider the first line of defense, then it has been passed, if the first line is to wish for fortifications, well, this is again, some say, some say yes , then actually they just got out. so now these same fortifications are gnawing away, and i just don’t have to have them in front of my eyes right now there are two lines somewhere. these two lines converge into one. there are also some peculiarities of the terrain. they only add that just somewhere in that direction they converge in one

direction. it seems that, in principle, it is possible to move. well, in any case, the russians say that there they are trying to us some third create a line in you simply do not have enough operational depth for it, because if ours simply do not pass so close to the sea, then the russians , first of all, their rockets will be bombarded. they will not be able to effectively transfer reinforcements and even supplies, and secondly, the artillery will have nowhere to fit just how i screwed up in the zone of arrangement . therefore, it will be a big problem for them even if they find it conditionally, the first days they go to tokmak, eh, that’s already realistic, the russians don’t have a serious problem. well , an alternative may be a problem for them although she is not worried about it if ours somehow take and expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the dnieper in e under kherson, but

for now it is more like ritual actions . well, you probably remember the flag that has now appeared on the left bank of the dnieper we have but to what extent well, for now i agree that this is more of a symbolic action , that is, you can't say that it is just so reliable and we probably won't talk about it like that, but look even at the map that we have here, you can see that... and now our troops have just come to such a point do you already know such a terrain where there are some heights before this, well, there was practically a flat surface, that is, the russians had their first line of defense. well, after all, it should probably be called the first line of defense. they were located right at the beginning of these on these first heights.

now there is such a key stage ahead of us to break through at this height yes yes, there are several new key heights eh i forgot the name but 166 so somehow she remained it is not the name it is actually their result in meters a-and here it is the 166th she is there looms over you we are in the whole territory, it is really important, and ours are already there, even somewhere nearby, and i will be from here, well, let's see how we will do in the future . well, look, there is another consideration. that it is like a penetration into the order of the enemy, or let's say captured on the operative's territory, how dangerous it is to create such a bridgehead because, well , a situation could not arise that our troops there

could be covered in some way, or in front of so you know cross-fire as if shelling can be like that it is usually a traditional problem if you like the front look at what actually not to get into coverage but in fact the main thing is that the story is that ours do not break through in some leafy place and our groups give us relatively wide territories. that's why it's not such a problem yet, moreover, the russians now , well, at least i don't have the opportunity for an effective counterattack there, because if they were there to contract, they will already be in contact under the fire of our artillery. and it will end with a high probability, since they tried to storm at one time when it came forward, uh, i don't remember, but a few tank units, you all stayed there completely, so i don't think that they will do something like that, and simply, do they have

resources somewhere on wars, and if at all to solve the cycle well, here we come to the issue which has recently been very actively discussed, first of all in the western media , it has been discussed for a week, but as if there is a supposed meeting with the british generals what are the americans' claims to the fact that the forces should be concentrated in one area, that there should be some attempt to counterattack in the bakhmut region, concentrate something there , stop something there, how do you generally feel about all these conversations and in general, to these opportunities for our e for our defense forces to focus on one area in this situation, they do not accept the advice of our commander-in-chief from e-e myths about all respect for the latter simply because

ukraine is now fighting in a situation in relation to which b they don't have any experience. well, it's enough for us, oops, it turned out that way, because our property has a long string of specific characteristics that distinguish it from what they once had, and god, i don't remember one of the four-star generals recently published a column in one of the american media uh, where did the guys say and why do you remember hearing ukrainians if our last military experience of this kind is 1943 and it is true well , uh, and in this situation, any advice uh, on how to fight better, the best keep reserves and where they can be contacted as on everyone likes to talk about me legally, but they are simply illogical , let's say right away, you will be the only one to say that the ukrainian modern armed forces of ukraine are not even similar to the nato army, neither logistically, nor organizationally, but tactically

, they have absolutely their own prices, and in this case, it is precisely this not comparative. it's just the way they are, that's why it seems to me that in the end the decision will still be up to the ukrainian teams and we'll see how much who will conduct it. listen, how real are such discussions among the military, because well one thing was written by the media, and the other is whether there really is such a problem in our communication of our general staff with, well, our allies there. well, it seems to me that there are no big problems, everyone understands everything. so everyone understands their own and the difficult situation we are in , in fact, now it turned out that they all also they understand how well we are holding on, it is also a difficult situation again . if you want to demand from the ukrainian army as from your own, the ukrainian

army must be structurally armed. what if there is no ukrainian army, for example effective air force because it has fighter jets, well, let's not tell how ukrainian i have , for example, a clear offensive in conditions of air dominance of the enemy, not even parity, so it seems to me that all of them understand in principle and this is a fairly obvious thing. er, well, again, this is one of those claims that are put forward, i am trying to also describe them somehow, er, one of the claims is that the ukrainian army does not use these nato tactics, and somehow there is no coordination between the units incorrect application and so on, so how much do these claims in general relate to activities on the battlefield, so we can say

how much they have some ground under them , how much we can listen to some such advice, and in this regard , it seems to me that yes, there are such situations but such situations are absolutely let's say this is not normal, but they are, as it were, expected in a conflict of such scale and intensity. again, the question is , what could be done to improve it? questions such as whether ukraine could, i don't know, build an economy there like in poland back in the 90s, theoretically it could practically for this , it was necessary to have other institutions and already in the middle of the 20th century, the same is the case here, and can the armed forces transfer to be organized if it is better to communicate and they can, but for this it was necessary to grow from another biography let's say

so, but there is one more thing that recently, for example, well at least, when it comes to the tokmak direction about that well, southern let's say the southern front in general uh, the russians very actively point out there that the activity of ukrainian artillery has increased there, the activity of emigration has increased , and on the other hand, this also causes conversations about the fact that all of them, uh, that there are not enough ukrainians, the means of attack that arise there , as if they do not already have such a thing well critical sounding and that, in principle, everything is already enough and there is some parity, so is this parity really , at least in this direction? is it already there, or can we still say that there is something we should have more of for successful promotion of course they take me to say, but for me it was in a very strange way, i remember in aviation , uh, from where, well, just what happened to all

the russian tax collectors, for example, that they suddenly became approximately equal in our country, even at least in the conditions of the current region. and what happened to by all airbases in the crimea and actually on this one in the kuban, well, it seems to me that i don’t know something, but it sounds as expected , so yes, for further such promotion, that is , what possible help is possible, well, some actions, er, would be most useful for us, so that promotion what is now continued well, and it did not reduce its pace, at least spectacularly, the main thing now, i think, if you get international help, everything is needed there, too . namely, even more ammunition for high-precision weapons and, again, fighter jets. but if we are talking about what is needed in

in general, not only is there help, we really need to increase and what are the reasons to emphasize because there are a number of cool european projects in the production of drones in ukraine, but since it still does not turn out to be normal on a state scale, we risk falling behind of the russian federation, well, at the next stages. let's say this lag can cost us a lot of resources in life, and both, so it's not necessary, but it's possible to scale it, because now well, in fact, in russia, it's not yet large-scale factory production although they have the capabilities for this, ah, hmm, all this to a certain extent continues to be a manual assembly in small batches, as far as it is possible to do it on the territory of ukraine here, well, you know the question is, uh, let's say it in my my colleagues say what is possible my colleagues say that

the question: is there more funding now than in the organization of the technological process, or is there a lack of some resources? they say that maybe i am not a specialist, so i have to rely on the expertise of others. this is why a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine with the call sign sheikh joined us from horliv direction , this district is also bakhmutok. congratulations, mr. yevgeny . god bless the studio. glory to ukraine . glory to the heroes. well, tell us what is happening in your direction, because we know the statements there. of syria. the last thing is that it is quite difficult because the russians continue to try to attack it, but there are gains in the south of bakhmut.

talking with my comrades on the phone yes, there are conquests in kolobakhmutu, they are every day, but they are not as global as we would like to see, as we once saw in kharkiv oblast and kherson oblast , the enemy was very seriously entrenched and prepared, hearing from all means of mass media information about our counteroffensive is exactly in our direction, the enemy is introducing attempts to occupy some of our positions there, but in six months, my unit has not lost a single position, all their attempts were either destroyed or disabled, firstly, secondly, in our enemy is 350-400 or more meters away from each other and we keep him very well at a distance . i will clarify , but in the last week we have a little the arsenal of weapons is increasing. how to use it exactly? even this has been for about 1.5 weeks, and for 1.5 weeks we have been working on the positions of the enemy in our direct line of sight with very good

results for 1.5 weeks. and 200 almost every day, it’s nice to hear. and tell me, there were also reports that uh, to the north of bahmut, uh , the russians transferred some additional units and reinforced them with attempts to attack, do you feel it? is it somewhere a little bit in elsewhere from you, everything is so. you are very correctly noticed. it is difficult for me to comment because i only have information from the mass media there. maybe there are 2-3 people i communicate with there on messengers. so we are a little more accurate, because the situation is a little more northerly, which i, like you, monitor from telegram channels and so further, but it is logical, from a tactical point of view, it is logical, because our direction is not very promising for them , because we have a lot of geographical features here, so we have been in these positions for at least six months, we have studied the enemy perfectly and where they did not try to deploy their there or mortar calculations or art has very high quality practice with fp-vis drones , we fly in, destroy their equipment and so on , that is, that direction for the enemy is more

promising for the development of the attack than ours , that is, i understand that they are nothing to you they didn't transfer anything new, that is, who is there among you? you know, you can't say that nothing was transferred, because just yesterday i talked with your colleague and the situation is as follows. you understand , for two sundays, they are fighting some kind of such a chaotic, low-quality battle, they are sorry mortars in the fields, digging them up, it flies, it is not clear where there are any such high-quality military actions, but for two or three days we do not see signs of rotation, but for two or three some crazy fishes turn on, which make even our mother fly away, through which we conduct reconnaissance and mortars fly as much as possible, and so on. and so on. that is, i am skipping what is possible here for a special unit for a while to hold back a little. therefore , i think that my personal opinion is that they have a situation where they have to put out fires a little, because i am saying that in six months we will be as strong as possible qualitatively the value of our line of defense and the enemy is what we destroy in the area of ​​our visibility, that's why i tell them i think they need to put out fires

when you are very strong, which uh let's say we are attacking, and i wonder who exactly is on that side who are you facing who are you who who what kind of units are these, are they local, or are they still there? well, all these agromats and so on. firstly, i am not sure that i am allowed to name the units that are opposite us. i think it will not be very correct in the studio, but i want to tell you. that what can tell you this definitely not local subdivisions of the occupied territories, and then such a general question can be asked of you, and how do you feel about all these conversations that have been going on for weeks and weeks about the fact that the bakhmut direction should be on the defensive and not carry out offensive actions? do you think this justification

would be a story at all? listen, i can disagree a lot for the people who are there today. more time, but with less, we will lose our servicemen, then we have to wait and, er, release this territory for a longer time, but with less losses, because you understand , they help us. thank you very much to the entire west, to every country that gave at least one bulletproof vest to our state, for this, all soldiers are infinitely grateful but we will be given everything except people, and our people. i think you understand that, uh, there is no such position that our people are endless, this is the first position, and the second position is those who come on rotation for replenishment. now you you understand their quality, all those who wanted and could fight, they left in the first decade , in the first half of the war, now they are people with minimal motivation, er, whose military commissars are not being conducted at their own will.

endless, therefore, if there is an opportunity to free the land. but it takes time, so let it be a little, not so soon, but reduce the losses for our army . and do you see them digging in during this time? what, please, tell me how much was walking in the information space . they concreted it, so it’s grandiose for them for 2-3 weeks, the fact that we stand somewhere pauses nothing gives anything to tighten something there, i say uh , they are also not very good with art outfits, they are also not very good with technology, what in they

are really good with the human resource they take away, they are ready to bombard every square meter of our land with pipes, what they showed in bakhmut, they are showing now in the kupyan direction and so on. that's why they are there for a week or two for some sort of drag. something is my personal opinion that they will not give anything globally, clearly, thank you, thank you. it was evgeny and eva from the horliv region, thank you very much for joining our broadcast, viktor , well, you see, it is interesting, and the opinion is enough, and in principle, if we look at the general now, well, let's try to predict maybe some the course of uh and the development of events where we can well at least the next week

the actual duel will continue in the zaporizhzhia direction of the national team and in the direction of so-and-so and how much more. and if we take into account all that is happening at the airfields of the russian federation, well, here i can't even just guess. i'm sure that it will continue, but i don’t know in which one, i don’t know on which next device it will explode next time, but it will be interesting in the event that it has left. well, why, what do you think, will it continue, well, some kind of uh, throwing additional forces uh some, well, on the same kupyansk, on the same bakhmatsky direction from russia in the first place, do you think that there is, well, just some kind of, well, i don't know how much additional resources there may be, after all, the russians

have them in this place now they will just drop everything reserves should be deployed in the zaporizhzhia direction. will there be enough of them? let’s see if we distance ourselves from direct clashes on the battlefield and look at the situation in general . this situation is now. well, this is how it is. well, it’s just as well. most likely, it seems to me that from our side it will be , let’s say, outbreaks. well, how did we start an outbreak today? it will be an outbreak or it will be regular but outbreaks from their side. side it will be the same as it was because it hasn't changed for some time and it hasn't changed exclusively because they are already using only the renewable part of their own resource , mostly because they somehow don't grow and can't, it

will grow on its own rather than everything is about the same with us and we will have it a little if so far it is not working smoothly, especially if we are talking about the actual regions and regions that are working well, the western scoreboard is therefore here for the time being somewhere in the same mode as last week somewhere uhu well, but i also see such a thing that the russians, after all, are very active now , but every strike is still an attempt by them to change the way of the children, it seems that they are just now uh , well, you know, they are trying to adjust their strikes to, after all, well let's say winter strikes, yes. if you say so, i see more of a preparation . in fact, what they are doing is that they are now trying different possibilities with the arsenal they have in order to prepare for

something. infrastructure most likely eh well, before the blows, who on the infrastructure that for some time italy completely sofia is effective to apply in winter and of course winter is close but not so close now it is warm for us and there are still a few places it will be warm therefore it is better to let them solve the problems as they go their arrival is a problem, eh, you know right away the possibilities of making these strikes, which is what i see now and am trying to do. the most promising direction is to reduce the impact on our infrastructure

, so objectively speaking, one way or another, it is not going. so tell us, we are always ready to join in. thank you, it was viktor tregubov, a major of the armed forces of ukraine, our colleague, and, actually , our meetings are continuing, i told you about them, we are now gathering uh, for uh, in a car for paramedics, see under our everyone is there requisites well, in fact, our broadcast continues, so stay with us on the espresso tv channel, we will meet . greetings to all espresso viewers, this is news and the espresso team will tell you about the most important