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that was unleashed by russia my greetings are freedom, morning , my name is oleg galiv, and this week we start with such topics, tick, our assault brigade, luth , announced the release of the village near bakhmut, this information was also confirmed in the office of the ukrainian president, what is happening now in klichivka and whether russian forces will try to regain control of the village in nato again talked about the war in ukraine, so the secretary general of the north atlantic alliance, jens stoltenberg, said that it is necessary to prepare for the fact that russia's war against ukraine will be long. is kyiv

financially and militarily ready to oppose moscow in a long war intelligence informs that the city of tokmak in the occupied part of zaporozhye is preparing to become the backbone of the second main line of defense of russia, what will the defense look like and will it be effective, you will find out if you liked this broadcast, if you liked it, and also subscribe to the youtube channel of radio liberty well, and write to us in the comments from which settlement you are watching us, the ukrainian military released a tick that is in the south near bakhmut, this information has been confirmed by the assault unit as of now the national police brigade lut and the 80th separate airborne assault brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, which directly participated in the liberation of the village, as well as the commander of the ground forces oleksandr syrskyi and the office

of the ukrainian president, the military published a video with flags on the background of the ruins of the village, they liberated the inhabited klychchevka of the donetsk region from the russian occupiers, however, the enemy does not stop trying to capture, works with all possible means of fire damage, but we are becoming strong, firm and confident, because this is our land. glory to the armed forces of ukraine, glory to ukraine on video shots can still be heard, the military say that the russian forces do not stop trying to regain the lost positions, therefore, throughout yesterday, the ukrainian military russian attacks were repulsed in this direction. this was also reported by the deputy minister of defense of ukraine, hanna malyar, in her evening address. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky thanked the military for the successes in the bakhmut area and especially noted today the soldiers who are returning to ukraine step by step exactly in the bakhmut area, the 80th brigade cheap p the 4th separate assault brigade, the glorious 95th

combined assault brigade of the national police . a bridgehead that will allow for the development of further offensive actions. this was reported by the head of the press service of the eastern group of troops, ilya vlach, according to him, the liberation of the tick somewhere to the ukrainian units, first of all , control of the logistical routes by which the russian army provides the temporarily captured bakhmut, now he says that our ukrainian military continues establish themselves in the area and carry out stabilization actions, including demining , later we will try to contact mr. eurosh to find out more details and to talk about the tick, but the ukrainian general staff does not confirm the release of the ticks, the kerenk headquarters informs that the defense forces will continue the foraging actions in the village area, causing significant losses in manpower and equipment to the forces of the russian federation and are entrenched at the achieved borders, meanwhile , the russian ministry of defense does not report the loss of the tick either who claim that the russian aviation destroyed a live attacking

ukrainian force, there is also no confirmation of the loss of villages by the forces of the russian federation , the village of andriyivka, which is also on the southern flank bakhmut, whose release was announced to me by the ukrainian command last week, i would like to remind you that klishchevka is located 7 km from the currently occupied bakhmut and four kilometers from the previously liberated andriyivka. the offensive actions of the armed forces of ukraine against the flanking bakhmut began in the summer of this year. oleksandr borodin , prefix of the third separate assault brigade of the armed forces of ukraine are already in touch with us . i congratulate you, mr. oleksandr. thank you for joining us . please tell us what you know, what will happen now. is happening in the bakhmut direction

, and here in the context of the tick, what is known in general, it is difficult to say what kind of news it is. practice, because each , not even only populated areas, each landing is always a contracting party, therefore, by the way, we were careful with any statements at one time regarding the dismissal there, because, well, we have to to be sure that we are ready for such actions by the enemy. unfortunately, the settlements in general have ceased to exist as settlements , about how the military importance of these areas is very great, and now you are talking about the situation in general in the bakhmut direction, or is it possible that there is also data about what is happening in the mite itself, and these in particular are not in the vicinity . maybe in the village itself. i am speaking for the right flank , but still , it is difficult for the commune to say more detailed moments about the mite, because we liberated andriivka and there are other brigades is located in klishchivka, but in general, what are there visually from the point of view of how it looks and

from the point of view of the tactical situation, they are similar . please tell me. when you entered andriyivka, what impressed you the most . how unfit for life are these settlements? you already said that they actually are completely destroyed. but as a military , let's say this, the points that are important for further progress , as far as this allows the armed forces of ukraine to move forward in the bakhmut direction, it was the liberation of andriyivka earlier and now already ticks for which battles were also fought must understand that the russians, the russians understand that if they fall to the flanks, it will be possible to hold the same bahmut, and actually they are very strong. this operation lasted several days , but the preparation, that is, forming different actions, e-e approaches, it lasted there for more than a month, and they gave very strong resistance e bondi had a very strong resistance because they clearly

feel that if the flanks fall they will lose bakhmut, and bakhmut for them is probably even more of a political goal because, well , they invested in it, if you can say it that way so many lives of their soldiers are purely means that i don't even know what kind of city they are so much for which city they put so much uh, in general, there are these heights and , accordingly, the terrain. it allows you to have the opportunity to develop success on the right flank. important for the maintenance of bahmut well, and returning from our side, i still have a question on the example of andriivka, whom you released, but for sure this situation could be repeated, for example , klschivka ot how did you feel from what you saw, do you understand that the armed forces of ukraine already approaching the settlement, the russian forces felt that the liberation of the village by the armed villages of ukraine would be like that and maybe they did not know that the expensive heavy equipment was taken away from the village somewhere at a safer

distance. did they still leave everything they saw and when you were destroying there for for example, the russian brigades that i previously stated, hmm, your brigade stated that everything was left there, including expensive and inexpensive equipment, and everything that was actually needed to defend this village . in general, it should be noted that they have very they take care quite a lot and it is easier for them to put a platoon of personnel there than to lose some piece of equipment. moreover, for example there . however, now here in this direction they were losing, that is, they used and accordingly then spent a large amount of equipment , that is, it is felt that for me it is very important, that is when we need it during a counterattack after the release of a landing of not the most important level of significance, it throws several weeks at you , it grows modernized from open

positions, it is possible for them and there we were, we destroyed you understand that it is very important for them, because before when wagner worked there, they could put a few people, but by the way, there are tanks, which they also took care of very much, especially the modernized t-90s there - they are called after them right there when they realized that they were starting to lose, they also abandoned them. although i understand that there are not so many of them, well, there, who already knew a large number of executions even during the time from kyiv, and they are making news tanks, as far as i know, that is why it is important for them, that is, they very much they are investing in maintenance and now they will do uh, but still, first of all, it was in the artillery. well, the nomination. and at the end of our conversation, here is the general situation in the bakhmut direction. the situation there is difficult. ms. malyar writes that in a week, the bakhmut direction was fired. two square kilometers

in total liberated under mokhnut square by the armed forces of ukraine is 51 km² important population centers such as andrey, what is the tick, how powerful is the defense of the russians, and is there a sense or understanding of how to overcome this defense there? so, in general, this is what we have been doing since the end of spring, and we are moving towards the fact that well, to some it seems possible some kind of bayonet, some kind of slow pace, it should be noted that they work as infantrymen, they sing after all, and the shield is more alive, and they are working now , canceling and artillery, and well, i would have seen something else, and um, when they they attacked us

this infantry is demined, in fact, our minnies are fenced off we cannot do this, we have a completely different relationship to the voice of a soldier, to a person to his life, and therefore , in general, preservation in order for one day to come, we need well, almost a week to prepare for training, planning for demining, and in any other measures if we also do all of them then we will lose a large number of your bi we also need to return them home not only free our land accordingly in general we have already honed this practice how to work and how to go but this question is like this wow, when you have to come up with a lot of moments to demine, scout and only then storm the day and again it repeats and repeats like this only with such careful but precise steps thank you very much for this inclusion take care oleksandr borodin the character of the third a separate punitive brigade of the armed forces of ukraine was in touch with us, we talked about the liberation of populated

areas by the armed forces of ukraine precisely in the direction of bakhmut, where the situation remains a difficult war with russia against ukraine will be long and we need to prepare for it, this is a quote from the statement of nato secretary general jens stoltenberg in an interview for the german media group funke , most wars last longer than expected when they just start, we all want a quick peace, at the same time we have to admit that if president zelenskyi and ukrainians will stop fighting, their country will no longer exist if president putin and russia stop the war, we will have peace in poltava, stressed that after the end of the war, ukraine should receive guarantees of security so that russian aggression against it does not repeat itself and also noted that there is no doubt that ukraine will eventually be in nato, at the same time the head of the main intelligence directorate of ukraine kyrylo budano pointed out that russia's war against ukraine will not be long-lasting and russian forces physically cannot to carry out long-term actions. he stated this at the annual meeting

of the european strategy in yalta and emphasized that this is his personal opinion, which is based on the analysis of the data that ukrainian intelligence has regarding russia, however budanov did not name any dates or forecasts. meanwhile, russia is preparing for the ukrainian offensive on the occupied tokmak of the zaporizhia region and is strengthening the city's defenses . this is reported by british intelligence in its report published the day before . russian troops are building fortifications and digging new trenches in the area that receives 58 combined forces army of the russian federation in intelligence notes that the forces of the russian the federation manages to prepare and they are actually doing it to make the city the backbone of russia's second main line of defense. in addition , the intelligence adds that russia's actions indicate that it is probably increasingly worried about the tactical breakthroughs of ukrainian troops through the first main line of defense in

the north of the zaporizhzhia region. in the last week, the ukrainian military has made progress in the offensive in this direction, according to the reports of the ukrainian ministry of defense, as of the beginning of september, in the south of ukraine, in the tauriy direction, the ukrainian military increased and freed more than 250 square kilometers of the first counteroffensive actions of the armed forces of ukraine oleksandr kovalenko military observer of the information resistance group joins our broadcast at this moment good morning good morning mr. oleksandr stoltenberg says that it is necessary to prepare for a long war in ukraine how long this concept of long can generally stretch in time and whether ukraine and russia are economically and militarily ready for this long war today to compare, because after all, experts have repeatedly said that putin would like this war to last, or rather, in the last interview in the western press, they say that a long war can be dangerous for ukraine, how to understand such statements, ukraine is not ready for

a long war at all, this must be understood because russia has much more power and the fact that it will really be a long war, it was clear that in 2022, when it started in general , and therefore there are no such applications . there are other aspects needed here, the first aspect ukraine has international support at the expense of which we can liberate our territory and create a countermeasure for this, every countermeasure against russian aggression, and russia, in its turn, is constantly degrading, it is not evolving, namely, it is degrading during this fire and the military-industrial complex is degrading. it is looking for the support of ukraine's performers such as iran and north korea, which have never been known

for their contributions to world science and not only that is why the degradation of russia and the evolution of ukraine in issues technical and technological, they are the imbalance that gives us more opportunities and advantages over the enemy, but another aspect is related to the terms themselves. and if we are talking about the perception of war by a civilian, then the most important question arises - this is moral and psychological perception what is a long war, and one year is too long, five years is too much, and the second world war, it was . it was a long-lasting war

, yes or no. any war is perceived by the military, who plan military operations, offensive, defensive, and so on. and so on in our country , they are accepted precisely within the limits of all operations, not according to the deadlines, but within the limits of the execution of the combat task, and therefore sometimes it will be possible to hear in the near future that this war well it may soon end if, for example, the professional military will say so, but they will evaluate it in a different way, not like it is free, and therefore, from the acceptance of the very concept, the war continued, it will be native, but in recent days, the russian military they are probably strengthening the defense around tokmak in the south of ukraine. this is stated in the message of the ministry of defense of britain, adding that this occupied city can become and is preparing to become the so-called key second line of the main line of defense of russia . why is tokmak such an important state for the forces of the russian federation at the moment? and what are

the chances of the russian forces holding the defense of the tank in general , there may be many options, first of all , the poppy is a transport hub, and one of the main ones in the south accepted, said yes, it is the second the possibilities of transport hubs after melitopol, therefore, if it is liberated with the armed forces of ukraine, then in fact russia may find itself in a very serious logistical, very serious logistical collapse, and in terms of defense, tokmak is actually a city located on the border between the second and third lines of defense of the russian occupiers, so his release is in fact an exit to the third line of defense, you are a weak line of defense, and the russians and will they keep him or will they do it already of good

will, here are the most important p- the most important question why because the russians can leave tokmak because its defense is actually taking into account how the defense forces of ukraine are advancing well, it is suicidal and the russians, in case of encirclement of tokmak, will have an exit only through the 0401 route, this is the southern route to melitopol only if it is not cut namely the surrounding of the operational environment. she means that this route will have to be cut , but even if this does not happen, if the defense forces of ukraine go north of the tokmak, the northern sector is actually under by fire influence, not even by influence, by fire control, it is possible that both the city itself and all the logistics, where it is, and wherever

it goes, that is, even if they flee at this moment, they will suffer great losses , alexander. but if it is so threatening, how are we now we are talking to you, does the russian military command not understand this or are they just trying to create some kind of image that every city that was conditionally captured and occupied we will defend there to the end? are their lines so strong? powerful defenses, what do they believe in them, the chief understands everything very well, they understand it very well, there is no defense at all that cannot be broken through, not that it was not the story of all the conflicts, but they understand it very well, their tactics now are tactics that slow down the strength of the defense ukraine does not stop, but rather slows down. and how can it be slowed down by constant resistance and saturation of the front with a large number of forces and means, in this case, it is not the mediator of the problem, the shortage of

means is precisely the forces, that is, human resources and therefore, precisely in order to slow down the advance of the defense forces of ukraine, they can deploy the so-called defense of the city in tokmak and leave a garrison of several thousand personnel there, and the goal is one - they are all suicides, everything must be understood. they have no other way out than 23,400, but such in this way, they will stop the advance of the defense forces of ukraine already along the third line of defense and will generally slow down our advance to melitopol before the rains of the season of rains and frosts. that is, their main goal is to slow down our advance to unfavorable weather conditions and these unfavorable weather conditions. they will then work in the hands of the armed forces of ukraine or the russian federation, then it will go into this long-term war

, which everyone is talking about, not a long-lasting war. conditions for larger-scale public actions , not everything depends on several factors, one of the factors is, for example, at what moment we will be when the favorable conditions will begin. this is the first melody will it be the north of the poppy branch or will it be the south of the poppy branch or will it even be north of melitopol, that is, there are different scenarios and we understand that the closer we are to melitopol there for us and the worst for the russians is the first moment and the second moment is exactly what action scenarios will the defense force of ukraine have at the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine at the moment when these unfavorable conditions will begin, because even showers, even in frost, even in the winter, it is possible to act in an offensive format, it all depends on what

combat tasks will be presented so i i don't know how the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine will count on this very border between the 23rd and 24th years. but it is possible even in this period to advance not on such a large scale, not on a wide front, etc. and so on, but we saw this last year as well also one more question. i would like to speak with you. the chief of the main directorate of intelligence of kirillbudan and the publication with the law and stated that the defense forces can manage to break the land corridor with the occupied cream before the onset of winter, how realistic are such forecasts from your point of view optimistic forecasts regarding the scenario of the advancement of the defense force of ukraine, because really if we, for example, by the beginning of october , i will say so in october, in the beginning of october, in the first half of october, we go to tokmak, and especially if we go to the south of tokmak

, then we really have opportunities to cutting off the main logistical possibilities and access to the coast of the sea of ​​azov by the end of this year, it is quite possible, if not even access to uzbekistan itself, then taking it under full fire control by all means of destruction president zelenskyi told the cbc television company that the aggressor president of ukraine, volodymyr putin, should not be given a break, and that is why it is important to advance. this tactic is an even more vivid example . in 2022, it made it possible to dictate the capabilities

of the russian army, well, to carry out large-scale offensive actions. we saw at least one offensive in the second half of 2022 of the russian army along a wide front, capturing a million-strong city in the region or even a district of some region, their only offensive operation during this period is an offensive operation that took 10 months . to the small town of bakhmut along the front, it is a little more than 10 km, it is nothing at all. so this is their offensive potential now they can't even do that. but in 2023 , we can actually say that in this second half they are losing their defensive potential , as they have a quantitative advantage both in terms of

personnel and equipment over the forces the defense forces of ukraine can maintain their defense in most of the bridgeheads, three bridgeheads are donetsk region, zaporizhzhia, this is the left bank of kherson region, where their defense is crumbling and they are losing their positions. despite the fact that they have a-a advantage, this is the only advantage, which means that they have lost now the potential of the defense is precisely this and is a tactic for exhaustion . thank you very much, mr. oleksandr, for such a detailed analysis . the situation at the front and what to expect next, and according to the reports of the khmelnytskyi regional military administration, as a result of the morning missile attack on ukraine, debris fell on the territory of the production enterprise in the khmelnytskyi region, in addition , the railway track was damaged by the debris, and the restoration of work there has begun. if you are watching us from the khmelnytskyi region, write did you hear the sounds of the actual explosions ? did you hear what happened? what was the general situation in your region? well, for more than a year, non-stop

fighting has been going on for the may day village on in the northwestern outskirts of donetsk, and most of the settlement is controlled by the armed forces of ukraine, however, the russian troops do not stop trying to break the ukrainian defense and break through it. assaults and counterattacks take place every day on this part of the front . the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade is holding the defense. eyes, what does may day look like, see the detail in the plot of my colleagues - this is yevgenia kitaeva and hanna kudryavtseva 422 sight 422 keep fire ready donetsk direction this the direction from which the hostilities have been taking place since the 24th year

, that is, over the years , the occupiers have already dug in, dug in, built up . we are thinking about some actions in terms of the enemy's actions already against this background, we are thinking about our own actions. in this regard, nothing has changed

. we are improving ourselves. they worked very effectively for days, i am impressed, i am satisfied with the work, even though every day works as if it were everyday work , they worked really well, i think everyone there felt it, so it turned out that it flew to a place where i was not expected, it detonated 6 detonations, in general , a cool mood, cool, we are ready for the end, we cover the infantry and we are working on their task , they are quite different, and their warehouses are somewhere or other places of accumulation of equipment, it all depends on what our scouts found in