[000:00:00;00] shot at the plane almost a year ago and we are now confirming it for the first time. these guys landed right here on the left bank of the dnieper in the area of ​​the occupied energodar . there were several such landings. we were there several times and not once or twice, and what we did there rodeo, when we went to their rear, we simply destroyed them in one raid , they had 190 casualties, then the russians said that ukraine wanted to recapture the zaporizhia npp. i think they were already approaching and they launched

illumination missiles and immediately there minutes from us, 35 km from the entrance to the mouth of the danube, the russians hoped that after seizing the island, they would make it a position for shelling mainland ukraine or a bridgehead for a landing on the mainland , as well as block the sea transit

of ukrainian grain, for the fact that none of these cannibalistic plans were implemented, one can only thank to guys with blue-yellow flags on camouflage, the special patrol unit of the state border service in cooperation with other power structures under the leadership of the main intelligence department took an active part in the liberation of our island snake one of the first they were here, they came to the line of the state border, this is the state border of ukraine , the border stop - this is confirmed by such a tradition, every newbie who steps on the island, changed, must say a sacred phrase that sounds like this russian military rake and dina on the first day of the war when the world did not believe that ukraine stands with these words, the ukrainian border guard simply laughed in the face of the russians, who directed the entire missile arsenal of the moscow cruiser at him, the world heard the legendary phrase

about the russian ship and believed in ukraine, and millions of terrified people straightened their shoulders and felt that they would be able to defeat the horde. special agents of the state border service returned the border sign to the island in order to show the whole world, and in particular to the russians, that the snake is ukraine. after the release of the snake, it was restored. only a few weeks ago, the head of the border services, the next border sign will be installed in our ukrainian crimea after its liberation in its entirety, the defense of ukraine by the russians - ukrainian symbols on the island clearly annoy them periodically they cover the snake with rocket and bomb attacks, there is not a single surviving building here, the historic lighthouse was cut down by bombs almost to zero there is nothing to cling to, therefore the return of a permanent border guard to the island is very problematic, however, the ukrainian military periodically conducts raids everywhere , trying to keep the exit time and

route a secret, but this is not always succeeds, the russians were convinced that no one would knock them out of the changed this is the remains of the anti-aircraft-missile-artillery complex panzer-s looks like they thought that if they take cover from the planes, then the island they have in pockets, but it didn’t happen as expected, the occupiers tried to create a powerful air defense position here to shoot down planes within a radius of 20 km. this is evidenced by the burnt tor and pantsir complexes that they dragged here. heavy equipment was brought here to the island even with the help of ships. and this scrap metal was part of the volley fire, it could easily reach the ukrainian settlements on the black sea and the danube, the russians considered themselves relatively safe here, but the ukrainians put bohdan's patriotic cannon on the barge and forced

the enemy to make a gesture of goodwill, and then there were amphibious operations conducted by the gur special operations forces and the patrol as part of the patrol unit, there is a department of special operations on the water, these are directly the people who perform special tasks for the protection and defense of the state border, they conduct operations that go down in history some from the patrol operation in soledar and on the surovikin line, they have already become history, but there are situations when even experienced special forces have nothing to respond to the enemy's blows, and we witnessed one of these situations on the serpentine an alarm sounds at the enemy, he strikes us from the air for a few seconds to find at least some shelter in the ruins on the rock , as soon as we find it, a double explosion, yes , the door is blown, so normal, a powerful double explosion in

the rocket no, it's a kapam - it's a controlled aerial bomb, it's launched from a distance to fifty kilometers without entering the impression zone of the ukrainian air defense, you are very motivated that the guys have a normal, normal attitude to this , that is, they keep fighting spirit, and well, there is something to say, it is scary, but controlled in case of a repeated attack on us again. only a few seconds to reach the boats and leave the island but it turned out that the boats were the target of the russian killer pilots, both were damaged by shrapnel , the board was pierced through three holes, the bc detonated yes , yes, i understand, a shrapnel arrived today, luck is on the side of the special forces, fortunately, the russian high-precision bombs turned out not to be so high-precision and fell at a distance from the boats , fortunately, most of the ammunition and explosives on board did not detonate , the electronics failed, but most importantly, miraculously

, the engines started, both boats started to maneuver at the limit of their capabilities, avoiding possible air strikes and as soon as they crossed the zero mark of the mouth of the i know above the water, a powerful ukrainian national anthem sounded , let glory. it was one of the best mornings in my life. snake island, the place of our strength. right here, like nowhere else. you understand, we will win . horde and it will be, you will see andriy tseplienko illashchenko andriy polishchuk anastasia klymenko snake tsn marathon the only news

chevrons bringing victory closer enemies thought that independence was just a word for us but already with they have been convinced of the first steps on our land for centuries, we are defending our independence and are ready to fight for it again, the defense forces of ukraine stubbornly and unceasingly step by step win out, bite out, squeeze out of the enemy's claws our land, our will, our independence, we thank you for every moment and for

this day, we prove our independence every day hundreds of thousands of hectares of land and water need demining transport infrastructure is a living artery that keeps the logistics of the army and the country in place bridges must be protected and those destroyed by the enemy restored by the explosion

in defense of good and truth, the state special service of transport of the ministry of defense of ukraine, it is normal to be afraid, but to admit your fear is brave we need brave people update data in tcc bravery overcomes fear secondment of motorized infantrymen of the 24th royal brigade wrote to jimi jimi jimi he did not plan to go to war but the russians attacked him a native of chernihiv and so it somehow spilled , well, how can you take people there to kill, that's why the enemy must be destroyed. the first 15 minutes were a pity, and then it's normal, a fighter

who doesn't want to leave the war but wants to be freed, i would wait for some kind of resolution , jimmy didn't listen to the story. i'm natalya nagorna. my name is oleksandr, call sign jimi. i'm 35 years old. i'm a junior lieutenant, a company commander of a motorized infantry battalion. well, since then i have been serving in the war. i am from chernihiv, and from chernihiv i would have been under siege. it's too late to start a military career, you won't be in the army, i hope that i hope that no, i don't like it, i'm used to it, i already like it , it's already my life, since it's been a year and a half, but i have a family, children, uh, if i wanted

to go back to live my life as a full-fledged civilian where i was before that in my life you had to. i also yes, that is , i had a team of up to 50 people, a small company engaged in importing spare parts abroad, if you compare civilian life and military life, there are also their own divisions, there are departments well, it was understandable there, it was a little different here, there are nuances, there are nuances, and here it is more difficult in a different way, well, it can’t be more difficult there, it’s easier there, for example , i selected people whom i wanted to select. well, we feed those under fire on our own, that is, we work with a team that sells us a slightly different approach, well , slightly different risks for life as well. it's a clear case, well , before you could fire a person if he does not

fulfill his duties, yes, this is also a minus plus that is, before a person tried to show the result as much as possible, this is the reason to be in the company to work further , it is very difficult to fire a person, how many times could he have died in this war? who are fired there for one reason or another. well, we have a couple of people from that team left , well, i was wounded a couple of times when you go on a combat mission, well, there are always risks, i didn't count them. well, there are some that are much scarier for you on december 1, we then stormed a settlement, this was one of our first such serious

exits and assaults, well, there were a couple of moments , two f-1 grenades flew into the trench, and then for some reason i did not get a shot from a full meter store there 7 8 10 maybe such things happened often, it happened that the mine didn't explode, it flew somewhere, it gave that it exploded, it didn't touch the contozolo there a little , it happens that it broke a couple of centimeters, a huge one flew somewhere, it happened that a grenade launcher didn't reach somewhere, or something else, well, it's not prestige to count on it here small arms are not mortars, rockets are flying here, if it hits, i won't even feel all of this. and if it doesn't, most likely nothing will happen. we won't even be hit. well, relatively speaking, a 20 m radius is fine, if it flies somewhere, because we are

more or less covered only there will be a direct hit, well, no spills, i was told that you had a competition in bakhmut to compete to see who could shoot down more drones, tell me well, that's how it turned out , we had an officer, we went to the courses together with vasya ilyiv, somehow we didn't think about it, well, a lot of drones a lot there i could see them running and hiding. somehow he goes from one position to another and we hear shots. i think there is a gunshot as if he is coming from the rear . i say he is. the drone is on fire and he shot down the drone. well , since then, we think, damn it, if we can shoot down normally with automatic weapons, then let's shoot down. well, we started there, who will kill more, here, in two months, they won a certain cup of drones , er, they even competed there, who will find more, who will be unharmed, who will be more injured , well, to keep him intact, if you shoot at

a syndron, then most likely he will simply burn there you touch the battery when it lights up, that's why we had such challenges, sometimes there was nothing to do, enemy drones came out and shot eh well, they were correcting it is clear that they were correcting mortar artillery but there were not always battles. and call the drones somehow to destroy the drones well and more. well, how can i say it? it’s clear. when the enemy is advancing somewhere, you don’t think about it. a drone from above, from the side, or something else, but when it’s more or less there, it’s quiet, only there is

artillery working, enemy mortars are there. you can go out and shoot drones, an idea of ​​what the melody is on the phone jimmy jimmy ajaj well, i don't know, it's cool, fun, and here i get into the unit and everyone will need it urgently well , some callsign, someone chooses some terrible ones, i think, damn, we need to somehow you don't have to look at everything with a smile, you need to be more positive. well, that's how jimmy became. they ask me all the time. everyone smiles. well, somehow it 's fun, yes, suddenly, you immediately think that it's great, uh, so it brought some positivity . to be honest, don't like anything so gloomy. we hide the evil one with a smile, well, as positively as possible with positive, well, without positive, it is difficult here, fat is you, yes, this

is fat, he was taken from the previous task , but all i am abstracting, well, they are also people , as it were, yes, what are they doing here and how and in what way do they do it for themselves i can't understand, but at first the battles were unpleasant, at first it was a civilian, but now it's easier for me because i mostly see the enemy either in the thermal imager or if it's like a quadcopter, for example, a skate, what do you see in the monitor, that is direct contact with me it's been a long time since my place is much easier. you already know that this is the enemy, that he has a task, your task is the first 15 minutes, it was a pity, yes, and then it was normal

, chernihiv was a pity. chernihiv was a pity. they were completely repaired, they were almost perfect, many parks, a lot of things. well, this is the situation here. well, more than anything , i would be angry with skoda. i would probably not be in the army. but somehow, it just spilled , well, how can you take people there? to kill, and the same aerial bombs arrived here. at the beginning of march, on the 22nd, they began to bombard chernihiv. after that, i had already made the decision that i should take myself away and join the army myself, and i would like to be a little human, we do not understand all these soldiers that's all, someone over there has been collecting for that apartment all his life. for the car. the highway is one flight away and there is no house . well, the same new york, what eight buildings are there, one

rocket and so every day, is life just, well , not life ends, but his the story is like him lived in this house and earned money. maybe my parents still built it there, or my grandfather, great-grandfather, great-grandmother was there, there was some history in this house, this is the house of the chernihiv people. then she was two years old, two and a half, i explained to her as much as possible that this is thunder and not well, i did not explain anything like that because, first of all, it is difficult, and secondly, well, it is scary, well, she knew when to hide, she knew that when a plane flies over there, you need to immediately there run out into the corridor. well, when it exploded, there were some, he called it thunder. thank god there , six months later, already abroad, she stopped

being afraid there anastasia. and what do you think, he won't remember it in the form in which we didn't even show her anything, that is, like a war , she i think she already understands what's there because i'm fighting and somehow, um, my wife is telling my daughter where i am , but it's just such scary footage . all life and it's bad like that to remember, i hope that the minimum to remember was a long time ago, not immediately, but the bachmuts came out in may and that was the first time i saw them in my year and two months. they came abroad, i was not discharged for 10 days, and we met, well, it was a year and two

months ago, the day was better which i could imagine well, it seems that the family is normal, but at the meeting, i recognized it, but they stole your parentage. yes, what are you going to do? well, you just have to put up with it, not only i have a million people, but i am proud of my wife, because she pulls it all by herself. and tries as much as possible so that the child well, not about me i forgot. well, many families, many families are developing a lot of work for their soldiers. you see, how many family members endure the war, and this is the most terrible thing that our soldiers , for example, are brand new and from a new set , and there are already people who go there to separate.

when there are just some quarrels on the phone, uh. and after that, there is a fear of not his own, but uh, a lot of families are being destroyed, probably russia also sought this, anyway, that's all, the hot phase of the war, that's all you can say. what came to the surface later it will be even worse first of all, what will happen to the economy, well, i am economic, for example, the type of education, what will happen to the economy, now the whole world is helping us. well, will he continue to help us? and why should he help, how will the economy be , how will it be ? what will happen to the people who left or will they return? and what will happen to the people who finished this war? there are children here. in new york

, i saw a girl and a boy up to 10 years old. children can to say that in a city that is constantly bombarded under rocket fire, i don't know how they survive for me , even konstantinivka is not the place where children should be. they should grow up normally, have a full life, have a choice, who they want to be, go to some clubs, some want to dance, some want to ride skates, for example. and even schools don't work here. well, how to live here, life here is such a life here, but not for children and not for young people, here are military people, here are people who are already used to it, there is a pension before retirement, people who are not they want to leave that home, they already, well, you can say that they are living their life here, whatever it is, because they are used to it. i don't understand it either, and why don't even pensioners

leave? well, i would leave in any, well, for me, it's all just a matter of living where it's comfortable, that's not what he said, the place where it's as uncomfortable as possible well, that's my task, how would i be, as a man, i'm speaking on behalf of well, i don't know, there are women, there are children, there are old people , but people who can't take care of themselves they have to sew normally but this is, well, the whole existence, there is simply no work, uh, why here what is not clear, simply because there is a house with a roof over your head, you can go anywhere in the world, i don’t know , get any job and rent an apartment and live for yourself, well, at least it is much better. well, what do you say to parents who leave

their children in these places, i tried to speak, uh, we had a case right in bakhmut, right at ground zero, you can say in the mountains 50 m from us, and in the cellar there was a mother with an 8-year-old boy, and also according to mom, grandmother, and when he was told to evacuate, well, there are options no longer well we ourselves won't stay here for a long time, we won't be able to protect you, plus constant flights from artillery, and water was not trivial to wash well, how can a child survive? they said we already left, we didn't like it, so we came back and it will be as it will be. i say i understand for you and the child well, why will the child be here? as i say, we can’t violently fight people lightly. and i hope that in the end they came up with an idea. my clerk

, a philologist, told me here that the germans built it when their empire was there. they started living here. why is the architecture so strange and the masonry here? such to you i like it. it's not bad. and it wasn't much different in new york in the united states. it's a little different, but here it's more or less obvious that people took care of their houses. still, it looks cool on the other side. well, where we were, the donbass is more or less like that. everything is neglected here to the last. i understand that they lived, uh, the lawn is still being mowed, some decorative plants are growing. well, everything is as it should be. well, this is a section of the front that has not actually been advanced. this section has not changed since the 14th year. well, this is

a difficult area for the enemy is composed difficult for us, that's why i think the enemy is not like that, because here there is a terrain of height, plus there are reservoirs , cascades, even reservoirs of rivers, lakes , they are difficult to cross. can suffer very large losses, there is no point in going head-on with the enemy, but now this is a populated area. and we cannot advance because the city of horlivka is already ahead of us. place well, it turns out that the front line is somewhere in the middle, that is, they cannot move against us because the terrain allows us to have heights, and we can’t against them, because we simply choose high-rise buildings in buildings in residential areas. that way we don’t

fight. we bypass the cities, we try not to destroy, well, not to harm the local population , people understand, as it were, well, those who understand the war understand what it is, yes, but sometimes it seems to you that it is an operational pause , i don’t know what kind of an operational pause, he explains that if there are no achievements or for example in the winter, we had casualties from the enemy, and we said that we were prohibited from heavy fighting and saw how slowly the front line was changing, then we said that there would be a counteroffensive, this is a very unclear topic when i am familiar with it. they called, where is this contrast, when will it already be , we are already waiting well, damn it, go to vertetsk, sign up, go to the army and fight, and it will be for you

counteroffensive is very wrong. of the front line, this is not a pause. everyone does their job. if we are in the defense of the battle, we are the defense. this does not mean that we have no casualties, there are no wounded, there are no problems, we are not fighting. for us, this is not a pause, well, a pause, it is if we all went to rest , yes, somewhere on withdrawal , our brigade has not been at all for a year, as far as i know. well, no withdrawal is a lot, that is, a year, we are fighting, relatively speaking, constantly. it's easy to say such things on tv , there must be some kind of censorship. therefore, in front of the fighters,