at the present time, he spoke with the ukrainian military on this part of the front, the soldiers told him how they overcome the defense of the russian army, and what is the situation in the melitopol direction of the front? of armored vehicles driving through the rough ground, it is the ukrainian infantry who are going to attack again, russian artillery and aviation are trying to prevent their advance, we have only been here for two hours, and during this time we have already reported three times about the threat of russian guided aerial bombs. in the melitopol direction, russian troops are actively using air bombs and you can reverse the consequences of the fall of such and such a bomb. here, ukrainian troops have been conducting a counteroffensive for three months, this is the robotin area, which was recently liberated by the 47th brigade of the armed forces of ukraine together with other units and is moving on to break through...

further fortifications of the russian defense, there are entire cities, in fact, underground concrete floors, there in of them can be concentrated , dorothy, at the fire control point , the gunner oleksandr from the 47th brigade of the armed forces of the ukrainian armed forces, acting as a pseudo-lawyer, because before the great war he worked as a lawyer, shows the russian defense, this tens or even hundreds of kilometers of trenches, numerous fire defense structures and other fortifications that even ukrainian artillery does not always break through, they are so flooded there that, if you hit one two or three times, you barely break through, well, that's it good, and god knows it, you just put it in one point two or three times and only then a hole appears, well, yes, it's dug there and filled, good, time with two-story buildings. dugouts, poured with concrete in

two layers, with loopholes, well , knock him out of there, well, you keep giving, giving, giving, even if you knock out, well, knock out, knock out, kill someone there, and then after some time the son came, then they are this one, they come again, before a full-scale invasion volodymyr , a law student, dvenislava, an architect, now they are fighters of the 47th brigade , it is they, together with others, who go on assaults and occupy those russian concrete two-story dugouts. volodymyr says: if the russian soldiers are poorly prepared and poorly motivated, they can simply run away, but if they are well-trained and well-trained, they can almost go into a bayonet attack. if they really sit well there trained and motivated fighters, then they can calmly go into a counterattack on ours, and so usually, well, it's like a bayonet.

by the way, an interesting fact, at one of the captured positions , out of five trophy ak-12 assault rifles, bayonets were attached to three fortified, then they don't try to storm it, that's the task of the artillery, well, as the ukrainian military says, the armed forces here have an advantage in guns. well, the party, of course, there is an advantage, and they, let’s say, aim fire very rarely, because as soon as their art is revealed, immediately like kites, by god’s word, ours fly in, yes, and they rarely manage to escape, that’s why, if they notice, they shoot back and run away somewhere

are hiding in the melitopol direction, as soon as the ukrainian artillery of the 47th brigade made an impression on the positions of the russian infantry. dzvenislava, a combat medic, says that at the beginning of the counteroffensive, they did not expect that the russian troops were so fortified and that everything was mined, there were many explosions, injuries and losses i assure you that now, despite the complex russian defense, we have learned to overcome it. we already know better the signs of how the chip can be replaced or not, we better watch in front of the very exits there with aerial reconnaissance, communicate, monitor whether they are mined, whether they lay out a claymer there before our event or not, well, that is. now, after all, everything is going well,

the offensive is going more structured, slower, but more confident, but unfortunately, even now there are losses, there is no getting away from them. gunners oleksandr and volodymyr say that the further the ukrainian troops advance on this direction, the fewer russian fortifications there are, then it may be easier, but the further, the further we go, the fewer such monoliths are poured into them, and if we go even further beyond those monoliths, then they are in the open, we have them quickly , three minutes and we have already discovered, destroyed. and if there is nowhere to hide, then it is potential, and they watched where those monoliths went, well en masse, then to, to the third line, well en masse to where, to novoprokopivka,

yes, well yes, there, i understand that there are fewer fortifications, i already see roadblocks there, some v in such a plan, it is clear that they are, but when we leave the position, we notice that the russian artillery strikes back, it is not aimed, what is it? come on, i say, i'll see now, look at things , we're going to see him, he sees, both military and civilians are used to this here, shells are exploding right next to them, no one even pays attention to them. during the counteroffensive of the ukrainian military in the tavria direction, it is worth waiting for good news, this is literally a quote,

the commander of the operational-strategic group of troops announced this today tavria oleksandr ternavskyi, what kind of news could this be, and what is the situation in other parts of the front, oleksandr joins our broadcast. head of the center for military legal research. good evening. good evening. and what kind of good news from the tauri direction could be, do you have any guesses? i think it's a matter of finally breaking through the line of defense of the russian troops, and they will be pressed into two, let's say, citadels, if you can call them that, what they are trying to turn into a fortress now with the help of their fortifications, it’s easy to get rid of poppies, well, now it’s simple, if you look at the situation in the southern direction in general, you can state the following: firstly, ukrainian troops are advancing and succeeding in two places in two districts,

the first of which is novoprokopivka, the second is verbove, and there are quite such intense battles, it can be stated that the intensity of artillery fire on our side is increasing, and on the enemy's side is decreasing, which indicates our successful counter-battery fight, on the one hand, on the other, that they forced retreat, that is, the enemy is really forced to retreat in some directions , and the russian troops are betting and have been betting on numerous counterattacks with the help of special forces and paratroopers, and this is also an interesting change in the southern direction, because if before our forces really...' faced the fact that the enemy created a rather strong and fortified defense , which was very difficult to pass, and the timing is also connected with this, in fact, the advance is connected with this and the intensity and brutality of these battles, now, after all, the enemy is doing bet on

here are these counterattacks, in which there is no success, and these counterattacks are repelled and the enemy retreats, so i think that the good news that general ternavskyi is fighting about from the direction of tavriyskyi, they can predict and mean that it will be possible to break through this line of enemy defense and move on. in addition, another feature that should be emphasized, which is currently being characterized, is the increase in the use of heavy equipment on our part, tanks, in particular, armored vehicles. this means that the platform expands and more prospects and opportunities appear to attack precisely. with the fire support of our equipment, but russia, as i understand it, is also taking some steps to strengthen its capabilities, according to british intelligence, in mid-september , for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, russia began to activate units of its new

25th combined arms of the army, it is indicated that these formations began to move to ukraine from the end of august, although i understand that they were planned somewhat later, and what does this all mean? no, in principle, they were planned somewhere like that, two armies, 25, 40, 40 to the south, 25 to the east, well, i i will say that some units are reinforced, they were introduced to the south, even earlier, and now , by the way, they are participating in active combat operations in the takmat direction, that is , it continues there, well, in the south, it was aimed at deterring our counterattacks, and what as for the east of the 25th army, the calculations were made by the russian troops, the russian command, this is the intensification of offensive actions in the kupin-lyman direction, with the aim of passing our line of defense and for us to switch to strategic defense, in fact

east, so that we are forced were our reserves to direct the east, and not to use it in the south to conduct a counteroffensive, and in principle, in this way to disrupt our counteroffensive in the south , that was the calculation, for this the 25th army was strengthened, but it did not go according to the plan of the russian command, because firstly , well, during the summer one way or another they tried to intensify the fighting in the kupinsky direction, they did not achieve results, with the exception of minor tactical gains there that did not affect the overall situation, and the second factor is after all bahmud, they are forced to react in the same way and transfer certain units there, because the situation has worsened for the russian troops there, and in the end the same is true in the south, because the calculation that it will be possible to keep the ukrainian forces in the area of ​​the first... defense and not allow them to move further to wedge in, it also does not work,

as the situation shows today, therefore, as it seems to me, there are two possible developments , scenarios of these events, with this 25th army, other russian units, first, they will retain some backbone of the foundation, and in the course of further mobilization, which in russia in that or another method is ongoing, and they will complete it and maybe try to conduct it again in the winter... such offensive actions are local, well, in the kupyansky, lymansky directions, but definitely in the east. and the second scenario, after all, the russian command will be forced to make a decision that the units of this 25th army, they will be forced to stretch in the east, to support their forces and to compensate for the expenses they bear, and maybe even partially transferred to the south, by the way, about the east, they must have read the news and already confirmed in the armed forces that on

bahmud direction, the wagnerites are returning, do you expect any changes at the front in connection with this, or are they no longer the same wagnerites who were under the leadership of prigozhin, i do not expect it at the moment, because i will explain why, because now it is about that it's units, well according to the information i found, it's not more than 500 so far. will drive more than 500 people, the wagnerites of these representatives of the terrorist organization, plus weapons, something is not the same, well, plus they will be added to the attack aircraft that are already there, these are the same themselves storm, lynx, tiger, veterans, there are a large number of these so-called military companies that are subordinate to the ministry of defense, i think that this news, it is so far, well, from the number that is there, i do not expect that it will matter. .. these will somehow affect the balance of forces. but i understand why russian sources started

spreading this information. this is for two reasons. the first is to demonstrate that the wagnerites are under the complete subordination and control of the ministry of defense of russia, to hurt everyone who opposed the ministry of defense and of the russian general staff together with prigozhin, and to demonstrate to others that this should not be done, because you see, you will still return to the front, or is it possible as just these same attack aircraft. and the second is the informational and psychological component, as they think in russia, which should be aimed at us, that analogies will immediately be drawn with the large assault actions that lasted for months in the bakhmut region, and that they are the same wagnerites, but how correct you mentioned in your question, these are far from the same wagnerites and not the same number. i have the last question, and it concerns the statement of the deputy minister... of defense oleksandr pavlyuk, today journalists asked him about the mobilization, and he said that

there is no need to adjust the mobilization plan for now, let's listen and then discuss briefly. so far, the mobilization plans have not changed, everything may depend on what challenges russia will face, therefore, it is the task of every man to protect his state, one must prepare for this and be ready. we do our best not to increase tempilization, but you understand it all depends on the aggressor and on the situation that will develop at the front, well, from the answer of the deputy... minister, it follows that the ukrainian authorities are not yet ready to change the mobilization plan in any way, whether they will have to, do you think, or maybe they will you know, it's hard, it's hard to say, because i don't know what the plans are now, because we understand that this information is secret, but what can i say globally and conceptually about this, i

absolutely support the point of view of the head of ukrainian military intelligence, kyril budanova, rightly noted that, well, we must proceed from the fact that no matter what, no matter how the situation on the battlefield developed, of course additional mobilization may be needed, but we must proceed from the fact that our victory is , let's say a better and more effective use of the available weapons handed over to us from our partners, and the second point is creativity in the approaches and use of the norms of that military science, which, say... exists, this is our advantage, to use all the available tools against the enemy, because on sorry we we should understand the mobilization potential in russia more, it's just mathematics and we can't compete here, but as the experience of this war shows, by using certain types of weapons skillfully and correctly, we are able to achieve results.

by the way, very briefly about weapons, you probably saw the publication in the guardian newspaper that ukraine sent a letter to its partners because european components were found in so-called iranian drones, do you think there will be any reaction, there will be a reaction , it is already there, sanctions will be introduced, but you understand that the best, most effective sanction is an embargo on dual-use technology, then it would work, because after all, there are risks that russia or iran will circumvent the sanctions in one way or another, they exist. then the event will be implemented. sanctions, but that will be after the fact when the chain around the sanctions is established, which companies are involved, so here, i think we have to be aware that, unfortunately, fully now sanction and prevent production weapons specifically related to dual-use technology, without embargoes, it's actually a difficult task, although the sanctions,

they have reduced the volumes that are supplied to russia. thank you very much for your comment, oleksandr musie. head of the center for military legal research, we talked mainly about the situation at the front. thank you. in the fall of 2022, during the ukrainian army's counteroffensive, yampil, that is donetsk region, returned to the control of the armed forces after six months of occupation by russian troops, yampil returned to the control of the armed forces of ukraine. now the line the front passes 10 km from this village. russian troops are constantly shelling this settlement, destroying the infrastructure, residential buildings, civilians still remain in the village, but the radio liberty film crew spent a day with the family of peaceful residents, take a look. you can

come to you, of course, you can, there is electricity, there is no, there is no, it’s worlds, look, what about the sun, solar batteries, we have solar batteries, these are solar batteries, humanitarian workers are helping, the red cross helped, these organizations are coming here, yes lanterns they gave us good ones, this year the sun was hot, and this year the sun, the sun was hot, it was hot , that’s how much the gin shoots, and they are constantly twitching, i can’t come, if it could shoot constantly, and it would walk like this, it would and then, and then i'll be something, here i am, first of all, fat, what fat, no, let it berry first, look. mud, that’s all and that’s the way it is, well, it doesn’t convey enthusiasm , honestly, that’s the way it is, and people left, fewer people followed this one, they all left, when ukraine came, they started going here, it became more, yes

people, and at the same time, well, this is such a bag, in pajamas, then you need to at least put it on top, i have this here, this ... with a hood, such a blouse, this is here, too, this is here at the exit, run to the grave, it’s like when, well, it’s already flying close and the fragments fly a lot, then it’s already the grave, they woke up, when they woke up at the first of the night, grandmothers, grandmothers, grandmothers, well, i feel that i have to, i’m afraid, well, we jumped, ran, put the backpack in the burial , the mice curled up, as i discover, and there is desporta, where are the money, mice. they took the package, i say, it's good that there are no passports it's good that it's not money, now i keep it on departure, you see, that's how it is with us, on takeoff and on landing, girls, it's expensive. something flew in, i don’t know, but what could it be, it could be, it flew like, maybe really, like a drone and dropped, something like that, because it was like a cassette, yes, or maybe

the projectile rustled like that, but it tore a few , well, it can fly around the village and beyond the village, wherever you want, but i thought the plane was flying, ugh, well, it was so noisy, as if it were already an airplane, as if it were an airplane, but it turns out, this... everything is rustling shahedy heal like this , they drove here and stopped, well, at first , the conversation seemed so mysterious, and then they already understood who is who, let's hug, but you understand. they say they haven't seen many civilians, well guys, the special forces are like that, let's take a picture with you and let's hug, good guys, we hugged

, took a picture, this is what heals, this is not pills, nothing, this is healing, this is human communication, this is warmth , here is the internal heat, it is already zaporizhzhya, the air alert continues in the donetsk region, so please stay in shelters or safe places. i encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio liberty on the internet, if you are just now watching us on youtube, like this broadcast, in this way you will support our work. well, in gas, meanwhile, the round of hearings in the lawsuit of ukraine against russia regarding genocide has just ended, the complaint to the international court of the un, i remind you, ukraine filed on the third day of the full-scale invasion of russia, it was february 26, 2022, the process became a precedent , because a record number of states joined it, 32

countries, they are all signatories to the convention on the prevention of genocide, as ukraine is with russia, in fact, and this convention requires states to stop genocide, because putin said in his address on february 24 that the purpose of the so -called speciation is to stop the genocide in donbas, ukraine went to court. more details about this case. congratulations to our colleague olena abramovich, she is in gaza for the second week in a row, monitors the hearings , joined our broadcast, olena, my congratulations, please tell me what exactly ukraine expects from this court, like russia has built up its defense, well, actually, what are the latest news there. greetings vlasto, yes, three hours of hearings at which ukraine presented its arguments have just ended. in this lawsuit, i would like to remind you, kyiv complains about two things, that is, that the ukrainian authorities did not commit genocide , and secondly, that russia is abusing the genocide convention when is using force on such a scale that, as if to stop the genocide, it is launching its own full-scale invasion.

russia in the genocide within the framework of these rumors, in the genocide, ukraine now does not accuse within the framework of these hearings, but it could be done, taking into account the collection of evidence in ukraine, and it actually concerns the convention, however, at the time of the filing of the lawsuit , there were no such accusations, and therefore, in general, this court and this round have now moved away from these arguments the hearings concern the question of jurisdiction, that is, whether the court has the right to hear this claim, because russia has filed an objection, and russia believes that the court should not hear the case at all, since all references to genocide, according to russian lawyers, were just rhetoric, well the real reason for the special operation is the protection of the occupied territories, ukraine and the threat from nato. the genocide convention was not mentioned as legal. for a special military operation, however, the speech presented the broader context of the situation, which mentioned genocide among other factors.

the convention was also not used as a legal basis for the recognition of the dpr and lpr. the 32 countries that intervened in this process all insisted in their arguments that the court should consider this case, that it has jurisdiction. germany performed first, there emphasized that the case... is very important in view of the historical context of this country, for berlin, it is important that the convention on the prevention of genocide is not used to resolve wars. and the russian representative in the court, then called these speeches involved and an attempt to hypnotize the court, well, i also managed to talk with the representative of ukraine in the court, anton korenevich, in an exclusive interview with us, he told us that he was optimistic, because ukraine in this court was building your arguments based on facts, and russia used the allotted time for sounding. propaganda, and in general, this case, according to him, should help ukraine receive reparations in the future. we need

it for various purposes, so that we have a statement that it is not, no, no, not only the state is a victim of this aggression, as the main judicial body of the united nations believes so. well, we need it, including for reparations, because , for example, the issue of reparations can be brought before an international court, when there is a decision on the case essentially, that is, the next stage is the stage of reparation and compensation. at the end of these hearings, the court must decide whether it has jurisdiction over the case, which is the issue the parties have been discussing these two weeks. and the court will now take a break for a few months to decide on the matter of jurisdiction, the ukrainian delegation hopes that this will happen before the end of this year, but we talked to the court secretariat and they explained to us that usually this type of decision takes about six months , colleagues, thank you very much, olena abramovich live from gaga, thank you elena well, that's it. the issue of the legal

confrontation, which we are currently following in the gas, will be discussed with an expert , kostyantyn zadoya, candidate of legal sciences, expert center for civil liberties, joins our broadcast. good evening. good evening. so, i will briefly outline and explain again for our audience, because not everyone is a lawyer. according to ukraine's lawsuit, russia wrongfully accused the ukrainian government of genocide of its own people in the donetsk and luhansk regions, and thus began. full-scale war under the cover of protection these people, that is, ukraine does not accuse at this stage within the limits of this judicial invasion an armed, full-scale invasion, which began on the territory of ukraine, and in fact it will knock it out in the legal plane, it is, well, it is quite chimerical, it is legal, so to speak the justification for the step that the russians took, but the decision of the un international court of justice finally nullifies it, and in the political

plane, it is clear... it should strengthen the position of ukraine there on any negotiating platforms that relate to the war that is taking place against of ukraine, and as mr karenevich in his comments, this will open the way to reparations for ukraine , which i think is also no less important for the reconstruction of ukraine , that is, if i understood correctly, ukraine can get legal recognition of the fact that it did not commit a crime, in fact, now the struggle for . to get legal recognition that it did not commit genocide against the residents of luhansk and donetsk regions, what does russia accuse it of? this is on the one hand, and accordingly it will automatically mean that russian armed aggression, it does not have any justification, from the point of view of international law, because, well, actually, there, before it happened, especially there, no one

had any doubt that it is not possible... for the purpose of stopping the genocide, imaginary or real, to carry out at your own discretion invasion on the territory of a foreign state, but actually there the russians tried to promote all this rhetoric and, accordingly, on the one hand, as if the court decision could put an end to all these conversations about the fact that ukraine allegedly committed genocide against someone on its territory, on the other hand it will be automatic. mean to confirm that the russian armed invasion has no justification from the point of view of international law and that it is a violation of the use of force in international relations, that is, the most serious violation of international law that can be, i think that people who are not are lawyers, are not lawyers and listen to us, for them it sounds absurd, it turns out that ukraine is all...