serhiy kobzar, 31 years old, junior lieutenant, company commander of a separate rifle battalion, in peaceful life worked as a territorial manager of a chain of grocery supermarkets, protects ukraine from the beginning of a full-scale. invasion of russia, took part in the liberation of kyiv oblast, as part of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade named after the black zaporozhians, took part in the battles near kugledar, where he commanded the defense of one of the positions. under heavy fire from the enemy, he pulled a seriously wounded comrade from the battlefield, for bravery and heroism, awarded with military command awards. serhiy kobzar's unit is currently protecting the northern... border of ukraine. sergey,

i congratulate you, let's get to know each other, please tell us a little about yourself and how you ended up in the army? i am 31 years old, i was born in the poltava region, and i live in the city of irpin. peaceful life has been working at tova atbket as a territorial manager for about 13 years. i had about 82-83 supermarkets under my command. it is about 7,500 people, the war caught me in the city of heroes, irpin, at 4 in the morning i they called, they said, turn on the television, the war has come, i got a call from work, i had to go to the shops, warn and organize the work of the staff in such conditions, the war broke into our doors so suddenly that many were simply at a loss.

well, it is not surprising, what were your feelings, what did you think, then on february 24, when you learned that russia attacked, when i was driving in the morning, i could not believe that they would go so far, there were all kinds of thoughts, well, believe it , that they will go precisely to irpin, will reach buchi, when the occupiers they approached, it turns out closer, i was in the city of irpin, i had my family there , we left the city of irpin, on the 9th, that is, when the city of irpin was already under occupation, we left through the checkpoint of the aggressors, we drove to the checkpoint, they we were stopped, everyone got out of the car at once, they began to search us, we were taking out with us, it turned out only children's things, that is, they looked through all the children's things, and...

they thought that we were taking out gold, maybe silver, that is, some funds , well, they looked over, looked around, asked questions, how you could come here to our checkpoint , if there is no such traffic here, then they said where are you from, i said that irpin city, they said, forget about such a city, such a city no longer exists, after which i said, that the city is, it was and will be, they perceived it as aggression on my part. they took me to the hood, and son then started crying very loudly, and the aggressor said, let's let the car go, they were drilling, they took our phones, tablets, the next roadblock was behind the parking lot, this our guys were standing, our checkpoint, when we managed to reach them, they asked one question, how did you manage to leave, there were a lot of broken cars there at the time , so... there were a lot of ambushes, well, we

were lucky, after which i took my family , in lviv, they went from lviv to estonia to visit their uncle, they stayed in estonia for literally a month and a half and returned back, they said, we want to live on our land. i went to a meeting with the leadership, announced that i was going to fight, i was told that you have armor, you don't have to go now. well, there is someone to fight, there is someone there who can pick up a weapon, to which i said, no, i am going to fight , serhiy, did you have combat or army experience before that, there was no combat experience, training and preparation was here brothers, free time, they told me how to clean weapons, how to disassemble weapons, i came as a soldier and since i had experience in the peaceful life of personnel management, then they gave me a branch and i was in charge, now i command

a company, when they returned to their native irpen, they saw what what did the russians do with him, what were your feelings? i wanted to take revenge for that, no did to the city for the fact that they maimed a lot of people and for their murders in the warpin and in the butch, the first battle, the most active, it was in donetsk region, it was near uglledar, it was the maiden. for the first battle, where to smell the powder and give a warning to the aggressors. in the winter of 2023, there were just such fierce battles under the spotlight. we were under the ugledar for three months, for three months they could say that every sunday they prepared

for an offensive and carried out an offensive, they asked to check our section where we were standing. they had a lot of equipment, well, they passed it on. information, we knocked out a lot of equipment , three times we repulsed the enemy directly, that is, he entered the trench directly to us, and it turns out that our guys died there, there were three or two hundred. there were three boys, one of mine and one of the engineers, the chief of the engineers said let's leave the boys, let's leave three, we'll evacuate them later, i couldn't allow that. and carried out the evacuation, it was very difficult for me, due to the fact that when a guy looks at you with tears in his eyes and says: leave me, it is very difficult, you know that you can help him, well, you are voiced,

that there is no need to help him now, he was wounded, there were shrapnel in the leg, there were shrapnel in the stomach, very severe , he could not walk, he could not crawl, nothing, i stayed with him, in that shelter, i put two tourniquets on him and a bandage, let's still try to get out, he told me why, no , he gave me the phone, said, call my wife, tell her that i died, tell her that i love her very much, i love her very much, to which i replied, my friend, no, you call yourself, we will get out of here, we will give 100% and we will get out from here alive, i dragged him... literally about 600 meters on my own, it was very difficult , but the result was, he remained alive, they said that it was very timely, a couple more minutes and he was bleeding, there were about 20 arrivals from

mortar of the 120th, they said that we thought that you would not survive, that is, roughly speaking, they had already buried me in their minds. their tank drove up to us at a distance of 20 m, after which it began to disembark infantry, turned around and we knocked it out, at the moment there are about 15 units of their equipment there, this left after our encounter with them, of which there were three tanks, they just all got up, took their positions , grenade launchers their positions, machine gunners their positions, riflemen their positions, and repulsed them, that is, all of them with a flurry of fire, their attack when they approached , suppressed, and they had a lot

of doubles at that time, more than one company of them fell there, they put a lot of their twos, that is , how much resistance we had, that they could not even evacuate their 200s or threes, they collected three in the funnels charged they were in front of me there 100-150 m. i saw them, i radioed the coordinates to the guys, told them when to shoot, not to shoot, so that we would not simply shoot into the sky of bc. i took the decision that i needed to take command, i needed to take and open vokul. there were four times more, if not five times, that's for sure, plus in terms of technology, plus in weapons, plus in numbers... that 's all, the guys had such thoughts, there were a couple of men who had such thoughts , but they overcame those who couldn't, rudely saying, they will stick their heads out, conduct aimed

fire, they were filling the magazine, two magazines, give guys, maybe four, keep two, i encouraged them with one word, pour them, let's go. let's go there, if that's how we broke up the dance, the dance was broken, hooray, the obscene words that we were voicing, we all understood them, that is , we even understood... there was such a thing that without words, that night, when there was an offensive, a russian came to us, he got lost, how many died that day, we asked him a question, he said how many died, that no one he will even get dressed, he was sent himself, he got lost, ready? is preparing again, that is, if earlier i thought that , for example, my son would grow up there and he

would never see a machine gun there and so on, then i now understand that these uav lessons are needed in schools, necessarily military training, she should be in schools, it should be mandatory in universities, i think so, i will be happy if my son passes it all, serhiu, well, you are a person who actually had no combat experience before the war, and why do you do you think we should prepare many ukrainians, for example, now say that some people there are not made for war, some do not know how to fight, so they do not want to fight, why do you think that we need to prepare, well, i just want to tell them, if they sound like that, then let them they better not voice it, let them be sofa experts somewhere at home, and they voice it all at home, they don’t bring it to the public, these words of theirs, due to the fact that none of us was born a warrior, i was also not born with a weapon, and to these given experts i i would like one thing, let

them study military affairs, not today, yes tomorrow, yes, the day after tomorrow, an hour, two, three, maybe 10 hours will come, and she will be needed again, we will need to be always ready after what happened now, they will want revenge, they will want revenge for crimea, that we we will take him away, they want revenge for donetsk region , they want...' revenge for luhansk, for kherson region, well, they won't have any more chances, in a year and a half you have changed, yes, i have changed, my family says the same, that i changed, it was all new for me, now at the moment, we don't have peaceful territories, that is, as, for example, a couple of days ago, yes there, and the occupier destroyed a house near which, roughly speaking, we have positions, yes, and the guys asked me, let's go there, we will... to live in the house and so on, on, on, i forbade them to do so, and literally

a week passes here, and that house is gone, it has been destroyed, please tell me, what is the situation and situation here on the northern border, in the northern direction, or different fighting here and there in the east? in the donetsk direction it was very clear to us, we had an enemy here, here and here, that is, we knew that the enemy could go there, roughly speaking, from these plans, just as we are here, the enemy can come from any side, that is, there are kilometers, kilometers and kilometers again, them on every kilometer, on every hundred meters, you have to wait at every meter, a friend is probed by the drgs, they come in, and i will tell you, they come in very often, that is, if someone thinks that it is calm here, no, they use mortar fire, plus, they use barreled weapons. apply, plus they apply hail, literally twice in

day, it happens, of course, we give because this is our main task, we will not sit quietly, we will not sit in the trenches, we will not sit and tremble and think, even if they do not come, this will not happen, we will not give them to advance, we will not let them enter here , we will not let it happen again... what happened on february 24, i returned to my family, i returned to my work, that is, to my usual work, but i know one thing, that if it is necessary to stand up again, to take up arms, i will do it, i will do it and i will do it only if there is a team.

chevrons approaching victory. our ukraine is fighting. polissya holds the shield of the north. severshchyna stands heroically under constant shelling. protects the black sea coast. posts of the south and the sea front. transnistria defends the humanitarian rear. podniprovya provides first aid. poltava region heals, podillia cares and feeds, helychyna rehabilitates and protects. bukovyna volunteers and gives a feeling

of home. bessarabia protects our bread. volyn works for food security. transcarpathia is developing business and partnership with europe. the carpathians became a reliable and safe rear. tavria persevered and will continue to return its own. priazovya has not obeyed and will not obey. slobozhanshchyna fights to the blood and to victory. donetsk region and luhansk region hold on to the last ground. kyiv region - the heart beats. in unison with the whole country, each region, each city, each village, and each of us, united for victory, independence, prove every day, i thank the defenders, every day, every night, when i hear the powerful work of the pp,

you - our heroes, the heroes of our time, you are the ones with... thanks to whom we can fall asleep and wake up, breathe and dream about our blooming the future after victory is only thanks to you, the fact that ukraine is independent and free today is thanks to you, thank you for your protection, mr. andrii, congratulations, regarding the special operation... our scouts have been danylo alyor since june, tell me the details, how exactly did he get to you, what was done during these three months? i congratulate you, as part of this special operation, it was the representatives of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine who attacked the lieutenant of the russian army, alfiov, right?

it's no secret for anyone, we collect the necessary data, information, monitor, study, and it's done. the conclusion that it is possible to try to get in touch, to implement further intentions, it turned out to be the right decision , lieutenant alfrov agreed to cooperation and interaction, it corresponded to him, including his civil position, since despite the fact that he is a regular russian military officer, he had already been released from the ranks of the russian federation, and later, the russian army, later forcibly mobilized and forced to sign a contract, he condemned russian military aggression, and putin's war against ukraine as genocidal and criminal, that is why, taking into account all the necessary security standards and carrying out all checks, the implementation of this operation actually continued, during which alforov , in cooperation with the ukrainian special services, managed to convince 11 more russian

servicemen to voluntarily surrender to ukrainian captivity and save their lives, and actually during the four months of the operation, gur received a lot of important information that helped save the lives of our defenders and of course to find out, it also means to destroy the plans of the enemy. and what did you manage to learn about danylo alfiorov himself during this special operation? who is he, where is he from, what did he do before the war, does he have a family? well , we managed to find out almost everything, we probably won't discuss it publicly now, but yes, he has left it in russia. mother and brother , he is a person with existing critical thinking, who was not affected by the russian kremlin propaganda, who immediately understood that the actions of putin and the kremlin leadership are absolutely criminal, and this is actually this basic belief made it possible to successfully implement, in particular, this operation in the future, a person, well, as

one touch to the portrait, likes to listen to classical... music, well, for sure an atypical orc, but in general, the number of russian servicemen who wish to surrender or be captured, or to switch to the side of ukraine, it is growing in dynamics, and we think that such and such cases and operations will continue in the future, and it is not just about surrendering in the case of alfiov, but about the desire to stay in ukraine and join the defense. ukrainian from russian military aggression. and tell me about the fate of alfiov and these 11 russians, i understand that their way home is closed, at least until the end of the war. well, they are different. the cases of 11 russians voluntarily surrendered under the i want to live project and some of them are considering the option of returning to russia for exchange, and since

ukraine is a civilized european democratic state that adheres to the geneva convention in relation to prisoners of war, that adheres to international humanitarian law, of course they have such an opportunity it will be, alfrov switched to the side of ukraine and has already declared that he wants to stay in ukraine and protect ukraine from russian aggression by putin. he will have such an opportunity. mr. andriy, we remember operation tit , during which the russians ferried a combat helicopter to the ukrainian side, after which you even said that the number of russians willing to surrender increased significantly, are danylo alfiov's actions not a certain reaction. well, if the helicopter was able to cross, what am i worse? directly not, because the beginning of baren's operation was much earlier than public information about successful... tit, you have to understand that every such operation is quite complicated and long in time, we are talking about months, and the results of the actions of alfiov and the pilots, and the operation

barinya and the operation tit, actions on the personnel of the enemy, we will see, of course we'll definitely see, but a little later, by the way , what about maksym kuzminov, the same fighter who was at the helm of the helicopter, has he already received the money, or is he still in ukraine? yes, ukraine complied with all the obligations it had undertaken, it received a reward, it in in ukraine, and after the rehabilitation course , he will tell about his future and his fate himself, but he also expressed his desire to stay in ukraine and join in helping ukrainians defend themselves from russian aggression. and how many russians have already surrendered to ukrainian prisoners thanks to the khachuzhit project. more than 200 implemented operations, more than 200 russian. servicemen under the i want to live project voluntarily surrendered to ukrainian captivity, and of course the numbers of those who were captured and voluntarily surrendered

directly on the battlefield without prior exits to the project i want to live, they are much larger. operation gur decreed a few weeks ago, intelligence officers returned the so-called boika towers in the black sea under the control of ukraine, is it possible to maintain control over these objects? that's all. these are not just separate actions, this is planned comprehensive work and the liberation of the island of changes and the liberation of the so-called boyka towers, this is the popular name of these objects, and well , let's just analyze and see how many interesting and good things happened after the liberation of boyka towers in ukrainian crimea, how many beautiful boovna bred, and how much it destroyed personnel and equipment, expensive equipment of the occupiers, of course, all these things are interconnected and will definitely continue. i understand that the general public only knows about a few special operations of egur, is there at least a rough statistic of how many there were in total since the start of

the full-scale war? well, of course, such accounting is also carried out in detail, it will be possible to talk about everything in more detail after the victory, but it is clear that we are talking about hundreds of operations, different in scale in different directions and of absolutely different specifics, that no less, this is a very difficult, professional and competent work, behind which is the hard and painstaking work of our defenders, and some of them are injured during the operation and also sacrifice their own lives, all this is done to the detriment of the victory of ukraine, and it must will be what other daring operations can be expected in the future from the fighters of the main intelligence agency, landings in crimea, attacks on bridges? well, i think we won't pretend to be inviting to... another special operation to our enemies and the russian special services, but they will definitely extremely professional, effective and very creative, like all previous operations, in

different directions and of different specifics. mr. andriy, thank you very much for the interview. thank you, all the best. chevrons approaching victory. unbreakable, united, independent ukraine, was, is, and will be, because we are ukraine, no matter how they try to quarrel with us, we are united, so that they don't try to do to us, we keep the line, because we are strong, we donate and do everything for victories, because we are free, we support those who are close to us, who...

have fallen in spirit, who have lost and continue to lose, we liberate those who defended the country and our future, because a strong rear is the guarantee of a strong army, inevitable victory and our independence, which we prove every day, until teacher's day, osvitoria public union presents the ceremony: presentation of the national prize global teacher prize ukraine , is an award about wartime teachers who, despite everything, continue to work for the future and teach our children. teachers are important, their stories inspire and prove our indomitability, join the viewing on october 7 at exactly 9 p.m., on air telethon only news.

tsn is the week of the mazur hall, a week of great international upheavals, great defense plans and serious changes in the war. how much closer or further we are from victory, we are talking today in the marathon of single news. this is tsn week, the more you know, the better. armed, i salute you , indomitable ukrainians, a game on nerves, now fugitives, they are in manual mode looking for these documents, how a strike on the center of the russian black sea fleet turned into a strategic change in the ukrainian sea, and why our fire control over crimea became part of the offensive on the front line, an ultimatum or help, is the support of ukraine really falling in the world? and does

the american shutdown threaten arms supplies? who has money for reconstruction? all this has already been rebuilt. where to go if a house was destroyed by a russian missile, and why it requires not so much money as paperwork . sich, about which we know nothing, how russia instead of cossack history slipped us a harem caricature. but in this fable, well , nothing at all comes together. and why the current ukrainian ones warriors so similar to their ancestors? the day of defenders of ukraine is being celebrated for the first time today, october 1, together with the day of the cossacks, which was traditionally celebrated under the patronage of the holy mother of god. everything was moved from october 14 to the first, because the orthodox church of ukraine switched to the new julian calendar, and although we thank our defenders every day, today we do it especially.

look at how this day passed in ukraine, but we haven't stopped the enemy yet. cherkaschyna survived a massive strike by drones this night, there is a hit at an industrial plant object in the building, a fire broke out there, the fire covered more than 3,000 square meters of premises, including grain warehouses. previously, one person was admitted to the hospital. the russians hit kharkiv with s-300 missiles three times, hit the territory of a civilian enterprise, and a fire started. in the kherson region , russian planes were able to drop as many as 10 aerial bombs, wounding four people, the enemy attacked zaporizhzhia and mykolaiv region, and launched ballistic missiles there. and today we celebrate the defender of ukraine day. in the morning , volodymyrsky put flowers by the wall in memory of the fallen, and then met with our heroes on the territory of the national museum of the kyiv fortress, defenders accepted high awards personally, some posthumously.

western top officials also congratulated the defenders on the holiday. us ambassador to ukraine bridget bring thanked on behalf of the american people and emphasized that ukrainians pay a high price for the right to be called a democratic country. the president of the european parliament, roberta metzola, thanked for the courage, determination and resilience of those who stand for common european values. norwegian minister of foreign affairs anniken fiedfeld joined in the greetings. the british ambassador to ukraine , martin harris, spoke in ukrainian, and the eu's chief diplomat, josep borel, who arrived in ukraine the day before, published a photo where he puts a candle in memory of all the fallen. drones attacked smolensk and sochi. this morning there were explosions at the smolensk avizavod, which is part of the state corporation.