a shot of our artillery at the enemy, this is exactly its minus, they use now old artillery, mostly howitzer type, box type, that is, much less mobility and all this affects the level of exhaustion of the russian troops. if i think about the zaporizhia direction, the institute for the study of war, which i mentioned at the beginning of the issue, i think about the so-called elastic defense of the occupiers when they try to counterattack the trenches that they previously held, what this elastic defense means and, in general, how important it is for one or another parties to control this network of trenches, what does it allow? well, this is a general tactic, it has always been, it has always been used by the russian command, russian units, when they lose some position, for example, a village or some trench , a trench there, and so on.

other things, they are starting a process of rather intense counterattacks, wave after wave, and by the way, recently, well, near bakhmut, that is near kleschiivka, andriivka, we saw exactly such a situation when the ukrainian defense forces liberated kleschiivka and andriivka, but the russians started almost wave after wave to counterattack, trying to regain their positions, in most cases this tactic does not work, it consumes the resources of russian units, but it does not give any, any effect, except for one thing, it slows down the advance of the defense forces of ukraine for a while, because, when we take a new position, recapture it from the enemy, we need to defend it defensively for a while, and then only proceed to continue the offensive, because they are constantly. i attack again,

going back to the cnn article that mentions that russia will now attack ukrainian objects of russian infrastructure not only with missiles, but also with kamikaze drones. in fact, this morning the spokesman for the air force, mr. egnat, told my colleagues at the morning freedom project that russia used a record number of drones in september. defense estimated that there were more than half a thousand of them last month, and at the same time, the minister of digital transformation, mr. feder. also claims a record that, according to him, over the past week, the army of drones hit 69 guns, 17 self-propelled installations on the front, and again, it is precisely the drone that is being talked about in the general directorate of intelligence, when they comment on the attack on the russian aircraft factory in smolensk, where x59 missiles were produced, this is such an attack by drones, is it possible to assess its effectiveness and scale and results, well , because the hungarians, for example, say that

, that the production of kh-59 missiles was even disrupted due to the strike on smolensk, it is realistic, in general , with the help of drones, yes, if you hit where you need to, let's say so, the effect will be accordingly, if you compare the use of drones in the combat zone, and i will say yes, it's time to compare the cost of one fpv drone with a shot of an akum...' type from an rpg-7 and a tank that it can destroy at the expense of such a ram, well , the ratio is 3-3.5 million dollars and 15-20,000 dollars, well, let it be there will be more than one drone, let it be 5, 6, 7, that will try to destroy this tank, but it is still more effective than arranging some kind of tank duel, besides, they can be reached where

one or another artillery cannot always reach , i mean specifically tanks, so yes, drones, they are effective, they pursue the enemy, they arrange hunting, and in the combat zone actions, this is already one of the main means of defeat, and if we talk about the territory of the russian federation, of course, they allow us to reach such objects that we cannot reach by other means. and indeed, if we hit, it is quite, yes, quite interesting about object, then the entire plant can be completely destroyed. recently, we remember how in the moscow region, for some reason, an optical-mechanical plant exploded. there's been no confirmation that we have anything to do with it, there's been no official statement, but it's a demonstration of how one doesn't... big

an explosion can cause a huge explosion of a huge enterprise that produced, well, thermal imagers, for example, also optics for aviation and not only, so yes... well, if you fly this drone to where you need to, well, the result will be maximum. i wanted to draw your attention to the statement of the former british defense minister ben wallace, or rather, he wrote a column for the telegraph and called on president zelski to increase mobilization. let's listen to the quote and come back to the question. the average age of fighters at the front is over 40. ya i understand the desire of president zelensky to preserve the youth for the future. but the fact is, russia is secretly mobilizing the entire country. putin knows that the pause will give him time to build a new army, so, as britain did in 1939 and 1941, it may be time to reassess the scale of ukraine's mobilization.

well, taking into account what we talked about at the beginning, about what will determine the events on the front in 2024, to what extent this factor can be decisive, and i take into account... whether the forecasts of western analysts regarding a long-term war, whether the authorities will have to strengthen mobilization processes in ukraine, including at the expense of younger ukrainians, what do you think? and maybe so, but the main thing is motivation, and people who are mobilized must be motivated, and it does not depend on age, it can be 25, 30, or 40 years old, but if you lack motivation, then accordingly . in favor of mine in a combat zone will be minimal, but the most important thing is that when an unmotivated person is sent to a combat zone, he can still be a threat to his unit, because he

may be more prone, for example, to capture, to be captured, or to merge the geolocation coordinates of the enemy, because it is not simply unmotivated, for example, it is a lat not a separatist of pro-russian views, that is, to talk about some increase in the scale of mobilization, it is accordingly and says that there will be mistakes with the mobilization among those who are ready to fight for their country, and who are actually latent greedy and waiting for the russian measure, and these are the personnel in the combat zone, and it is unacceptable that they were, sir. and i can't help but mention that russia is building a highway from rostov-on-danu to occupied mariupol. the russian service of radio liberty drew attention to this. she published the relevant footage. i now ask that they be shown to us on the screen. this is actually a comparison of what the satellite images looked like for july 2023 and

july 2022. the blue line that we will see now is the existing route that is there, and the red line is the one that is being built now. taking into account here they are now on the screen. given that there is already a certain route, given that it takes a certain time and financial resource, why do the occupiers need an additional road? what do you think? they don't have enough capacity of the route that is there, they need much more, that is, it is the main automobili, the main road, and they are trying to increase the volumes, the possibilities. in connection with the occupied territories, ah, this, this is a general problem, has existed for a long time among the russians, after they stopped in the 22nd year precisely in the south and east, that is,

they found themselves in a situation where it would seem , that they have logistics, but this logistics is critically lacking, well, for example, the very south where they are now, it is in the zaporizhzhia region, oberezhna kherson region, they do not have enough logistics, again it is through mariupol to berdyansk, or through the crimea and two directions, chongar and armenians, that is, they are limited in logistics, critically, and they are trying to somehow expand these opportunities. heard, oleksandr, thank you very much for joining the broadcast, oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political commentator of the information resistance group, was with us live connection thank you. don't forget to subscribe to the radio liberty youtube channel, if you haven't done so yet, set a reminder, a bell so you don't miss the broadcast tomorrow, and of course, like and comment on this broadcast, well, we're moving on, the ukrainian military is learning another type of foreign

techniques - german bridge-builders bieber. they were recently handed over to ukraine and, in fact, it is the only bridge-builder in the ukrainian army that can move heavy german leopards through suitable obstacles and anti-tank ditches. what else is bieber useful for the ukrainian army, see in the material of our colleagues from the tv channel nastoyastchee vremya. driver vladyslav is in the crew of the german bieber. technician. an agricultural mechanic, that is, you operated a tractor, an excavator, an excavator, which is easier, an excavator or this , it’s a little easier, the commander of the machine viktor , well, i see, he did everything right, he does everything right, yes, and if he does something wrong, and i will stop, the whole process is commanded by lubomyr, they are all soldiers of the 22nd brigade of the armed forces, i was a master of linear works on roads, and that is, you built roads, yes, now i'm building bridges. bieber is a german bridge-builder designed for

forcing water obstacles and anti-tank ditches. in the summer of 2022, the german ministry of defense promised to transfer 16 such vehicles to ukraine. on march 23, the german embassy reported nine biebers, and the bridge-builders recently arrived in ukraine. i started the engine, turned on the gear and everything is ready to go. the box, by the way, is an automatic, everything is very simple. ugh. a person learns, well, actually. a few days and a mechanic driver is ready for you. and so in at this point i would like to pause for a technical clarification. bieber is famous for his efficiency, according to the specified technical characteristics, he deploys his bridge in about two to three minutes. soviet analogues cope with this about twice as long, they need up to five minutes for this, and only the modern russian mtu-90 can compete with the german bieber. but there are no mtus of the 90s in the ukrainian army, just a few trophy ones. decomposition time. bridge, when it comes to forcing any obstacle in the front line, it is very important, therefore

that the advanced counting goes by minutes and every second can be worth a life, does bieber cope with his task, does he lay down his bridge in three minutes, for this i took a stopwatch, then they are like rising, yes yes dump, because he is pulling away now will pull the bridge to its full length. and there is no need for support. another important feature of bieber, he lays the bridge horizontally, and not like the soviet analogues with scissors, as a result of such laying, bieber's soloet is less noticeable, and this is another plus point in his karma, they joke military we move away, the upper part of the bridge is obtained, it rises, the lower part moves away, then with the help of the rear boom we fold them into two. a bunch and here there are spikes from the inside and there is a reducer on the boom,

with the help of this we feed it forward through an obstacle, lay it down and everything and any equipment can pass. the speed of the bridge-layer's work depends on the terrain. and sometimes it can knock out, it may not reach the ball, you have to watch this. in dependence from. the weather can be a little under the influence, a little like that, and then it is can shoot down, and it was once a tank , but now it was made into a bridge-builder, and what kind of tank, a leopard, but clearly, they removed the tower and put, they just said, just a stacker and gave it to us, and this is another important one. since this is german equipment, it is designed for german tanks, the bieber bridge can withstand 55 tons,

and this is the approximate weight of the leopards, which are in service with the armed forces of ukraine, the old soviet bridge-builders could not withstand the wagons of german tanks. that's all right, he's leaving now, picking up. the upper arrow and will drive into it, but you can already drive along it like so yes of course, two minutes and 32 seconds, the time to disassemble the bieber bridge, the military says they know where it can be done faster, you have to really practice constantly and things like that to improve your skills. bieber has not yet been on combat tours, he is waiting for his verdict. borychalko, serhiy dekun

for radio liberty. the european union fully supports ukraine in its struggle for freedom and will help create a protective umbrella of pponerators and increase energy supply to get through the winter. this was stated by the minister of foreign affairs of germany, anlena berbock before the start of the external meeting of the eu council of foreign ministers. representatives of all. countries that are part of the eu gathered today in the ukrainian capital to discuss, including the ukrainian peace formula. on the agenda, the leader's proposal was also announced earlier. josep borel's diplomacy to assume long-term financial obligations to ukraine regarding the provision of military aid. in fact, borel already described this meeting as a high-level political debate in the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs, a meeting of ministers the european union in kyiv was called a historic moment. the head of the relevant department , dmytro kuleba, noted that the meeting of the council

of the european union is taking place for the first time outside the current borders of the eu, but literally, in its future. borders the meeting of the ministers of the european union in the ukrainian capital was monitored by my colleague roksola bochai, she is in direct contact with us. roxalana, hello, tell me what else interesting you heard today? hello dasha, well, i will probably start with the speech of volodymyr zelenskyi, the president of ukraine, at the meeting of the council of ministers of the eu. he there he started with the fact that there is not enough help, more support, more help is needed. during the war with russia, he continued in this vein, he also called for more sanctions, well, he also condemned the pause that occurred between the adoption of the 11th latest package of sanctions against russia, and is happening now, that is, he called for to adopt sanctions more quickly, and i suggest listening to his

speech on this topic right now. you and i have. press, constantly press, constantly bring the time of security for europe, of sanctions, closer the pressure on russia is obviously not enough, dear partners, this can be seen primarily from the increase in the number of attack drones and air gifts of russian terrorists, more joint work is needed against any forms and schemes, circumvention of sanctions by russia, any supply to russia that allows it to increase. .. military production must stop, this is a clear interest not only of ukraine, but of everyone in the world who wants a faster end to this war. any sanctions pauses increase the time of russian aggression, and the pause after the 11th sanctions package has already been too long.

volodymyr zelenskyy also added that the seven member states of the european union will not be joined yet. to security guarantees that are currently being discussed in the eu, actually security guarantees for ukraine, he said that 20 member states are already discussing these security guarantees and have joined, and seven have not yet. i will also add that dmytro kuleba, the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, as well as joseph borel, the representative of the european union, in fact, they went to such a joint press conference, following the results of today's meeting of the security council, and reported what... there representatives of 27 countries, in particular, they said that a new package of sanctions, the 12th, is still being prepared now in the european union, they did not talk in great detail about its content, in particular, dmytro kuleba said that these sanctions, they actually have to prevent russia from circumventing the sanctions adopted in previous

times, well, they also told, in particular, joseph borel told about the fact that a new aid package is being prepared for ukraine. and it can be accepted before the new year, i suggest listening to it. we talked about the security guarantees and obligations that we can to offer to ukraine and thereby demonstrate that we support it in the long term and that we want to counter russia's destabilizing activities. i proposed a new bilateral multi-year program within the european peace support fund. we are proposing 5 euros over the next few years and we hope to reach an agreement by the end of this year. we continue to provide training for ukrainian soldiers. now the goal is to train 4,000 ukrainian soldiers in the coming months. dmytro kuleba also reported that there was also talk of ukraine's membership in the european union, and earlier it was reported that

negotiations on ukraine's membership in the european union could begin as early as december, but no dates were mentioned. today after the meeting of the council of ministers of the eu, however, dmytro koleba said that after all, he felt that there was understanding from the eu member states regarding ukraine's opinion on this issue, and he said that after all, ukraine should fulfill these seven recommendations, which were provided to ukraine during the application for membership in the european union, and actually after that it may be about the beginning of negotiations and the beginning of such a long process. accession to the european union, i suggest listening to the minister of foreign affairs. we will implement the seven recommendations that were announced by the european commission to open... membership negotiations, we expect that they will be assessed fairly, transparently, no

additional demands will be made, and the atmosphere at this meeting shows that we have mutual understanding with side on this occasion, the minister also spoke about ukraine's membership in the european union of foreign affairs of germany, annalena burbock, i suggest you just listen. her direct speech on this matter. the future of ukraine is in the european union, in our community freedom and soon it will expand from lisbon to luhansk. with every village, with every subway that ukraine liberates, with every subway where it saves its people, it also expands its way into the eu. also , against the background of reports that there are no expenditures for aid to ukraine in the interim budget of the united states of america. actually, kuleba and borel also commented on this issue. in particular, the spanish diplomat said that this or that decision of the us will not affect the european union's assistance to ukraine. i

suggest listening to dmytro kuleba and joseph borel. the question is whether what happened in the us is an incident or a system. i think this is an incident, and with a possible shutdown, the decision was made as it is. but we continue. working with both parties of congress to ensure that this does not happen again under any circumstances. i hope that this will not be the final decision, and ukraine will continue to have the support of the united states. we are facing an existential crisis a threat ukrainians are fighting with all their courage and capabilities, and if we want them to be successful, then you must provide them with better weapons and faster. after all, both sides and representatives. of the european union and the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, called today's meeting of the council of ministers of the eu in kyiv a historic event, because it is the first time

that the council of ministers of the european union is actually meeting outside the european union, and they also emphasized that such an event is now in kyiv, in ukraine , it indicates the unity of the european union together with ukraine is fighting in this actual war with russia. thank you, roxelana, roxelana buchayu was in direct contact with us with details regarding the meeting of eu foreign ministers, which took place in the ukrainian capital. well, i will add, as my colleague has already said, that last saturday the united states approved a temporary budget that does not include aid to kyiv. the us house of representatives voted for him, followed by the senate. this is a budget for 45 days. thanks to which it was possible to avoid shutdown, that is, termination funding state budgets, president biden signed the corresponding bill just a few minutes before midnight, when the shutdown was supposed to begin automatically.

biden called the vote in the senate, which made it impossible to pass the regular budget, a crisis fabricated by extreme republicans in the house of representatives. and despite the fact that , as i said, aid to ukraine is not foreseen in the temporary us budget, the specialized committee of the ukrainian parliament assures that such actions will not affect the further military support of ukraine and will not will stop the funding of previously allocated aid, even more, they say, everything will be over. i am sure that there will be no negative consequences for ukraine, first of all, we have strong support, as we call it, bipartisan support and the support of both houses of the american parliament, that is, i am sure... that there will be no negative consequences, it won’t happen, now there is money , it is enough, it will be necessary to wait a little, within 45 days, and, i am sure that

everything will end with heppen, the problem is rather some domestic political situations connected with the fact that there is a fairly radical , although not numerous, wing of the republican party, and they are on... trying to use the topic of helping ukraine in their domestic political interests, but there are not many of them, and at the senate level, for example, we use the full support, at the same level, of the lower house, that is, the house of representatives , there are no particular problems, both republicans and democrats, they actually unanimously support ukraine, with the exception of this small group of radical... republicans, but if you go from worst case scenario, well, purely hypothetically, i think that the white house, that is, the administration of president biden, will find appropriate ways

for you to solve this issue, and we can also count on the support of our european partners, that is, money issues will not arise, and it will in no way, in any way, have a negative effect on the counteroffensive and on the support of our armed forces. about the events in the states and the meeting of the eu council of ministers in kyiv, we will continue to talk with valery chaly, head of the ukrainian crisis media center and ambassador to mr. valery of the united states, my greetings, good evening, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, well, it’s actually not a secret that the shutdown is a fairly common practice in the united states, it is used to put pressure on political opponents, but together with by the way, this is the first time since the full-scale invasion of ukraine by russia, well, the speaker of the house of representatives of the us congress, mccarthy, has already stated that ukraine will not receive a big, some big package, that's how it sounded, if the border of the united states is not secure, why ukraine you are like a tool

blackmail, so to speak, of quiet internal political negotiations, and in general, what are the risks and guarantees for kyiv? i would like to start with a basic question anyway, because i hear the conclusions from the disaster is not there, to even the fact that it can be so and better, as it happened, in fact, i will tell you, i look at this problem, in my experience, it is not purely financial. or the allocation of aid to ukraine , you rightly said that the key issue, why our question, namely, what united republicans and democrats, has now essentially become a bargaining chip, in fact there are negative consequences, they are that the wrong signal went to moscow, to the world, the wrong signal is that the usa, despite

the president's statement. joseph biden and secretary of state anthony blinken, that there will be as much help as needed, and they say, yes, but if we don't give you the money, then you won't do anything, and if you don't do it, you will lose the election, so that well, the election campaign, of course, and it's bad that our issue, precisely aid to ukraine, has become a bargaining chip, for today it's a fact, a fact exists. for today, the tool the provision of aid is only one pda, these are the decrees of the president for the funds that have already been allocated, well, that is, it means his previous decisions to attract what is in the warehouses of the united states, usaa tools, aid to ukraine, then fmf, foreign ministry , finance, it all hung up, and i

think. which is unlocked, because it is in the national interests of the usa, but the consequences of such a message are already negative, so to say that there is a small group of republicans, sorry, 57 of them voted a year ago, and now 118, well, it is not critical in the plan yet the vote of the lower house, yes, but who knows, they want, they demand what , they demand direct pressure on president biden, they want access to the white house, here is a group of those deputies who took control of mitch mcconnell, not mitch mcconnell, but exactly makard, exactly mitch macon in the senate, he just leads the line normally, and the senate supported this decision, we actually needed 6 billion, even though there is 1.2 in the total budget, but as a signal that ukraine is a priority, it was necessary, therefore, it is now very important to find a solution quickly, not 45 days without waiting for something

on ukraine, because it will actually be used by the russians to show that america is going to cut aid to ukraine. the narrative that is spreading now in the world, uh, after the victory of trump there, for some reason, everyone has already decided that trump will win for some reason, next year, america will not finance at all, and until then it will be reduced, this narrative must be overcome now, or quickly by making a decision under a separate law. or inclusion in the budget, when they will finally adopt the budget, and the nda, this is the defense budget, there it is necessary to amend the polish lease the extension also passed so that we get four funding instruments again, instead of the one that is actually left now. mr. valery, what you are saying is all about the domestic policy of the united states, and what about ukrainian diplomacy, the ukrainian government, why?