congratulations on the broadcast of ukraine, jafer umer is working in the studio, today in ukraine, today in the program we are talking about the repeated attack of russia on the kharkiv region and whether it is possible to protect civilian objects from. russian attacks. this morning , russia again shelled residential buildings in kharkiv, where even yesterday , fifty people were mourning the death after an attack on a cafe in the village of groza. why russia's actions remain unpunished and how to protect the ukrainian population from deadly shelling. russia attacked this morning.

a ten-year-old boy died as a result of a rocket attack in the center of kharkiv with a grandmother and a few people injured. this rocket attack happened the day after the attack, when a russian rocket hit a cafe shop in the small village of groza, near kupyansk. a memorial service was held there for a fallen military compatriot. work on the identification of the bodies of the dead is still ongoing, meanwhile the kremlin has not yet commented on this missile strike. and the day before, russia dealt the deadliest blow this year, as a result of a thunderstorm attack on the village, 52 people died, before the start of the war, a little more than 300 people lived there people, the village was under russian occupation for six months, and when the armed forces of ukraine liberated it, about a hundred people returned home. more on the tragedy in which half the village died. as you may know, the rescuers show this woman a severely burned body. when asked whether she recognizes the remains of a woman,

she answers: no. missile strikes have become commonplace here, but they are rarely so destructive. the work of the rescue services is refined to the smallest detail and does not get any easier. my brother, sister-in-law and mother died. oleksandr's family was at the local's wake military majority. victims of the attack were sitting at a large table inside the cafe. the shelling interrupted the moment of mourning. constantly, constantly, when someone was taken, they were taken, and it was terrible. ukraine claims that russia struck a short-range ballistic missile, killing more than 50 residents of a village of 300 people. we were in the center of the village and heard an explosion. then they already said that this is the village

of groza and we came because we knew that my mother was here, calls were coming from the phones of the dead, the russian military could not help but know where hit, and it was not a blow to the blind, people gathered there for a memorial feast, a christian memorial dinner, who could launch a rocket at them, who, well, absolutely said so. during his speech in sochi, vladimir putin did not mention the attack, but suggested that without help from the west, ukraine would not last a week. kyiv is doing everything possible to prevent this from happening, but it is incredibly difficult. bbc correspondent james waterhouse, who visited the village of groza after the russian attack, shared his impressions of what he saw. you see, spot on

they erected a memorial to yesterday's attack, this is a children's playground, it was here that most of the bodies of the dead were later discovered , you see, hoydlinka and girka are still standing here , the village of groza is tiny, you know, standing in the middle of these ruins is quite unusual, especially in such a small settlement. you see the cars damaged by the explosion, it was a powerful impact, and at first glance the general effects are not so noticeable, a lot of debris has already been removed. from the side, you can see a refrigerator, an air conditioner, metal structures, they remind you that happened the day before. and here you see the building that was shot at, the cafe-shop, where the memorial dinner for the ukrainian

soldier was held yesterday. according to the local prosecutor's office, it was a targeted attack by moscow, russia used an iskander ballistic missile, highly accurate, and this is confirmed, now you see it, in a village where 300 people live, more than fifty were killed, this tragedy touched everyone here, its consequences far beyond this site. once again, we see a village with civilians, which was shelled by the russians rockets and such debris is everywhere here, it is probably the remains of rockets, because they are heavy, it is dense metal, for such a small village, it is a huge tragedy, and we are in touch, military expert dmytro snigov, i congratulate you,

dmytro, on your opinion, the shelling of the thunderstorm and the strike on kharkiv, can it be interpreted as a targeted launch of missiles at the civilian population, or in your opinion, what was the goal of russia? good evening. yes, it is worth talking about the fact that the russian federation has switched to terror tactics against the civilian population. at the moment, there are russian ones on the kupien route the occupiers have been trying for the last two days to break through the defense of the armed forces of ukraine, but to no avail. and accordingly, convinced that their attempts to improve the tactical situation have not been successful, the russians launch a series of strikes on the territory of the kharkiv region, case. in the village of graz, he is not alone , unfortunately, today there was a report from vovchansk of a residential infrastructure hit, where elderly people and a disabled woman, a 25-year-old woman, were injured, in kharkiv a similar situation with

a hit, again using operational-tactical complex iskander on the residential building where a ten-year-old child and her grandmother died, that is, we can say that these three cases testify to the planned nature of terror against the civilian population in the territories of the kharkiv region, which are controlled by the armed forces of ukraine. and i would also like to draw attention to the fact that the attack took place during the foreign mission of the president of ukraine zelensky, when he is meeting in spain with representatives of western countries, where the issue is being resolved military-technical cooperation with our country. accordingly, it should be considered certain... from the side of moscow, that this country is ready to continue the war in ukraine, including with numerous victims among the civilian population.

here it is enough to mention the speech of the russian dictator, dated september 30, 2022, when he declared that, at one time, during the second world war, the countries of the west, in his opinion, opened pandora's box, in the niche of bomb attacks on residential projects. infrastructure of the german cities of cologne and dresden accordingly, in putin's opinion, western countries have no moral right to condemn war crimes committed by russian soldiers on the territory of ukraine. this is a chain, the link of one chain, that is, the conviction of complete impunity, the pressure on the western countries with the aim of putting ukraine at the table of transition, but according to the russian scenario, and accordingly a signal that the russian... federation will not be reckoned with the numerous facts of death among the civilian population, and whether there are any resources and means of defense in ukraine today in order to minimize the number

such hits, let's talk about the fact that an israeli-made missile strike warning system will be launched in test mode in kyiv, which, if it proves positive, then from... this experience will be used throughout the territory of ukraine, but it is worth saying that the residential infrastructure of the kharkiv region was attacked using ballistic missiles, unfortunately, ballistic missiles can only be countered by state-of-the-art anti-missile defense systems such as the patriots, or a suitable of franco-italian production, their number is limited, and the russian occupiers are using it and it is no coincidence that under... this tragedy in the settlement of graz, the ex-minister of defense of great britain wallace said that germany should provide ukraine with tauros air-based cruise missiles , which will allow the ukrainian side to minimize

such missile terror by destroying the launchers. this would actually be an adequate response from the ukrainian side. by the way, special thanks to the british. party for understanding those processes that take place in ukraine, but you just mentioned ben voles, in your opinion, will there be any appropriate reaction between...' the people's partners to such actions of russia, will they still provide ukraine with the weapons it needs? so far, the spanish government has already announced the transfer of six medium radius air defense systems to havk. the german government has announced the possibility of transferring to the ukrainian side pppo systems with a medium long range, we are talking about irst and, accordingly , zsu hark, which have proven themselves well in the moment of countermeasures without... piloted aircraft device in addition, the government of germany stated that

currently, in practice, as a result of the resolution of the issue regarding and transfer of patriot systems, another installation will significantly improve the capabilities of the ukrainian side to counter, precisely, attacks with the use of ballistic missiles, that is , we can say that the countries the event is understood as the need of the ukrainian side to protect the sky and , first of all, the civil infrastructure of ukrainian cities and settlements, besides, thank you, thank you, military, sorry, we are not enough time, the military expert dmytro snigiv was in touch with us, and the attack, which affected every family in the village of groza, caused the indignation and anger of the international community, the prime minister of great britain, richie sunok, called the attack barbaric. he also added that putin is responsible for the war and urged him to stop.

un secretary general antonio guterres reacted to the attack on kharkiv region, he condemned russia's actions and called for an end to attacks on civilians. meanwhile, austria summoned the russian ambassador to vienna, and the country's ministry of foreign affairs noted that the culprits have be responsible. and the missile strikes in kharkiv oblast coincided. with the visit of the president of ukraine to spain, volodymyr zelenskyy called on europeans to be united, especially given the fact that governments have changed in several european countries, but in what conditions ukrainian diplomacy is forced to work, the next story. for a number of western countries, supporting ukraine is no longer as clear a question as it was a year ago. in slovakia , the government has just changed, the future one. will be more pro-russian. in poland, the ruling party restricts exports quotas of ukrainian grain and talks about

limiting the supply of weapons. hungary also introduced grain quotas. and the political strife in the us congress has blocked, at least now , the $6 billion aid package to ukraine. meanwhile, putin tried to insert his five cents at the valdava forum, accusing him of inciting war and the lack of peace. it is not we who are closing the door to dialogue, europe is being fenced off from us by a new iron curtain, we are not creating it, but the europeans, to their own detriment, in granada, spain, at a meeting of the european political volodymyr zelenskyi's community did not expect him personally, but these are difficult times for the ukrainian government, and he wanted to be at the same table with the leaders, the main

challenge before us is to preserve the unity of europe - says the president of the country, which has been resisting for more than a year and a half armed aggression of a larger neighbor. at a time when the summer hostilities are ending without a tangible breakthrough, ukraine needs ammunition, and especially anti-aircraft defense equipment, to protect its energy infrastructure from strikes in winter. it also plays a big role here belongs to the factor of individual states, because their reserves are not infinite. and yes, the leaders who gathered at the summit in spain do not want russia to win, but their ability to support ukraine indefinitely and uncritically, bypassing domestic political needs. starting to weaken, that's all for today, take care!

greetings friends, we continue the information broadcast on the espresso tv channel, with you vitaly portnikov, with mykola veresneva, i hope to see you next week, and we will talk with you in this broadcast now about the most important events of the week, about the most important events of this day, we will discuss with our experts what is happening on the 590th day of the russian-ukrainian great confrontation, our first guest today, a military expert, a participant in peacekeeping missions, a colonel of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine, serhiy grabskyi, congratulations , mr. serhiy, my congratulations, sir, please tell me why the russians

have now intensified their shelling of the residential sector, so to speak, why? they are hitting kupyan region, they are hitting kharkov, it is well understood what can lead to it to the victims among the civilian population, what are the targets of such strikes, or are they shooting somewhere not where we think, but just the accuracy of their hits, and no, no, if they were shooting where they thought, by the way, and the accuracy, how they got to the village, to the cafe in the village, a thunderstorm indicates that they know perfectly well what they are doing, and i can relate this, in particular, if we are talking about the khava region with those with the intensification of those hostilities that we are now observing the kupin direction, that is, you know it, like this the method of terror, which is already classic, we have already for the year and a half that the full-scale invasion is underway, we have already learned this terror tactic, that is, the enemy tries to intimidate, including the civilian population, in order to reduce our resistance, forcing the population

to oppose the presence of ukrainian troops, these are the methods and methods that we encountered: in the mykolaiv region, which was known since, in the kherson region, so we do not see anything new here, the enemy clearly and methodically understands what he is doing, he uses weapons of terror specifically against the civilian population, not being able to achieve its goals on the battlefield, why, well, they intimidated the civilian population, because what does the civilian population do from the point of view of putin and company, in such situations, you know, why did i give an example mykolaiv region. because i talked to my colleagues who were there, and he says that people came up to them and said that he says, guys, maybe you should go somewhere, so that you are not here so that we are not killed, maybe they will stop shelling us, that is, you know, the russians hope in this way, it is likely, as it was in the mykolaiv region, to have the same influence on the kharkiv region, which we are talking about today, and on

the city of kharkiv as a whole, that is, to create such, you know, a continuous zone of terror. a continuous zone of fear, so that the civilian population, well, would hope for any way out that would stop the shelling of that area, well, and one way out that the russians might offer, i have no doubt that the appropriate, undercover agents would and they do, they say that if ukrainian troops were not there, then it was possible b talk about the cessation of shelling, in particular in the kharkiv region, but tell me, in principle, here is what is happening now: in the theater of hostilities, how would you comment on these trends that we see, you know, in the theater of hostilities, i would say yes, in total, in total, the situation is approaching, well, i don’t want to call it a stalemate, to such stabilization, because in fact we see, both on the ukrainian side and on the russian side, only small zones in which active hostilities are taking place, which

still have , or may lead to a change in the situation, and this applies primarily to the zaporizhia direction, where we continue to penetrate the russian defense, regardless of the difficult situations and the barriers that the enemy creates there, we are talking about the struggle precisely on the southern flank from bakhmut, the situation there also looks quite seriously, on other directions, well, this is from the ukrainian side, sorry, from the russian side, they are on... desperately counterattacking, in particular on zaporizhzhia, and we see a certain activation, a serious activation on the kupinsky direction with the use of aviation, well in general, if we talk about the totality of these actions, then we say that we are now on such a plateau of activity, when none of the parties to the conflict today, precisely today, the situation can change, there is no way

to change this situation to their advantage, i.e. there is such a balancing act on the edge of possibilities, well, then, what you say, obviously our allies can also think, and then the question arises, they always said, after the ukrainian offensive, we will turn to the probable search for a political solution, the issue of war, but we can hear both the president of russia and the president of ukraine, we see that here there are not even remotely any approaches to a political solution, even that ukraine... there wanted some kind of political solution, although it is not clear how to achieve it in the conditions of the occupation of ukrainian lands by the russian point of view, it is necessary to fight and fight, we heard this from putin at the valdai club. well, i also think that what our allies, well, first of all, first of all, i want to say that it was from the political leaders that we did not hear any calls to

negotiations, certain political figures, well, who are not in power, who are close to power or something like that are trying to bring this, this agenda, into society, but for today the volume of military aid is going, the decision that is being taken is going, and the funding that is supposed to cover germany until 2027, they are far from : in order to talk about the fact that they want to force us to make some political concessions, not only that, talking to my colleagues, not only in ukraine, i can to say that those with whom i communicate are great britain, the united states, colombia , strangely enough, everyone understands perfectly well, and canada , of course, everyone perfectly understands that today there is no possibility to meet somewhere in the middle, to find some points of compromise that would surprise both sides, not only that, the other, let's say this, the flag of our allies, in particular the baltic countries, poland, they are clearly aware of the threat of what can

happen if hostilities stop, russia will get a front, and it is now spinning the flywheel the creation, namely, of the military component of the state, and in fact the state turns into a truly military camp, which will definitely lead to aggressive aggressive... actions specifically against the baltic countries, let's be frank, understanding that we have to talk about what even, rather under these conditions, which have developed today, when nato units are not yet ready and are not deployed on the territory of the baltic countries and poland, it is unlikely that such an attack will be able to be restrained, realizing that russia is going all in, there is not much to lose, and the situation is escalating, precisely therefore, i am far from thinking that we will be forced to make any capitulatory, excuse me, decisions, moreover , the deployment of elements of the military-industrial complex on the territory of ukraine has

far-reaching prospects, and if there was even a strategic vision, coercion to peace, then this was simply not done, because ukraine, cynically speaking, is now very powerful and serious practical. a training ground for testing different types of weapons, weapons, their improvement and development, so i don't see prospects regarding the fact that under specific conditions, these specific conditions, it will be possible to meet somewhere in the middle to talk about negotiations, and even more ukrainian society does not accept it, clearly, please tell me, i wanted to talk with you about what i think i said yesterday president of the self-proclaimed republic of abkhazia. announcement that the abkhazians of russia will soon sign an agreement that will allow the military forces of the russian federation, essentially the black sea fleet , to be based in the abkhazian ochamchila, and this

raises the question, firstly, why still for these for 30 years, a russian naval base was not created on the territory of abkhazia, in fact, actually occupied by moscow, and secondly, why is it being created now, is it a reaction to the fact that the russians are no longer so comfortable in crimea. mr. vitalik, i spoke, they speak. i will say that it is necessary to understand that the world, the whole world, including russia, did not prepare for such a war. russia, well , they simply did not consider, even theoretically , the question that someone would threaten it in the black sea, and therefore why was it created bases, having, let's say, collaborators in the ukrainian government, who continued the presence of the russian black sea fleet, and despite the aggressive anti-nato rhetoric, russia understood perfectly well that no nato would ever attack any russia. therefore , there was absolutely no need to invest in the creation of a base in the area of ​​an unrecognized, occupied republic.

today, the situation has radically changed, because it looks like crimea can no longer be a serious outpost naval forces of the russian federation, because well, after the destruction and destruction of the sevastopol construction ship. repair plant, it is very difficult to predict that in case of any damage to the ship right now, someone will be able to repair this ship, that is, the conditional ship will simply be blocked in the zone, eh, where it will not be possible to repair it and the losses of the russian fleet will only increase in this way, so they do , well, their traditional, er, their traditional move, which is that they take away placing their ships away from possible damage zones. just as it was during the second world war, at the bases of the north caucasus of the russian federation, well , including the partially occupied territory of georgia,

there is nothing strange here, and that is why now ... a decision was made when they suffered such losses that seriously, or as our british friends say, functionally destroyed the russian fleet, please tell me what is happening with foreign military aid, why, on the one hand, we are waiting there for some new weapons, and on the other, how is it there, let's say, the german media reports, regarding taurus missiles, no one is going to deliver them in the near future, what the west wants to wait for, you know, it's very difficult to say, i don't want to act as a lawyer, for the western world, i'm just repeating what i already said said that the west was not preparing for such a war, and i give an example here with the scalp missiles that the french gave us, they gave us 80 missiles, 400 of them in total, that is , the french actually gave us, well, 20% of their potential, er, having the opportunity to communicate on time, with colleagues from

the germans with whom i studied, in germany, i understand that germany has just made even more efforts to disarm itself, and i have the feeling that they are simply banally insufficient in the number of these missiles, which is why they are so carefully considering the issue and i'm sorry, they are confused about the transfer of these missiles to the needs of the defense forces of ukraine, understanding that there is such a thing as nato's collective security, for which they are responsible, ukraine is a little bit not included in this parameter, so it's mine, in my opinion, it's mine. .. vision situation, they simply do not have enough of those missiles to transfer them for ukraine's needs. if we talk about the words of the president of ukraine that if the war freezes and russia adapts, then in 2028 there may be an attack on other countries. what do you think the ukrainian president is basing himself on when he announces such a figure? well , this actually refers to what i said, that

russia is now transitioning. the format of the creation of a military state, that is, it enters the format of its traditional existence, that is, the russians, they, well, let's say undemanding about issues of personal freedoms, they are undemanding about issues, the majority of russians, undemanding about issues of their social status and way of life, and propaganda works in such a way that they believe, because they say, well now they are trying to expand the production, armament of military equipment, believe me to me, having a closed production cycle, yes, they cannot create some high-quality new equipment that would meet the standards of the 21st century, but they still hope that they can crush the mass of uh and complete any task, and that is why, returning to what you and i have already talked about, today the baltic countries are clearly aware that in the event that, in

the coming years, well, no one will be able to stop the advance of russian troops on this territory, the consequences, knowing the consequences of buchi, erpinya, gostomelya and hundreds of our settlements will be catastrophic for these countries, and that is why our president is hinting that in the event of a protracted war, in the event that ukraine's aid or military-technical cooperation with western partners is reduced to such smoldering conflict, the next victim is the state of the countries that can, let's be frank, the baltic countries, the baltic countries, because they are very easy prey, despite the fact that they are in nato, and they will not have time to understand what is the matter, again, yes it happened that i was studying at a school, at a nato school in oberemerga, and we considered the deployment of nato and nato seltazabs, reaction forces, they. turns to

the 90th day, or should we say what will happen on the 90th day, when these nareaction forces, and at the level of brigades, rather battalions and later brigades, will be deployed and will be able to retaliate against the territories that were occupied, we saw, i also spoke about it in irpen, bucha and dozens of our settlements that have already been liberated, what happens to the civilian population, realizing that all countries, citizens the baltic countries, i emphasize the citizens of the baltic countries, the baltic countries... are regarded as unequivocally nazis, fascists and the rest, they will simply be physically destroyed, and my baltic friends with whom i spoke, literally today, clearly give themselves, clearly realize the prospects with which they will encounter, nato will simply come to the burned-out territory and there will simply be no one to restore and protect it. thank you, thank you, mr. serhiy, serhiy grabskyi, military expert, timely peacekeeping missions, colonel of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine, and