[000:00:00;00] these decrease compared to what was, and therefore they, we simply, apologize for interrupting, 9:00, we thank you for the analysis, ihor romanenko, but it is 9 o'clock, when all of ukraine has a moment of silence for all those who died in russian-ukrainian war. we honor the memory of ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine with a moment of silence. who

died in the war started by russia. my greetings, this is svoboda ranok, a project about something important, my name is oleg galiv, and we are starting it. russian forces, after a long lull, resumed attacks on lyman-kupyan direction. in particular , heavy equipment and personnel are transferred there. to what extent the situation in the direction is threatening, we will talk with the ukrainian military. ukrainian president zelenskyi attended the ramstein meeting live for the first time and is returning from brussels not empty-handed. the main results of the meeting between zelenskyi and the defense ministers of ukraine's allies will be described below. and

the security service of ukraine suspects two native brothers of firing on the village of groza in kharkiv oblast. he said that after the de-occupation of the region, they fled to of russia, and during the occupation, cooperated with the russian military, what is known about them. if you haven't subscribed to radio svoboda's youtube channel yet. do that, and also write us where you're watching us from, for that there are comments in the chat below the broadcast. the ukrainian military repelled more than 30 attacks by the russian army in the area of ​​the village of senkivka and. ivanivka of the kupyan district, the general staff of ukraine reports. according to the head of the press service of the eastern group of troops, ilyi vlash, it is near these settlements that the russian army is now emphasizing its attention, transferring their units of heavy equipment, artillery and personnel there. yevlash said about this on the air of the telethon edyni novini. in particular, according to yevlash , the storm and stormz stormtroopers, formed from former prisoners, are in the offensive. the goal of the russian army in

this area is to capture kupyansk and get a land corridor to the oskil river - says yevlazh. analysts of the information resistance group conclude that the russian army has launched the previously predicted offensive on this part of the front. earlier this week ukrainian anonymous telegram channels, in particular vertikal, reported that along with the intensification of the offensive on avdiivka, the russian military resumed active operations near kupyansk. and the chief of staff of the azov brigade, bohdan kortevych, wrote that the russian army went into active service. throughout the eastern front. in the summary of the ministry of defense for the last 24 hours, it is stated that the situation in the kupyansk direction has improved and in the last 24 hours, 10 attacks by the armed forces of ukraine have been repelled, according to the summary of the ministry of defense of the russian federation. these are seconds before our broadcast ivan shevtsov joins, this is the head of the press service of the steel border assault brigade. lieutenant colonel i welcome you. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. thank you for finding the opportunity and time to join.

please tell us what... is the operational situation in the kupyansk direction now and, if you can, give more details about the situation near the settlements of senkivka and ivanivka, what changes are possible there in the last day, now the units of the steel border as part of the defense forces are holding defense in the east of ukraine and some of our units are located precisely in the kupinsky direction, the situation here is quite tense, but controlled , indeed, during the past day on... units of the defense forces repelled more than 30 enemy attacks, and i really confirm that in the direction of ivanovka, senkivka, as well as from the makivskyi direction , the enemy intensified his offensives, the enemy intensified his assault actions, and now he is carrying out so-called meat assaults, that is, sparing no personnel, no sparing equipment, the enemy goes on the assault, but not a single scrap, not a single centimeter of our

land... we we did not give it away and hold it tight defense but these meat assaults, how many russian forces actually use people, involve them in these meat assaults, for example, one that is happening. for example, there are 50 to 100 men who are trying to break through the defenses, but they do not succeed, in addition, they use equipment that also burns, unfortunately, on our occupied land, but it is very good that it 's on fire, mr. ivan, we'll talk about the technology later, but the telegram channels of the same name spread a lot of information about what's happening actually and in the eastern direction, and in particular the awakened ones, the fact that certain... positions, such positions were lost by the armed forces of ukraine, but in this context, what should be understood, how can you comment or ask for information specifically in the kupyan direction, i can answer

only for these positions, which are in e, as part of the steel border, as part of the border guard unit, we have not lost any positions, those positions that we have taken, on which we hold the defense, we hold the defense on them, as for other positions, i can't answer here, but i have there is no such information, please tell me more, the heavy equipment that the russian forces are transferring are tanks, that’s right, what is known about this weapon, it is old, modern, improved, maybe there was already an opportunity to deal with them, in fact, the weapon is in the russian the federation is diverse, they are already exhausting their reserves and using everything they have, along with the latest equipment they use old tanks. there is the 64th year of production and old equipment, so everything they have, they are now intensifying their assault actions in this direction and using everything they have, but regarding the wagnerites in this direction, perhaps your units

have already had the opportunity to deal with them now, after all, they have not yet been involved either in these meat assaults, or in the actual confrontation with your subdivision in the areas where you are, if we are talking about the kupinsky direction. here, well, our border guards did not have such an opportunity to capture any of the wagnerites, but we have reliable information that in addition to stormz and storm units, they also use units of the combat army reserve bars, also opposite our units is the first tank army, the 25th army of the russian federation, it is quite large. the number of personnel, only there 25 army is about 25,000 personnel, but taking into account how the russian army transfers its own reinforcements to this direction, taking into account the fact that heavy equipment is additionally transported, what are the chances of the forces

of the russian federation occupying kup if we can talk about it, and in this context, why is the oskil river so important to them? they want to reach the uskkil river now while the weather is still good conditions, while the equipment can pass, but well, to the river to the left bank of the oskil river, and it is kupyansk and kupyansk that are the nodal important destinations for them due to the fact that there is a railway junction there, and these are strategic objects for them, but today is not february 24 last year, we were prepared in these directions, we had a lot of time to equip explosive mines. barriers and an anti-tank ditch, and the personnel to date already has a lot of experience in combat operations, these are not first-classmen, they are already real combat soldiers who can hold the defense and go in assaults

and vacate the occupied territory. mr. ivan, but regarding what may be missing, we understand and the military has repeatedly stated on our air that a full-scale russian-ukrainian war is also a war with drones, including what is the actual situation with security, it is said there about the military equipment, about the newest means with which the war is currently being waged, in particular your unit and the armed forces of ukraine as a whole in this direction, is everything enough, or are there possibly any questions in the context software? i would say that there is enough in principle of everything, but this is war , there is never too much, the more weapons we have, the more equipment we have, the better ... what is very, very, very important in the war today is aerial reconnaissance and

the use of fpv drones in general, and i would like to appeal to the local, to the local self-government bodies, which are currently arranging and spending a lot of money on all kinds of paving stones, on the arrangement of gyms, sports facilities better this money to really invest in fpv drones, one fpv drone, the ones we buy, costs approximately uah 15,000, there are 14-15, but, yes. thanks to this drone, we destroy enemy targets at a long distance of up to 10 km, without exposing the personnel to danger, but, for example, in the past day, our aerial reconnaissance unit destroyed another complex with a wall, as well as two trucks that were delivering food or ammunition on enemy positions, so it is better to invest money in drones, in ammunition and

to help the army. one more question on conclusion, short, how often now you, your unit are approached by civilians in this direction with a request to help them evacuate or with certain questions about help, well , citizens do not contact our unit, as far as i know, from the left bank of the oskil river, citizens were evacuated, local self-government bodies, as well as units of the national police, are dealing with this issue. thank you sir. ivan, take care of yourself, ivan shevtsov, head of the press service of the steel border assault brigade, lieutenant colonel, our guest broadcast, we talked about the situation in the kupyansk direction, it is difficult, and the russian forces are transferring reinforcements there, as stated in the eastern grouping of the armed forces of ukraine. for the first time, ukraine is sitting at the table with nato members as an equal player, not a guest. this is how ukrainian defense minister rustem umyerov described the meeting at the ministerial level of the ukraine-nato council. together with president zelensky, he went to brussels for negotiations with ukraine's allies.

in general, according to the results of the contact meeting group on defense issues, that's what the ramstein format meeting is officially called, ukraine managed to get half a billion dollars worth of aid. rostem umyerov clarified that there are unexpected obligations, but they are all in the mouth and they still need to be calculated. we have commitments and supplies, from what we can see from the commitments, a lot of what we didn't expect is positive commitments. if we talk about supplies, then we receive everything on time, that is, we are also increasing this capacity, that is, planning will already take place on medium-term and long-term dimensions, what our partners want to work with us, for the protection of cities and infrastructure, ukraine will continue to need additional air defense systems, heavy weapons, and ammunition. 11 countries have announced their future support for the ukrainian army, says the minister of defense. the department also says that ukraine has taken the initiative to create... a coalition for the development of the defense industry, which should

include already formed working groups, such as the anti-tank or f16 coalition or the mine clearance coalition and others. ukrainian president zelenskyi is aware of the threat of a reduction in western aid against the background of escalating confrontations in the middle east, the coming to power of forces more loyal to russia in slovakia, and other factors. he said this in brussels, where he participated in a meeting of ministers in the ramstein format. the details of this meeting of this meeting will be told by the korean. radio liberty in brussels olena abramovich. at nato headquarters, the ukrainian president was greeted with applause. diplomats and employees of the alliance lined up in the corridor around. this is not the first visit of volodymyr zelenskyi to brussels, but he has not been to nato since the full-scale invasion of russia, as well as to the meetings of defense ministers in the ramstein format. live before the start of the meeting, he outlined the priorities: anti-aircraft systems

, combat weapons. they are needed in very specific geographical points on our earth to save energy networks, to save people, to transit grain, to save this route for africa, asia and the world, so it is important that long-range missiles or long-range weapons do not matter how you you name it, the problem is how them to get, we need it in order to push russia out of our land. new packages of military aid to oust russia from ukraine have been prepared. seven states the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, emphasized that the usa is not the largest donor to kyiv, if we compare the amounts given with the ratio of gdp to the population of the states, germany, britain and poland were the most generous. this time, berlin announced one billion and 100 million euros. and this winter package includes patriot air defense systems, ammunition for them 10 tanks, leopard, armored cars, etc. the package from britain for 115 billion euros contains means of exchange. the united states will provide $200 million for ammunition and

anti-aircraft defense systems, high-precision aircraft missiles, equipment to counter russian drones, and the united states has decided to lead an aviation coalition. i am proud to announce that the united states is stepping up again to help lead a coalition of nations working with ukraine to develop its air force, and in leading this coalition of capabilities, the united states will coordinate closely with and others partners to focus on the development of ukrainian f-16 fighters. i am pleased that denmark and the netherlands will lead this coalition with us. provide ukraine with airplanes and fighter jets. at this meeting, belgium and denmark promised, the ministers repeated one after the other, that kyiv's support does not decrease despite the events in the middle east, and their aid packages confirm this. the ukrainian minister of defense called some of the promises he heard unexpected, and assured that the partners will deliver the equipment on time. a gift for ukraine was prepared by

the belgian prime minister, after meeting with volodymyr zelenskyi, announced that belgium is the first in the eu to launch an aid fund for ukraine, at the expense of frozen russian assets, its amount is currently one billion 700 million euros. billion russian assets frozen in belgium will be the source of this fund. we in belgium have income taxation on these frozen assets. last year , we clearly determined that the taxation of the profits of these assets should go 100% to the benefit of the people of ukraine. these funds will be used for rapid reconstruction and relief projects. with weapons, the payments will start as early as next year, and as early as january 1, the belgian government promises a ban on russian diamonds, the sales center of which in europe is belgium itself. currently , a tracking system is being introduced to exclude diamonds of russian origin from the market of the european union and the sam group. from brussels,

olena abramovich, marok hajduk, radio liberty. ukraine will continue offensive operations in the winter period. despite the worsening weather conditions, the new chairman of the us joint chiefs of staff, general charles brown, announced this. it was his debut participation in the ramstein format after appointment. i think that after listening this morning, as well as listening to all the contributions of each country today, i feel that we are putting ukraine in a good position. i understand that it becomes more difficult in the winter months, but ukraine intends to continue its offensive operations. during the winter months, and i believe, based on what i heard today from each of the countries, that we are doing everything right for their success. the general assured that the joint committee of chiefs headquarters under his leadership will continue to work on providing ukraine with the necessary assistance. brown believes that the russian leadership miscalculated when

it decided to invade ukraine. according to him, russia encountered the firm determination of the ukrainian people, who , i quote, did not want to return to the shackles of oppression. oleksandr musienko, head of the center for military and legal research joins our broadcast every minute. good morning good morning, i greet you. mr. oleksandr, according to the results of ramstein, the main news for ukraine is that the united states will lead a coalition of ukraine that will help ukraine develop its own air force, somehow strengthen it, or after all, these are the aid packages worth almost half a billion, which the ukrainian minister of defense says about . which ones you can draw the main conclusions for yourself, and neither one nor the other, in fact, the main thing is what happened , because both that and the other is what, in principle, ramstein was created for, and here nothing else should have been expected, except for packages help, in addition to words of support, in addition to the discussion of what has already been done , but now, the most important thing, in my opinion, and what i would

prioritize, is the discussion of plans for the medium term, that is, the ramstein format is gradually moving... into the playground , which discusses security guarantees for ukraine for the future, this is a very important element, in fact, that is, when it comes to planning horizons current, operational, and then three to five years, it is already quite good actually, and that more in terms of weapons production, that's very much an important point that i would highlight, this means that the west, the western partners are building their plans, respectively their... budgets, as a result of their policies, in such a way as to support ukraine, well, let's say this, for at least the medium-term perspective, this a very important signal for us and it is good that this is happening, the next thing is the defense industry, well the point is that no matter what, we will be pushed and we

will be forced to move in ukraine from a system when we are waiting only for weapons from partners, to what we should include... actively to its production, or weapons of ready samples, projectiles, mines, other types of weapons, and to either individual elements or, let's say, parts that we produce, and then they are assembled and accordingly become a single whole, in certain types of weapons, for example , as an agreement on the production of air defense systems with the united states, a very good story , well, actually, i would highlight that, those points that you, voiced, they ... are also important, because they are operational needs, they are really, packages aid, which include projectiles, which include haimars missiles and means of anti-aircraft defense, this is really very important in the context, especially now that we are getting closer to the winter period and, of course , it is likely that the enemy's attacks on our facilities will increase, but in addition to that, it also certainly

indicates that ukraine's partners are really there understand that this war will be long and it will not end in the next six months, or maybe even a year, because according to various estimates, which, for example, kyrylo budanov gave in an interview with the latter, russia has the weapons there, for example, to wage war until 2026, conditionally people in general many. i.e. personnel, respectively, probably in europe they also understand this, right? i think that our views on a long war and our partners differ, we expect, we have a perception that this war should end sooner than our partners, hence the statement that we are prepared to continue counteroffensive actions almost around the clock for year under any weather conditions, which is impossible in itself, and we must speak frankly about it, and why? because look, the war won't end this

fall or this winter, unfortunately, no matter how much we want it wanted, it will continue, accordingly, the resource needs to be built and planned in such a way that it can be counted on to actually conduct hostilities for a long time, which can consist of various elements, in particular , elements of defensive operations, active defense, transitions to defense when necessary, how now ukrainian units are moving to the east, etc., and here it seems to me that our partners really have an understanding that the nature of the conditions for conducting hostilities can change. we set maximalist goals for obvious reasons, because the war on our territory, absolutely no one can be blamed for anything here, but actually, it is calculated that this war can last at least one more year until 2025, that is, in various forms, of high intensity, less. high, lower, but approximately such calculations are laid out, but even beyond

how long the war will last, there is an absolute understanding that defense budgets and aid to ukraine must receive both the supply of shells and the production of weapons, but regarding the statement that all nato members agree that ukraine should become a member alliance, this is a prospect for what time and under what conditions, what do you think? i think it's very important, but it's also very good. a signal for us, but it must be understood that it depends on two things, and they are clear, clear, i think everyone understands them , the first is the end of the active phase of hostilities, the war, i think, even the tie-up does not go to of what is to come, some kind of peace should come someday there is unknown, when it can still come between ukraine and russia at all and whether it can be in some near future or there short medium term, but now. that is, the end of active hostilities, and the second is obviously the implementation of the reform plan

, the one that exists, we all know about it, as well as ensuring the rule of law and so on, that is, these are two, two criteria that are directly present, and which will influence, perhaps, even the first more than the second, but the second criterion is equally important. well, in this context, returning to stoltong , he said, i will quote now, that the stronger ukraine is on the battlefield, the stronger it will be at the negotiating table and the sooner this war ends. that is, in essence, the finale of the large-scale russian-ukrainian war, it should still end at the negotiating table, it's just a matter of who takes which position, right? ah, yes, the question is who can have a table under which conditions, you understand that there have always been tables, where to sit, but the conditions were announced differently, and of course, the key condition for us is the condition that russia actually submits. defeat, even if she will not recognize it, that is, this state, it meant defeat, even if

russia does not declare it, or someone, let's say it's not going to be said about it, but actually i think it's very important, but i have to say that this is a consistent position of our western partners that goes on all the time, these statements go with the aid packages that weapons is provided to ukraine in order to achieve better positions, well, this is also an appeal to the western audience to society, that weapons are provided not just so that the war lasts, lasts, lasts, but weapons are provided with a clear, specific purpose to restore international order and international law, and justice, in fact, which still has to end with something, for example, there at the negotiating table, it's the same, i think the messages are also for the western audience, the same for society, say what please, here in the interview to the ukrainian truth, budanov, the head of the ukrainian group, the leader, says that we are fast approaching a global

war, this is a short phrase from his answer about whether there will actually be a third...' considering the events that are currently taking place in israel, taking into account other local conflicts that are on the map, the world, what do you think this answer means, that we are fast approaching a global war, that is, all this will only intensify, i mean the large-scale russian-ukrainian war, events in israel, something else will break out somewhere, or something could have in mind, the head of the ukrainian intelligence agency, i will say my opinion , which coincides with me, in this part of the interview and in this sentence of mr. budanov, i can say that this is true, i support this thesis, because look what is happening now after russia attacked the ukraine, is waging war aggressively, now the situation in israel, and now note that just yesterday, south korea's defense minister said that they are wary of

an attack by the north, and there is reason to believe that such... an attack may be being prepared by the hyeyangans so itself, that is, the situation is shaking as much as possible, there are obviously external players, i think, let's say this, these are the players who behave aggressively, brutally, as cynically as possible, these are russia, iran and north korea, but behind the scenes there may be someone in white gloves, who does not take any dirty work, so as not to tarnish himself, but tries to find maximum political... profits in the geopolitical competition and the usa, this is china, and it is obvious that the multiplication of such conflicts, you know what they are aimed at, they are aimed not just to war to start, they are also aimed at shaking the unity of the west regarding the reaction to these events and the unity of the west, regarding what their policy should be, let's say there in relation to china, in relation to russia and so on, and there are

many steps towards this i see what is really directed and what the situation...' to destabilize by various means, the west is currently putting up a decent fightback, but in the end it must be seen that i think they will not stop there, this coalition of these states will continue, and of course, that this, let's say, is already a certain world a confrontation that does not involve direct military clashes between russia, nato, the usa, china, and even now iran and israel, i mean. from direct military clashes between the armies of these countries, but it is clear that indirectly behind the scenes are these states that are competing with each other like itself. mr. oleksandr, going back to the events on the front of the russian-ukrainian war, what are the chances in the russian federation of capturing kupyansk or getting close, literally, because we know that the oskil river is very important for the russian forces in order to

actually control this area, how do you assess it, taking into account the current situation at the front and the transfer of forces by the russian federation to this area, which is being talked about in particular by the eastern-grouped troops. indeed, it is important, it must be said that they are trying to advance in this direction have been going on since june quite actively, with various pauses, then a resumption of hostilities, now a resumption, i think that in principle, probably my opinion is that we can approach a situation when we will act more... in active defense and simply destroy the enemy in the east, in large numbers, we see how it is in the liman direction, 25 tanks in four days, we saw what happened to the enemy's equipment near avdiivka, i.e. ukrainian forces very well able to act precisely in the active defense and stop the enemy's attacks , therefore, today, despite all the pressure and all the threats that exist, and indeed, it is clear that russia

wants to enter this winter with offensive actions in the east. for the time being, i would not talk about the immediate threats that russia may capture kupinsk, there are risks , of course, they cannot be leveled, they cannot be taken lightly, but our forces are currently maintaining a coherent line of defense, and in in the event of a change in the nature of hostilities, which will be affected by both weather conditions and the decisions of our command by strengthening the eastern group, i think that the enemy will not have much chance there. thank you very much, mr. oleksandr, for such a detailed answer, for a detailed analysis , oleksandr musienko, head of the center for military and legal studies, a guest of our broadcast, we talked about the situation at the front in ukraine and, in general, about how the west cooperates with ukraine in the context of defense and actual confrontation with the russian federation today. the biggest offensive of the entire war, this is how the head of the avdiivka military administration vitaly describes the situation around avdiivka

barabash, however, he assures that the defense forces of ukraine killed all the attacks of the russian forces and