on the second bakhmut. throughout the week , the russians continued to attack avdiivka in order to encircle it. in the north, they managed to break through several meters in the krasnogovka district, in the south, they occupied the territory north of the water and the experimental. the rashists also had a small success near spartak, donetsk district. currently, the russians are trying to gain a foothold in new positions, but they are not able to do so in all places. for example, in the northern region, the armed forces of ukraine were able to push the rashists back to their initial positions. special attention of the enemy focused on storming the terekon of avdiivskoe koksokhim, which is near krasnogovka. the occupation of this area would allow the russians to take under fire control the logistics to avdiivka. the rashists came quite close to the hill, and some even died on its slopes. however, the armed forces managed to defend terekon. therefore , the nine-day assaults yielded rather modest results for the occupiers, especially against the background of huge losses of manpower and equipment. in particular, during these days, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed more than 100.50 tanks and almost 300

armored vehicles, the absolute majority in the zone avdiivka, however, it seems that despite the loss , the russians have prepared enough reserves to continue the meat assaults for some time. new drones besieged sevastopol the other day, ukrainian drones managed to destabilize and seriously damage one of the newest ships of the black sea fleet of the russian federation, pavel derzhavin , during its exit from the sevastopol bay. the next day this ship made a second attempt. to leave the port and received another damage, after which the military tug nikolay muru went after it, which also hit our drone, at the moment, ships were being transported in the direction of novorossiysk, while drones from the air attacked sevastopol simultaneously with naval drones. ukraine's armed forces are putting pressure on the russian navy to ensure security for the grain corridor along the romanian coast. the long-awaited attack of the mc was noted in berdyansk and luhansk , as soon as it became clear that ukraine would be given cluster

attacks, it was obvious that their main target would be airplanes and rotorcraft in airfields and heavy equipment at bases and warehouses. on october 17, takams flew to airfields in luhansk and berdyansk, where they destroyed nine special equipment helicopters, an air defense installation, an ammunition warehouse and damaged airfield runways. in this way, it became known that the air force received attacks with a range of 165 km, which can carry 950 cassettes. ammunition. earlier, the german government stated that the transfer of taurus missiles would be possible only after the transfer of the mes attack to the usa. so, we hope that soon taurus will make themselves known by the turnout method in the area of ​​the crimean bridge. meanwhile, babov is with us hymarrs visited the rashist headquarters in skadovsk, and on october 13, the ssso movement successfully blew up a railway track and a train with ammunition and fuel in the temporarily occupied melitopol. luhansk region

from the north to the south of the region, the rashists have gone on the offensive, and multiple attacks are aimed at finding a weak point in our defenses in order to further develop the success of the autumn-winter offensive campaign, while at the same time the enemy is trying to damage our logistics with air strikes on bridges. the other day, another bridge across the zherebets river to the district villages was destroyed terne the main directions of russian offensive remained the same as a month ago in the direction of kupyansk, borova taleman. currently , the defense forces are breaking up. all their attempts. counteroffensive in zaporozhye. in most areas of the front, the counteroffensive turned into positional battles, but in the novoprokopivka area , fierce counter-battles continue. during the week, russian paratroopers tried to carry out a series of counterattacks in the north of novoprokopivka, but in the end retreated inside the village. on the western outskirts of the willow ridge , a counterattack was made to prevent ours from getting a chance heroes to consolidate their previously won positions, but their attempts

were mostly futile. instead, the ukrainian armed forces developed success on the right flank and further expanded their control zone near the villages of kopani and nestaryanka. however, the enemy has bitten its teeth into these villages and has no intention of retreating. the defense forces have little time left before solid showers begin in the south, which will significantly slow down our advance, but also make it difficult for the russians to hold the defense. we win daily, death to enemies. well, you see enough of such events active, active battles are going on and the russians are trying to advance, and in principle, a demonstrative situation took place in avdiivka, and the biggest one, perhaps , is such news for us, this is the use of such a thing that happened the other day, well, this is such a positive story for us, we already have a guest oleksiy melnyk is the co-director of foreign policy and international security programs.

coordinator of international projects at the razumkov center. greetings, mr. oleksii. i congratulate you, well, let's probably start with understanding, and this application of its kind. we have been waiting for this for a long time, and here it is i would like to find out how much it can affect the course of the company, what this weapon can do, what it can't do, what should be expected from it, what should not be? the first attacks demonstrated the rather high efficiency of these weapons, both in terms of the distance at which they are able to hit targets, and in terms of the warhead that... with which these missiles are equipped, at the same time this morning we received an answer to a question that probably worried many, it's about the number of missiles that were transferred to ukraine, the new york times thinks

reported that it is 20 units, of course, this quantity, it is clearly not enough , that is, if we see now on the hall screen, it should usually be at least two or three missiles, so let's hope that it was the first test batch is left, with the regular arrival of these missiles, as well as the hope that the germans will catch up with their russians, then we can talk about, well, not what is called a game. that is, in the case of the ability to deliver these blows regularly, in large numbers, this can significantly affect the ability to undermine the combat capability the enemy let's return to this topic a little later, because we have

one more guest, tsegor firsov, a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, a member of the people's deputy convocation, and i congratulate you, yehor, glory to ukraine, i welcome you. greetings olga, i wish everyone health, glory to the heroes, well, as far as i understand, you will be in the avdiivka area , oh, yes, avdiivka, eh, and i would like to hear from you directly what is happening, what the russians are doing there, what is the attack the one that was here during these days is different from what they did before, because as far as is clear, yet after all, she was somehow different. oh, where to start, i’ll start with the fact that yes , there were always battles in avdiivka, they were heavy, from the beginning, i started my service in may of last year, but this attack is important because it was excessive, let’s say, before the mass

by infantry, artillery shelling and prior to this the use of air bombs, that is, before this the enemy did not use air bombs and artillery en masse, then the equipment left, and here the equipment left together with the infantry in large groups, although there were about 30, 40 orcs in this group , here , and huge accumulations of equipment. in in principle, before that, everyone worked very, very harmoniously, our artillery, aerial reconnaissance, that is, the enemy was defeated , the enemy, tactically, his plan was and remains in principle to occupy the so -called terekon, this place is nearby, by the way , on our side, on our side, on our flank, ah, to control the height, they want to install there, well, that’s what we think , they want to install anti-tank weapons there, and to control logistics

points, that is, roads, where on which our bullocks, in principle, all the provisions and so on, and shoot through these roads, in principle all those orcs who stormed terekon, who stormed the heights, in principle they all remained there, they were destroyed, but the enemy’s plan is clear, we are now intercepting because the command, fed up, let’s say yes, with the means of rep and rer, the audio direction, here we gave them digital , digital communication, and they switch to analog, well, we hear analog well, here we analyze what they plan to do, unfortunately, for sure that i i can't talk about their plans in more detail, but nevertheless, that is, while the enemy is defeated, here, but the assaults continue in some directions , and it is clear to us that they will do everything

to try to take avdiivka, that is, it is not a question, it is very serious, that is, it is not a question of one the day of the attack or the week, now they will be as much as possible and try to push through our defenses so as to take the city. well, i also basically see from their mood that they are going, there, it is about the fact that, well, this attack was not calculated for a few days, they are talking about months that they are ready to do it for months, literally, until the new year, something like that, yegor, look, how would you evaluate the result of this first attack of theirs, well, there is little, big, bigger, well, that is, at least with these general features, well i will of course say that the result is a failure, because the enemy is defeated, and it is difficult for me to directly estimate the losses, that is , no one directly counted from our unit, but i

can definitely say that it is more than a few hundreds of infantry only, and very, very many well-equipped infantry, all those who remember, there used to be mobs or mobs, ailments of some kind, all these ailments ended, they died, but zorkiv, the one who survived, now came under fire. a soldier, experienced, experienced, and in combat, so i wouldn't underestimate the enemy here, you have to take them and their offensive actions very, very seriously, that's why until their plans come to fruition, and i really, really hope, at least we do everything for this, which will not be done, our unit, for example, for example, impact fpv drones use actively, not only literally there a few hours ago , we destroyed the enemy howitzer, d-30, even before that

we destroyed the howitzers and worked on the equipment, so they are coming at them from different sides, we are hitting, we are hitting very, very hard , quite precisely, here, there is a certain coordination between the units and between the brigades, the best brigades are in the avdiiv direction, one brigade, i can probably call it even. number, because the president voiced and voiced very, very many already this fact, this is the 110th brigade, it is simply one of the best, they hold avdiivka for more than one and a half years, despite the fact that the brigade itself, the brigade itself , imagine, there is one year and 8 months, that is, it is actually a new brigade that has always held avdiivka firmly, well, i am convinced, believe me, i communicate with many subdivisions .

maybe i have never even seen such a mood, because everyone is maximally prepared, everyone is maximally fired, and i will tell you such a small example that we are the first, if i am not mistaken, it was the 10th or 11th, and our unit watched as it just broke in shcheyant enemy equipment, and one of my guys points his finger at this video and says: damn, this should have been us, this is just for you to understand that everyone takes their work very seriously and responsibly and everyone is very ready to to defeat the enemy, at least from the command, this is the task, precisely to defeat the enemy, not just to hold positions , we understand that if we do not defeat the enemy, we do not inflict heavy losses on him, then the next waves of attacks will continue forever, well , that's it ... 110th separate mechanized brigade, we all saw this footage, they filled in a very short time, well, just some incredible

amount of heavy equipment of the enemy, it's just really such shooting at targets, it looked like on a training ground, this footage that we just saw, that's right, yegor, how would you estimate now, well, as far as you can see it there by your means, after these attacks that have already been, which the enemy is keeping. more power, is it really a big enough power? and here olga, this is a question, because our immediacy, strength and means are not enough for to do deep intelligence, well, i mean our unit directly, of course other units do it, analyze it, decryptors work, for a second, now generally in the armed forces of ukraine, the position of a decryptor is very, very much in demand, and that is, what does it fly a bird, a drone flies by, it bypasses the rap of the enemy, we have manufacturers who make such

scouts, here and now they are already directly analyzing what the enemy is, he is hiding something, and it is surprising, but in fact they do not learn from their mistakes, that is, they shuffle columns, as they did there almost from the first days of the war, huge accumulations of infantry, that is, as the wagnerites were, they probably drew conclusions from their mistakes, and they were not attached to the enemy's armed forces, so they could afford it. well, if it were a change of tactics, well, but these do not allow and make mistakes, of course, we cover them, the infantry, of course we destroy their equipment, here, but as for the forces, it is difficult to say, it is difficult to say, this question is of course more uphill, so that , which they analyze more deeply, that is, we analyze there, well, relatively speaking, 10 km from

front line, everything is straight, well, for your understanding, yes... everything is analyzed up to the fact that some barrel is sticking out of some bush, because they are hiding all this, here, but still we fly in, moreover, the enemy is hiding now equipment in the lowlands, i.e. in the so-called pits, where it is difficult to get to with artillery, because the enemy is literally behind the hill, so it is difficult to fly the drone, because it is a radio shadow and the drone loses communication, but nevertheless, that.. no less, our unit has already learned to bypass this radio and we fly right into the hole and hit right into them. yegore, by the way, how actively is the enemy's artillery working and , again, how actively is its aviation working, because the situation in avdiivka is that aviation and heavy aerial bombs are being used, and this is also

a separate story that is very difficult for our troops, 100 %, well, i won’t reveal a secret if... i will say that we lack air support, but we have to fight against enemy planes with our own planes of air defense means, there are not enough and planes would certainly be very, very, well, let’s put it this way, it wouldn’t hurt, because airplanes they cover the infantry, they protect our lives, they protect our positions, this is the first moment, the second moment, the enemy outnumbers us approximately, approximately somewhere, i think, three or three from the position for sure. here, maybe even more. as for the artillery, the enemy also has an advantage here, in principle, but our gunners are as always more accurate, but because the intelligence will work better, more proactively, let’s say so, and if, for example, in may of last year for one of our shots, there were 20 shots of the enemy, that is,

the avdiivka, i do not know by what miracle she held well, our guys held on, but nevertheless they held out, so... now the situation is of course much better compared to may of last year, but nevertheless, well, i would like more shells for the artillery, but in general, i want to say, in general , now of course, they have withdrawn a certain amount of forces and, in principle, communicating with the command, i understand that there are enough forces and means for the defense of avdiyivka , that is, it should be enough to preserve avdiyivka, not to surrender it to repulse its positions and defeat the enemy, but what about feeling, in the last a couple of days, compared to there, for example, a week ago, did it get easier or did it get harder , you know how to say, it’s a war, sometimes you forget what the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, or some specific number is, you don’t understand it , that's all, of course, war is always

waves, it goes in waves, sometimes i remember well, in avdiivka you can go out on the positions, the birds are singing, there is a breeze , the trees are rustling, everything is quiet, calm, here, and you close your eyes and you think, maybe you dreamed of all these temptations that happened yesterday, but no, the first projectile arrives, then the second, and began, and a real battle began, a real shelling, a real massacre, and now i understand that someone from that side has also woken up and started, according to their terminology, to liberate my native city, and here... so of course, these are all waves , and it is difficult to say even there which day was harder, which day was easier, and we are constantly, well, service, why is service in the army called service, and not work, because you constantly work every day without days off and day and night, the only thing , what i will say is that it is difficult, the situation regarding avdiyivka is really serious, here i am

they probably appeal to all people in general to continue to support, to continue to inform, a lot of work still needs to be done before victory, but the situation in avdiivka is quite serious, so to all the fighters who work directly in avdiivka or somewhere near avdiivka in this direction, of course, it is difficult for them, because they work just every minute, well, yegor, thank you very much for joining us, you explained everything in such a detailed way, well, we wish you, actually... that the command wants to defeat the enemy, with with the best result, thank you, good luck to you there, well , let's go, a couple more... minutes, then we will talk with oleksiy melnyk before the advertisement, mr. oleksiy, let's perhaps evaluate the movement of the enemy's reserves and capabilities, that's what we can

say about it, i.e. what is he, what forces did he throw at avdiyivka, which are he now throwing, at the kupyansk-lyman direction, what do we know about it at all, about these capabilities of the russians, but i only have to pay attention to the words that mr. egor, the fact that he makes an assessment from his sector, figuratively speaking, er, of course, ukrainian intelligence at the level of er, the main intelligence department, at the level of the supreme command of the ukrainian armed forces, probably has the most detailed, most complete information , but at the same time, this is a classic of war, what is called fog

war, this information is never sufficiently detailed and complete enough, that is why, if you take, or evaluate , try from different sources, then, indeed, the enemy throws in such the most critical areas of the front, throws, tries to throw fresh forces, it is not always fresh... units are transferred from one area to another and some reserve units are introduced, which may not be sufficiently prepared, equipped, and this may be a sign that the reserves of the russians are not infinite, at the same time, there are currently no signs that they are anywhere critical have weakened their defenses, so my answer is: that we can make some certain hypotheses, but it is really reliable to say now that the enemy is running out of reserves, there is no such

proper basis, well, i will certainly agree with you, yes, they used the 25th reserve army, but does this mean that this is just such a reserve, a reserve that is already the last, we really can't say, let's come back after the commercials... we'll talk a little more about what this means, these fights in front of the audio booth, and also after the commercials let's talk a little about atakams, and about aviation, and how to counter russian aviation, but that's all in a few minutes, they caught the virus, faith has faith in dekasan, inhaled dekasan gets into the lungs where the virus, dekasan works, faith rejoices, dekasan. inhalation protection against viruses and bacteria, as well as dekasan indicated for angina, dekasan is an inhalation antiseptic. i was flying, flying, and the cough stopped me, cough is a symptom of a respiratory

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command , what they want is the winter offensive, preparation for the winter offensive, distracting that this, the first thing i would like to start with is what has been probably for at least the last six months, more and more often, when the objectives are announced once again, the so- called... operation, then, russian the official leadership talks about active defense, that is, already at the official level , they declare that the goal of this operation is active defense, that is , the retention of those seized ukrainian lands that they currently control, that is, no, no... it is not even possible

the russian public does not receive statements about the possibility of an offensive or the capture of new territories, while the task remains , which putin has already set there several times, set so-called deadlines, this is, at the very least, the minimum program - it is the capture of luhansk, donetsk regions within the administrative borders, as well as the territories of those new, so-called territories that they included in their constitution, i.e. zaporizhzhya, kherson region, and this, strictly speaking, for them, as a minimum program, for today, it is almost unattainable the maximum for the russians, if we talk about tactical goals, then the most important task now is to restrain the ukrainian counteroffensive in the south of ukraine, by way of diversion. forces in

the areas where the counter-offensive activity is currently the greatest, i.e. this is kupyansk, this avdiyivka, in addition, certain military and political goals are pursued, why avdiyivka, why exactly at this time, well, at least, such two versions were voiced, which in my opinion have the right to exist, this is what putin wanted to do with... a birthday present, well, it didn't work out on time, and the second thing is that he needed something to show success before his trip to beijing and a meeting with the chinese leader, that is, it's such a whole set, which fortunately, let's say,