[000:00:00;00] what to do next, how to form a new strategy for the next year, and this is precisely the biggest challenge , in particular for all parties and our partners and us, so i think that the main real attitude and support for the actions of ukraine is to ensure a sufficient level military support, we need to review operational approaches to how to optimally use our gradually composition of the ukrainian army, ee frank ledwich as well. a british expert last week also compared this war with the first world war, with a positional war of this kind, which also had huge losses, and uh, and he predicts that the war may last a really long time, and this war may continue to be exhausting, which by the way contradicts the statement of uh, yermak, who stated that the war is already 23, relatively speaking

road traveled, i don't know if it is, or if it's a metaphor, or if it means that we have about a year of war left, i don't know how to interpret it correctly, like, well, it's hard for me to really comment on ermak's evaluations, because these 330 m or 70 m, these are actually things that uh, somehow, are an echo of the fact that such an excessive, sector was created expectations, when they said that this war is already long-lasting and exhausting, and if we take a different evaluation indicator for ourselves there, in particular, in this format, we will be fighting there for at least five years, and we must understand that these for 5 years, we have to ensure the preservation of life and personnel and ensure the maximum destruction of the number of the enemy there, in conditions when next year, in particular, its supply of weapons will be less than it was in how

to put this strategy on those there 70 or 30 m , about which it is still difficult for me to speak about, but definitely, i understand that our strategy is currently being reviewed, volodymyr zelenskyi also spoke about it, the question is how to make this strategy realistic, realistic with an understanding of all the challenges that war creates on the field, we thank you, mr. serhiy, military expert director of the defense company, and now there is a moment of silence, we honor all those ukrainians whose lives were cut short by russian aggression, military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war that

unleashed by russia. my greetings, this is svoboda ranok, my name is kateryna nekrecha, and in this direction they are trying to regain the previously lost positions, the team announced. of the eastern group of the armed forces, general syrskyi. analysts of the deep state say that there are already lost positions in the armed forces. what is the real situation in the direction and what is the russian army planning. border guards raised the ukrainian flag in the village of topoli in the kharkiv region. the settlement is in the gray zone, only 5 km from the russian border. what does this mean, what is the situation on the ukrainian-russian border, says so

wives of servicemen demand to establish clear terms of service and yes... for their husbands to have the opportunity to rest from the war and go on vacation, because they say that the army turned out to be serfdom for them, whether this issue will be considered at the state level, whether there is someone to replace the soldiers at the front who need demobilization, let's talk about it in detail. what is happening in ukraine, what is the situation at the front, every weekday morning from 9:00 we talk about important events and statements, join us, vku in the south of bakhmut and actively took up the berry region, it is north of there are lost positions, the scale of which is being clarified, analysts report this. they say that the goal of the russian forces is to advance along the ridge of the temporal ravine, which is the key to capturing kostiantynivka, sloviansk and kramatorsk. the general staff of ukraine reports that in bakhmut district, ukrainian troops repelled six attacks by russian forces, in particular near the village of dubovo-vasylivka, north of the city, as well as near klishchiivka and andriivka in the south.

at the same time, the armed forces of ukraine are also entering the position of russian forces in this direction, yes noted in the general staff. the day before, the commander of the ground forces of ukraine, oleksandr syrskyi , announced that russian troops had stepped up in the direction of bakhmut. and are trying to recapture previously lost positions. in the russian ministry of defense, they say about five repulsed attacks by the armed forces near kurdyumivka and klishchivka, as well as about allegedly heavy losses of ukrainian forces in this direction. volodymyr fityo, lieutenant colonel, head of the public relations service of the command of the ground forces of the armed forces of ukraine, joins our broadcast. congratulations, thank you joined, i would like to ask you about the situation in bakhmut in recent days. tell me the details, are the forces of the russian federation really now on the offensive on this part of the front? good afternoon, slava ukraine studio. uh, yes, on this, on this section of the front, the enemy had previously lost to him, our servicemen, at the best

opportunity, move to offensive actions, improve their tactical position, so over the past day, our defenders have repelled 10 enemy attacks, this is klyshcheivka, andriivka . the russian occupiers attacked using the entire arsenal of their aircraft and carried out 340 shelling of our positions. nevertheless, our defenders managed to eliminate 123 occupiers of p2. the enemy started offensive actions in this direction approximately a week or two ago, the main tasks on the line on this front line were to prevent our advance, as the enemy was losing certain positions, and now they... are more actively moving to offensive actions on this part of the front , in addition to this, there is also the lemansky and kupinsky directions, we have troops in the kupinsky direction as well, they are

active, so in the kupinsky direction in the lemano-kupin direction, our defenders repelled 15 attacks, in the kharkiv oblast , sinkivka and ivanivka, as well as in petropalivka, novoyehorivka, luhansk, srebreynsky forest, seven airstrikes, the enemy used six kamikaze drones and 404 shellings from our positions. we can see that the shelling is almost the same, somewhere in bakhmut there may be more of them, somewhere in the kupyansk direction , it is now regrouping, because it has suffered losses, both in equipment, and in manpower, only in the past day in the lyman-kupyansk direction, the enemy lost 130 of its russian occupants and 13 pieces of equipment, one of which is the bmp-3. if we talk about the situation in the direction, that is, in klichivka, do you confirm that there are currently the biggest assaults, the russian feder, previously occupied positions?

at the moment, the enemy has switched from defense to active defense and is trying to feel the weak points, the weak areas of our defenses, our defenders, any strategic successes on the entire line of contact, not only in klishchivka, but also from kupinsk and to bakhmut, in the russian there are currently no occupants. mr. volodymyr, why did it happen that the russian forces went on such an active offensive, or can we talk about the fact that the initiative passed to the army of the aggressor, and what is this connected with, with the fact that the russian forces received reinforcements, with the fact that , that a lot of their forces really accumulated there, maybe it is related to the weather conditions. how can you describe it? we saw their preparation for active hostilities, even before, before october, they were preparing, their preparation was about three months, we are also in the nalyma-kupin direction, and now they have simply come to the bakhmetsky

direction, that is, the enemy is trying to achieve success somewhere, now there is another order for the 1500th time to go to the borders of the administrative luhansk region and donetsk region, it is them... they are not succeeding, and before the elections in russia, they need to present at least some kind of victory, because it is still necessary to explain to the russians, where did the tricks go, mr. volodymyr, if we talk about the situation, do the ukrainians have enough means, the power of means forces to defend themselves effectively, and if you are talking about the fact that the ukrainian forces saw the preparation of the russian forces, then is it possible to say that the ukrainian forces were ready for this, and are these means sufficient? of course, we were preparing, we are using all available forces and means at our disposal to carry out his plan, and we understand that

in the kupin direction, the enemy wants to reoccupy the city of kupins, and because it is an important logistics center, because which the russian occupiers carried out the logistical supply of their occupying army, therefore go to the river bank. well, in general, we do not give them any kind of victory, that is, now large forces are concentrated there, and russian forces probably want to achieve this goal there by the end of this year, right? long-term plans, but all those plans are adjusted by the armed forces of ukraine, of course, now again there will be weather conditions that will affect the further course of hostilities, and of course, we will not allow the russian occupiers to implement everything that is planned. and why does it turn out that before the frosts, well, in principle, to predict how the weather was good there or not, but even there a few months ago, many experts were talking about what the weather was like there.

weather related? well, at the moment, the weather is still conducive to the introduction of active hostilities, that is, you can use both aviation and shock drones, and use equipment, because the ground has not yet softened and equipment can still pass through it normally, as soon as heavier rains fall, accordingly, the ground will soften, drones will be actively used, and of course for aviation the enemy will also have unfavorable weather, so for now we are destroying it, if the aircraft enters the zone of damage of the pppo of the armed forces of ukraine, it is destroyed, that is why they are trying not to fly into ours, within the radius of action of the pppo, volodymyr, i wanted to clarify with you, we know the information about the fact that in the village of topoli in kharkiv oblast, ukrainian border guards installed a ukrainian flag, this village was in the gray zone, but can you explain what the installation of the ukrainian flag there affects, or can we say that it is no longer in the gray zone, because this is a village, it is very much on the border with russia close. not with the flag? well, first of all,

it is image-wise, it is demonstrative. our colleagues, the border guards, put up the ukrainian flag in order to make it clear to the enemy that they have nothing to do here on ukrainian territory. as, if i am not mistaken, at the moment there are no positions of the ukrainian armed forces in the village, so in principle only a flag is enough, our flag alone should scare them away and they should be afraid, even look in our direction. and here is a detailed account of what happened in the kharkiv region in the village of topoli, that in the kharkiv region, 5 km from the border with russia, ukrainian border guards raised the state flag, the state border service explained that this settlement is controlled by the military of the ukrainian armed forces, but they are not there all the time. the ukrainian military controls this direction so that the russian forces cannot gain a foothold in the village, says andriy demchenko, the spokesman of the state border guard service of ukraine, and the flag of ukraine was installed to demonstrate and remind. happy andriy demchenko is now in touch with us. thank you, mr.

andrii, for joining and i put this to you as well question, explain what is the effect of the installation of the ukrainian flag in that village on the border with russia, in the kharkiv region, in fact, does it remain a gray area or not, if ukrainian forces are not currently in this settlement? good morning, studio, well, you have to understand that when the enemy was pushed beyond the border, the border. including in kharkiv oblast, ukrainian defense forces, in particular units of the state border service , took control of the entire state border line, but the situation along the border line, it quite complicated, if we talk about these two settlements, about the settlement of topoli, and next to it there is also the settlement of stroivka, then they are actually in such a direction that this territory can be called a gray zone, because it is also an ancient hostilities,

in practice, the presence of ukrainian defenders there is a threat to life, and it is quite difficult to fully equip positions there, however , we continue to control this direction, including by various means, and monitor the situation with the help of drones, the actions of our servicemen our unit's steel border, which went to that territory in order to, the situation, in order to understand what the situation is in that direction, well, of course, to install the ukrainian flag so that the enemy would see that this is ukrainian land and understand, that this territory is under the control of ukrainian defenders , in september the flag was also raised in the settlement of stroivka, which is near the settlement of topoli, and this is actually a demonstration of ukraine that this is our land. territory, ah, as i said,

the situation in the direction of the border with russia is under control, because in some time ago, we also noted that in the same direction, the enemy tried to carry out certain fortification works, even entering the territory of ukraine, but was knocked out by the fire of mortar units and other means. ukrainian defenders and border guards, in particular, are monitoring the situation in order not to give the enemy the opportunity to enter this territory, gain a foothold, and we cannot, of course , someone... with the lives of our boys in order to send them to that territory so that they entrenched and were under constant fire enemy, so it can be considered that this is such a gray, gray zone, but it is under the control of ukraine. mr. andrii, what is the situation in that poplar village and there are battles going on there, do

people live there at all, are there any houses that have survived? well, if we talk about these settlements, then local residents will no longer live there. because we understand that this is a danger to their lives, but, again, if we characterize the entire, entire length of the border line, where ukraine controls the situation, and within the boundaries of kharkiv oblast, sumy oblast, and chernihiv oblast, using a wide variety of weapons, including aviation, first of all, of course, they want to target the locations, deployments of units of the state border service, other components of the defense forces, but we also see that the enemy is also targeting populated areas for infrastructure, on the houses of civilians, just striking, thereby trying to demonstrate that they have, russia on the other side of the border in these directions, there is no such

sufficient group to carry out an invasion on the territory of ukraine, well but as we see that they still hold a certain amount. of its units, including in order to carry out strikes on the territory of ukraine, along the line of our state border. mr. andriy, there is one more topic we want to discuss with you, so please stay in touch with us. and here we are talking about thousands of trucks, this is reported by the state border service. most of the blocking trucks are standing in a queue in the direction of the yehodyn checkpoint - this is more than 50%, and the rest are at the ravaruska and krakow checkpoints. protest of polish carriers has been going on for exactly a week. they demand the restoration of the practice, the obtaining of permits for ukrainian drivers and the removal of polish trucks from the electronic queue, as well as the out-of-order passage of empty polish trucks from the territory of ukraine. polish protesters say they are going to block the border until january. so. we will

protest until january. we also have families to feed and taxes to pay. from our taxes, we give money to our government. to finance aid for ukrainian refugees, even humanitarian transportation to ukraine is financed from our taxes. we are doing the work, polish transportation accounts for 7% of gdp, and what does ukraine leave for us? garbage on the side of the road, that's all they bring us, nothing more. ukrainian drivers, who have been waiting in line at the border for several days, say that the majority of those in line go through poland in transit, and that these protests are political, not practical. reasons, open one road for us and let in people who are not going to poland, people who are going further, we do not need poland, we let's go further, i think so, for our ukrainian drivers and entrepreneurs, it is clear that everything is done between, between drivers, that something is wrongly done on the part of drivers

or entrepreneurs, and here is a meeting planned for today at the polish-ukrainian border of representatives of the ukrainian ministry communities, territories and infrastructure with representatives of the polish side, to unlock the checkpoints, representatives of the ministry of infrastructure of poland, representatives of the voivodship, the directorate of the european commission on of mobility, the embassy of ukraine in poland and carriers, informed the ministry of infrastructure at the border about this, what are the queues, how many trucks cannot cross the border and get to poland and back to ukraine. in fact, the situation is radically different from the latter. has not changed, the traffic continues to be blocked, the only possible direction , where the intensity still continues, is the krakow checkpoint in the direction of exit from ukraine, entry into poland, there the polish side accepts, for exit from

ukraine, this is in the direction of the point pass ravaruska, jagodin, as well as the exit from poland, they are practically blocked , of course, the participants of the action pass, a small number of cars, it is several trucks per hour, in all, again, directions, but this is not enough to ensure the intensity and the need for movement through these directions, because for example, for 1,200-1,300 cars in both directions, in the direction of krakivets and raveruska, there are 600 or even more than 600 trucks that were following to the exit of ukraine, to the entrance to ukraine, as of morning, today, like yesterday, in principle, the number of trucks that are on the territory of poland, the expected possibility of crossing the border in the direction of ukraine is 1,000 trucks, the rest of the trucks

are in the direction of the checkpoints krakowiec and ravaruska. mr. andrii, is the crossing of the border for cars and pedestrian crossing complicated now? well, look, we generally have only one pedestrian crossing, in the direction of the shegini checkpoint, in other directions on foot. order , it is impossible to cross the border with poland, there are no such lanes, in a certain c at a certain point, a decision was made to allow only trucks and buses to pass, passenger cars do not cross the border there , but in general, what we can note is that the participants of the action, who are in the territory of poland, block traffic, they do not impede traffic. for buses and cars. mr. andrii, what are the forecasts, how long will it take to set up this

blockade? unfortunately, yes, they have announced that their promotion may be long lasting, at least until the end of the year or there until early january, at the same time we expect that their actions will stop as soon as possible, we will also expect good results from today's meeting, which should take place with the polish side. you also mentioned this, well, actually, it is at the level of the ministry of actions taken by polish carriers, but until now there was no possibility of holding such a meeting, we hope that, of course, it will be possible to achieve some concrete results, agreements, so that the intensity of traffic on these routes , it recovered, in all directions, as on departure from ukraine. as well as for

entry into ukraine, because for example, in particular following from poland to ukraine, and it's a pity, but there is also an increase in the traffic of checkpoints and these directions, in particular at the shegini checkpoint, this is on the ukrainian side, on the polish side, this is the medica checkpoint, there are also about 1,400 cargo vehicles. who have chosen another route that is not blocked, but because of the infrastructure of this direction, this checkpoint does not allow, for example, to process all these trucks that follow from poland to ukraine through this checkpoint in a day. thank you, mr. anriy, for joining in and telling us about the current situation at the border. andrii demchenko, spokesman for the state border service of ukraine, was a guest of svoboda ranok. at chisinau airport. a plane with ukrainians evacuated from the gas sector landed in moldova, it was reported that it landed in moldova on saturday, there were 155

people, 145 of them ukrainians, nine moldovans and one palestinian. among the evacuees are many families with children, as well as one ukrainian citizen who has cancer . she was immediately sent from kishenev by ambulance to the checkpoint with ukraine. there she was met by a team of ukrainian doctors and taken to a hospital in odesa. as of today, the gas sector successfully evacuated from the gas sector in 2004, almost 360 applications were received from ukrainians who want to evacuate from the gas sector, however , the israeli and egyptian sides received 229 permits to cross the border, some did not receive such permits. so, for example, ukrainian tetyana tapalova, who has lived in the gas sector for more than 20 years, can leave there, but without her husband, because his name is not on the list. those who can leave the enclave. i don't want to leave olla, but i don't know yet, maybe it

will be moldova or romania, i want to go there. i will not return home either to gaza or to ukraine because of the war. all our neighbors and relatives live in schools. we also have cousins. their whole family was targeted. many died. about 35 victims from our close family, cousins. i ask them to let me. i should leave gas, but they are the border service,