the cold weather is approaching, what did the armed forces of ukraine achieve during the spring and summer offensive campaign, and what should we expect next? the situation at the borders: on the northern borders of ukraine, the russians are strengthening their positions, on the western ones, polish carriers are blocking the passage of our trucks. about this and much more later in the issue. on whose side is the advantage that the zsu succeeded in the spring. summer offensive and what was not enough for our effective advancement and liberation of territories. they will not retreat and block the border. poles continue not to miss ukrainian trucks the negotiations did not yield results. the eu has warned that if a solution is not found, the european commission will open a punitive procedure against poland, and protesters are threatening to block another one. the fourth checkpoint: sheghini medic. instead, ukrainians

do not respond to us poles with mutual compliance. it looks like you're just drinking our blood. greetings, i'm iryna koval, and this is the news, summaries of the week on the espresso tv channel. this week, both in our country and in the west, the spring-summer counteroffensive of the armed forces of ukraine was mentioned. we discussed what was achieved, and even more came an understanding of what was not enough for our effective advancement and liberation of the territories. the guardian, citing its anonymous sources, published an article in which some western government officials said that ukraine's counteroffensive on the zaporizhia front was essentially over, although three brigades probably crossed the dnipro near kherson. one of the western officials noted that neither side in this war is capable of carrying out a decisive operation on land, therefore. then there will probably

be, i quote: a long conflict, and that's why the long-term military support of the us and europe will be crucial. and here information appears not from government officials overseas, but from the first source, namely from the marines of the armed forces of ukraine, that on november 17 they conducted a series of successful actions on the left bank of the dnieper in the kherson region, they managed to gain a foothold on several bridgeheads. therefore, this is one of the few directions on the battlefield where ukrainian troops continue their offensive, rather than standing on the defensive. so what is the situation at the front based on the results of the spring-summer counteroffensive, let's see further. the american edition of the new york times published this map at the end of september. it shows how the front line has changed since the beginning of the year. territories captured by the aggressor are marked in red, territories in blue. released

by the armed forces of ukraine. despite 9 months of heavy fighting, control changed over less than 800 square kilometers, with an active front line of more than 1,500 km. and already on november 1, the british magazine zaeconomist published an article and an interview with the head of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny. they have a general stated, the war became positional and reached a dead end. just as in the first world war, we have reached a level of technology that puts us at a standstill. there will most likely not be a deep and beautiful breakthrough. in fact, it was the first public acknowledgment that the ukrainian counteroffensive had not achieved its goal. cut off, or at least endanger the land corridor to crimea. the ukrainian army and western allies began preparing for a breakthrough in the south from the end of 2022. after lightning. promotion in kharkiv region and

successful squeezing of the enemy from kherson. the usa and europe decided to supply kyiv with modern armored vehicles. ukraine was actively preparing new brigades. expectations were high, maybe even overstated. all this happened against the background of heavy fighting for bahmud. many western military experts are still convinced. at that time, it was better for the armed forces of ukraine to withdraw from the city to more advantageous positions. he said that the battle for bahmud was the least exhausting. artillery reserves of the ukrainian army, and this ultimately affected the future counteroffensive, but in the spring of 2023 in the ukrainian leadership had its own arguments. if bakhmut ends up under the control of russian forces, putin will sell this victory to the west, his own society, china and iran. if he senses blood, senses that we are weak, he will push, push, push. thanks to the battle for bahmud, the enemy, despite the huge...

got time to seriously establish a foothold in the south. the armed forces felt this in early june, when they launched a counteroffensive on several fronts. from the very beginning, the ukrainian army failed to withstand the enemy artillery, as it was during the kharkiv operation. russian troops had complete superiority in the air, because the west did not dare to provide ukraine with modern fighter jets, and huge minefields stood in the way of western armored vehicles . neither the armed forces nor their nato instructors were ready to overcome them. here is an excerpt from a german television report in which a ukrainian tank driver talks about his training in germany. we ask them. we ask them: how do you pass minefields, they explain to us that you just need to bypass them, on their maps prescribed minefields measuring 100 by 200 m, but we do not have such, we have hectares of these minefields, you see, after an unsuccessful

attempt to break through, the so-called war of attrition began, the parties tried to cause each other as many losses as possible, primarily in artillery and armored vehicles but no one managed to gain an obvious advantage in this battle. in the direction of berdyansk, the ukrainian army managed to cut off the so-called vremiivsky ledge and liberate staromarsk. in tokmacki, as a result of heavy fighting, the armed forces liberated the village of robotyne, but they were unable to reach it to tokmak itself, from where it would be possible to control the main routes to the crimea, it was not possible. but in october, the enemy stepped up and went on the attack in several directions at once. this was particularly facilitated. putin's agreement with the north korean dictator kimchanin on the supply of artillery ammunition. according to media, south korean intelligence estimates their number at over a million. the hottest spot today is avdiyivka. despite high losses, the enemy did not abandon the intention

of encircling and capturing it and has partial success. near bakhmut, where all summer and on at the beginning of autumn, the ukrainian army had the undisputed initiative, the russians are also attacking. attacks do not stop in the kupyansk region as well. the enemy does not stop trying to recapture the city, which is an important railway junction. in many areas of the front, it has a significant advantage in reconnaissance and attack drones. it is known that the invaders are once again preparing massive attacks on the ukrainian energy system. all this means that the winter campaign will be difficult, possibly with painful territorial losses. what's next, in the spring and summer of the 24th, commander-in-chief valery... talks about the risks of a positional war in conditions when the human resource in russia significantly exceeds the ukrainian one, and the life of a russian soldier is worth nothing. the biggest risk of trench warfare is that it can drag on for years and exhaust the ukrainian state.

we must find this solution, how to make the war maneuverable, we must find this gunpowder, quickly master it and use it for a quick victory, because sooner or later we will find that we simply do not have enough men to fight. in order to break through the front, the head asks the west for more drones, means of radio-electronic and counter-battery warfare, as well as demining, whether this measure, which has so far been very late with military aid, will be heeded, is an unanswered question, especially against the background of the internal political struggle in the united states and the still unapproved aid package from the largest ukrainian ally , however, there is another option for ending the war, without deep and beautiful breakthroughs. if we recall zaluzhnyi's analogy with the first world war, then, as is known, it ended not because the front fell, but because that the rear fell. first in the russian empire, then in the kaiser's germany, where

a revolution occurred as a result of worsening economic and social problems. however , there is still little hope for such a scenario. sanctions against russia did not live up to expectations and did not...' it seems that the putin regime will run out of money for a war of aggression in the coming years. in order to defeat the enemy on the battlefield, it is necessary not only to have the desire that our military has, it is necessary to have something to fight for. aircraft, equipment, weapons and ammunition. and while the north korean dictator kimchem transfers to the russian army more than a million artillery ammunition, supplies by the european union, to us a million artillery shells. postponed until spring 2024. the minister of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, noted that the reason for this is, to quote the minister: the deplorable state of the defense industry and a lot of unsynchronized things, a lot of bureaucracy. the european commissioner for the internal market

, thierry breton, is sure that if the eu countries make an effort, then by the spring they can go into production of more than one million ammunition for but there is also good news: germany continues to actively support ukraine and promises to provide at least 8 billion euros in aid next year. that is twice as much as this year. defense minister boris pistorius is sure that our country needs help, and therefore military support from germany needs to be increased. 8 billion plus 2 billion for authorized obligations. this would be a very powerful, clear signal for ukraine that we are on its side, pistorius said. this week military aid to ukraine was actively discussed in bily. president joseph biden 's national security advisor, jake sullivan, admitted

that it is increasingly difficult for the us to fully finance the assistance ukraine needs to protect its territory and advance on the battlefield. but at the same time, he insists that congress approve the white house's request for aid to ukraine as soon as possible, because he understands how serious the consequences of a lack of aid on the battlefield can be. so, despite the fact that , according to experts, the weapons and ammunition provided by the west should only be enough for defense, we are making progress and deterring offensives of the russian army in some areas, we advance and liberate our lands. so, what the armed forces of ukraine achieved during the spring-summer period and what are the forecasts for the situation at the front in winter, we will now talk about this with oleksandr kovalenko, military officer. political commentator of the information resistance group. mr. oleksandr, i

congratulate you, i congratulate you. so, right away i want to ask you about the latest news. because it is very important. the ukrainian military managed to land on the left bank of the kherson region and gain a foothold there. but we know what is there now the russian aviation is very active, and the russian army is hitting our soldiers with everything it can. do you currently have any information on what is happening on the left bank of the kherson region, and will our military be able to transfer even more forces there? well, since they are already talking about it at the official level, we can speak as it is, without covering the reality with other terminology. yes, indeed, right now on the left bank of the kherson region , the corresponding days of the defense forces of ukraine are taking place, and they are very difficult, we must understand that the spoils, achievements that we

we have there today, namely the expansion of the zone of our influence, from oleshek to novaya kokhovka, respectively in one or another location, this is a gain, starting from the very beginning with the liberation of the right-bank kherson region, when the relevant actions began, already on the left bank, that is, this a complex process, and the russians, on the one hand, are limited in their ability to oppose these processes of ours, and because they do not have a very convenient, let's say, position with regard to counterbattery struggle, with regard to the use of rep complexes and many other things, but with on the other hand, they continue to dominate the air in particular aviation, and this complicates the processes of advancing our forces along the left bank , for example, in october , the maximum, record number of guided cation bombs was used, more than 100, 1165 units per month, and on november 6

in general, a record was set for the number of daily use, 103 cabs were used per day, in total throughout the country. mr. oleksandr, well, we understand that , in fact, the battles in the kherson region are, in fact , very decisive now, but if you look at it, it is not this stage is less important. which we have already passed, this is the spring-summer counter-offensive, and now there is a lot of talk and analysis about it, there are opinions that the russians knew that we would attack, that they were preparing, that we lacked training, weapons, planes, but despite all these factors, have we achieved the maximum goals that we set, and what do you think was achieved and in which directions? as of today no. unfortunately, we did not achieve the maximum goals, but nevertheless

there are results that can become a foundation, a basis for creating conditions for the further development of more successful offensive actions, on the other hand, with all offensive actions during this period, which we could achieve, not only in the zaporizhzhia region, but we see that near bakhmut we also developed our success in the southern sector. to the south of bakhmut, and in addition to this, we did not allow the russians to launch large-scale offensive actions by polyman in the kupinsky axis during the summer and to gain some kind of opportunity to go to the left bank of the oskil river, occupy liman, boroga and kupyansk, but winter is a very difficult time and not only for the army russian federation, we understand this, and also for the armed forces of ukraine, especially since the occupiers have an advantage both in weapons and in the number of people, and if in the summer our military

could advance further even under such conditions, then what awaits us in the winter, are there any predictions? well, it all depends on which location we are talking about, because we have temporarily occupied territories, they differ from each other in terms of landscape, relief and even weather conditions that are present in these regions at one or another period of the year, i.e. , if we are talking about the east, there is more harsh such weather conditions, especially in winter, than for example in the south, so everything depends on what will happen in this sense in that or location, besides that, yes, russians now, even though we are seeing rains, the season the rains have started in some locations, but they continue to simulate offensive actions , well, for example, in bakhmut, they are now advancing in large numbers of human resources, using the fog and also using the deterioration in

weather conditions and the fact that our forces are not conducting offensive actions, but are in defense, a therefore, it will be more important that the defense forces of ukraine will conduct defensive actions in the following months, but there will be locations where we can also have, we can have, the opportunity to develop offensive actions, advance, and there will also be corresponding gains. mr. oleksandr, i thank you for all your explanations, and with us was oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political observer of the intelligence group. resistance, and we move on. danger on the border with russia. the occupiers are strengthening their positions and shelling the territories of ukraine, and the armed forces of ukraine are ready to worst case scenario. in the sumy oblast, the border is defended by units that have been fighting the invaders in the zaporozhye region for a year and a half and assure that the border is locked.

the espresso film crew visited a few kilometers from the territory of the russian federation. and saw with my own eyes how our soldiers are ready to meet the goldsmiths, more details in the material of artem logutenko. now we worked out the goals set for us by the top management, this is, let's say, an enemy stronghold near the border. as a result? the result is very satisfactory. the soldiers worked out with a home-made mobile phone rocket launcher, it was assembled by order of soldiers far away in tela at a private enterprise, this mini -grad is filled with soviet-made shells, it was removed from a helicopter block, this was a installation on the base designed for a block, well , a fan-shaped one, to remove it, the office developed,

let’s say, a turret and developed this is completely, let's say, a block of shell shells, five, well , the firing range is 4.5 km . you hear artillery shots on our side, and we are working only to suppress them, attack on our territory. previously, mykhailo's unit fought in the zaporozhye direction. the soldiers have considerable experience, now they are defending the borders of the sumy region. i won't say that it's calm, it's more tense here all the time. there we knew that we had an enemy, right in front of us, that is, it was closed from the side , here it seems that everything is also closed, well, somehow, the eyes

of drg there are all sorts of things, so as not to yawn in tension, it always turns out. they are constantly being strengthened, they work like civil engineering, as well as military equipment , both anti-tank barriers and firing positions, platoon and company posts are made, soldiers have to not only shoot back at the occupiers, but also block the sabotage groups of the enemy, the fighters are also ready for this. yes, you are here watching so that the orcs do not... reset the border, of course, they are in that direction and from this side, we have mines there, traps are set, so they will not pass here, we.

we have them, which means that you can detonate from here, yes, yes, you press it, and the explosion is reflected, and here we already have a battery, and he also has a mechanical detonator there, the positions are set up near the samisin border, everyday life has its own conveniences and its own problems. we have two poor women, corks and mice, they even ate our weapons. and here the guys have a kitchen, and it's a whole dining room. one cannot be too rich, too healthy, too armed. we always want to have much more weapons than we have, but we are a unit that is equipped only with regular weapons. our standard armament is not as heavy as ours

would, wish there is an active war going on here in the sumy oblast, because our defenders are constantly forced to exchange fire with the russians, who are constantly probing their positions, and who are waiting for the advance of the rashists, and despite this, our soldiers are forced to... spend all their funds on providing personnel and repair of their vehicles, they are in great need of additional monetary payment for conducting hostilities. artem lagutenko, oleksiy kutsuk from sumy region for espresso. and now let's move on to our other frontiers, the western ones. on the border of poland and in ukraine, the protest action of polish carriers has been going on for more than 10 days. about 2,000,800 cargo vehicles are currently on the territory of poland in the direction of entering ukraine. transporters are blocking the movement of trucks at three main

checkpoints: dorogusk, yagodyn, korchova krakowiec, grebenne ravaruska. during these days of protests, significant losses were incurred not only by the ukrainian side, but also by european companies operating in ukraine. in working capital, one day of downtime of one truck. costs ukrainian carriers up to €350. and more contract defaults and production stoppages become an inevitable part of this scenario. but despite the terrible queues and economic losses, the protesters handed over a letter about their demands to the ukrainian side only on november 13, after a week of blocking the border. they announced that they would continue the strike. on november 15 , negotiations were held at the yagodin dorogusk checkpoint , attended by the ukrainian side, representatives from the european commission, the polish side , and protesting polish carriers. during

the meeting, representatives of the european commission stated that they are counting on the polish and ukrainian governments to find an optimal solution. if the blockade does not end, the european commission may initiate criminal proceedings against poland. but despite this, the organizer of the protest, the head of the lublin branch of the confederation, rafal mekler, said after the meeting: we did not reach an agreement. the ukrainian side does not take into account our demands. according to the deputy minister of infrastructure of ukraine, serhii derkach, who is conducting negotiations on unblocking the border, the demands of the protesters are in advance unacceptable for ukraine. and accordingly, chances. that later it will be possible to reach a compromise frankly few. slovak carriers decided to support their polish colleagues and on november 16, they blocked the vyshny

nimetske uzhhorod checkpoint. the blockade lasted only an hour. however, the drivers there said that it was a warning. and what is currently happening on the ukrainian-polish border. my colleague natalka starepova saw it. traffic blocking for trucks at three checkpoints continues for the second week. there were 1,100 at the dorogusk-yagodin border crossing trucks. on grebene ravaruska - 500 and the largest on korchova krakowiec - 1200 trucks. mr. ivan, the truck driver, finally found himself on the territory of ukraine on friday morning. he stayed on the polish border for five days. the man says: 30 trucks were passing through in an hour on sunday night. this. the polish police came, blocked the traffic, so only one truck was allowed to pass in one hour, it's good that we are not like that, our colleagues, others who are on other

borders. there on the berry there, and where else there, so there they are standing boys in the field, there they are not i’m bathing, there’s nothing to eat anywhere, we were here, there was a shower, let’s say, in the parking lot, you could eat and make something there , they brought food, well, the pole, mr. ivan admits, ukrainian drivers tried to block the autobahn, although the polish law enforcement officers did it they did not allow, but the military convoy was not detained, and after we are the rank of the terrace leaves. or to drive on the road by car, well, we have the right to move on the autobahn, and then they came, the police, there are shields, there are guys who blocked it, then we generally have to go out on autobahns, this is one of the carriers from poland and this is one of the carriers i think it's a fellow we all know putin yes maybe some comrade of putin and i think it's a paid promotion because guys money money they are standing there, they are not standing, it is not for the idea, unlike other

border crossing points in kraków, korchów is only a one-way traffic obstacle. the polish carrier adam is also in the queue to leave ukraine. the man delivers humanitarian aid, in particular in the war zone. adam says frankly. the ukrainian government is guilty of unprofitability of polish companies. polish carriers have been forced to compete with ukrainian drivers since the beginning of russia's full-scale war against ukraine. for you, for ukrainians. all conditions of privilege have been created for you, ukrainians in poland, and you are not even a member of the european union, instead, ukrainians do not respond to us, poles, with mutual compliance. it looks like you're just drinking our blood, so our carriers are blocking the border so you don't drink it all the way. due to the blockade of the border , carriers do not have time to deliver on time

products, the driver ivan assures, both individual enterprises and the entire ukrainian economy are aware of the losses, i have not yet delivered the goods , the tax must be paid already, the tax must be paid for the employee as well, everything must be paid and the funds are still not in the account, meanwhile there is a queue loads at the border do not decrease, drivers choose alternative routes for themselves, due to which they form long queues in other directions as well, - says the spokeswoman of the lviv border detachment, oleksandra kuchkovska. checkpoint he works in the usual regime, nothing prevents the movement of trucks there, but precisely because of that, many drivers chose it in order to use it and cross the state border, and there was also a queue from the polish side, it is the largest, and as of today, it is 1,200 trucks vehicles. blockade participants have permission to picket until january 3, 2024. so how long will

the border lockdown last? and what consequences will burden ukraine, and in such a crisis period, only time will tell. natalya stareprevo, roman kovalyuk, espresso tv channel. nova the ukrainian army is by nato standards, and sergeants play a key role in it. morale, training and military discipline depend on them. sergeants of the new generation must lead units in battle and help to master quickly. new weapon for the fifth year in a row, ukraine celebrates a new but very important holiday: the day of the sergeant of the armed forces. what has changed in the formation of the sergeant corps during the years of independence and who is a sergeant of the ukrainian army, yaroslav hopatsa will tell. the armed forces of ukraine, formed in in 1991, soviet military ranks were adopted. in particular, there were only

three in the army at that time. serzhansky, junior, just a sergeant and a senior, who were not particularly valued, unlike in democratic countries, where a sergeant was considered a representative of the caste of professional soldiers, but since the beginning of the ato, sovkov ’s umbilical cord gradually began to be cut, and in 2019, ensigns and midshipmen were removed, already in the next new sergeant ranks have appeared, according to the military, this is not just a change of titles to nato standards, but the beginning of personnel reform of the armed forces. supported vladyslav, who two weeks ago was the chief sergeant of the 114th brigade, also agrees, he calls this unit the backbone of the ukrainian army. a sergeant of the armed forces of ukraine is, first of all, a leader who is not deterred by anything and who is not afraid of anything, that is, he accepts any challenge, and he performs these functions with honor and dignity, he is a good man and he is the one whom everyone follows. you see, look, the situation may be different.