[000:00:00;00] the problem with president biden was that he did it maybe not often enough, that is, he pursued the right policy, but he did not always effectively or even asked, sometimes explained why he was doing and what he was doing, therefore, the recent appeal of the communist party to the american people, a column in the newspaper, this is all he is trying to somehow compensate and explain to the voters why he is, how to encourage them to support his policy. therefore it is important, in this column, if i remember correctly, he connected that hamas, russia, iran, north korea, i did not i remember, maybe even china, that these are all our opponents, at least, and well, enemies , and we, we, as a democracy, we must - help other democracies, in this case, ukraine and israel, and this is ours, as

would be the role of america in the world, and we should not abandon it, so this is my understanding, my idea, yes, as it were, what he wrote why and, by the way, the previous address, i don’t remember a couple of weeks ago or three weeks ago when he addressed the american. it is obvious that there will still be enough surprises, especially from trump, any day can feel something interesting and from this future, perhaps candidate. dmytro, thank you very much for the analysis, dmytro abramson was with us, a blogger and political commentator from the united states. thank you. ukrainian fighters are firmly holding the defense in the avdiyiv direction, the commander of the operational-strategic group of the ukrainian army oleksandr tarnavskyi assured about this , according to him, the total losses of the enemy in this direction amount to 456 people per day. one occupier surrendered, besides ours defenders destroyed 19 units of military equipment, including a tank, two artillery systems and

drones, and another 16 units of enemy equipment were damaged. the occupiers are preparing for the third wave of the offensive on avdiivka. oleksandr shtupun, the spokesman for the united press center of the defense forces of the tavria region, stated this. according to him, the russians still do not stop trying to encircle the city. we are expecting the third wave of the offensive, we are waiting, we are preparing. the use of equipment is likely, because now the enemy has somewhat reduced the number of airstrikes and again pushed the infantry forward. that is, two days a small amount of equipment was fixed and combat units were moving. oleksandr shtupun, spokesman of the united pre-center of the defense forces of the tavria direction. ukrainian soldiers pushed the invaders 8 km from the dnieper, on the left bank of the kherson region, and therefore the enemy's mortar calculations no longer reach the right bank.

natalya gomanyuk, head of the united coordination press center of the defense forces of southern ukraine, stated this on the air of the telethon. according to her. the creation of strike groups by the enemy is not recorded there at the moment. anchor on the shore for with the river at your back, it is a very difficult combat situation, so it can last a long , long time, and at the same time, the enemy tries to put pressure on the forces that are present there. therefore, our task remains unchanged, we continue combat work in order to make life easier at least on the right bank, in the future, on the coastal and left bank territories, because there are also settlements there, which today are in the line of fire, in fact. serhiy brachuk is in touch with us, he is the spokesman of the ukrainian volunteer army of the south, a military man expert. mr. serhiy, good morning to you, congratulations. good morning. glory to ukraine, glory to the armed forces. good morning, congratulations.

glory to heroes. let's go from kherson. let's start, because the further the ukrainian army regains its territories, the more panic and aggression occurs in the russian federation, here it is worth hearing from our military that they are pulling their troops to the temporarily occupied territories of the kherson region in order to fight back in any way possible, well to return, if possible, to the territory liberated by ukrainians, like you do you think it is possible? do the russians now have such thoughts of going on the offensive again against the already liberated kherson region? well, first of all, i would not talk about inflated expectations now, because the combat work that is going on on the left bank and again i want to thank you and bow low, this is very sincerely to our marines who are performing extraordinary tasks on the left bank, the main thing of them is to really move the enemy artillery from the left bank, so that kherson, bilozeshskyi district, khersonskyi

district do not fall from the artillery strikes, which on unfortunately, people are still dying and infrastructure is being destroyed, so this task is being carried out, i hope that it will be carried out as much as possible. effectively, in fact, the fact that today the marines and our units are already on the left bank, have established themselves on several bridgeheads, well, this is simply a unique situation for the current war and in general for military events during this war and after the second world war, even i will say so, therefore, this task is currently being carried out, today as much as possible, these units have not just established themselves in these classrooms, but also they are trying to advance further and actually destroy the enemy's... logistics, destroy the enemy's firepower, and destroy the personnel, as well as control points, which looks, well, logically, at least to disrupt the same command of the troops, and well,

if not to create panic today, the enemy's mood on the left bank is very alarming, the enemy is certainly not currently showing, let's say, certain signals for so-called gestures of goodwill, because the task facing, for example, the head of the dnipro troop group , generals teplinsky, this is the commander of the airborne forces of the russian federation, of course try to remove these bridgeheads of ours. so far, the enemy is not getting anything, although they are very actively trying to press, but i want to say once again, nothing is going to get done, especially today, i am sure it won't. therefore, the expansion of our bridgeheads, i hope this will happen. and i think that, well, let's just say, those. the actions that our soldiers are demonstrating today, they will be able to create, well , let's say, the basis for accomplishing the most important task, the most important the task is, first, to reduce the fire pressure on kherson, on the right bank of the kherson region, and actually move forward, we will not

rush, because this is a dynamic situation, ours are working, there is still a lot to do, but they are able to do a lot, mr. serhiy, now a lot ... there are conversations, including from your colleagues, military experts, about what the theater of war will look like in winter, president volodymyr zelenskyi has repeatedly emphasized that ukraine will continue to fight in winter, it sounded to all of us, for citizens and also for international partners, and what do you think, see what we mean when we talk about hostilities, what they will about to continue is to continue is of course 100%. some other formats are possible, taking into account the weather conditions and the situation that will be created in different directions, starting from there kupinsky, lymansky, avdiivsky, of course it will all

take place, for example, in the kherson direction, because the same overturning reserves from one direction, of course, reduces the pressure already on the other bridgehead, well, actually should happen and secondly, attacks on prejudice, this is something that the successors of the verkovny commander-in-chief are constantly talking about , in particular, look , unknown drones are falling on moscow somewhere at night, this is the promotion of hostilities, or the continuation of hostilities, absolutely so, even if it some aircraft are unknown, and actually, if we are talking about including the critical energy infrastructure of the border areas of russia , especially since there is a very... a partisan movement is beginning to develop, of course, we monitor it, we follow it, and you see that partisans, they are ready to work, some relay boxes on the railway are burning from time to time, and actually the actions that should

be taking place in russia are taking place, this is the return of the war to where it came from, therefore, if we talk about the intensity of hostilities, then now i would not be in a hurry to predict in advance, because the situation can change and be quite dynamic, but the fact that the continuation of hostilities will be in different formats is 100% that according to avdiivka, mr. serhiy, what is the situation there, because it is the same similarly, as with bakhmut, the enemy concentrates, actively in a certain place , pulls all his weapons, all his people there, well, in fact, it is difficult to add anything now, even to that quote, which alone sounded before our keys. from the head of the united tavriz press center of my colleague, i want to say that now we are really talking about the so-called third wave of the offensive on avdiivka, i think that it will also choke, i don't even think, i'm just sure of it, i'll get

our soldiers involved, there will be a fourth wave, i think that it is already being prepared as a reserve, because this stronghold, the avdiiv defense enemy, will storm it for a very long time, ah, will it be possible for him to do something more concrete than it is today, some advances, of course tactical ones are possible, this is a war, and you have to react to it in a normal way, but to do something drastic, i still think it will not be possible, well, actually, we say and look at the actions that are taking place there, that the enemy is trying to learn, is trying to really regroup, to use some new tactics, but it does not bring any benefit, and what do you think, will we see representatives of new russian private military companies on the territory of our state, well , today it seems to me that the russian army, if it can be called that at all, i avoid

this designation of the power of the russian federation, because it is not an army, this is some really private company of the bunker grandfather, which today performs the functions of punishers, mercenaries, marauders , that is, all these epithets are suitable, except that it is some kind of armed formation, which is what a classical army should be, so we are dealing with, well, let's say yes, in the format army, but these are murderers, these are cruel people and we must fight them the way we fight today, and honor and praise to our armed forces, and by the way, i want to add literally one more thing on the left bank, we know what has already been verified 18 destructions, systems of heavy heavy fire damage, this is the so-called toss, 24 have not been verified, and only in the fall , six were already repelled and destroyed, that is, on the left border. the day before, one such system was destroyed, which suggests that this

fire system, it operated precisely on the left bank, because the operational capabilities of the russians are decreasing, and this cannot help but please, but i will say that there is still a lot of work, now let's move even further south, in particular the black sea water area, the work of the ukrainian grain corridor, which ukraine has created on its own, and where were the last statistics. voiced, including by the president of ukraine, more than 100 ships have passed and continue, this movement continues now 4 million tons of grain have already been transported, is the black sea really, if this is the right word, becoming neutral now, an absolutely neutral territory that is already dominated by the russian fleet, you know, sometimes you want to add a little bit of positive emotions to any inclusions, well, let's talk

about the fact that part of the black sea returns to its native harbor and becomes the ukrainian part of the sea. actually, if we are talking about this export corridor, then this topic, they say, works, it will work, and thanks to the fact that the black sea treasure of the russian federation was displaced from this water area, that is, the most important issue is the dominance of the black sea fleet of the russian federation in the black sea , it... today it is not there, there is simply no, and what the enemy is trying to do in his operational zone, that is, the eastern part of the black sea, is actually what he succeeds in there today, but even these maneuvers, there are combat shifts, they are quite so limited, and we understand why, because, for example, if caliber missiles, they can threaten us, and this is understandable , then any movement for them today is problematic, everything, part of novorossiysk,

a small part in sevastopol, ships, this is what is scattered today, and here we are talking about only one thing for the black sea fleet and for that the unfinished admiral, who still commands this group, how to save himself, what to do, so that at least something remains of the black sea fleet of the russian federation. i am certainly not talking about the fact that today or tomorrow, even the day after tomorrow, those ships that remain in service will be destroyed. navy, but nevertheless, there is a threat to them today , they are trying to save themselves, that is, they are not thinking about any offensive actions, although, of course, the corresponding plans still exist somewhere, they will disappear when russia is defeated, that too it is clear, but today this theme that is working, the grain corridor, the export corridor , yes even more precisely, it is working and hopefully will work, a very good indicator in my opinion is that, for example, in london, where

there are... world centers shipping insurance have worked out the appropriate formulas for the insurance of the risks and challenges that there are in the work of this corridor of ours, this ukrainian route at sea, and you see, people are ready to work, people are ready to pay compensation if necessary, and actually shipwrights are also guided by this and join this business. god willing, the activation will continue. but now the issue of security guarantees, or as you say, who can guarantee payments in case of something, if a russian missile hits any ship, or something happens, how does it work now? well, today these compensations are ready for payment, as far as i know, and it is already happening there, well, at the level of shipowners and insurance companies, but i want to say once again that this is a very good marker,

that insurance companies take risks and are ready to work under these risks, that is, you have not given up on the fact that you are working there, because it is not profitable for us, today it turns out to be profitable and people also assess the situation that exists, including in the theater of military operations, and the black sea - it is a theater of war in any case. ugh. about the shelling, which my colleagues and i have already mentioned, last year at this time the country was already partially without electricity, in many areas we faced the fact that we sat without electricity, heat, etc. for several hours. for now, well, we have the situation as we have it, we manage to control it, we can protect our facilities , but in odesa last time we know that there is confirmation that there are hits in certain facilities of the energy infrastructure, in the critical infrastructure, yes, mr. serhiy,

which what are your expectations regarding specifically targeted attacks by the russians, will they be energy facilities, or as usual, do you know where they will end up? well, this is also included, indeed a year ago, and social networks remind us of this, we talked with your studio in total darkness, it was with us, there was such darkness in odesa, in particular, we remember that odesa, the odesa district, was the capital of the ukrainian blackout, this is very , you know, it was a good emotional reminder, total darkness, today the situation is much better, also that the stack... of these strikes, these possible strikes, it is clear that they will be, the team has moved to some kind of overactive phase in this regard, well, for now, it’s probably not worth talking, everyone, as they say, we are waiting, again, a comparison of air defense systems, air defense defense, which was a year ago and

today, of course these capabilities have improved, and the enemy today is not just trying to do reconnaissance, although these functions are , well, in some way... to push through certain areas, namely, the protection of the pppo, and it does this in different regions of our country, well, the south, as always, is on the agenda, one of the first , so these strikes on the energy system, for today, in my opinion, they are still a refinement, a refinement of certain goals on the part of the enemy, coordination of his efforts, because we can see that if at a certain time the use of kamikat drones was not active enough, that's the day before a more massive attack, on unfortunately, there is indeed a hit to the energy infrastructure object, an injured person, without electricity, without power supply , almost 2,000 families remained, as for the odesa region, by the way, yesterday the restoration work was ongoing, the only thing

that prevented it was the weather conditions , they are too complicated for us and quite complicated today in the south, nevertheless, by the evening these questions were already removed. emergency works were only where the wind or weather conditions disrupted, let's say, the scheduled power supply, so of course no one says that it will be easy, that it will be enough it is difficult, but we are improving, probably our enemy is trying to do this, and is he planning more intense shelling, probably yes, well , let's not get ahead of ourselves, because i want to say once again, the readiness for today and a year ago are different, well that's what they say in odessa, yes, that these are two big differences, i hope that it will be possible to resist the enemy in this regard as much as possible, and on the other hand, let's say frankly that every day we are getting closer to next summer, mr. serhiy,

thank you , serhiy bratchuk, spokesperson of the ukrainian volunteer army south, military expert talked about the urgent problems in the south of ukraine and about possible threats from the russian federation. well, on another topic, the war in israel slowed down the supply of shells to ukraine. it is precisely because of this that the capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine to conduct offensive operations have significantly decreased. this was stated by the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi. according to him, the participants in the hostilities in the middle east need 155 millimeter shells, and they are a key component of the supply of weapons that ukraine needs for a counteroffensive. zelensky noted that the sudden need for these munitions comes at a sensitive moment, because the european union is signaling that it is unlikely to fulfill its promise to deliver a million pieces of artillery. shells until march. ihor chelenko, political scientist, head of the analysis and strategy center, is now joining our

broadcast. mr. igor, good morning. congratulations good morning, i greet you. mr. igor, yes, volodymyr zelenskyi has repeatedly emphasized that there is a certain shortage of shells, the intensity of which stopped with the beginning of the conflict in... the east, but do such statements change much, in your opinion, who are they mainly aimed at, are they able to change anything? well, it is clear that this statement of fact from the highest-ranking person in ukraine, it should directly reach our partners, and it is obvious that this is voiced within the framework of the ramshtein coalition, but it is voiced within the framework of... the ramshtein coalition behind closed doors, but when the corresponding signal is made publicly, then of course it is

an incentive to take more serious decisions regarding the provision of weapons, i will remind you that, for example, the united states of america, they constantly felt the lack of 155 mm caliber and actually replaced it with cluster ammunition, which began to be transferred to us in the summer, but now we are in a situation where the assistance from the united states, from the pentagon, has decreased , very seriously in connection with the situation in the us congress, and it is true, today it affects the offensive campaign in ukraine, although once again i emphasize that the ukrainian offensive has not stopped, and the reports of the general staff indicate that the relevant actions regarding the offensive are taking place in the melitopol direction, and of course, the left bank of the kherson region, thanks

to our marines, in cooperation with other defense forces, so i think that today president zelenskyi is simply showing that the ukrainians are not going to stop, they are not are going to be in some impasse there or something, and they are going to act, but in order to act, weapons are needed and artillery is really needed, and the 155 caliber, we understand that this is the main caliber for nato artillery, and we of course we are looking for today, together with our partners, there are additional opportunities for deliveries, for example, recently, information about deliveries from pakistan came out, but i think that this is not one such, one-time step, but nevertheless, everything is exactly right now, and we have to see from the european union . increase in production because we understand that the plan

has not been met and will not be met by march 1st in terms of a million 155 mm breakfasts, but also from the united states of america, although again the united states is now ramping up production, and indeed they have ramped it up in two years twice as much as before produced about 18,000 155 mm shells per month, now it is already 37-38,000, and it is planned that it will be up to 100,000, but it will take time, one and a half to two years, to reach such parameters, again anyway, if there is no 155 mm, the ukrainians, well, it is obvious that on the one hand it is cluster ammunition, that is, the attacks with already and cluster ammunition that we received, and possibly high-explosive action should be transferred, and of course, the issue of drones, our side very effectively uses drones for various...

purposes, and precisely thanks to the existing ones the number of drones, which are purchased from ukraine, meaning from ukroboronprom, from the drone army project, from our volunteers, so far this is enough to partially replace the lack of artillery, but nevertheless we understand that in order to carry out offensive actions more and more artillery is needed, without its support, of course, there is a question, well, again, the coalition... f-16 is an air coalition, it should bring us closer to obtaining the necessary aviation, because art and aviation are necessary components for the continuation of our attack here it is important so far the european union thinks, or calculates, how many shells we need to supply, or rather, not how much is needed, but how much they can. south and north korea are absolutely perfect friends with russia in this sense. and these same projectiles , which are also necessary for ukraine, in fact, they supply, well, at this time, there is a supply

of more than a million of these projectiles, and this is also a big question for us, for sure. mr. igor, now to the important news, serhii popko, head of the kyiv city military administration, reports on the consequences of the night anxiety and in the capital directly, now i will quote his post. for the second day in a row, the enemy is attacking the capital with drones. according to preliminary data , ammunition of the shachet type was used again. the enemy's drones were launched by many groups and came to attack kyiv. waves from different directions, at the same time constantly changing the vector of movement along the route, which is why the alarm was announced in the capital several times that night. about a dozen enemy units were hit by air defense forces and means on the territory of kyiv and on the approaches to the city goals finally, we are waiting for information from the air force. according to current information , no casualties or

critical damage have been recorded in the city. as you can see, the enemy. intensified attacks on kyiv, so be careful and responsible and do not ignore air warning signals, take care of yourself. these are the words of serhii popuk, the head of the kyiv military administration. friends, we will of course be vigilant and wait for official information from the air force. mr. igor, well , we can comment in general terms, that is, this is already the beginning of activation under winter, on ukrainian cities, or is it something else, in your opinion, simply why in recent days the effort of drones began to fly? at this stage, these are preparatory works, in fact, the enemy is now analyzing, firstly, how much our air defense system has developed in general, in relation to the sectors that are being defended,

by the way, i associate a lot of temporary alarms and these sorties with these, i could 31-k, because in this way the enemy is now trying, roughly speaking, to draw a map for himself, how to launch cruise missiles, plus, of course , their preparatory work in the north in in the murmansk region, the aleniya airfield, military cargo is gradually being brought there, the aviation is rebasing , strategic, therefore, of course, preparatory work, they are ongoing, including now these shaheds that are being launched, they, their main goal, apart from the actual impression of individual of infrastructure facilities, of course, again to draw the possibilities of holes in our air defense system, but again, for the use of shaheds for these purposes, well, there is no sense, because again, except for

some large installations, air defense systems mobile mobile installations, this is where the jeeps are, respectively, with large searchlights , which change their location every time, and mainly the shooting down of shaheds now occurs precisely at the expense of mobile installations, we save, the ammunition of large anti-aircraft systems, and of course, this does not give the enemy today it is possible to get information the way they want it, but of course we are preparing for winter, because it is clear that they are continuing... now the accumulation of missiles, including ukrainian intelligence, we have heard about this from gur, how many there are approximately 850 missiles, more precisely, in recent information from our gur, this is of course, they will attack and plus combinations with shaheds, which they have there three times more, well, there are talks about restraining russia or

in some way to influence her, was one of the important topics during the time. of the world meeting between the presidents of the united states and china, xi jinping and biden had a meeting, mr. igor, what can you say about it, and what results for ukraine can we already name, or can you expect to analyze? i i think that the results are actually positive for ukraine, because it is obvious that it would be extremely undesirable to shift the balance of power in relation to china and increase aid from official beijing to moscow, somewhere along the lines of what is happening between pyongyang and moscow now the same artillery ammunition, what you just called it certainly not desirable, and i think basically,