andriy and i will return to the air in half an hour , and you stay, because the results will follow, and i remind you that every morning at 9 o'clock, we remember all those whose lives were taken by russian aggression. let's observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war, which was unleashed by russia.

the cold weather is approaching, which the armed forces of ukraine managed to overcome in spring and summer. campaign and what to expect next? the situation at the borders: on the northern borders of ukraine, the russians are strengthening their positions, on the western ones, the polish carriers are blocking passage for our trucks. about this and much more later in the issue. on whose side is the advantage, what was the success of the armed forces during the spring-summer offensive and what was not enough for our effective advancement and liberation of territories. enter and block

the border. the poles continue not to let ukrainian trucks through. negotiations did not yield results. the eu warns that if a solution is not found, the european commission will start a criminal procedure against poland, and the protesters threaten to block another, fourth checkpoint - the doctor's prank. in return ukrainians do not respond to us poles with mutual compliance. it looks like you're just drinking ours. 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 territories. the guardian, citing its sources , published an article in which some western

government officials stated that ukraine's counteroffensive on the zaporizhian front essentially ended, although probably three brigades crossed the dnieper near kherson. one of the western officials noted that neither side in this war is capable of carrying out a decisive operation on land, so what follows is likely to be, i quote: a protracted conflict, and therefore a long-term military one will be of decisive importance. support of the usa and europe. and here information appears not from government officials overseas, but from the first source, namely from the marines of the armed forces of ukraine. what they spent on november 17 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. so now this is one of the few directions on the battlefield where ukrainian troops are continuing their offensive instead of standing still. 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. blue - territories liberated by the armed forces of ukraine. despite 9 months of heavy fighting, control changed over less than 800 square meters. kilometers, on the active front line of more than 1,500 km, already on november 1 , the british magazine for the economist published an article and an interview with the head of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny, in which the general stated that the war had become 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

a public recognition that the ukrainian counteroffensive did not achieve its goal, cut it off, or at least put it in jeopardy. land corridor to crimea, to prepare for a breakthrough in the south, the ukrainian army and western allies began from the end of 2022, after a lightning advance in the kharkiv region and the successful expulsion 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 took place against the background of heavy fighting for bahmud, many of them western military experts are still convinced: it was better for the armed forces of ukraine then to withdraw from the city to more advantageous positions , they say, it was the battle for bahmud that depleted at least the artillery reserves of the ukrainian army, and this ultimately affected the future counteroffensive, but in the spring of 2023, the ukrainian

leadership had its own arguments . if bahmud is under the control of russian forces , putin will sell this victory to the west, to his society, to china and to iran, if he feels blood, if he feels that we are weak, he will push, push, push. thanks to the battle of bahmud, the enemy, despite the huge losses, got time to seriously gain 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 see the resistance of enemy artillery, as was the case 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 in the way of western armored vehicles there were huge minefields that neither the armed forces, nor their nato forces, were ready to overcome instructors here is an excerpt from a german television report in which a ukrainian tank driver

talks about his training in germany. we ask them how you pass minefields, they explain to us that you just need to go around them. their maps show minefields measuring 100 by 200 m, but we don't have that, we have hectares of these minefields, do you understand? 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 in this battle of obvious superiority. in the direction of berdyansk, the ukrainian army had to cut off the so-called vremiya ledge and liberate staromarsk. in tokmak, as a result of heavy fighting, the armed forces liberated the village of robotyne, but it was not possible to reach tokmak itself, from where it would be possible to control the main routes to crimea. but in october, the enemy

stepped up and went on the attack in several directions at once. this was particularly facilitated by putin's agreement with the north korean dictator kimchanin on the supply of artillery ammunition. according to information 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 the ukrainian army had the undisputed initiative all summer and at the beginning of autumn, the russians are also attacking. attacks do not stop in kupyansk district as well. the enemy does not stop trying to recapture the city, which is an important railway. unfortunately, in many areas of the front, it has a significant advantage in reconnaissance and shock 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 zaluzhnyi 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 soldier is worth nothing. the biggest risk of trench warfare is that it can drag on for years and exhaust the ukrainian state. you have to look for it the solution to making war maneuverable is to find this gunpowder, master it quickly, and use it to win quickly, because sooner or later we will find that we simply do not have the fighting men to break through. the front is asking the west for more drones, means of radio-electronic and counter-battery warfare, as well as demining. will the measure, which is still very late with military aid, listen to this? unanswered questions, especially amid the domestic political struggle in

the united states and the still-unpassed package aid from ukraine's biggest ally. what is true is that there is another option for ending the war, without deep and beautiful breakthroughs. if we recall... zaluzhnyi's analogy with the first world war, it ended not because the front fell, but because the rear fell. first in the russian empire, then in the kaiser's germany, where a revolution occurred as a result of the exacerbation of both economic and social problems, but there is still little hope for such a scenario. sanctions against russia have not lived up to expectations and it does not look like putin's regime is on the way years, the money for the war of aggression will run out. 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 with, planes, equipment, weapons and ammunition. and while the north korean... dictator kim chemin is handing over a million artillery ammunition to the russian army, the delivery

of a million artillery shells to us by the european union is postponed until the spring of 2024. minister of foreign affairs dmytro kuleba noted that the reason for this is, quoting the minister: the deplorable state of the defense industry and a lot of unsynchronized things, a lot of bureaucracy. european commissioner for the internal market thierry. breton is sure that if the eu countries make an effort, then by the spring they can produce more than one million munitions per year, but there is also good news: germany continues to actively support ukraine, and already next year promises to provide at least 8 billion euros in aid, i.e. twice as much as this year. defense minister boris pistorius is sure that our country. help is needed and therefore military support from on the part of germany needs to increase. 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. military aid to ukraine was actively discussed in the white house this week. president joseph biden's national security adviser, jake sullivan, admitted that the us is increasingly to fully fund the aid ukraine needs to defend its territory and advance on the battlefield, but at the same time he insists that congress approve as soon as possible the white house's request for aid to ukraine because it 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 be enough for us only... for defense, we are making progress and restraining the offensive of the russian army in

some areas, advancing and liberating our lands. so, what did the armed forces of ukraine achieve 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, a military and political commentator 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 that the russian aviation is now very active there and the russian army is hitting our soldiers with everything it can. do you have any information on what is happening on the left bank at the moment. and will our military be able to transfer even more forces there? well, yes, since they are already talking about it

at the official level, we can speak as it is, without covering up the reality with other terminology, so indeed, right now on the left bank of the kherson region there are appropriate days of the defense forces of ukraine, but they are very difficult, we must understand that the spoils, achievements that we we have there today, namely the expansion of the zone in our influence from oleshek to novaya kokhovka, respectively in one or another location, this is an achievement, starting from the very beginning with the liberation of the right-bank kherson region, when the corresponding actions began already on the left bank, that is, it is a complicated process, and the russians, on the one hand, are limited in their ability to oppose this process of ours, and because they do not have a very convenient, let's say, position in relation to the counter-battery.

regarding the use of rep complexes and many other things, but 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 in general, the maximum, record number of corrected aviation bombs, cabs were used , more than 100, 1165 units per month, and on november 6, a record was set for the number of daily uses, 103 cabs were used per day, in total for the entire battle, mr. oleksandr, well, we understand that, in fact, the battles in the kherson region are actually very decisive now, but, if you look at it, then the stage that we have already passed is no less important, this is the spring-summer counteroffensive, and now a lot is being said and analyzed 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, did we achieve... the maximum goals that we set, and what do you think was achieved and in which directions? as of today, no, we have not achieved the maximum goals, unfortunately, but nevertheless , there are results that can become a foundation, a basis for creating conditions for further development, more successful offensive actions, on the other hand, and with these offensive actions, according to this period, what we could achieve, not only in the zaporizhzhia region, but we see that near bakhmut we also developed our success, in the southern sector, south of bakhmut. in addition, during the summer period, we did not allow the russians to launch a large-scale offensive in the polyman kupinsky axis and achieve some success, to go to the left bank of the oskil river,

to occupy liman, boroga and kupyansk. but winter. this is a very difficult time and not only for the russian army, we understand this, and for the armed forces of ukraine, especially since the occupiers have an advantage in weapons and in the number of people, and if in the summer our military, even under such conditions could advance further, so what awaits us in winter, are there any forecasts? 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, such weather conditions are more severe there, especially in winter, than , for example, in the south, so everything depends on what will happen in this sense in one or another location, and besides, yes, the russians are now

even looking at what we we are seeing the rains, the rainy season has started in some locations, but they continue to simulate offensive actions, well, for example, in bakhmut, they are now attacking with a large number of human resources, using, fog and also using the deterioration of weather conditions and the fact that our forces are not conducting an offensive actions, but are on the defensive, so it will mostly be the defense forces of ukraine that 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 information resistance group. 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 for the worst scenario. in the sumy oblast, the border is defended by units that fought with the invaders in the zaporozhye direction for a year and a half and secure the border at the castle. the espresso film crew visited a few kilometers from territory of the russian federation and saw with my own eyes how our soldiers are ready to meet the invaders. more details. in the material of artem logutenko. now we have worked out the goals set for us by the top management, this is, let's say, a stronghold and an enemy near the border. as a result? the result is very satisfactory.

the soldiers worked out with a home-made mobile 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 projectiles, it was taken from a helicopter block, it was on the base that the installation was designed for a block, well, a rotorcraft, to remove it, the office developed , let’s say, a turret and developed this complete, let’s say, block, nursi shells, five-shot, well, the firing range is 4.5 km. the task of this unit is to suppress the enemy's artillery and the concentration of the enemy on the border, the enemy has equipped a platoon support rebel of their attacks on our territory.

previously, mykhailo's unit fought in the zaporozhye region, the soldiers have considerable experience, now they are defending the borders of the sumy region. i won't say what will happen, it's more in here tension constantly, there we knew that we had an enemy, right in front of us, that is, from the side. is closed, it seems that everything is also closed here, well, somehow the eyes of drg there are all sorts of things, so as not to yawn under tension, it constantly turns out, they are constantly strengthened, both civilian equipment and military equipment work, they are made as an anti-tank barrier, as well as firing positions, platoon and company posts, the soldiers have to not only shoot back at the invaders, but also block... groups of the enemy, the fighters are also ready for this, yes, you are watching here so that the orcs do not cross the border,

yes, of course, they are in that direction and from this side, we have mines there, traps are there, so they won't pass here, we are watching, it's even normal, it's good, here's a bitch we have control, that's it. and on the battery for a controlled detonation, we have mines there, which means that you can detonate from here, you press it and the explosion is reflected, and here we have a battery, and there is also a mechanical detonator, the positions of the soldiers are arranged near samisinky border, everyday life has its own conveniences and its own problems, we have... and here the guys have a kitchen, yes, this is a whole dining room

, you can’t be too rich, too healthy, too armed, you always want to have much more weapons than we have, but we are a unit that is equipped only regular weapons, we do not have regular weapons and they are not as heavy as we would like. there is an active war going on here in sumy oblast, because our defenders are constantly forced to exchange fire with the russians, who are constantly probing their positions and are expecting the advance of the russians at any moment, and despite this, our soldiers are forced to spend all their money on providing personnel and repairing their vehicles. they are very needy. 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 ukraine, a protest action by polish carriers has been going on for more than 10 days. about 2,800 cargo vehicles are currently on the territory of poland in the direction of entering ukraine. movement. block carriers at three main checkpoints: dorogusk, yagodin, korchova, krakowiec, hrybenne, rava ruska. 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 idleness of one truck costs ukrainian carriers up to €350. also, the non-fulfillment of contracts and the termination of production become an indispensable part of this scenario, but despite the terrible queues and economic losses, the protestors handed over a letter of 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 took place at the yagodyn dorogusk checkpoint, which was attended by the ukrainian side, representatives from... 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 the 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, after the meeting, said: 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,

serhiy derkach. which is conducting negotiations on unblocking the border, the demands of the protesters are unacceptable in advance for ukraine. and accordingly, the chances that later it will be possible to reach a compromise are 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 stare pravo saw. traffic for trucks has been blocked for the second week at three checkpoints, 100 trucks were parked at the crossing of the border between dorogusk and yagodin , 500 at the ravarusk ridge, and 1,200 trucks at the korchova krakivec border. mr. ivan, the truck driver,

finally found himself on friday morning. he stayed on the territory of ukraine, on the polish border for five days, the man says: on sunday evening 30 trucks passed through in an hour, later the polish police came and blocked the traffic, so only one truck passed through in one hour, it is good that we are not like that, our colleagues, others who are on other borders, there on the berry there, and where else there, yes, there they are, the boys are standing in the field, there, as if bathing, not eating. there was nothing, we were here, there was a shower, let’s say, in the parking lot, you could have something to eat there , we brought food, well, the pole, mr. ivan admits, ukrainian drivers tried to block the autobahn, although the polish law enforcement officers they didn't allow us to do that, but they didn't detain the military convoy, and after that they said that we would either go out on the terrace or drive along the road, well, that we have the right to move on the autobahn, and then they came,

the police were still there... there are guys who blocked our exit to the autobahn at that time, this is one of the transporters from poland and this is one of the transporters, i think this is a comrade, we all know putin, yes, maybe some comrade of putin, and i think it is paid action, because guys, for the money, the funds are there, they are not, it is not for the idea, on the contrary at other border crossing points, at kraków korchów there is only one-way obstruction of traffic, there is also a polish transporter adam in the queue to leave ukraine, the man supplies humanitarian aid, in particular in the war zone. adam says frankly. the ukrainian government is to blame for the 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, ukrainians in poland, all conditions of privilege have been created, and you are not even

a member of the european union. in return ukrainians do not respond to us poles with mutual compliance. it looks like you're just drinking our blood. therefore, our carriers block the border so that you do not drink it to the end. due to the blockade of the border, carriers do not have time to deliver products on time. driver ivan assures that both individual enterprises and the entire ukrainian economy will experience losses. i have not yet delivered the goods, the tax must be paid. i also have to pay taxes for the employee, everything has to be paid, and there are no funds in the account yet. meanwhile, queues of downloads at the border are not decreasing. drivers they choose alternative routes for themselves, because of which they form long queues in other directions as well, - says the spokeswoman of the lviv border detachment, oleksandra kuchkovska. the checkpoint, it works in normal mode, there is nothing to prevent the movement of trucks, but precisely because of that, there are many drivers.

they 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 consists of 1,200 freight vehicles. blockade participants have permission to hold a picket until january 3, 2024. so, only time will tell how long the border blockade will last and what consequences will catch up with ukraine, even in its crisis period. natalya. the new ukrainian army is based on nato standards, and sergeants play a key role in it, fighting spirit, training and military discipline depend on them. sergeants of the new generation must lead units in battle and help quickly master new weapons. for the fifth year in a row, ukraine celebrates new