of the defense express company was with us, the time is approaching, this is the hour when the whole country remembers all those who died in the russian-ukrainian war. we will honor the memory of ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine with a moment of silence. who died in the war started by russia.

greetings, this is svoboda ranok, my name is kateryna nekrecha, and in this stream we talk about the following topics: there is no weapon that can become a magic wand, a quote from the head of the pentagon , lloyd austin, who arrived in kyiv with an unannounced visit, he announced more one package of military aid and said: the us expects that ukraine will continue to push the russian federation's forces out of its territory in the winter as well. what does this visit show, will there be enough american weapons for the winter offensive of the armed forces. the armed forces of ukraine control 10 km of territory on the left bank, according to analysts of the american institute for the study of war. the other day, zelensky for the first time announced

the presence of the armed forces of ukraine on the occupied left bank of the dnieper, and about the heavy losses of russian troops on the left bank, according to estonian intelligence, which is known about the advance of ukrainian forces on in this area, what is the situation in kherson oblast, in general? defenders of iryna farion rallied under the lviv polytechnic the day before, party members and colleagues from the department spoke out against her dismissal. meanwhile, the debate about language continues in society, whether language determines nationality, which language. in ukraine needs protection and whether national minorities are protected in the country, we will ask the conditional ombudsman. every weekday morning, here on radio liberty, on radio liberty youtube, we talk about events in ukraine and the situation on the front from 9:00, so stay with us at this channel so as not to miss important events. during four weeks of active actions of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank of the dnieper in the kherson region, the russian army lost 3.5 soldiers, we are talking about killed and

wounded, this was announced by the deputy chief of staff of the estonian division for operational work , jaianno märk, and this is what he said in program of the tv channel, and according to him, heavy losses forced the russian command to transfer units from other regions there. similar numbers are mentioned in the ukrainian general staff. the day before, the spokesman of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, andriy kovalev, said in a telethon that since the beginning of the formation of the bridgehead of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank, the losses of russian forces there amounted to 1,200 killed and 2,200 wounded. the russian ministry of defense has lost its troops, the loss of its troops in ukraine is not mentioned, however, as is the ukrainian general staff. meanwhile, the ground forces of ukraine say that the defense forces are holding occupied positions on the left bank of the dnieper in the kherson region and are inflicting fire damage on russian troops. let me remind you, a few days ago, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy for the first time announced the position of the armed forces of ukraine on the occupied left bank

of the dnieper, the ukrainian president showed a photo of ukrainian troops in this part of the kherson region. analysts of the american institute for the study of war say that the zsu controls 10 km of territory on the left bank. the russian pro-war telegram channel majoria wrote the day before about the battles in krynyky, as well as the fact that the armed forces of ukraine had expanded their control zone in the western part of the village. telegram channel wor gonzo reported that in addition to the wells of the battle. continue near poima and pishchannivka, near oleshok, the fighting is allegedly unsuccessful for both sides. we will talk about the situation in the kherson region further. serhiy bratchuk, spokesman of the ukrainian volunteer army south, joined our broadcast. i congratulate you, serhiy. glory to ukraine, glory to the armed forces. congratulations. glory to heroes. the general staff reported that in the area of ​​the village of krynky on the left bank, kherson oblast, soldiers from the 144th separate motorized rifle brigade of the armed forces of the russian federation. arbitrarily

left their combat positions, you said that the forces of the russian federation are trying to destroy the bridgeheads that the ukrainian marines receive, tell me what the situation is and in which: the last settlement of krynka? well, i will start with the last one, in fact it does not exist today, because it is clear that the enemy is trying to really hit as much as possible those bridgeheads that our units, units of the armed forces of ukraine receive today, and i would like to note right away that this left bank, it demands as informational silence, as well as unexaggerated expectations of what is happening, because to carry out this military operation, a military operation... an appropriate time was needed, and i will even say without exaggeration, the formation and planning of this operation began, well, without a doubt, somewhere immediately after the liberation of our regional center, the city of kherson, so this is a huge work, a huge victory of our ukrainian

soldiers, which, unfortunately, does not pass without losses, for such a victory, a huge thanks to the naval infantry, which has already written its name in the history of the modern russian-ukrainian war, including these. on the left bank, we understand very well, we see that the enemy has formed several tactical groups on the left bank, which they are just trying to fulfill their task in order to move these bridgeheads at least from the left bank and strike a suitable blow at our units, the enemy is not succeeding in this today, moreover, we can talk about the fact that this fire damage, which is enough modestly and absolutely truthfully speak the general staff, our other structures. it leads to the fact that the enemy really suffers huge losses, they were voiced by the representative of the headquarters, we can say that these losses are not only in personal composition, these losses are also in combat equipment

, and in some locations of the olezhka nova kakhovka route, thanks to the raid sabotage and reconnaissance actions of the armed forces of ukraine, it was possible not only to destroy the equipment, but also to cut certain locations on this route, which, of course, in... .complicates the logistics and mobility of these logistics for enemy units. i want to say once again, today there should not be any bragging about what is happening there, well, something so extraordinary, so extraordinary is happening, but this is everyday work of the armed forces of ukraine, and actually we are talking about the fact that one of the tasks, it was announced , is to reduce the fire load on kherson, on the kherson district from the left bank, the fire load carried out today by the russian federation, this is one of the tasks, all other tasks they are not discussed, they are in the command and the marines carry them out, and we are actually talking about the fact that, of course, these actions cause great concern to the russian

command, there are appropriate reserves , including those that have not yet been involved in these actions, in particular we are talking about the presence of the 70th...sylvetsky division, the present airborne division, which are in the reserve of this group of troops of the russian occupiers, perhaps these reserves too, will somehow in certain actions perform and demonstrate what they are trying to demonstrate, once again i want to say, informational silence, informational hygiene, because for example, this morning there are already bravura reports about how the sevastopol marines seem to be delivering extraordinary strikes there in these very bridgeheads, about which we, about which we are very modest today absolutely true, we speak very carefully, this is the same 810th brigade of marines of the russian federation, which, let me remind you, has already undergone rotation several times, because it was destroyed by the armed forces of ukraine, now they are acting

in exactly the same direction, mr. sergey, you are in your telegram channel published a video of a broken convoy on the left bank of the dnieper near hladkivka, dated, these are the events, as if on november 10, can we say that the russian military is under the fire control of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank and that do you know about this column? well, if we talk about such a concept as fire control, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, today we are talking about fire damage and this is what is in reality, what is reported, in particular and including by our general staff, really such a column of the enemy with the bka was hit by missile systems from the fire of the defense forces of the south of our country, a successful successful hit, destroyed , personnel, we are talking about more than 20 people, as far as i have information, well, actually, at least half of the convoy was destroyed,

previously there were 11 trucks in it, but six of them were completely damaged, because i will remind you that there was also a bc, and i think that this is just an example of what you and i are talking about, which are raid sabotage and reconnaissance actions , of our units on the left bank, and of course fire damage with the help of the means that are in the arsenal of our army. estonian intelligence there report that the occupier is suffering heavy losses on the left bank, and the occupiers themselves report that over there, on the occupied left bank of the kherson oblast, the number is increasing, they call it ukrainian subversive intelligence groups, according to your information, and how do the russian forces generally react to the advance of the armed forces of ukraine and the presence of the armed forces of ukraine on the left bank, they are trying to fulfill their combat mission, i talked a little about it, using certain... tactical groups that they created in order to attack precisely these bridgeheads created on the left bank

by our units, you said that the counter-battery fight is already being conducted on on the left bank of the dnieper, i.e. not from the right, from the right to the left bank, already there, how do all these actions affect the local population and does anyone remain in the settlements on the left bank, and in what condition are these people, are there whether it is possible for them to cross somewhere there or not, in terms of counter-battery combat, the main efforts are, of course, being made from the right bank, the corresponding military objects are being destroyed and, above all , those means of fire destruction that are shelling, in particular kherson, khersonskyi the district and the surrounding villages, which are on the right bank very close to the water, well, this is one task, but to reduce this pressure, well somehow at least minimally, so that our peaceful people do not suffer from it, we know what an extremely difficult situation it is, as well.

as heavy fighting continues now in the left bank, as far as the local population in the left bank is concerned, since last year this known practice continues on the part of the occupiers, when they use mortars, for example, they go outside the settlement on the left bank, shell it and then in the morning pass it off as apparently shelling of the ukrainian armed forces. the ukrainian armed forces do not harm civilians, they absolutely attack military facilities or locations. occupiers, i can confirm this, well, for 99.9% , because if it were so, and peaceful people suffered, then you understand perfectly well, no matter how much violence the russian, so-called warlords and the russian media would raise, this does not happen, but they are trying to put informational pressure on those who remained under temporary occupation, and actually create some victories for themselves, this is about the fact that they are destroying someone there, first they show attacks that seem to be ukrainian, and then they repel these attacks and destroy someone

, that is, information hygiene, i emphasize it for a reason, mr. serhiy, thank you for joining our morning stream, serhiy bratchuk, spokesman of the ukrainian volunteer army pivden, was a guest of svoboda ranok. and there is no weapon that could become ukraine's magic wand in defense against russian aggression, us defense minister lloyd austin said during a briefing after his visit to ukraine. by in his words, the success of ukraine. on the battlefield, it depends on how it - quote, applies and synchronizes the weapons transferred to the west by western countries, the ukrainian military is ready for winter, according to the american secretary of defense, and the allies are helping ukraine with this preparation, he said, in particular in the new aid package from the usa, which was announced by austin, in addition to anti-aircraft anti-tank missiles, hymars systems and ammunition, there is also winter equipment, so, as the minister says, in the usa, they expect that ukraine will continue to push out... the forces of the russian federation from its territory and in winter period

i think they are ready for combat in the winter and certainly they did a great job last year, this year we expect them to act according to what the president, president zelensky said, that they will be even more aggressive. the washington post , meanwhile, writes that officials who accompanied lloyd austin on the train to ukraine said the united states would be able to continue sending aid, including. long-range weapons and artillery ammunition for some time. this one the information is particularly related to the fact that in recent weeks the attention of the world community has shifted to the middle east conflict. that is why officials in kyiv are concerned about the preservation of western support. the us ministry of defense has previously noted that aid packages for ukraine have been smaller recently, as the agency does not have additional funding. zelenskyi's office said that during the meeting with austin... the ukrainian president expressed his gratitude to the american government and people for supporting ukraine, primarily militarily. meanwhile, the kremlin can

launch a total mobilization after the presidential elections in march 2024. oleksiy danilov, secretary of the national security and defense council of ukraine, said this during a speech at the galifax international security forum. according to him , russia turned out to be more resistant to western sanctions than expected. and was able to adapt to restrictive measures. the country's economy is increasingly shifting to military lines. danilov also added that russia has not abandoned the goal of destroying ukraine as a state and is preparing to do so long war president putin commented on the issue of mobilization in ukraine in september of this year during the plenary session of the eastern economic forum, and then , answering the question of the moderator, whether a new wave of mobilization is planned in russia, putin said that quote: we carried out a partial mobilization. according to him, 3,000 people were called up, and over the past six months

, 270,000 people voluntarily signed contracts to serve in the armed forces and volunteer units of russia. ukrainian intelligence in u zhoftna stated that russia is being mobilized for war every month against ukraine more than 20,000 people. well , today, after lloyd austin, the minister of defense of germany, boris pistorius, arrived to ukraine with an unannounced visit. andrii parubiy, a member of the verkhovna rada committee on national security, defense, and intelligence, and a people's deputy from the european solidarity faction, joins our broadcast. i congratulate you. congratulations. lloyd osin's unplanned visit to kyiv yesterday, and today the minister of defense of germany. arrived in kyiv, are these disturbing or positive visits for ukraine, in your opinion? i i am convinced that these are positive visits that demonstrate readiness to further support ukraine. we see political processes in the congress of the united states of america, we see certain political processes

in the european union, in particular the position of orbán, and in this case the arrival of our friends in the united states. america and germany, this is a clear signal that support for ukraine will be unchanged, that support for ukraine will increase, and a sign of great solidarity with ukraine. i want to tell you that it seems to me, as of today, all the doubts that were about supporting ukraine and regarding ukraine's accession, in particular to the eu, is in the past, and today our partners demonstrate this unity. show this support, and that is why i am convinced, this is a positive signal for ukraine, in your opinion, this is sufficient support, because yesterday lloyd austin, answering questions there about the taurus missiles, about the f-16, he said that there is no such a magic wand , a weapon that would help in this situation, in your opinion, in your opinion, as a people's deputy of the specialized committee, and what is

the necessary minimum for ukraine armed to withstand and the necessary maximum in order to... conduct an offensive , we also heard from lloyd austin that the usa expects that ukraine will liberate its territory in the winter as well, these are several questions, i will try to answer each of them, are there enough weapons, of course not enough. before us is one of the most powerful opponents in the world, which is very resourceful, with huge reserves from the times of the soviet union and armored vehicles. and artillery, and accordingly ammunition, and in addition, it should be noted, the enemy, which has a huge mobilization a resource that may or may not be used fully or to a greater extent, and therefore the amount of weapons needed by the ukrainian armed forces in this war can never be enough. of course,

it is also very important for us to increase the list of these weapons, you mentioned the f-16, because it is obvious. that control of the air in this war can be of decisive importance for the ukrainian armed forces of ukraine. and of course we are waiting for this moment, we know that ukrainian pilots are being trained, there is already a political decision to provide ukraine with planes, but also we understand that the aircraft is not just a combat unit, it's also radar combat, it's also support... the ground, it's also a set of actions that must be decided in order to turn the tide on the battlefield, and the current delays in provision of ukraine by the united states of america, of course, they will lead to a certain pause, a pause, to certain, let's say such a tactical period, when

our, our offensive actions can be...' somewhat limited due to the necessary lack of ammunition and the necessary the presence of others means for defeating the enemy, but some kind of worm stick that could instantly change the situation on the battlefield , it is obvious and i do not see it, of course we need more equipment, of course we need more ammunition, but the most important thing, it seems to me, is to restrain positions and understand, that the russian federation, despite all the appearance of such power. and inviolability, it is actually a very fragile matter that can simply crumble at any moment, as tsarist russia once crumbled, crumbled, crumbled and

soviet union. today we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the maidan, i remember when the situation on the maidan also seemed difficult, sometimes even hopeless . pressure, it seems to me that today it is extremely important for ukraine to hold its position, to put pressure on the enemy, and in the political aspect to do everything possible to bring ukraine's accession to the european union closer to nato, and i am sure that strategically, strategically, we have already won by destroying any intentions of putin to destroy ukraine, and i am convinced that now our task is to win the war for the territorial integrity of ukraine, because we have already won the war for independence in our battles near kiev, near

kharkiv, in sumac. mr. andrii, i really wanted to ask you about the 10th anniversary of the maidan, you were an active participant in those events, and what is your vision as to whether the course has changed, so to speak, and whether something can happen that will change the course of ukraine. 10 years later how the students came out for european integration, in your opinion, ukraine is already irreversible. stands on this path, yes, it is my deep conviction that ukraine stands irreversibly on that path, even if there were attempts by certain politicians or political circles to try to change ukraine's course towards the european union and nato, they would simply go to the margins of ukrainian politics , and simply the destruction of the ukrainian people in the end, because for us membership in nato is not just participation in certain international structures, for ukraine, membership in the eu and in

nato is equal to independence, because if we are not firmly defined in our geopolitical partners, without a doubt , as long as this uncertainty remains, russia will do everything possible to return ukraine to its full sphere of influence, in all manifestations, this may have different manifestations and names, but without a doubt, will always exist, and therefore i am sure that this path, which 10 years ago we proclaimed on the maidan, it is unchanged even today, and it cannot be changed, or in the near future, whether in the middle or in the distant perspective volodymyr zelenskyi stated that russia seeks to organize a new maidan in ukraine, and in order to remove zelenskyi from the post of president, he told about this on november 16 during a meeting with foreign journalists in kyiv, it became known about this, and according to him, russia is planning to create... chaos in ukraine, to sow division in society in order to eventually remove him from office and that the alleged disinformation plan is called maidan 3, information about such plans of russia

was reported to zelenskyi by ukrainian intelligence and also by information comes to zelenskyi from partners, he said, in your opinion, can russia really prepare any such plans, how do you feel about such information? i will say only one important thing first of all, that you need to choose the right terms. and it is obvious that it is incorrect to talk about the maidan today, we can talk about the protests that russia inspired and really inspires, but the phenomenon of the maidan, this phenomenon is much deeper than a protest, moreover, the maidan is not a protest, the maidan was not against, but for, for independent ukraine, and in fact, both during the orange revolution and during the revolution of dignity, the struggle on the maidan was like this. the stages of the national separatist struggle, the struggle for ukraine, and whoever stood in the way was tolerated by society, and it is not surprising that today a huge number

of maidan residents, fighters of maidan self-defense are fighting at the front, having gone there as volunteers in the 14th year, today our the maidan and the spirit of our maidan in the battles near bakhmut, in the battles near avdiivka, in the battles on the left bank of the dnieper. when we talk about protests in ukraine, it is incorrect to compare them with maidan the maidan is a phenomenon that has its own deep philosophical meaning, and the protests, yes, they were planned and will be planned. the desire to unbalance ukraine was and will be in the russian federation, and obviously, the destabilization plan is one of the most important plans for ukraine, because weakening ukraine from the middle is the main task of the enemy today. and vice versa, our unity within the state, broad, social unity, with the armed forces of ukraine, with volunteers, with the whole society, is the biggest guarantee of our success and

russia will try to break this spirit, but i am sure that it has no prospects , these plans were implemented, they tried to implement them from the beginning of the invasion, and in the end, and before the invasion, and in the end during the 30 years of our independence, mr. andriy, here i also quote zelenskyi, the maidan for them is obviously talking about russia, it is a coup, so the operation is clear , that is why we understand what meaning the word maidan has for russia in this sense and in what context. they use it, i thank you for joining and talking with you about the current situation with the military support of ukraine and mentioning the events of the maidan and the consequences of these events of the revolution of dignity. andriy parubiy, a member of the verkhovna rada committee on national security, defense, and intelligence, a people's deputy of ukraine from the european solidarity faction, was a guest on our air. to maidan cases, some of them may not be considered due to

the expiration of the statute of limitations. there are about 60 such proceedings, the head of the department for maidan affairs of the office reported this prosecutor general of ukraine oleksiy donskyi. according to him, these cases, in which the statute of limitations expires, relate to serious crimes where the persons are identified, but due to procedural peculiarities, they have not been considered for a long time, they have been considered in courts for a long time, but the prosecutor general's office notes that the verdicts in these cases could have been announced and earlier, if changes were made to the procedures of the trial, for the prosecutor's office, as donsky said. the main thing is to provide a legal assessment in such proceedings, that is, the verdict can be both justified and incriminating, however, instead, there is a threat that the cases will be closed altogether without a court decision and thus the involved parties will be released from criminal responsibility. it is worth noting that these cases do not concern viktor yanukovych and his team. also, the list of cases in which the term expires does not include those involved who are in hiding or may receive life

imprisonment. in general, in the courts. 150 cases involving three hundred persons are being considered, about half of them are still under pre-trial investigation. also, the prosecutor general's office announced that this year it will be considered by the court directed case concerning the former leadership of ukraine, it has almost 2,000 volumes. today, ukraine celebrates the tenth anniversary of the revolution of dignity. on november 21 , 2013 , mass protests, called euromaidan, began on independence square in kyiv. their reason was the refusal of viktor yanukovych and his team to sign the agreement on the association of ukraine with the eu. the protests became more massive, after the dispersal of the rioters by security forces on november 30, according to the prosecutor general's office, 2,500 people were injured during the revolution of dignity. 104 people died, most of them in february 2014, during the shooting of protesters with a golden eagle on instytutskyi. later, the dead participants of the protest began to be called

the heavenly hundred. ex-president viktor yanukovych fled to russia via crimea, and the government changed in kyiv during the elections. joining our broadcast is the next guest, ivan babenko, deputy head of the department for maidan affairs, office of the prosecutor general of ukraine. i congratulate you. good afternoon, i would like to talk with you in more detail about the affairs of the maidan and why part of it one of them may not be investigated to the end, but the department in the maidan case has been working since 2019, if i am not mistaken, and is acting. focused on the procedural guidance in the proceedings regarding the crimes committed during the revolution of dignity, in your opinion, and why 10 years after the events, there are still no verdicts, all the verdicts, well, i want to dwell first of all on such a general picture and results, pre-trial investigation, results the work of prosecutors, because it is really a request of society for 10 years,

has... including a critical attitude to that may not have been answered, but there are appropriate legal procedures , which are followed by both the law enforcement system and the court , so i want to note that in general , more than 400 people, of which 33 are high-ranking officials, have been brought to criminal responsibility for committing a crime in the maidan affairs. as well as persons who held managerial positions and 224 law enforcement officers, of which 47 investigators, 22 prosecutors, 19 judges, and a total of 186 criminal proceedings and indictments against 334 persons were brought to court, this is what directly concerns the office of the general prosecution of the prosecutor general, er, legally binding convictions against 34 persons, at the same time, as we know, that the events of 13-14

were developing.