our guest is a retired british army colonel, military expert glen grand gad save the king, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes , god save the king. well, the russians have started another series of offensive actions in the donetsk direction. bakhmud, avdiivka, maryenka, they strengthen their offensive capabilities. a key story is how this might fit into their vision for a so-called big winter campaign. how do you assess the enemy's intentions now? this is a broad question, because the winter company will obviously be long. important is that

what are they doing now it is obvious that putin should go to the elections with a concrete military result. therefore, they decided that they would be able to achieve this result somewhere in the east. secondly, the more they put pressure on areas like avdiyivka, the more it forces ukraine to withdraw reserves and ammunition from the south. there are two key things they are after in attacking avdiivka. if they take avdiyivka, that will be enough for putin to... that the war is currently going on successfully, we are moving forward, we have captured even more ukrainian land, etc. so two points: avdiyivka for putin's success and withdrawal of reserves from the south. accordingly, if we are already talking about the winter campaign, what will be the main strategic ideas of the enemy, i.e. how will they try to deploy their offensive plan, an important message was received from the head of the ukrainian foreign service. intelligence, he said that the enemy

is counting on the destruction of objects of our civil infrastructure, in particular energy objects with the aim of provoking certain public sentiments, we understand that the enemy will make his winter plan from several components, that is, this is a military campaign and a so-called psychic attack on our population. i agree last winter they did a lot of damage to energy, i'm sure they intend to do it again this year. of course, it will be very difficult, especially for those who live in the gray zone, for example, in the kharkiv region, where shops no longer operate and people are completely dependent on volunteer assistance. i must say that a lot of voluntary aid from europe comes precisely to ensure people's basic needs. therefore, the russians will keep attacking. ron, as far as it

will be possible for them, trying to penetrate deeper and deeper. not sure exactly where they will be attacking this year, but they will obviously focus on one or two major cities to try and destroy the infrastructure there. i think that odesa, lviv and kyiv will take the biggest hit, because they are the centers of the greatest activity. lviv, because they come here from poland, then of course odesa. because of grain and farming in winter, and kyiv - because it is the capital. so you have to prepare for powerful attacks. however, strategically, i don't think it will have the effect that russia would like. for the simple reason that ukrainians have already prepared for winter. they are now more psychologically tuned. in particular , i know that ukrainian energy companies are now much better prepared for this.

last year, so this strategy won't work. a couple of days ago, putin spoke virtually, of course, at the g20 summit. president joseph biden refused to participate in this summit. and the chinese leader xi jinping, they were not there, instead there was putin, and putin began to talk about a colossal tragedy that must be stopped, we understand that this is outright hypocrisy, it is an outright lie, on his part, on the other hand, instead of svo, he used the term for which in russia they give terms, he used the term war, with which purpose, putin began to talk again about some of his peaceful intentions, although the whole world is aware that he is lying. first, are we sure that it was putin and not one of his doppelgangers. if this was the real putin, he would hardly have used the forbidden word "war", or it already is took a deep root in the head of the one who speaks putin or his double. what putin is trying to do, or what

the government there is trying to do, is to give reinforcements to those members of the european union and other countries that are trying to call for peace. and so by saying to countries such as slovakia, hungary, india, the brics countries that i want peace, putin gives them the confidence to say that peace is a good idea in their opinion, that the war has driven everyone into a dead end and that now is the time for negotiations, but this is just a game putin, to muddy the waters in an effort to slow down aid and support to ukraine, and nothing more. he has no desire for peace, his desire. is to win by more cunning methods, because on the battlefield it does not succeed. yes, i agree with you, on the other hand, we understand that putin is really preparing for a long war. you and i, mr. colonel, talked about this a little before it became mainstream, but in

any case, many experts note russia's preparations for a possible protracted war. maybe, maybe russian the economy will not survive, maybe instead of putin it will. a double or a triple, or it doesn't matter who, but this does not mean that the russian ministry of defense, the russian general staff are not preparing for certain protracted military actions, your vision of how russia is preparing for a protracted scenario, and what could this protracted scenario be? my opinion that they want a protracted war has not changed, everything indicates that they are slowly mobilizing so as not to create chaos in moscow and st. petersburg. but finally , the territory of the country is constantly mobilized, the ability to deliver weapons to the front line is improving, and they are also quite successful in making electronic warfare, something they could only dream of a year ago. so russia is preparing for two or three

years, or maybe even 10-15 years of protracted war. it will simply continue to hit ukraine until it breaks. they are counting on the fact that sooner or later the west will not survive, and then something like the korean scenario will happen: the conflict will be frozen, a border will be created that will separate eastern ukraine or novorossiya and ukraine, that's what what they strive for and what they hope for. in a certain sense, it is good that there are not very bright heads in the russian general staff. they are smart in their specific specialty, but definitely not in a strategic one. mental it is quite possible that by putting the country on military rails, they actually destroy its economy as a whole. we know that the state of the economy in russia leaves much to be desired in many areas. for example, some airlines are on the verge

of collapse because they cannot get spare parts and maintain the planes properly state in the air. this is a reflection of some spheres in the economy. and if the airlines can't stand it, then other segments must definitely be close to collapse, because it cannot be the case that some part of the economy is damaged, and everything else is not. russia is approaching a crossroads where, on the one hand , defense is growing, and on the other, the economy is declining. i don't know when it will be at the very center of this crossroads, in a year, a year and a half, but i suspect that at some stage a large-scale economic event will take place. failure the other point that we talked about so much is that china seems to be pulling back somewhat from russia, from recent conversations it seems that the chinese are aware that their future is tied to the economy of the west, and certainly not to the

russian economy. there is no russian economy that would help china, if china relies on russia, it will go down the drain, the chinese rely on the european union. and the united states, and that's where their money, their investments, and their markets are. china cannot survive without the markets of the european union and the united states. there will definitely be people who will tell the chinese government about it, saying hey hey stop you've gone too far and what are we getting from russia old military equipment no thanks we don't need that so things are happening that in the long run could work against russia well anyway sidjin pin made a very clear offer to the president of the united states , joseph biden, to take and divide. influences on the globe, in simple language, did it publicly, as far as i understand,

there is something in it, the only thing we don't know is how beijing will react to the president's proposals now joseph biden, so to speak, so that china would help the russian aggressor much less , but maybe if the chinese are interested, they can really put putin in a very cool way, yes, well, because putin talked about how he puts ... that they are together with the chinese there are almost 2 minds, but a very clear position of the united states, which would require additional, clear steps, as far as president joseph biden and the pentagon are willing to go in the current extremely difficult phase of the war. american the military has no say in this matter. everything that is provided to ukraine is approved in the white house. according to the results. the ramstein meetings make a corresponding request, and then the white house decides how much and what of that

request will be granted. i've heard this from more than one person, it's the entire white house decision, and i'm absolutely sure of it. by the way, i was in the states last week, so i'm also absolutely certain that the military would have provided a lot more if they could, of course the united states has a colossal arsenal of weapons still in the desert. neva under national guard protection along with any other old equipment they could provide, especially abrams tanks. but the white house seems, i don't know if it's willing to let the war go slowly, or if it's really worried about having to go to war with china, or maybe both. i also have the impression that there are at least one or two people in the white house who are more positive about russia than they are about ukraine. but now it is very difficult to say, it is difficult to say whether there will be certain changes and

shifts, i think that everything will remain unchanged, aid to ukraine will continue to be provided in a leisurely and dosed manner, there will not be any big surge, even if the military wants it, on the other hand, we understand that the war strategy requires resources, yes, offensive resources, defensive resources, about strengthening the anti-aircraft system of defense, we understand everything, three representatives of three european capitals recently arrived in kyiv on visits, well, not only of european capitals, three representatives of the relevant directions, so the former british prime minister cameron returned to politics, went to kyiv, the minister of defense of germany pistorius, the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, all were in kyiv, i am sure that they are developing some deep plan in kyiv. we have reached the stage when slovakia has already

joined the other side, and hungary has shown that those who strongly support ukraine simply want to convey their position to others. maybe the president's office got the impression that support is slipping somewhere, it is not slipping away, it is now at a very difficult stage, because all countries, except the united states, have already given everything. latvia emptied its warehouses, estonia and the czech republic did the same, poland gave away a huge amount of equipment and is still waiting for the arrival of new ones. so there are many people who are worried that ukraine may think that they have turned their backs on it, but this is not the case. at the top level, there is an active rethinking of what to do next, where to invest money, how to buy what is difficult to buy, for example. ammunition, now it is very difficult to buy them, there is and will be

a lot of activity in the background, but this is because right now it has to be, supporting ukraine is no longer it's so simple, it's not easy at all, and returning to what has already been said many times, ukraine needs to get its diplomacy in order, because you cannot entrust diplomatic work to people who are not suitable. it is necessary to second the best of the best, because it is the best experts in their field who can influence the increase of support from different countries, if they are not top, then the result will not be top, you will not get what you need, that is why diplomacy is absolutely vital, it's time to stop sending your friends from the bank, choose instead the most professional representatives, but whether, for example, the americans have a strong-willed political

decision, yes, which would concern the increase in military aid, the only thing that added powerfully. of willpower is a russian attack on nato, it would completely change the game, and there is no doubt about it, however, i do not think that putin is ready for such a change, if only because his army is now the weakest, if we talk about the last 30-40 years . attacking nato now would be suicide for the country, and they know it. i don't think that will happen. most likely, they will just continue their own efforts to destroy ukraine to the point of death. and to sap the enthusiasm of the west while taking hybrid actions to draw more and more countries into russia's sphere of influence. i said that a lot more will happen, i am sure that russia is currently thinking of other stories. one such story was hamas. they are definitely planning

other actions in other countries and in other places to create problems for the west and for america. dear mr. colonel, the southern operational direction, we understand that in the territories temporarily occupied by russian interventionists in the kherson region, certain bridgeheads, extremely difficult battles are going on, we understand that the enemy is now being pushed back from the banks of the dnieper, on the other hand, we understand that this applies rather to everything in general in this southern operational space, because in the zaporizhzhia region, battles are also going on in the district recruitment works. and so on, your vision of possible scenarios for the development of the situation in the south? boys and girls are now fighting smartly in the zaporizhzhia region, moving forward as confidently as possible. they can't advance faster because of mines, not enough the number of artillery and in general the difficulty

of fighting. it was possible to cross the dnieper, and that is a completely different matter, and i do not think that russia was ready for this. this will cause them problems with the reserves, because now they have to decide whether they will field people east of the avdiivka, or if they will take the best zavdiivka and put them in front of kherson. it is known that the troops in the kherson district are slowly moving forward. they will continue to move forward, as russia now has no way to push them back. so i think the tipping point, or in zaporizhzhia, or in kherson, the revolution will definitely come, it is only a matter of time. it may not happen this winter, but i think both of these areas will continue to slowly move forward until something happens. therefore, it is necessary to pray that the russians will not actually be able to cope with three fronts at the same time. and finally , i would like to clarify whether you feel that the decision regarding

the f-16 has already been made and soon they will appear in ours. in heaven, can it last? currently, the training of ukrainian pilots continues, the training center has already started working in romania, it is known that f-16 pilots are trained in other countries, so f16 will be soon. what impact will they have and when will they appear? perhaps there won't be any significant effect until the air force and the army begin to act together and make the best use of the f-16, and in the initial stages this may not be an easy task. of course, there will be a specific effect, but you shouldn't expect anything grand, because russia has been preparing for the appearance of f-16 fighters for a long time. they are ready and will do anything to make it difficult for them in the air activity. the f-16 will change the rules of the game, but maybe not as much as we expect.

what will be important is how intelligently the general staff uses these fighters. how purposefully they will be used to break through in areas where possible, or at least to take russian planes out of the sky, because the enemy is not ready to engage f-16s, but i don't know when you'll get them, and it is doubtful that anyone can know. thank you very much, mr. colonel, for this extremely important analysis on the air of the tv channel, i wish to our viewers to remind that espresso is on the air now. retired british army colonel and military expert glen grant worked for them save the king, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, god, protect the king and express your respect. to every ukrainian soldier who is currently fighting in the mud and in this horror in ukraine, we must give them all our support. the time of our program has run out,

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we are looking for 16-year-old daryna zhuravel from the kherson region. imagine, the girl disappeared on the first day of the war, and until now there was no news about her. i know that when the full-scale invasion began, daryna was in the city of nova kakhovka, which is still under occupation, perhaps this is why the girl does not get in touch, so i am asking everyone, especially the residents

the left bank of kherson oblast, who may... watch this program on social networks. look carefully at the photo of darina zhurravel and try to remember her face. if someone suddenly sees the 16-year-old girl, or you become aware of her possible whereabouts, do not hesitate and immediately call us on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 1163. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free. if it is not possible to get in touch by phone, write in the chat. the body of the child tracing service in telegram, any information is important. i also want to remind you that we are continuing the search for 16-year-old karina kanivets, also from the kherson region. her mother told us about the girl's disappearance. imagine, a woman does not know anything about the fate of her daughter for more than five months. and i turned everywhere i could, i'm already screaming as much as i can, it's like they tied my hands and said "swim", here i

am at the moment in such a situation. it so happened that karina's parents separated long before the start of the war and lived separately. the girl lived with her mother on a permanent basis, but the day before of the full-scale invasion, she was with her father when the russians entered, and she ended up in the occupied territory. from time to time, the woman says, she corresponded with her daughter on social networks, but in april the connection with karina mysteriously broke off. the girl stopped logging into her accounts and no one knows where she is now. i have already written everywhere, even here on this territory to search for a child, because i don’t know where to call, how to find a child, i can’t, i am an adequate mother, a child for me, this was my life, the girl’s mother is now too is in the occupied territory, but continues to do everything in her power to find her daughter, i want to appeal to everyone who saw or who knows something about

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greetings to all viewers of the channel, we start the information day with news, khrystyna porubiy works in the studio. the occupiers injured a woman in chernihiv oblast, fired mortars at the border in the semenivska community. she was injured, she was working near the house and came under fire - reports. regional police. it was a disturbing night for the russians. they claim that they were attacked en masse by drones. some of them flew to moscow. according to the local mayor sobyanin, russian air defense allegedly managed to shoot down drones in naroforminsk district and odintsovo city district. in addition, we somehow managed to land other quadcopters.