the full results of this vote, what the armed forces of ukraine achieved during the offensive in the summer and autumn, we are talking about this on bbc news ukraine live from london. i am yevgenia shedlovska. i'm waiting from the counteroffensive of the armed forces were large, with the approach of winter we are summing up the results. then, according to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhny, the war with russia is entering a new phase, turning into a positional war, a war of attrition. at the beginning of november , the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, general valery zaluzhnyi, announced what he had been talking about for a long time they also spoke in ukraine.

in the world, the ukrainian summer offensive in the form of a large operation to break through and liberate territories has ended and turned into a form of positional trench warfare, in which the ukrainian military frees territory in heavy battles for every landing and every meter? then, in an interview with the british edition of the economist, the participant explained why it was not possible to implement the breakthrough strategy and reach the crimea and the sea of ​​azov, primarily due to the fact that the weapons that ukraine needed for the offensive were only given by the western partners now, so said zalushny. if you look at the maps, after last year's breakthrough of the armed forces of ukraine in the kherson region, when the ukrainian military liberated the right bank of the dnieper, the front line did not undergo significant changes. ukraine returned the most territory in the first year of the full-scale war. my colleague, oleg chernysh, monitors the situation at the front, i asked him what the key results of the summer-autumn offensive of the armed forces of ukraine are and can it be considered complete? if in general, then yes,

it can be considered a counteroffensive, which actually started at the beginning of summer completed on the main section, it is on the zaporozhye front, near the city of tokmak, also near the city of velika novosilka, that is, this is the melitopol-beredian direction , it is difficult to say clearly about the key achievements, i will explain why, the fact is that the global goals that were declared by ukrainian politicians before the start of the counteroffensive, this cutting of... russian logistics routes and access to the sea of ​​azov, of course, were not achieved. nevertheless, there are certain gains, perhaps not too substantial, if you look at the map, this progress is measured literally tens of kilometers near the village of robotino, about 10 km deep there , the ukrainian army advanced, and near the village of velyka novosilka, also about 7-10 km, there was an advance of ukrainian forces. you can also mention. the donets direction, these are the southern

outskirts of bakhmut, where it was possible to liberate two villages that were actually destroyed, and i already mentioned the plazrim on the left bank of the kherson region, which is also minimal in size, but can also be considered a certain achievement. at the moment, there are no greater achievements of the ukrainian army, and this, as we understand, can be considered as certain results of this year's military campaign, in fact for the armed forces of ukraine. the ukrainian military also went to the left bank of the dnieper, in the kherson region they successfully established themselves on several bridgeheads, the general staff reported this earlier, but actually, what is the significance of such bridgeheads? the fact is that for a long time, neither the military nor the political leadership of ukraine did not confirm at all that the hostilities on the left bank occupied by the russians, although possible, in telegram channels this information.

in a certain way it leaked out and somewhere in mid-november, for the first time, president zelenskyi and the head of his office, andriy yermak, confirmed that it was possible to gain a foothold and create a small bridgehead on the left bank, here it should be noted that this was done in really incredibly difficult conditions, ukraine has no advantage in the air, there is also no possibility to create pontoon crossings to cross again, through the dnieper, armored vehicles, in fact , everything is the supply and movement of forces and means takes place on small boats. as we understand, it is not impossible to move a tank or some kind of armored personnel carrier from one shore to another on a boat, that is, the ukrainians were able to create plastdai in such difficult conditions and as far as i know, they are still getting it, but the russians are making every effort to eliminate it, eh , they threw then... there

certain forces, certain combat units, they destroy almost daily with bombs and artillery the village of krynky, for example, near which formation' but i repeat again, at the moment this the bridgehead is small with volumes, the ukrainians receive. in fact, in mid-november, the general staff officially confirmed for the first time that ukrainian forces had successfully established themselves on several bridgeheads on the left bank of the kherson region, and at that time we wrote that such bridgeheads were given to the armed forces of ukraine, what observers say about it, so you can read on our bbc website. more on that. avdiivka is one of the hottest spots on the front now. a suburb of donetsk, which is being stormed by the russian military, and this map shows the deployment of forces as of the beginning of november. battles for avdiivka already are also compared to the battles for bahmud. russian losses over the past month and a half, according to the ukrainian headquarters, are among the largest during a full-scale russian invasion. british intelligence draws attention to this, which

believes that such large losses of the russians are connected precisely with the attack on avdiivka. i also talked earlier with my colleague oleg chernesh about what is happening in avdiivka. from a political point of view, it is extremely important for the kremlin and for russia to push the ukrainian troops out of donetsk. we see that they are very large forces are thrown at it, and according to the data of ukrainian western intelligence, there are already large losses among the russians. however, as of now, avdiivka has not been captured, the russians are conducting an offensive on several flanks at once, they are actively attacking avdiivka from the south and from the north, and also in recent days they have started advancing from the eastern side of the city and in principle are having some success, the advance is approx. several hundreds of meters per day, however , i will note that the city of avdiivka itself is not too big, and even these hundreds of meters can be

decisive, especially if the russians manage to get to the avdiyiv coke plant, a large industrial enterprise on the territory of the city, which is currently in fact such ukrainians, who are extremely important for the continuation of their resistance and for the maintenance of avdiyivka, but as of now, russia is carrying out approx . three dozen assaults per day, and the ukrainians are holding on, but they are holding on with their last strength. despite the fighting in avdiivka, according to the local authorities, there are still more than a thousand civilians, how do they survive under constant shelling bbc journalists, who visited avdiivka at the beginning of the summer, recently talked with those... whom they met there then, the bbc report continues. while the world's attention is focused on the events in the middle east, russia launched an offensive in donbas. this couple has been living under constant shelling for almost two years. passports, documents, everything. but

this aggravation was the last straw. they are leaving, but many people are not ready for it. grandmother, no, but what are you going to do, there will be no water, no bread, no figs, gennady yudin - the policeman, who is now engaged in the evacuation of civilians, managed to convince us, it took us more than an hour and a half, probably under shelling and slander, literally 100-200 m away from us... immediately enemy shells exploded. such evacuations are carried out in settlements near avdiyivka, an industrial center that has become a symbol of ukrainian resistance. six months ago, the bbc was already shooting material in this bombed-out city. then we took a car ride with igor,

a local who delivered humanitarian aid to civilians. now we are going along the existing road the only connecting artery. that was the beginning. summer a ukrainian counteroffensive was inevitable, and great hopes were placed on it. we do everything for the sake of victory, someone delivers bread, someone carries something. six months later, we saw a completely different picture. the ukrainian counteroffensive stopped. the world turned to events in the middle east. and russia concentrated its forces on the surroundings of avdiivka. city with defense. fortifications and access to the occupied part of eastern ukraine. igor got a seat in the first row. we left there maybe around three o'clock in avdiivka. these the footage was shot by a russian kamikaze drone. ihor's car can be seen on them.

maybe 400-500 meters somewhere plus or minus to the demarcation line. well, we were driving, going down, right. the sides of the front window there was such a flash , such a hard slap, so they touched themselves there a little, well, everything seems to be normal, well , when russia started a new offensive on avdiivka. the task of russian combat groups and equipment was to surround the city. including from artillery, already destroyed housing estates, there are still 15 civilians,

gennady yudin got to know this fully. it's mine native, native city, avdiivka, i was born and grew up there and every day when i enter the city, i see, i see new destruction, it's painful, the house where i grew up, where my parents lived, was completely destroyed by the defense forces. ukraine repelled those assaults, inflicting huge losses on the russian army, killing and wounding almost 700 soldiers. these are the data of the general staff, which at the moment cannot be accurately verified, but the ministry of defense of great britain claims that these are among the largest losses of russians during the war. their loss of manpower and equipment is huge, i suppose the ukrainian military will be able to hold its position and repel russian attacks. for moscow, the capture of avdiyivka is not so much a military goal as a propaganda one for the domestic russian

audience. the russian military has been stationed near avdiivka for almost 10 years, after they managed to capture the surrounding area in 2014. since then, ukraine has been able to build durable fortifications that have so far stopped a complete russian breakthrough. but a new wave of attack appears. inevitably, 40,000 russian soldiers attack the city from three sides, it threatens to turn avdiivka into a new bakhmut, a city that became a battlefield and was bombed into oblivion. avdiivka today is dozens of city shellings, more a combat soldier than a cabinet official, this is vitaly barabash, the mayor of avdiivka. just these aerial bombardments, they build houses, well, just like, like houses of cards. barabash is one of many. who appeals to the measure to increase support for the f16, they are needed, we need more, i don’t know,

hymers systems, and until this happens, ukrainians like igor will suffer from the russian invasion, they would tire us out with these bombs, if it continues like this for many weeks or a couple of months, then in principle, there will not even be foundations left, and the emergency services workers are also going through personal tragedies, his little daughter died last year, come on with my wife, with my mother, and they went to bed, she didn't wake up in the morning , i became more motivated by my work, i do everything possible to get people out and save children from the city and from this, from this horror. there is no end in sight to this horror, and yet

the world's attention is focused on the middle east, the question comes to the fore: how long will ukraine be able to receive the front and how long can it count on the west. well, western countries have assured ukraine of further support, such statements were made today in brussels, where the ministers of foreign affairs of nato countries gathered, in particular the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, who came to the nato headquarters, spoke about american support for ukraine, and the secretary general of nato yen stolteng says, sure that the united states will continue to provide weapons to ukraine, in particular in the security interests of the united states. well, that's the end of our news release, read more news on our website bbc.ua, and i'll say goodbye to you until tomorrow.

greetings, friends, the verdict program continues live on the tv channel, we are working live, my name is serhiy rudenko, today i am in the program. the activation of russian spies in the ukrainian government, how to overcome the influence of the kremlin, the prohibition of the moscow patriarchate, the corresponding bill is blocked in the council. who are the people's deputies and why? the green cardinal of kyiv, the fair in the list of politicians, has the head of the president's office really become a key figure in the ukrainian government. friends, today we are conducting a survey, today we are asking you about the following, do ukraine need diplomatic relations with belarus , yes, no, please vote on our

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congratulations. well, since we, ladies and gentlemen, are asking our tv viewers about that, cheaters. diplomatic relations of ukraine with belarus, i will also ask you what you think about it, because ukraine still maintains diplomatic relations with belarus, despite the fact that starting from february 24, 2022, belarus acted as a springboard for russia's attack on ukraine, and lukashenko acts as a co-aggressor and co-defendant of those war crimes committed by the russian federation, the russian army on the territory of the ukrainian state, ms. sofia, please give me the floor. our inter-factional association for a free and democratic belarus, ever since the illegal elections, in which lukashenko essentially declared himself the ruler, demanded the severing of diplomatic relations and the recognition of the invalid, non-functioning power that exists in belarus. i personally believe that the maximum that

should be there should be some kind of envoy or military attache, through whom negotiations could be conducted regarding, in particular... our people who are in belarus and also those belarusians, who today protect the ukrainian state in order to protect their rights, all the rest, belarus today is an appendage of the moscow federation, which helps to attack and destroy the ukrainian state. thank you ms. oxana, what do you think about this? well, look, first of all, we have belarusians who are fighting for ukraine today, and, secondly, this is a country that. today we really perceive it as under the leadership of the illegally and undemocratically elected president lukashenka, but in ukraine we divide belarus into the one that wants to be democratic and belarus, which is really today led by a er, tyrant and a president completely dependent

on russia, that is why i believe that we should first of all condemn all the actions of the current government and the current president and actually hope that ukraine ready to cooperate with the democratically elected leadership of belarus, but today it is not like that. thank you, ms. oksana, mr. mykhailo, when the war between russia and georgia began, georgia broke off diplomatic relations with russia, and consular issues were resolved through embassy of switzerland. in moscow, it is clear that when we talk about diplomatic relations between ukraine and belarus, we are talking about those citizens to whom we provide assistance on the territory of belarus, if we do not have an embassy or consulate there, it means that we will not be able to help them help, can we follow the georgian path and create such

conditions that will allow us to ensure the rights of our citizens on the territory of the republic of belarus, but at the same time we will not maintain diplomatic relations with the current, with the current belarus of lukashenka. thank you, in fact, the question is very difficult, i am not a specialist in diplomacy, but i will say that even the representatives of the opposition of belarus, which is divided, they also do not have a single answer, on the one hand, yes, someone needs to represent the citizens of ukraine, who the territory of belarus, but will the consular and diplomatic services in such a state as belarus be able to adequately represent and protect the citizens of ukraine. there is a big doubt, due to the fact that here, in my opinion, it is necessary not to delay, or to give a clear signal, as to ukrainian society, from the outside

of the political department, i.e. the ministry of foreign affairs, or also for our european partners, why do we act as a state, although perhaps in reality we do not know something, and there is some other, different behavior, agreed with our partners, it is important that we do not were looking for originality, followed the advice of our international partners, they know more, and for them this is a geopolitical game, thank you, mr. mykhailo, ladies and gentlemen, let's get back to ukraine, to those issues that, during the last a few days are relevant enough for society, and for the parliament, and for the military leadership and for those who monitor social networks, this is an absentee discussion, which was launched in the media space by two people's deputies, one

of them is the head of the servant of the people faction, and the other, a member of the servant of the people faction, but the deputy head of the parliamentary of the committee on national security and defense, this is david rahamia and mariyanna bezugla, regarding the plan for the 24th year. er, i think that most of our viewers and readers on social networks , including told the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine that she does not have a plan for the 24th year, issued a lot of different figures, which can now be classified as disclosures, state secrets, but at the same time bluntly stated that in her opinion, zaluzhny should resign , but from the moment when bezugla announced it, there is no reaction

from the commander-in-chief, that is, a member of zelenskyi’s team reprimands the commander-in-chief, who obeys and is accountable to the commander-in-chief, and he just remains silent for now, sir, madam sofya, what do you think, why is zelenskyi silent and why is zelenskyi so confused about the plan for 2024, after all, zelennskyi is higher in this hierarchy, he is the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine? well, you know, jokingly, they probably have only one plan, and the plan here means not the actions of the armed forces of ukraine, but those substances that are prohibited for cultivation in ukraine, because otherwise i cannot evaluate this completely inadequate. the situation that is happening with a specific deputy. if we speak, why is it silent? the commander-in-chief, as far as i know, in the office of the president both wakes up and

goes to bed with an assessment of public mood, and accordingly there are people who test public mood, and after that the president reacts somehow. therefore, i think that they are now trying to understand, evaluate, and calculate the possible losses from these specific scandals, meaning what is the reaction of society, the reaction of society is critically negative regarding the actions of arahamia and everyone else and critically highly support the commander-in-chief, so i think that now there is a wait, right? to say so as not to get burned and what to say so as not to harm your own rating, well, i apologize, you know, when we talk about the plan, when we talk about this post, mrs. bezugliy, i saw a very interesting phrase there, why not put it ... procurement of turnstiles, i apologize, procurement is handled by the ministry of defense and the procurement agency, and there is a medical command, which is also

appointed and released by the ministry of defense, if bezula makes claims about turnstiles, then one can generally doubt here in its competence, because the volunteers have been shouting for six months that the tourniquets should be changed and american ones should be issued, and the previous command of the medical forces should be held accountable. therefore, in this case, i understand that as a member of the committee, she has the right to ask questions , but what she asked in this particular question, in essence, and here are all the prints that she exhibited, and photos on the background of the equipment, and i see, in the same way about the wagnerivtsi case, where the information was mixed up i think that there are many points at which it should already be responsible for disclosing , let's say, information with limited access, and should be responsible for attempting to undermine the defense capabilities of the ukrainian state, because this is all that it throws out, it is aimed at this is an attempt to discredit

the armed forces of ukraine, and ukrainians do not. they will let it be done, mr. general, i will ask you, as a person who very clearly understands how the system should work, especially during war and in general, a paramilitary structure or a military the structure that our entire army is during the war, that's what the bezugala and the arachamiy are doing now, how they are generally evaluated from the point of view of military people and those people who are used to ... some things not to say publicly and or not to spill out there plans for the 24th year for the general public, well, for example, for the parliament, where there may be fsb agents, not that they can, but obviously there are, because we see that in the last two months, two people's deputies were suspected of treason , this is shufrych and dubinsky, is this how a person should behave,

which is one of the heads of the committee. of national security and defense and how does it threaten the armed forces and society? and the president himself, categorically against any public discussions during martial law, regarding methods, regarding the defense forces, and even more so, any judgments, even certain numbers are presented in the post, i am worried about this situation. because mrs. maryana, she is the secretary of the working group, to which i am a member, as a representative of the faction, where a lot of important issues related to the reef are discussed in secret, which are not subject to to the public, moreover, we are there without mobile phones and even without watches, and some of the facts are displayed exactly as they are discussed at such closed meetings.

because of that, in general, it categorically contradicts any orders, doctrines, and it harms the national security of defense, because the aggressor state does not need to have deep, deep intelligence, it needs certain statements in the public sphere for some judgments and analysis, because of that, i am sure , that the president as the supreme commander is not silent, but he understands that this should not be a public discussions, i am sure that this situation was also discussed at the level of the supreme commander, it is important that these persons draw conclusions immediately, because now the situation is not easy, and such discussions, which are already turning into not only nationwide, but international judgments

, they are not... beneficial, i would like everyone to draw conclusions, because this is not the first such, uh, exit into the public sphere, but i emphasize once again, conclusions must be drawn by everyone, and the representatives of uh, the committee councils of national security and defense, and those that allow themselves to comment unprofessionally on those things that are really subject to the vulture of a state secret. and are not subject to any disclosure. well, i will never believe that in such a structure as a servant of the people, a civilian person will simply come out and start pouring water , let's say, in the direction of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine during the war, that is, i absolutely reject the fact that she maybe on her own initiative, but she got involved, and

she doesn’t like the hard worker there, well, yes... that ’s not how it works, ms. oksana, what do you think, is it possible to talk about some, maybe political, roaring political jealousy, political competition, is it possible that the leadership, the civilian leadership of the state is preparing a replacement for the head of the armed forces of ukraine, just now such an information ground is being prepared, well , you see, he did not submit a plan there, he did not submit a mobilization plan either, now will begin to begin... some problems there at the front , well, it means that he is also guilty and must answer, even people's deputies talk about it, not only there, at the commander-in-chief's post or, shall we say, in the offices of the president's office? well, let's go let's start with the fact that when the defense committee was formed at the very beginning, and we still entered the parliament, when the war had been going on since 2014.