to deter russian aggression on the fronts, so let's remember everyone who died in this war with a moment of silence. let's honor the memory of ukrainian soldiers and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the war started by russia with a moment of silence.

my greetings, this is the svoboda ranok project, my name is oleg galiv, and you will see it later in our broadcast. mines and concrete will definitely be enough. according to the results of the rate of the commander-in-chief , zelskyi said that ukraine is strengthening fortifications, and the commander of the united forces of the armed forces of ukraine, serhiy naev, in an interview to abc news, said the war could spread beyond the east and south. we will discuss what should be understood from these statements and whether there is a new threat of a russian attack on the regions controlled by kyiv. although insignificant, in recent days russian troops have made an advance in the avdiyivka district of donetsk region, british intelligence informs. ukrainian military brazen. that russia is not giving up trying

to advance further, but they are controlling the situation. putin will not go for peace in ukraine until the results of the us elections in november next year. this statement was made by an official of the united states state department, amid fears that a potential victory by former president trump could undermine kyiv's support from the west. how realistic are such assumptions. your likes to this video are important. also, a comment in the chat under the broadcast, because they will help him become popular on the network, and therefore even more people will have the opportunity and access to quality content. we are significantly strengthening the fortification. min and concrete will be enough. ukrainskyi said this based on the results of the bid of the chief commander president volodymyr zelenskyi in his address. he says that ukraine should be strengthened, there is also money for this. in addition, the advisers analyzed the air defense tactics, there is a need... to strengthen mobile groups and

obtain the most effective air defense systems - said zelskyi. the first is fortification, we are significantly strengthening it. there were detailed reports at all levels, the general staff , the ministry of defense, the prime minister , the regional government, the commander of the oblasts, all the finances are there, all the solutions are there, there must be full appropriate work in the communities. everything absolutely detailed mine and concrete in our country will definitely be enough, we need it. speed and efficiency, and everyone responsible for this has clear tasks. lieutenant-general serhiy naev, the commander of the pivnich operational-strategic group of troops, recently stated about strengthening defenses and fortifications. in an interview with the american television channel bbc, he warned that the war could again go beyond the borders of the east and the south, if russia continues to increase the production of weapons and improve technology with its allies, and ukraine is preparing for this, we are building defenses, mining and training our

forces, abc quoted lt. general tanaeva. and the ukrainian border guards raised the flag over the budarka checkpoint on the border with russia. this is reported by the state border service. they say that despite constant shelling, soldiers of the 15th mobile border detachment of the steel border entered the territory of the automobile checkpoint and raised the ukrainian flag to the highest in the vicinity of the tower. this point is located directly on the border and does not work with the moment of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, the state border service says. russian troops continue to be in the border areas with ukraine in the siverskyi and slobozhanskyi directions. they carry out sabotage and reconnaissance activities, fire on populated areas from the territory of russia and increase the density of improvised explosive devices along the state border of ukraine. this is announced in the general staff. over the last day , the forces of the russian federation shelled 15 settlements with artillery and mortars. one... in chernihiv oblast and the rest in sumy oblast.

in particular, 106 explosions were recorded in sumy oblast. the regional military administration reports that three people, two women and a seven-year-old girl, were killed as a result of shelling in the middle of the budyntsk community, bordering the bryansk region of russia. in these minutes , yuriy pov, the spokesman of the joint press center of the defense forces of the northern direction, joins the broadcast of svoboda ranok. i welcome you. good day. thank you for finding the opportunity to join. mr. yuri, what is the situation in the zone, the actual responsibility of the northern command, has the situation become more complicated, taking into account what is happening at the front, is the shelling of the border intensifying, what can you say? the operational situation in the volyn and polity areas has not undergone any changes. in the seversky and slobozhansk directions, as you have already mentioned, the shelling of the territorial communities of chernihiv oblast and sumy oblast continues. the enemy is using artillery,

120-mm mortars, 82-mm mortars, and occasional air strikes. the enemy inflicts fire strikes on the territories of ukrainian communities with the aim of destabilizing the situation in the region , as well as to solve their tactical tasks, such as attempts to pass sabotage and intelligence groups and strike a possible attack on possible places of concentration of personnel of the armed forces of ukraine. please tell me, regarding russian subversive intelligence groups, how often will they now try to enter the territory of... ukraine, and when was the last time such a case was recorded, particularly in the area of ​​responsibility of your command? by in recent months, this figure fluctuates up to 10 such attempts per month, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on the border of ukraine with russia,

these are the territorial boundaries of the sumy and chernihiv regions. regarding possible attempts to break through the drg. primarily we record such attempts under the cover of artillery fire, and usually the sabotage and reconnaissance groups that are identified fail to cross the state border. please tell me, now the weather situation has worsened, and winter has come to ukraine, how can this help or not to facilitate sabotage and intelligence groups, it will be easier for them, i don't know, to penetrate into the territory of ukraine and remain unnoticed. does it not play a role for them? according to the laws of military art, the winter period is the most difficult for conducting hostilities, therefore, those of our viewers who are hunters will understand that these are not

very favorable conditions for sabotage and reconnaissance groups, it is difficult for them to disguise themselves, their movement around the territory, er, and therefore attempts to cross the state border can be determined by traces, so the winter period adds difficulties to all participants hostilities that is, it can be assumed that attempts to cross the border with ukraine there, attempts by the drg will be less in the winter than it was during favorable weather? we should not be relaxed by the onset of winter cold, the troops, both in summer and in winter. always on the alert, as everyone understands that our enemy is the worst, probably on this earth , he is insidious, and will use any opportunity to harm ukraine and the ukrainian armed forces, please tell us what the situation is with territory

the belarusian border, because there, in particular, mr. nayev stated that if the russian forces continue to increase their military production there, the war may spread from the territory, the east and the south, and to other ukrainian regions, so what is the current situation on the border with belarus? on the border with belarus, there are currently no signs of the formation of enemy strike groups, therefore, the situation on the border remains under control, and the ukrainian armed forces and units and formations are closely monitoring the movement and activity of the enemy on the opposite territory, but russian troops there continue to be on the territory of belarus? russian troops continue to be on the territory of belarus now at the current specific moment, in small numbers, this is a special composition of several, transmission nodes of communication and

airfield service, as far as infantry units, tank units are concerned, that is, parts of units that can pose a real threat to for ukraine, such, the formation of such units is not you now, madam, but do you know, maybe those units if such were on the territory. where did the russian command transfer them, perhaps to one of the directions of another, full-scale invasion of ukraine, or in this context, if anything is known in the summer of this year, communication problems, well , we have essentially completed our communication, thank you to the guest, yuriy pov , the spokesman of the united, so the lady returns, but here is just an interesting moment, if there were these groups, then where were they transferred, you began to answer them. transferred to the most threatening areas in the east of ukraine and the south of ukraine. russia

used belarusian training grounds as training centers, and warehouses and reserves of the belarusian armed forces as a donor for its armed forces and formations. of course. i thank you very much for enabling. yuriy pov, spokesman for the united press center of the northern defense forces, about the situation there. russian troops. have further, albeit insignificant, progress near avdiivka, the ministry of defense of great britain says about this, referring to their intelligence. they state that since october of this year, when the russian army resumed an active attack on city, she managed to advance by 2 km, and this is the biggest success of russian troops in ukraine since the spring of this year, which, moreover, cost a lot of losses. at the same time, ukraine continues to control the territory of 7 km, through which the supply is carried out. analysts of the american institute for the study of war. it is said that russian forces have a slight advance in the so-called promtka and

southeast of avdiyivka, and the russian pro-war telegram channel two majors wrote that russian forces are consolidating on occupied positions on in the south, in the north they advanced near the pumping station 15 km east of the coke and chemical plant. another russian public fisherman wrote that russian forces had taken control of the sewage treatment facilities east of the coke and chemical plant. at the same time, they allegedly had to move away from the steppe in order to preserve it. personnel. the head of the avdiivka city military administration, vitaly barabash, on the air of the telethon, is skeptical about the statements of russian bloggers about the alleged successes of the russian forces near avdiivka. at the same time, he talks about fierce battles in the area of ​​koksokhim and promka. the ukrainian general staff reports unsuccessful assaults by russian forces in the avdiyivka region and 15 repulsed attacks near the city over the past day. civilians are being evacuated from nearby settlements. volunteer denys hristov nicknamed the dutchman. showed how people are being taken out of the village of berdychi, north of avdiyivka, the evacuation is literally under

fire, we run there, yes, we run there, right across the field, come on, faster, faster, faster, faster, faster, don't shoot, don't shoot, it 's going there, come on, run, we've been burned, come on come on, faster, faster, faster, it's our second birthday, please, we have a guest in our broadcast again, oleksandr shtupun , spokesman of the united pres-center of the defense forces of the tauriy region, i congratulate you, have a good day, glory to ukraine, heroes glory, thank you for finding the opportunity to join, let's start with avdiivka, what is the situation there for the past day, has there been an advance in the russian army and who now controls the industrial zone, about which there is so much talk?

fierce fighting continues in the area of ​​the industrial zone, generally on avdiivskyi direction after a certain decrease in the number of cases of kamikaze drones and artillery, which was due to the deterioration of the weather, yesterday the enemy doubled both artillery fire and airstrikes, also intensified ground infantry attacks, in some places uses armored vehicles, in general in the operational zone of osuvtavrria inflicted 17 airstrikes, mainly drops of guided aerial bombs, four enemy missile strikes were also recorded, one of which hit a medical facility. that is, the enemy continues to violate all the laws of warfare and

international agreements are striking medics, also the enemy has significantly increased the number of assaults, in particular, these are the avdiiv and mariinsky directions, in total, more than 50 combat clashes and also, as i said, doubled the number of artops. more than 1,000 such cases have been recorded, our defenders are firmly holding the defense in the avdiiv direction. er, enough, even, i would say, very large losses of the enemy, namely in manpower, the total losses in the operational zone of osovria amounted to 639 people in the past day, four occupiers surrendered captured, 48 units of enemy military equipment were also destroyed and another 33 units were damaged.

mr. oleksandr, you say that after a certain lull, the russian forces began to almost double, as you said, increased the number of shelling, the use of various types of equipment, this is somehow related to the weather conditions, that is , maybe the weather has improved, or the russian forces adapted to the weather conditions that exist in the area of ​​responsibility, where the defense forces of the tavria direction are actually located, well, if we compare with, for example, the day before yesterday, then significantly decrease, the wind force has decreased, let's say, the enemy can again raise drones into the sky, well, he also went into ground attacks, that is, he sees, corrects something, i want to say that quite a lot of drones were shot down, in particular six lancets, also, bpla intelligence rooms and supercam, that is, ours, our air defense, our,

let's say, radio units... they do their work and quite well. mr. oleksandr, regarding the coke chemical plant, what is the situation there, a lot of different details also appear in russian telegram channels, ukrainian telegram channels also write there, i would like hear the official version, the official vision, actually the ukrainian military, what is the situation in koksokhim? fighting continues near koksokhim, what the russians are declaring, i want to emphasize once again to all readers, especially the magazine. so that they use less, let's say, russian sources, which almost, almost always carry lies and propaganda, so i ask, i urge everyone to use official sources, and koksokhim is under our control, well,

of course, fighting continues in its area, but our soldiers continue... destroy the enemy, and how, how you seen, quite powerful. mr. oleksandr, one more nuance, regarding the actual situation that is happening there, as you can estimate , the russian forces, they are now focusing on infantry precisely in the avdiyiv direction and there are assaults by manpower, are they still not sorry for example, aviation, they use whatever they have in order to have at least some kind of conditional promotion, well, they currently also use aviation, well, they reduced the number, let's say, the actions of front-line aviation, namely su-25 subsonic attack aircraft, which of 10 in october, we shot down eight units, we also reduced the number of helicopters used

, in particular k-52 and mi-24, and it strikes precisely with remotely controlled aerial bombs, er, from outside, say, that area, er, where where does our pppo get, well, it also does, bet on the infantry, because the human resources of the occupiers are quite powerful, er, well, i would say, like sheep, they are simply driven to slaughter this infantry, freshly mobilized, and also... former convicts, but as for the armored vehicles, a lot of them were destroyed, both on avdiivskyi and on mariinsky direction, so the enemy is protecting it at the moment. mr. oleksandr, perhaps some new russian units have appeared in the avdiiv region recently , i don't know, new private military companies that have signed the exchange of arms agreement with russia or not

, or some new units that have been transferred from other areas of the front, at the moment, the enemy is pulling up these assault units, specifically storm z and storm b , because well, that's how special forces operate, but, let's say, these are the ones that were operating, they are simply thrown from direction to direction, from maryinka to avdiivka and back, mostly ordinary people are driven forward, let's say, stormtroopers, who, by deception, i don't know, by threats, are forced to go into battle, we still have about 40 seconds to finish, and i have a question, you mentioned about of russian soldiers surrendering, and british intelligence says that russia is suffering significant losses, in particular due to the assaults on avdiyka, including whether this affects in any way the russian military and their willingness to surrender in order to survive,

for example, and not to die during the battles, or can you estimate, somehow analyze, that there is an increase in those willing to surrender on the russian side after all, realizing that russia is suffering heavy losses in the avdiiv direction, yes, 30 people surrendered last week, this is only... in the operational zone osuftavria, well, basically, this is precisely the avdiiv direction, yesterday there were four reports, and there is still unconfirmed information about, say, another group of russian servicemen who surrendered as prisoners, but i emphasize that at the moment it is not yet fully confirmed, this also on avdiivskyi direction, yes. thank you, mr. oleksandr, for your inclusion. oleksandr shtupun, spokesman of the united press center of the defense forces of the tavria region. they talked in particular about the situation near avdiivka and in the city itself.

ukrainian foreign minister dmytro koleba will join the first meeting of the ukraine-nato council today in brussels at the level of top diplomats. at the meeting, as predicted by the media, in addition to discussions on ukraine's accession to the alliance, they should also discuss security guarantees for ukraine from nato members. details of this meeting and what are waiting, our correspondent in europe, zoryana stepanenko, will tell. starry good morning, tell me the details that are known as of now? greetings oleg, the headquarters of nato, as you can see, has already been flooded with journalists since the very morning, waiting for the ministers who are coming here at this very moment and here the first meeting of the top diplomats of the member countries of the alliance is taking place after the vilnius summit, a major event for the entire bloc. the ministers of foreign affairs and allied countries are summing up the results of the last meeting of the leaders and are now starting to prepare the future, the next already in washington, which will take place in 2024 , working out the possible solutions of that summit accordingly. it will be held during a politically charged period in the united states, the alliance's vazkovac country will be in

the midst of a presidential election campaign, and the security background is alarming the allies even more now than in vilnius. russia, which nato recognized as a threat, continues the war in ukraine, plus the conflict that broke out in the middle east, how the situation is developing now, diplomats analyzed yesterday and will today respectively already during the ukrainian session. nato countries declare their intentions to continue to help israel and ukraine, and dmytro kuleba today presents here the idea of ​​one of the aspects of assistance. the development of the european and, in a broader sense, the euro-atlantic defense industry complex is an effort that needs to be intensified if we want to adequately ensure the security of europe. i discussed this in detail with josep borel, insisted on the need to create a common european defense space, where coordinated countries and their defense industry policy, where the processes will be synchronized and ordered, which will allow europe not only to support ukraine, but also

itself. i will continue to discuss these ideas in nato. dmytro kuleba, we are waiting for him here now, he has to talk with journalists, today he will join the first meeting of the ukraine nato council at the level of top diplomats. this format of cooperation, as you remember, was born in vilnius and presents to colleagues the project "under the realities of ukraine of the annual national program for the next year 2024. as you remember, the vilnius decision refers to it, to this program, where the allies recognize that ukraine has a place in nato, and in order to join, it must meet the criteria, but they do not specify which ones, but they refer to in this context, the annual national program is mentioned. in the alliance, consul jan stoltenberg agreed on recommendations for further reforms on ukraine 's path to membership, however, the publication "facts", referring to diplomats who wished to remain unnamed, reports that the alliance still has not reached an agreement on whether to consider reforms from

of the updated annual program with the conditions for ukraine's accession, or is it rather such a tool for tracking progress, because the case with sweden, which, by the way, at this meeting was hoped to be welcomed into the alliance, but the process is still on hold, once again proves that everything rests so whether it is political will or the lack of it, the allies say that there is this will, in particular for military aid to ukraine, we resolutely confirm our support for ukraine, as it continues to face russia's aggressive war, we are also waiting for the summit next year in washington to celebrate nato's 75th anniversary, but not just to mark the anniversary, but to continue moving the nato alliance forward. in particular, with the fulfillment of the obligations that its members assume regarding our collective defense , security guarantees for ukraine, which it is preparing to enter into with nato member countries, will be discussed here, respectively, on a bilateral basis. next week, a delegation from brussels will visit kyiv to present the vision of these obligations, particularly by the european union and from its

side. i have membership in this association attention, which in the light of the war becomes not only an economic , but also a geopolitical union, the day before josep borel called it the best security guarantee for ukraine, he also announced the decision of the member states to quadruple the budget for the eu training mission that trains the ukrainian military, calling it one of the most successful by the way, journalists asked whether the fatigue of the war in ukraine is felt inside the european union, comparing it to a kind of elephant in the room, and borel joked that there are generally many... different elephants in the rooms, and being serious, he noted that he doesn't see any signs of that, it's the same, dmytro kuleba said. olezhe, thank you very much, zoryan, zoriana stepanenko, our european correspondent, about expectations from the meeting of the ukraine nato council. russian president putin will not go to peace talks before the elections in the united states of america next november. this is reported by reuters with reference to an anonymous

high-ranking official of the state. usa. the interlocutor tells journalists that nato has confirmed its continued support for ukraine, knowing that there will be no peace next year. reuters writes that this is not the official position of the state department, rather, i quote: a widespread opinion among officials. officially, the state department says that the negotiations are currently meaningless. assistant secretary of state james o'bryan stated at the briefing that negotiations are ukraine's business, which should decide when to start them. however, at the same time, the usa does not see any signs that putin is interested in them. obraen even gave an approximate term: one year, that's how much time is needed for putin to think about peace. i consider it clear that president putin decided that he was not interested in peace talks regarding ukraine, that he believed that if he waited, he would have an advantage and be able to try to retake ukraine under his control. this will create a platform from which he can threaten nato security, which is the reason we believe a further

invasion. to ukraine to begin in february 2022 should remain a strategic failure for russia. bloomberg analysts believe that moscow can take advantage of the events on the battle line, and putin in particular can to try to persuade the ukrainian leadership to negotiate. the onset of winter and the shortage of ammunition for the ukrainian army make the situation on the battlefield difficult. in addition , there is a certain political fatigue in the usa from the russian-ukrainian war. all these factors enable the russian president to benefit from it. conditions to start negotiations, notes bloomberg. and in the worst case, the journalists write, if the russian army breaks through the defense of the armed forces of ukraine in the winter, then putin will have no motive for negotiations at all. meanwhile, russia for the first time since of the collapse of the soviet union allocated a record budget for the army and the military-industrial complex. it will make up a third of all state expenditures, the moscow times writes about it. the federal budget for

2024-26, signed by putin, predicts that national defense spending will rise to approximately $80 million a year. in 2023, this amount was half as much. analysts of the american institute for the study of war drew attention to the fact that far from all expenses are included in the budget of russia, because part of they rely on local budgets and private business structures. thus , the total cost of the war could be even higher. moscow times journalists also recalled that the soviet union spent record amounts on the army and the military-industrial complex in recent years. its existence in ukraine, the budget for the next year 2024. the main item of expenditure is defense. 22% of gdp, that is about 45 billion dollars, will be allocated to it. also, more than 2 billion dollars were invested in the defense-industrial complex, its own production of anti-aircraft missiles and ammunition. funds for the national security and defense sector is covered exclusively by internal revenues. the rest of the expenses fall into the area of ​​the budget deficit.

ukrainian president volodymyr has already signed the law. the guest of our broadcast at the moment is evgendyka , an international expert, scientist and veteran of the battle , aidar. i welcome you. good morning, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. thank you for finding the opportunity to join. there are many topics that i would like to discuss with you and hear your opinion on this matter. well, for example, the russian media now write that it is an occupation the head of the kherson region, saldo, allegedly announced his intentions to recapture the liberated kherson. and then he says there will be mykolaiv and odesa. how can you comment on these words and such intentions in general, they can be. to be honest, i don’t understand at all what to comment here, well, salda said, well, let him win ideas , come on, here i want to see comrade salda with a machine gun in his hands, who is storming, who is crossing the dnipro and storming kherson, if we are serious , then, in fact, there is no threat, the movement of the orcs to the right bank, in principle, does not exist, there is not even a question about it, the right side of the dnipro is wonderful.