through those assembly centers, because it is not necessary to go to the brigades, these are the main targets for servicing for other purposes. mr. mykola, thank you, now is a moment of silence, let's honor all those whose lives were cut short by russian aggression. let's honor the memory of ukrainian soldiers and peaceful citizens of ukraine who died in the current war with a moment of silence. it was unleashed by russia.

and in this stream we talk about the following topics: the relationship between zelensky and zaluzhny is now close to terrible, writes the economist magazine in the office of the ukrainian president officially they say there is no conflict. are the authorities really looking for those responsible for the failure at the front, we talk with the advisor of the president's office mykhailo podolyak. the guardian newspaper announces changes to the mobilization process in ukraine already this week. zelensky instructed umyerov to show the package of changes. some people's deputies believe that the mobilization has almost failed. the reason for the dismissal of the military commissars. what changes are the deputies preparing and will they help the army? almost 10 years of fighting in the courts and skivske gold worth 10 million euros was returned. to

ukraine from amsterdam, it was claimed the occupying power of crimea. how ukraine returned the artifacts, how valuable they are and whether it is safe to leave them in kyiv. important news, statements, exclusive comments, all this is on our morning broadcast, join every weekday from 9:00 a.m. on radio liberty's youtube channel. russian troops captured part of the village of khromov, which is west of bakhmut, but the information about its complete occupation... is not true, analysts of the deep state project say. they write that the advance of russian troops near khromovoy was facilitated by what happened back in september they pushed back the ukrainian defense forces from the berkhiv reservoir on the northern flank of bakhmut, this affected the positions of the armed forces of ukraine in this area and has now given rise to a relapse. analysts of the american institute for the study of war also do not yet confirm the information about the alleged capture of khromovoy. let me remind you that the day before in the russian ministry of defense

, the village of artmovskoe near bakhmut was freed, it was the former name of khromovoi. the ukrainian general staff does not confirm or deny the information about the alleged capture of khromovoy. in the latest reports from the front, it is said about allegedly unsuccessful attacks by russian forces near ivanivskyi and andriivka, southwest of the city of bakhmud, and battles near bohdanivka in the north were also reported. at the same time, the armed forces of ukraine are also conducting assault operations south of bakhmut, according to the general staff. oleksandr borodin, a senior officer of the third separate assault brigade of the armed forces of ukraine, joins our broadcast. i congratulate you. i congratulate you. deepstate analysts write that russian forces occupied part of khromovoy, which is in the bakhmut community. can you confirm this information, what is happening on this section of the front now? on this stretch, it must be understood that there are constant assaults from the enemy's side, and from our side there are also assault actions, well, i 'm saying.

not for your own brigade, for the flank as a whole, but the enemy, well, roughly speaking , is under a lot of pressure from the events in israel, and you have to understand that informational, for example, there, this defense can consist of moments when we take a position, like when we fall back a little bit and it's such a mobile defense, it's done to reduce the amount of casualties on our side, so often yes, what are they doing there, for example, they took it there, they didn’t take it, uh, the front there is generally stable from the point of view, from the military point of view, so there are no major changes there, it happens that there is a shift in one direction or another, but this is from the point of view of , it is necessary only for tactical purposes, in order to have advantageous tactical circumstances, if we talk about the general situation in the bakhmut direction, and are russian forces increasing their presence there, what is the situation? they have been steadily pressing for more than

a month, say that the pressure is sometimes greater, sometimes less, say that it becomes more and more, i can't do it. to state, but there are days when there are up to 30 assault actions by the enemy per day , there are times when there were almost no infantry actions, and assault actions, respectively, to say that he is somehow going, there is some correlation in terms of increase is not yet possible, this is purely infantry battles, but with a large amount of artillery, partly by aviation. oleksandr, the general staff says that in the direction of bahamud, the russian army conducted unsuccessful assaults near ivanivskyi and andriivka. what can provide control over these points for the russians strength? andriivka, which we actually liberated, is very andriivka not as a village, but as this area, because there is nothing left of the village there, just like in klishchivka, in kurnyumivka, this is

an area that has prevailing heights, that has a railroad that does not function , of course, but it also has defensive importance and accordingly. now on the right flank, they have very bad defensive positions of the enemy, and their assault actions are connected with the fact that , firstly, they want to recapture these positions, and secondly, this is partially, this form of defense is active , because to defend there, well it is almost impossible to build a deep defense there, due to simply bad positions , about penetrations, etc., the general staff also reported about the battles near bohdanivka, which is north of the city, can you... say what is happening there, it is more difficult to say for bohdanivka, i know , that there are attempts by assault groups to enter, well periodically, not every day, but every other day, enemy assault groups to enter our positions, there is also a strong impact of artillery and uavs, but

for now the situation is stable, again, due to tactical conditions the points i was talking about earlier, and if we talk about the defense line that the russian forces managed to build, how powerful is it in the bakhmut direction? in the bogus direction, the defense here consists more of their offensive actions , that is, they were not purchased, as in zaporizhzhya, when they built a large number of defense lines there, they simply because they have a clear task of selling the advance, they mine, but they do not they are making serious fortifications, all the infantry tsotopikhota swarms of holes, swarms of trenches and the like, i.e. some serious fortifications there for long-term defense, they don't do it in order to be able to advance further, so their defense consists more of assaults , that is, it is a format of defense actively, where you

are constantly assaulting, so as not to give an opportunity, so as not to lose what they actually have there is, and what can you say about the experience of those russian soldiers who are fighting in this direction , is it the experience of soldiers who have already fought in ukraine, or new ones, newly mobilized ones are also found, many mobilized, many, well, there are stormtroopers, various types of buyers , and in most of them have a low level of infantry, this should be noted, and this is very important, you should understand that, for example, drones, this part of them has changed a lot, it has undergone a lot of improvements, there are professional operators, professional... logisticians, artillery and aviation, again, are also professionals, that is, when we say there that they have no or almost no professional infantry component, there is truth in that, but it should be noted that they also understand this and use it according to from those qualities that exist, that is, it is, roughly speaking, permanent

reconnaissance of battles, for which in order to use infantry, artillery, aviation, in which professionals actually work. oleksandr, how does the weather affect the course of hostilities, is it possible to use heavy armored vehicles, for example, yes, the weather allows the use of heavy armored vehicles, but it should be noted that in this direction in general , the enemy mostly uses assault infantry, that is, he protects his technique, i.e. if he uses tanks, then these are closed fire positions in the majority, i.e. as a practice of more such arteleler style, it does not give the infantry armor for cover during assaults, so it was not strongly reflected in the weather conditions for their assault actions. they protect their equipment, but not so much their infantry, right? and i thank you oleksandr for joining, oleksandr borodin, press officer of the third separate assault brigade of the armed forces of ukraine,

we talked about the situation in the bakhmut region. relations between the president of ukraine volodymyr zelskyi and his commander-in-chief valery zaluzhny are now close to horror' zelenskyi allegedly sees in worthy competitor, the economist writes about this with reference to interlocutors in the ukrainian government and deputies from the ruling party. according to the publication, the conflict allegedly arose due to the results of a counteroffensive operation, one of the officials with whom we journalists spoke said that zulzhny may have acted unwisely, in public, contrary to the more optimistic position of his president, and this conflict came to the public sphere after zulzhny's interview , in the same economist, where he says that the war enters a stalemate, after which zelensky once again publicly disagreed with the commander-in-chief and allegedly even hinted to him that he should be engaged in military affairs, and not... politics, although, as determined by the publication, zaluzhnyi did not declare any political

ambitions. the economist also wrote about internal polls, which the journalists got acquainted with, and its results indicate that trust in president zelenskyi has apparently fallen to 32%, which is less than in general zaluzhnyi. the city notes its support at the level of 70%. the head of intelligence, kyrylo budanov, too they say he has better ratings than president zelsky with 45% support. and apparently, the same survey that the publication got acquainted with shows that if president zelensky ever comes face-to-face in the elections with the commander-in-chief luzhnu, he risks losing. mykhailo podelyak, adviser to the head of the president's office, in a bbc comment , called the information about the conflict between the president and the head a myth and nonsense used by russia in propaganda. the conflict is said to be impossible, because the commander-in-chief is in the direct presidential office management vertically, the president is the strategy, commander-in-chief, operational management, specifically the actions of ukraine on

the front line, according to podolyak, the priority for everyone, now exclusively, is the war and the military needs of the country. mykhailo podolyak, adviser to the head of the president's office, joined our broadcast. congratulations, mykhailo, thank you for joining, i have a question for you right away, why do the president's office continue to insist that there is no conflict, and we read it again and again. on the pages of the western press that relations between the president and the commander-in-chief are close to terrible, for example, well, we insist that there is no conflict, and this is the most important thing, because i emphasize once again, president zelenskyi is in constant communication with mr. zaluchnyi, there are certainly situations when it is necessary to hold those or other conversations, difficult conversations, i'm betting on how our offensive operations are progressing, what do we need to... what adjustments do we need to make, what do we need to do to make it more effective, but again, these

communication is daily in working formats, we do not have a political process today, and then i ask a counter question, and if we all start talking like this now, we have a huge conflict, yes, between the political or even the military-political leadership in the sense of of president zelensky, there are major conflicts with our military, this will definitely allow us to effectively make... adjustments to the military plans, regarding the 24th year, regarding the continuation of offensive cooperation in the 23rd year, this will definitely reassure our partners and give them the opportunity, well more, let's say, a comprehensive understanding of what ukraine needs for the next stages of the war, as such, this will definitely allow us to reduce the degree of depression that exists in society, well, and really look like a demobilized society, which, by the way, our russians do not want to think about opponents, that is, they want us, on the contrary, to be constantly in such a state of psycho-emotional point of view, that we constantly fight with each other, that we

constantly say that everything is lost and so on, that is, for me these are obvious things, for me they are obvious things in what we have to support the understanding in society that there are situational, let's say, discussions about how we need to do this or that thing, on the other hand, we should support the understanding among our partners that in ukraine the political process is a corresponding conflict, so traditional, let's say, for the political... for the young ukrainian democracy, it is not that there is no today, but that there is a consolidated position of the elites, i mean the military and political elites, who are jointly looking for a solution, a more optimal solution regarding the continuation of, let's say, programs de-occupation, in my opinion, this is understandable. mykhailo, you talk about the political process, but obviously it exists, there is no pre-election process, maybe you mean it, but look, the recognition of such moments, you say that they will not contribute there and in cooperation with partners, but at the same time the silencing of these western publications in the western media, which refer to their sources in the government and in

the president's entourage, also seems to be quite such that it does not give, let's say, reassurance to both ukrainian society and western partners, why doesn't the president himself directly say that all these rumors and materials about strained relations are a myth and nonsense, why are you the only one who says this? well, after all, i work in the president's office and let's say this, i can say official, certain official things , regarding the existing or non-existing political process, you know, if the president will answer, look, we live with you in the information age. yes, well, whether it is post-information, there is no difference, there will be many, many provocative topics, yes, and the president will constantly comment, no, we we don't do that, no, i don't do that, no, we don't have a conflict and so on , it will look strange, it will, on the contrary, increase the amount of such, let's say, internal mutual aggression, when someone says, we don't believe you, because we think there are certain problems there and so forth, let me bring us back to reality once again, so certainly

there are certain, complex issues that need to be addressed. including regarding the understanding of further tactics taking into account, for example, the results of offensive operations, we understand that we are a little more optimistic, more optimistic results were expected, but once again the president is speaking frankly and directly, look, we have no other component in this war, except deoccupation, right, well, from the point of view of taking into account what russia will do next, if it does not lose, and if we understand this, then the second question is... there are certain logistical difficulties, we need to solve them, what are these difficulties we talk about within the framework of the bid, we talk about it within the framework of the expanded military cabinet, we make appropriate decisions, we continue to work, on in my opinion, the president takes the optimal position, less, less takes part in some, you know, discussions of scandals or speculations, talks more about what

we are doing from the point of view of obtaining additional resources, but i would agree with you if, for example, he did not there was... in a recent interview with the sun, the words of the president that it is better for the military there not to be involved in politics, then to leave military affairs and go into politics, and in fact, they are just as warm to such statements, that is, from the president who records daily video appeal, has the opportunity to give interviews mostly to western media, but nevertheless he puts these theses in, and does not reassure ukrainian society in this sense, that yes, there may be problems, but they are not so significant. because there are no such problems at all, these are all rumors, and again, what is wrong with the president? military during the war, when today we have, let's say, a difficult situation from the point of view and provision, because the partners, some partners believe that the russian federation can return to lawful behavior, so it is okay with it to agree on something, although you and i understand perfectly well that this is not the case, and at this time

, for example, the military are starting to engage in political careers, you definitely think that this was the right position, what are the examples of the military who are engaged in a political position, are there, for example, any political statements from the tyrant? it's not about zaluzhny, the president is just emphasizing, because we're not talking to you about zaluzhny or panlenskyi or mr. zaluzhny saying some things that contradict each other, we 're talking about the fact that many experts today, who started a political campaign, sitting here in our place, well, in kyiv, i mean, and started talking about the fact that there are different ratings, that it is necessary to think about what the alternatives will be and so on, and some of the military are starting this is to comment, not mr. zaluzhnyi, i mean that the president emphasizes that, according to our constitution and according to our state of the military today, the military, as well as, in principle, the political leadership of the country, should be focused on solving issues of war, not peace, and war issues, and therefore any political issues conversations about what we have, you and i started from this, i even emphasize once again, i am not talking about the election season, but specifically the pro-political

season that is traditional for you and me, it is when there is such an absolutely open competitive politics, it is good with, let's say, with elements of conspiracy, compromity and so on, the president is talking about it, let 's concentrate, please, concentrate on war, what is war today, for us, war at this stage will mean what changes in security need to be made, what to introduce changes in tactics, and most importantly, in the strategy taking into account the fact that russia is not sitting still, we see what military technology investments russia continues to make in military production, the third component is that we need to increase the informational influence on our partners, because that's how they are... also demoralized in part, because they also had more optimistic expectations from offensive operations. the third component, of course, is a certain disappointment in society, which also today does not understand how long the war will go on, and is in such a difficult psycho-emotional state, and the president says, let's concentrate on this in order to solve these issues and reach the final in a consolidated manner, regarding the political process, all

the comments that are there, well, from the point of view of who can be, who can take part in the elections, who can form there for political party, or who can be an alternative to the current president, and so on, all these conversations, which, on the contrary, upset society, this does not mean, i emphasize once again, this does not mean that these conversations cannot be conducted, of course, we did not introduce censorship, we have already talked about it many times in our country open society, we have a democratic society, but the president emphasizes that the military today must be concentrated, the military of various levels must be concentrated exclusively on war, and then, then, you will see what the military-political vertical, which we are talking about, will look like the president, this is the commander-in-chief, that is, the person who takes care of the strategy of what ukraine should do today , what is the strategy, it is foreign policy, it is the economy, mykhailo, i will stop you right now, but once again... first of all , to note that i i don't judge whether the president is right or wrong, what he does right or wrong, this is very important, but for me, as a journalist, it is also important to hear direct speech from the first person

when they talk about this first person and the second person in the state, who is the commander-in-chief in the western media, more than once, in more than one publication, that there is a certain conflict, i would like to hear directly whether there is such a story or not, you understand that even more fire is added to this process and, for example, the statements of the people.. deputy maryana bezuglo, who of course, as a people's deputy from a specialized committee, she has the right to express herself, but nevertheless we see the reaction of society and her colleagues, including to these statements of hers, to this criticism of valeriy zaluzhny, who really has high support in ukrainian society, statements of pro-government deputies from the relevant committees that the stalwart there did not present an action plan for the next year, for example, such criticism of the commander-in-chief, this was agreed with the president of the president with a pro-government vertical with a majority in the parliament. first, the president's office does not moderate what deputies say, they are free in their

statements, that's the first thing. the second, of course, in my opinion, the corresponding action plan for 2024 exists, both the president and mr. zaluzhny himself say about it. the adjustments that need to be made, the weapons that we need at this stage, the technological breakthrough that mr. zaluzhny is talking about, all this is clear, taking into account, again, the budget, which... clearly fixes the budget that was adopted, signed by the president, which clearly sets out what we will do in terms of material resources for effective conduct of the war, at the same time adjustments are being made to the tactics in one or another direction , that is, in my opinion, the plan exists, should the deputies be familiar with it, i do not think it is possible, because after all, there is a body that discussed, this is a rate, i emphasize once again the supreme commander-in-chief, the third component in our country is traditionally deputies, not only pro-government ones... have such a desire to comment on certain, let's say, the actions of officials, even radically, i would say yes, to comment, in

my opinion , this is the wrong strategy, in that including for deputies, because today, i will return to those theses that i started talking about, for society in the state it is in today, it is important to see that the first thing in the state are institutions that understand exactly what they are doing, secondly, everyone understands the complexity of this time in which we are, and therefore very carefully... uses certain words and a third component that does not need to be added, well, such, you know, misunderstanding of society, are there any conflicts, or there are at some levels, and therefore it seems to me that first of all, deputies should be more careful about what they say , by the way, this does not only apply to ms. bezugly, it applies to any deputy who comes out and speaks, we have insight here, we understand that they will be filmed chito, well, to carry out rotations of such and such relevant officers or generals or ministers and so on, it seems to me that our deputies really, really like it, if they have already sat in such an insider's boat, yes, they like it very much, so, you know, as much as possible

frankly say some things, it would be desirable for them all to calm down, it would be important for me, can i do it, for example, yes in my position, no, i can't, because i'm coming back, i already said that, in ukraine has the appropriate type of political process, even though we are at war, a certain number of people believe that competitive, too competitive politics today will increase their chances. our media presence or being cited there and so on and so forth, you and i will not stop it, we have something to say, we we have to go on the air, so i go on the air and say: no, firstly, there is no conflict, secondly, there are certain disputes of the work plan, because we need to make adjustments, this is normal for any management vertical. thirdly, it is not necessary for some people who do not have access to the inside, do not have access to certain information, come out with comments of this , you know, aggressive type . so that society is not totally demoralized and didn't say, that's all, give everything you want, let's lose this war, there are some points that we just have

to repeat with you, because we will not be able to stop all these scandals, speculations, including informational ones, it's a pity is a tradition of ukraine, and by the way, the last one, the russian federation is actively using it today, they stopped working on the domestic market there with technologies, we are nazis, we will seize all your territories, so on, no, they see these conflicting topics and start entering in these topics, scale them through social networks, through media platforms, and most importantly through ukrainian-speaking bots, bot networks, i will give those who may not communicate in a timely manner in such a way that society will hear it, this is also an important point, and about warming up sentiments, this is also a thesis , which is in and there observers say about it, and there are such in ukrainian society , because some victorious moods were fueled, in particular, in marathons and by representatives of the authorities, and now we see reality faced with it, and therefore it can also influence, mykhailo,

if so-so, let's go. in short, yes, you say, the victorious mood warmed up, look, my second army, i’m literally quoting people here, including ordinary people who have no relation to me, i understand everything, it’s great that they say that, but i want to explain the position, look, we started the war without certain resources and with the reputation of russia, a country that everyone was afraid of and said that it was the second army in the world, quantitatively and qualitatively, that it had combat experience, it already took part as a direct soldier and resist such army is impossible, look, we are going out, we are talking realistically. we have much less resources, we have such outdated weapons, we don't understand how we will wage this war and we have no chance of defeating the army that everyone is afraid of, well, that's nonsense, that's right, we were then in a completely different psycho-emotional state since the beginning of the war, today it has been almost two years of war ukraine, look what ukraine has, despite everything, realistically, let’s give a real picture, despite everything, ukraine has a stopped russian army, with a zero reputation, an army that is not need

to be afraid, this is about the second, russia is in strategic defense along the front line, which has a length of 1,300 km of direct hostilities, then we will discuss with you how it is possible to speed up or improve offensive operations that need to be adjusted, the fourth component, we we have a completely different re-equipped army, today we are talking about the fact that the ukrainian army is the most effective on the european continent and can perform extremely difficult tasks, you and i have a pro-ukrainian coalition that has held, we have again still completely demobilized, in my opinion, even despite all the depressions, completely demobilized ukrainian society, which understands exactly what the end of this war should be, what to do for itself, despite the difficulties that exist today, it is bad, this is how it looks, what was at the beginning of the war, what was inside the war and what is today , in terms of realism, you and i understand that war is always an unstable system, and there are certain nuances always in this war, and we

can.. talk about the fact that we will, well, look for a solution with these nuances, right, and not to say, look, russia resisted, and now we will have problems again , because russia there in the ovdiiv direction, for example, is on the offensive, well, we have to properly moderate our information component, taking into account which country we are at war with, that is why we invite you to the broadcasts , thank you for joining, if you have another minute, i would like to ask you about the osce, because lavrov is scheduled to speak there, we know from dmytro koleba, the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, that he is not for that performance, at that meeting will not be taken participation, this is such a boycott, several more countries will also show themselves in boycotts, or does this mean the return of russia from international isolation, in your opinion? no, this does not mean, let me explain very briefly, this does not mean the return of russia to international platforms, it simply means that some organizers of some summits do not understand what they are doing, because in my opinion, the presence of russia, lavrov personally, is toleration murderers as such, that is, we say, yes, we support what they are doing in ukraine, we support

and we give them our platform so that they can promote this type of behavior in foreign policy arenas , yes, well, that is, a country that behaves aggressively, that completely destroys international law, that basically says that violence is a tool of foreign policy, will be present at an organization that should take care of global security, this is nonsense, and here i agree with mr. koleba, absolutely concretely, the demarche is a very important component, because it emphasizes that what is being done today cannot be tolerated russia, on the contrary. on mine point of view, the only correct strategy for global institutions is the isolation of russia, that is, they should be deprived of the right to come to certain platforms, including not only the osce, for example, the same un, and conduct propaganda campaigns there to promote war as a tool foreign policy. mykhailo, i sincerely thank you for joining, commenting, communicating through radio liberty with society, with ukrainian society, regarding important hot issues, mykhailo podulyak, adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, was a guest of svoboda ranok.

ukraine and nato have no doubts whether it is necessary to continue to support ukraine, according to the results of the meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs, the member countries of the alliance and the ukraine council of nato, said the us secretary of state, anthony blinken. nato's position, i quote, is very clear and unwavering. we have and will support ukraine, yes, he said. at this meeting , ukraine agreed with the alliance on a new reform plan, an annual national program. more details in the material of the european correspondent of rfe/rl olena. at a meeting at nato headquarters, ministers foreign affairs ministers of bloc member countries started arriving at eight in the morning, dozens of journalists were already waiting for them on the porch. the most common questions are what to do with war fatigue and the situation at the front, which seems to have reached a dead end. the ukrainian minister answered briefly: a dead end...