on december 6, we celebrate st. nicholas day, the rules of a warm country: a private house: install as many additional heat sources as possible, stock up on various types of fuel as much as possible, determine a warm room or floor, prepare batteries and individual means of heating, seal, adjust windows and doors, check furnace equipment, be ready to take shelter during the cold weather, let's beat the winter together, we continue the broadcast with andriy yusov, spokesman for the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, mr. andriy, congratulations, congratulations, glory to the heroes kudos, mr. andrii, to begin with, if possible , please share information about how

the intelligence officers and mr. budanov's wife are feeling, who were probably poisoned and what gur himself also reported. the state of health is now satisfactory, the course of treatment at the ukrainian clinic has been completed, and thanks to the prompt response and professionalism of the ukrainian doctors, everything is fine now, but in the future, medical supervision and regular examinations will be continued, and this is a long process. also has an investigation, deals with it the own security unit of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, and of course specialists are now carefully dealing with this issue, the investigation is conducted only by the internal structure of gur, is there also any criminal proceedings registered in connection with the attempt on life? at this stage, in accordance with the law of ukraine on intelligence, internal investigations are being conducted. if i'm right. i understood from your

words, the lives of none of the poisoned are in danger, it is difficult, such cases are extremely difficult and require constant observations, we hope that nothing is in danger, uh, thank you, then before the storm, last week, and the week before last, a serious storm, a cyclone that came from the mediterranean sea, caused destruction in the occupied crimea and suffered there. also , apparently, kerch bridge reported that its barriers, which the russians put up there to block ukrainian attacks on the kerch bridge , were seriously damaged, and tell us if our intelligence knows anything about the condition of this bridge at the moment, how quickly the russians can fix what's broken? yes, we are not talking only about the bridge , the enemy also suffered serious destruction, the so-called defensive structures in

sevastopol and in novorossiysk in particular, and of course the enemy is absolutely rightly afraid that the ukrainian services will take advantage of this without the ukrainian security and defense forces, we are not we will reveal all the secrets, but, yes, their internal deadline is two weeks, to eliminate these shortcomings, well , it is clear that ukraine will not wait either, except for the bridge, what other nuances did this cyclone damage in the crimea in russia, sevastopol, novorossiysk in particular, that is, it is clear that the ships of the black sea fleet of the aggressor state do not feel safe at the moment, and part of them are currently on a raid because of this, that is, the weather here has made its corrections. uhu, well , we see how the russians intensify their offensive actions in the district ba... muta,

avdiyivka and maryanka, that our intelligence knows about the plans of the russians, to the extent that they are generally concentrated on only these points, or are there more, that the russian military leadership now aims at the occupied ukrainians lands, now there are active clashes in fact along the entire front line with the use of the entire range of weapons, but of course, the hottest spots are the ones you named, and it is clear that the end of the year is approaching and the russian dictator and this regime need to talk about something, they need to to report something, that is why they do not spare either means or forces, that is, we are talking about the enemy's manpower, the same physical assaults, despite great losses and liquidated occupiers and wounded, continue to try to advance. actions,

it is clear that the situation there is difficult, in particular with propaganda purpose, they are really focused on this direction now, do they have any other tricks? putin has already repeatedly set the dates by which he was going to seize the territory of the luhansk region or the donetsk region, now it is logical to assume that he wants to include some phrase in his new year's greeting to russians, do you know something like that? we very rightly noted that a person similar to putin should address the population of the territory that is currently called the russian federation, and there is something to talk about, and actually some achievements, this it is very difficult to make their speech today, well, in particular , they are preparing for and before this address. thank you, mr. andriy, for sharing the information that intelligence can share. andrii yusov, spokesman of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, was in touch with us. let's continue.

chevorons, approaching victory, this year's winter promises to be difficult again, the enemy is targeting critical infrastructure facilities. so we have to prepare for the most difficult scenarios. keep warm, insulate houses, it will be difficult, but fighting do not lend spirit to ukrainians. think about an additional safe source of heat, everyone should be responsible this winter. invite your relatives, acquaintances from the regions that have suffered destruction, together it is warmer and more fun. the best way to warm up is to engage in light sports, because our energy is enough to overcome any cold.

stock up on flashlights and power banks, charge them and stock up on food, water and warm clothes. warm up deliciously, spare tea. the dish provides warmth from the inside, and calories are not superfluous in winter, make friends with your neighbors, it is easier to beat the enemy in a group, and to winter, even more so, and most importantly , support the armed forces, thanks to them we have the opportunity to meet this winter, and as long as we are united, we are not afraid of enemies or the cold, we hold on to each other . let's beat the winter together. warm country. from now on, goodies under the pillow will appear on time. december 6, we celebrate the day of st. nicholas. the other day

there was information that the powers of the verkhovna rada. of human rights, dmytro lubinets agreed with his russian counterpart to visit the prisoners of war. mr. dmytro visited russian prisoners of war in ukraine, and his, russian visavi, because the word colleague somehow does not seem appropriate here, visited ukrainians in russia. from this we will start a conversation with mr. dmytro, he is in touch with us. mr. dmytro, congratulations, congratulations, studio, congratulations ukraine. so, mr. dmitry, to begin with i wanted to inquire if there is any information from moscow about our prisoners of war, what did moskalkova tell you? yes, for the first time we had a visit to prisoners of war, well, we do it on a regular basis, and here is ukraine fulfills the entire range of geneva conventions

, we always have a problem with the russian side, for the first time we were informed and shown a video of communication with 119 of our heroes who are in captivity, some of them were verified as prisoners of war, some were not verified, even we have three guys, well, according to our data, they were considered to be those who could be killed, but this is not accurate, so this toolkit is for us, well, to understand, at least, that ours are alive, i can’t say healthy, because in those conditions, there are very, very few ... healthy of our citizens, we succeeded to record that they are communicating, they were able to communicate with their relatives, some of them were able to do it by phone, some through such video communication that we received from the russian side, we have already passed on to relatives and

relatives here in ukraine, that is, we are talking only about 119 of our defenders , it was the first pilot, i will say yes, believe me, it was not a ... simple agreement, for us to go to such a new format, i can officially say that we have an agreement until the end of this year, on the eve of the easter ... holidays, sorry, the day before christmas holidays, on the eve of the new year, there will be three more visits for approximately the same number of prisoners of war, that is, i hope that we will visit about 400 of our citizens, and thus through countervi, that is what i call my russian visavi. we will be able to get at least some kind of access to our citizens, uh,

when you visited russian prisoners of war here in ukraine, you did it with the help of your office, or international organizations, some were also present, because as far as i understand, international organizations should have access to prisoners of war according to the geneva conventions, although russia traditionally ignores this part of the conventions, it is true, you very correctly said that the russians ignore... but we ukraine fulfill these agreements, this time we did it only by the forces of our institution , we have no problems communicating with the russians, they are satisfied with the conditions of detention, they have no problems , unlike our heroes-heroines, in communicating with their relatives, every two weeks the russians have the opportunity to... dominate physically to our relatives, and we demand the same from the russian side, so

traditionally we looked at the conditions of detention, food, medical care, and again, we are as open as possible to the international world, to international organizations, because we clearly show that unlike we even protect the rights of a prisoner of war from the russians, and which international organizations are interested in the fate of the most prisoners, for example, the red cross is on their list, and it is, first of all, it is the international committee of the red of the cross, the united nations , the un monitoring mission that works for us in ukraine, they constantly pay attention to it, and in general there are a lot of international organizations that come, with which i meet, i have international meetings almost every day , believe me, among the top three questions that i am asked, it is always how we fulfill the geneva conventions,

how we behave as military hostages of the russian federation, yes, this is predictable, by the way, mr. dmytro, if we are already talking about the red cross, here was information about the fact that the red cross has suspended the membership of belarus in the international federation of these societies, please explain what this means for belarus and for the red cross, indeed, we have three red cross organizations in general. the international federation of the red cross and red crescent, which includes national red cross societies, in fact from all over the world. the second organization is the international committee of the red cross with a unique mandate, namely to visit prisoners of war, to take part in international military conflicts, and the third the organization in ukraine is the national society of the red cross, as well as the national society of the red cross in belarus, so this july. 2018, i officially addressed the international federation of the red cross and red crescent with the information that

the national society of the red cross of belarus, namely the head, openly supports the aggression against our state by the russian federation, and also directly participates in the deportation of ukrainian children, reached that he with the symbol z went to temporarily occupied territory of ukraine. and directly stated in propaganda videos that russia is doing the right thing by occupying the territory of ukraine. mr. dmitry, i apologize, we have literally 30 seconds, and as a result, as a result, the membership of the red cross of belarus has been suspended, unfortunately, this is not a result for me, because i demanded the exclusion of this organization, because in fact they now remain members of this worldwide organizations so they cannot be elected and vote during general

conferences, but they remain participants of the international federation of the red cross , unfortunately, we will continue to demand the exclusion of an effective response from international organizations, unfortunately, such half-measures are what we constantly encounter in our work, international organizations, in my opinion, do not want everything after all, it is realistic to fight against such manifestations of aggression against our citizens. thank you, mr. dmitry, for sharing the news and this information. dmytro. the verkhovna rada commissioner for human rights was a guest on the air. the war entered a new phase. did the winter frosts freeze the fighting, and what does the strange movement of russian attack aircraft and paratroopers mean? that is, the situation is actually dangerous. a trap on the polish

border, passions reach the limit. how do ukrainian drivers, brought to the point of their eyes, announce a hunger strike? so that we wash away everything that is standing there, that has gathered, where is the way out of the impasse and will the border blockade affect prices? the problem will affect only imported goods. new mobilization, who will be the first to be sought for the troops. great wars are not won exclusively volunteers will younger ukrainians be recruited into the army and is it possible to choose a unit for service. if i want tankers, i am 2 m tall, all the mobilization innovations that await us, as well as the unpacking of russian missile arsenals. how many rockets have the aggressors really accumulated, why do they keep them despite the onset of winter? something unprecedented, it really is a missile tsunami.

what does the kremlin's new missile strategy look like, and should we be worried? these are the facts of the week with oksana sokolovova and serhii kudimov. good evening. our indomitable country. congratulations you, invincible ukrainians. the facts of the week pick up the air of marathon single news with analysis of key events. let's figure out what is really happening and what should we expect next? war with russia. entered a new phase, the winter phase, this week president zelandsky very clearly and frankly in an interview with the associated press, assessed the situation at the front and future plans. in short, regarding the counteroffensive, of course we wanted greater and faster results, we did not achieve them on land, that is an honest fact, but in the black sea we drove away the russian fleet and

gained an advantage, this is also a fact. we lack the capacity ukraine has not received all the necessary weapons from the allies to achieve the desired results, but this does not mean that we should give up, we are fighting for what is ours, quote. currently, ukraine is moving into active defense, there is no talk of any negotiations with russia, what is needed now is to expand the production of our own weapons, which we have already increased, to form the human reserves of the army, and today we will talk... about all this, and let's start traditionally with the situation at the front: donets the direction of avdiivka, where the enemy concentrated resources twice as much as at the time near bakhmut. paul vasiliev has all the details. the hot start of the winter campaign taking place around avdiivka, in short, in the area of ​​avdiivka is hell. what is connected with

the aggravation near bakhmut. we have taken comfortable , comfortable positions, and there we must now strengthen. and the strange redeployment of the russian airborne assault division, that is , the situation is actually dangerous, which date does not give rest to putin, took a breather, and how it is related to the donetsk region, review and analysis of key events at the front from the facts of the week. the third wave of the assault on avdiyivka, the number of burned russian equipment is already in the hundreds. the battle for the city and the surrounding fields and plantations has been going on for almost two months and the invaders are constantly feeding it with fresh blood. hvorok concentrated about 40,000 personnel there , but even the question is not in the personnel, whose bodies are now scattered on the ground around avdivka, in the fact that the vorok continues to systematically and metaphysically attack its

artillery and its aviation, destroying and destroying all defenses made of concrete. and our defensive structures around avdiivka became permanent. the main efforts of the enemy were focused on encircling the city and cutting off logistics for its defenders. in the south, the russians are trying to reach the road crossing in orlivka district and expand their bridgehead in the direction of karlivka. the occupiers use the northern ledge to cross the railway and gain a foothold near the steppe. at the same time, attempts to enter the private sector from the avdiivsk industrial zone are not abandoned. in the hottest areas, the interval between assaults. rarely it is more than 10-15 minutes, this is a crazy load on our delivery of ammunition logistics, well, of course , it is elementary for regrouping some kind of rest for the possibility of a certain, well , at least a small, tactical level of rotation. in the last week, losses of russians at the front exceed 1,000 people per day. a lion's share of

them breathed their last, precisely in the avdiyivka area. these shots are unlikely to be shown on russian television. the occupier withdraws his own positions. during the three minutes of filming, nine bodies fall into the frame. this hell, guys. and here a relevant question arises, whether avdiyivka is worth such blood, the answer is in moscow. from a military point of view, i understood the value of avdiyivka, it is our closest bridgehead to donetsk, from there to the airport of donetsk airport is a little more than 6 km, but when trying to capture the city, russian generals should carefully study not only military maps, but also the calendar, there are two important for putin give. presidential elections will be held in russia on march 17, 2024, and three months before the official

start of the election campaign. one, two, three, in two weeks on december 14, putin is expected to announce his intention to retake the kremlin throne. the task of the russian generals until this date is to prove that the tsar is still capable of something. it is desirable for him, of course, to. this speech was against the background of some victories at the front, that is why they chose avdiivka and they want to make, well, some kind of victory broadcasts before this date, before putin's speech, so that it can be done, it can be referred to, i am sure that as soon as the election begins campaign in russia, then the meaning, such meaning as before putin's speech, will be lost, to some extent the battles for avdiivka resemble the battle for bahmud, massive assaults on the city cost the fortress. according to western estimates, the russians had 20,000 killed and 80,000 wounded. a similar role is now performed by avdiivka. it is worth remembering that avdiyivka remains a very effective

defensive line, which in case of withdrawal from it, let's say, an important bridgehead. in the case of its abandonment, it will be a very, very difficult task for the armed forces of ukraine in the future, no less difficult than it is now for the russians, to return this bridgehead, and therefore also to hold, well, this is a strategic point vision is very important. but despite all the losses suffered by the russians, the situation remains difficult. on october 10, the day the first mass assault of the russians began, the distance between their positions in the north and south of the city was 9 km, now it is only seven. whether the defenders hold avdiivka, the defenders of the city have enough courage and military skills. question. rather from the field of military logistics, because for example, a few days ago, enemy tanks literally shot our defenders who were in protective formations at close range, but nevertheless, the question arises,

why were ukrainians not working on those enemy tanks, ukrainian artillery, ukrainian mortars, drone operators were not working, is this a question of an organizational nature, or is this a question connected with the fact that our defenders lack the same training, armament, ammunition for that weaponry, to destroy enemy armored vehicles. the second factor is reserves, and here other directions of the front play their role. the occupiers are attacking not only near avdiivka, the battle for the commanding heights around bakhmut is still ongoing. according to the washington institute for the study of war, this week, the occupiers increased their pressure south of the city. it is reported that the russians are increasingly conducting assaults in the areas of the recently liberated areas. we took comfortable comfortable positions and we have to strengthen there now, not to give from these positions,

they tried to knock us out of these positions many times, well, maybe they increased the pressure, but so far there is no effect. probably, the russians took part of the forces for these attacks from the lyman direction, mid-late october, according to our intelligence, after all part of those subdivisions. who were there, the russians partially rotated, and this is precisely why they became more active there. at the same time, on the southern front, the occupiers seem to be seriously preparing for defense. manteryuga, the reconnaissance went down. these shots were taken by ukrainian marines in the krynks on the left bank of the dnieper in the kherson region. it is not known how many there are, but it is unlikely to be more than a few hundred. russian forces. there are more than 60,000 people in the occupied kherson region, but even this enemy seems to be not enough. the occupiers also transfer novostovna 104 here

airborne troops, but there is one strange detail: by the way, as for the movement of those units of the newly created airborne assault division, they are not even located close to the left bank of the dnieper, but build their defensive lines and positions closer to the south of the kherson region, respectively closer to crimean isthmus, why? because they are trying to create a kind of analog of the suravikin defense line in order to resist... the offensive of the ukrainian marines in this way. a potential attack on crimea, a accordingly, the elimination of the southern transport corridor is what scares the russians the most, but strengthening this direction of the zaporizhia region is also not an option. accordingly, some part of the front will be exposed. that is, the situation is actually dangerous, and in order to preemptively, at least by force, this is also a normal strategy for the russians, at least by force to gain a foothold there now, in

order to. to prevent our breakthrough, although our bridgeheads on the left bank are too small to plan a strike from in this direction, in order for us to transfer a relatively large number of armed forces and equipment, well, forces and means, to the beachhead, it should be plus or minus 20 km along the coast and 20 km in depth from the coast, that is, it should be such a 20 by 20 square, but even such small lazdarms are vitally necessary and not only as places for the future concentration of forces for the liberation of kherson oblast. they have already moved the russian artillery away from the shore, which saved dozens and dozens of lives on the already free right bank dnipro. pavlo vasiliev, ctv facts of the week: the only news. a super strike on the logistics of the russians,

or just an incredible special operation. the security service of ukraine, which currently does not confirm, but also does not deny, its involvement in this sabotage. at a distance of almost 6000 km from the ukrainian border. we are talking about an attack on the baikal-amur highway. here it is on the map in blue. it is one of the two railway arteries that connects the russian far east with the center of the country, and it is also a strategic route between russia and china. because. is in the area here complex, on we have a lot of bridges, as well as tunnels laid in the mountains, the longest of them became the object of close attention of unknown partisans, let's call these good guys that way for now. we are talking about the 15 km long sutivnom tunnel. this is how it looks in the graphics, special doors block the entrance and exit and open only before the train passes, inside there is only one track, pay

attention to the pile of cables on the walls, this is important, here they are already in the real video, and now about the special operation itself: 30 in november , a freight train carrying tanks with diesel fuel and aviation fuel. it was at this time that several explosive devices apparently planted in the train went off. we can only imagine what was going on inside the tunnel , looking at the propensity of the cargo carried by the train to burn brightly. even the occupiers themselves, who at first tried to spread the version about the usual cable smoke, then admitted that the explosion and fire seriously damaged the rails, and now remember the pile of cables and the equipment rack in the tunnel, without which movement is impossible, i’m sure, nothing from them remained in general, this meant that travel through the tunnel would be paralyzed, at least for a while, but unfortunately not through the baikal-amur highway, because there is a bypass nearby, it is marked in red on the map

. it was erected as a temporary solution while the northern tunnel was being built. it is marked with a dotted line on the diagram. therefore , it seemed that the bright joke would have more of a psychological effect, since the russians would simply let the trains through this alternate route, which they did, and were trapped a second time. the next day, unknown partisans blew up another train was sent through a detour, which was also transporting fuel, it happened at the moment when it ended up at this vidaduk. railroad workers and locals call this structure the devil's city, because it sways during movement, and the 35-meter chasm underfoot adds to the sensation . now they can exhale and cross themselves. for some time, the city of devils will not work thanks to the service of god.