there is more or less enough on the front line, but there is a lack of these ammunitions, and this is such, well, such an alarm bell, and today, in addition to ternavskyi's statement, the statement of the deputy minister of defense gavrylyuk was heard , who said that next year we plan to ensure the production of a larger amount there drones to compensate for the lack of ammunition, and also next year the armed forces expect to receive ukrainian 155 mm caliber ammunition in order to, well... conventionally speaking, to compensate for the difference that is needed on the battlefield and what our western partners can provide us. the average monthly requirement of the ukrainian army is within 200,000 munitions of 155 mm caliber. and then we will talk in our military column about what is happening around avdiyivka with details from our military, who are participating in the hostilities in this area, and about what this active strategic defense means. to which

the armed forces actually transition on the battlefield, more on that in a moment. i'll start with the fact that along the entire front line, the avdiivka section remains the largest complex and hot. if we take into account the past two months, after the enemy intensified combat operations in this area with offensive actions, then during this... period, the enemy here probably suffered the greatest losses compared to other directions, in particular even with the same observer last winter and the destruction of at least 200 samples of armored vehicles of various purposes was verified there, the loss of personnel of the enemy forces now amounts to more than 1,300 enemy soldiers, but the impression is that the russian offensive on avdiivka has acquired the same political and military significance as at the time of the attack on bakhmut, where the number of losses

for the enemy did not matter, and the tactics and logic of the enemy's actions around avdivka somewhat resemble the situation around bakhmut, when it was about flanking encirclements with an effort to advance from the north and from the south in order to get behind our troops and cut supply routes. now the enemy is also trying to press on avdiivka from the north, from the south, and from other areas. one of the directions is... just from the northern flank of avdiyivka from type v, which is already completely destroyed, the enemy is here tries to cross the railway and also tries to expand the area around the steppe and make its way further to orlivka. the steppe is now protected by our 47th separate mechanized brigade. there are many videos of how the fighters of this brigade, using bradley, repel attacks in defense and counterattacks.

enemy offensive, and now in more detail what is happening on this part of the front, we will talk with our guest, we are joined by dmytro lazutkin, he is the head of the public relations service of the 47th, 47th separate mechanized brigade of magura, which is now defends avdiivka, mr. dmytro, i welcome you to the spresso channel, i am glad to see and hear, my congratulations, but please tell me in more detail what is happening now, because relatively speaking... there were attacks by armored vehicles, there were attacks by manpower, literally yesterday there were new ones enemy attacks on your area, you destroyed a certain amount of armored vehicles there, how today compared to yesterday, what is happening, how are the enemy's actions changing? indeed, yesterday there were active attacks with the use of armored vehicles, including that we destroyed two tanks, fighters of our units, and also... four, four armored vehicles

, a tank, one was destroyed by bradley, the other by artillery, there and then a semi-copter flew into one of the tanks, that is , our servicemen worked quite effectively yesterday, now the situation is also tense, but in the evening they gathered forces again , were again assembling armored vehicles in order to carry out a fairly powerful attack, and we are waiting, waiting for the enemy, watching, we know where they will advance from. they, at the same time , constant waves of attacks in small groups do not stop, literally now three, four, six people, they try to push, they try to detect in this way, including our fire lines and points, often near the steppe, the contact is quite close, there are basically positions that are literally up to 100 m away from each other. well, they move via

the railway and often work hard from there with tanks, and then enter with vehicles, with infantry, in fact it is very, very difficult. now i would like more, more shells, more equipment, because the enemy is being destroyed at a huge rate, about four brigades are standing opposite us, there are actually many of them, and they, they are approaching, do not spare their own, because their losses, compared to ours, are seven or eight times greater, in terms of manpower, in terms of equipment, 10 times, that is, they are serious very numbers, but to say that something is stopping them, probably... no, uh, that's why the situation is quite tense, and they don't stop trying to drain avdiivka, cut off our logistics. mr. dmitry, what is happening with the fortifications, because, relatively speaking, there are different estimates that, relatively speaking, those lines of structures were that existed before the start of the active phase of events

were already destroyed due to the fact that the artillery from both sides actually struck these fortifications, there were reports that the enemy was moving forward and immediately dug in. and what about our side, are there opportunities to engage in these activities now, or is it rather for a little bit in the distant future? well , first of all, not everything has been destroyed, the same cochleological plant, it remains a very powerful, concreted area, which the enemy will definitely not take, unless they somehow try to surround it, i think that in in their plans, our military personnel do not allow them to do this, but at the same time , really, well, what the hell... they tried so easily , and they passed through the tremors, and the equipment was literally fit under the fence of the psychiatric plant, but so far there has been no result, except that some of the military personnel from the russian army went, i hope to the worst of the worlds, well, if we talk about

fortifications, then the second and third lines of defense are also built in this way, i can't say exactly where, in what way, again, but that's the point. eyes i saw it, drove by, and i understand that the process is going on, there may be questions about the length and depth of the materials used, well, but this is a little bit not the competence of the brigade, which is directly on the front line now holding the defense, that is, they are engaged in this, i know for sure that they are engaged in this, but with regard to the quality , with regard to the length, again, these structures and these trenches about... i can't say anything yet, but, but the process is going on, mr. dmytro, you mentioned in passing that more ammunition is needed , and what about fpv drones, so what's the same, well, i heard that more, more, exactly in the area where your brigade is currently holding defense, how is it

really, what is the need and, well, what is the reality, spy drones are definitely needed, because now the war has already started. high-tech, the enemy is also adding in numbers, in this component, our company of strike drones is very effective, accurate, but again, i'm sure they wouldn't mind more drones, because their consumption is quite high, especially when the enemy wants is coming large forces, and we observe this almost systematically, and about the shells, i will also say that the artillerymen in order ... to stop the invaders also need shells, and now we are in such a situation where we have to hold this line of defense , and in order to hold it, it is necessary to effectively destroy as many as possible who try to cross it from the other side. mr.

dmytro, what is happening with the replenishment of your brigade, do the people who come have the appropriate experience, is it now possible to replenish the personnel in, well... in the process of those active hostilities, replenishment is taking place, but again, combat experience cannot be replaced by anything, people who come only after undergoing training, it is clear that it is very difficult for them to find themselves in the conditions that exist now , almost hellish conditions, perhaps these are the most terrible combat actions, which, in principle , humanity has seen in the 21st century. that is , there is no exaggeration here, because this kind of war, when you are being watched, you are attacked from the sky, from the ground, and aviation, and artillery, and drones, and manpower are constantly working is coming, well, i think that there are not

so many analogs that can be found, maybe there are none at all, in fact, so anyone who has character, motivation and is accordingly ready for those... tests that are, well, let's not forget , can adapt , that now is winter and the air temperature also often drops below zero, plus high humidity, plus the temperature fluctuates, now we have a plus again, which means that... on the one hand, the movement of heavy equipment is complicated, on the other hand, low clouds , fog, thick, just very, very such, as you know, milk, and here the work of drones is complicated in its turn, because, well, they don't see much, but the responsibility still falls on those people who hold positions directly on the line of combat, there were several videos where you. .. the first brigade actively carried out counterattacks, when the enemy tried to advance along

the railway, and put pressure on the brigade of our territorial defense there, and your brigade just cut off the enemy's offensive using the bradley infantry fighting vehicle. please tell me how the foreign country is showing itself now the equipment in the hands of our military, what are the advantages compared to those samples that the enemy is now trying to use to attack our positions, right? there can be no comparisons, i think that many people who monitor videos from the battlefield on the internet saw how bradley destroyed literally three or four bmps there, yesterday bradley did a good job on a tank, so bradley is a really high-quality weapon, which helps to preserve the lives of the crew, but mainly now, unlike the zaporizhzhia direction, where often bradleys were used, it was still joked that they were taxis for infantry, for offensive ... now they work in defense, maneuver, the enemy is afraid of bradleys, when bradleys go

into position, they are really, really high-quality, good weapons, but again, we would still have about 30-40 of them, i think it would not be a problem, the mechanics, drivers, and gunners also work skillfully, they are already experienced, they already know the technique very well , they have mastered it for a long time, they have experience, let's hope that bradley will continue will terrify the occupiers, because now such a situation we observe, this is really a weapon of a completely different type, if compared with soviet samples, and here again there is not a single such unnecessary patheticness, yes it is, but again the intensity of the battles is huge, so any technique now and wears out , including in need of a kit , that is... it is not an extremely difficult situation, however, thanks to the skill and

ingenuity of our servicemen in some places, the line is holding and we do not see significant movements, the enemy has been in possession for a long time, if any yes, then it is about 100, 200, 300 meters away, and these positions are usually repelled, and the village of stupov is now ours and the avdiiv kosochemical plant and berdy. what , but the onslaught of the enemy is on, it does not subside, the reserves are approaching, and they are climbing quite brazenly, we noticed the prisoners, their own say that they are treated without ceremony there, that is, there is something called such detachments are so conditional, that is , it happens that those who do not want to go forward pay with their lives, that is, they do not even sometimes have options, that is, either go forward and die, or... retreat and die already at the hands of the kadyrivets. mr. dmitry, thank you very much for the inclusion, for what you, your brothers

, are doing for the defense of our state, i will remind our viewers that it was dmitry lazutkin, the head of the public relations service of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of magura, which is currently protecting avdiivka and then we will talk with viktor kyvlyuk about other aspects that are happening on the front line and about the events surrounding the war. reserve colonel and expert of the center of defense strategies. let me remind you that today such a publication was published in in the influential publication the economist , which is devoted to the problems and complexities of ukrainian mobilization, this article states that the ministry of defense has started work on mobilization on a new strategy, and on the other hand, it is emphasized that in the publication the ukrainian authorities only pretend to mobilize. and now mr. victor joins us, mr. victor, i congratulate you, glad to see and hear you. good evening, mr.

sergey. so i started with a publication in the economist, where, by the way, there is a link to you, and where you comment on the situation with mobilization, and where you you are talking about the fact that ukraine is actually at risk of falling into a trap with mobilization, what kind of mobilization trap are we talking about and what decision should be made in order not to fall into this trap? uh, we continue to imagine mobilization as a process of uh, equipping the armed forces with personnel, which is carried out by territorial recruitment centers, this process is... in general, it is ordinary recruiting, and the second half of the mobilization process is the transfer of state authorities, the national economy on functioning in wartime conditions. i personally, i do not observe this, and thus sooner or later we will come to the moment, which god forbid, but it may come

when we will have a fully equipped armed forces, which do not have you... no support, because the capabilities of our allies are gradually exhausted, the pace and the amount of aid is decreasing, and accordingly, given that about 25 countries are expected to have elections next year, the question of providing aid to ukraine looks very debatable, and in terms of resources, our opponent is very powerful prevails, even if in... will use exclusively the equipment of the old fleet of samples of the last century, it still has such reserves many times, and in some positions even tens of times more than ours, so i think it is time to pay attention to the transfer of the national economy on military rails,

all economic opportunities that can be used in the interests of providing defense forces. should be involved, and at such a good pace, well, then i will ask what should be done then, in order not to lose the lost time, because, relatively speaking, in one's own publications, when you analyze next year, you say that ukraine will spend the next year in the trenches of active defense, and this mobile defense will cover... much wider territories than we imagine, and which anyway, well, there is a risk , that they will be devastated, so what should we prepare for when we talk about active defense, which actually, well, our military leadership also admits, now you have confused everyone, there is a difference between active defense and

mobile defense, the armed forces in operational scales are not ready for management. of mobile defense, so this way can be, this way of conducting defense can be applied exclusively in separate tactical directions, and this is how tactical units, operational groups can act, unfortunately, they are not trained for this, they do not have such capabilities, so it is correct for us to talk about active positional defense, for example, general muzhenko, the former commander-in-chief, spoke about this in an interview with the bbc. of the armed forces, that is, it is necessary to start preparing defensive lines in advance, at least in those directions where the enemy, through his kirmanych was recently announced as his immediate operational task, which is the mastery of the luhansk

and donetsk regions within the administrative boundaries and the landing of the kharkiv region. of the ostiv river, accordingly, we must prepare for the maintenance of these territories, and this should be done now. and when we talk about other related steps, if you mentioned the promuzhenka regarding reformatting of the front line, preparation of reserves, to increase the quality of training of management personnel, how and when to do this, all processes must be developed. in parallel, because solving such tasks consistently, we will constantly lose to the enemy in some of the components. as for the optimization of the management system, yes, the troops have been conducting defense operations in several directions for a very long time, units

were introduced into the operation, withdrawn, replenished, all this brings a certain. regarding the optimization of the front line, here is a good tactical example, our combat operations in the area of ​​the city of solidar, we retreated to the commanding heights, where we prepared defensive positions in advance, and probably for six months we do not hear about the fact that the enemy tried to do something in the area of ​​solidar, likewise, i think that the general staff conducted such an analysis. and clarified his conclusions many times, they know exactly where such a boundary should be. we got a political signal last week that it should. to do, and the appropriate resources will already be involved in this process, therefore, as general mozhenka recommends, we will have

frontier positions in favorable, purely from the topographical point of view, comprehensively prepared, equipped in terms of engineering, fortified, properly fortified, minefields not worse than the enemy arranged in the zaporozhye direction. and accordingly , the units, in case of critical need, should retreat there, already organized, clearly understanding who controls whom, who interacts with whom, and thus preserve the advantage in management that we currently receive. the other day, i got acquainted with an interesting material in which the enemy in the kherson direction, his enemy group fought the dnieper. will point to the fact that the ukrainian marines, which have bridgeheads on the left bank, have a very significant advantage in decision-making, from detecting

target until it is destroyed, we spend from several tens of seconds to several minutes, the same action takes several tens of minutes for the enemy, having such a level of control is very expensive. well, when we mentioned the leftists. bank of the dnipro, then you concluded that the bridgehead on the left bank of the kherson region opens up great opportunities that should not be lost, so what is your conclusion about? in my opinion, the two greatest such operational achievements on the left bank are the ability to push enemy artillery as far as possible from the city of kherson and settlements close to... on the right bank of the dnipro river. and secondly, we still have to prepare for coffee in yalta, as mr. budanov invited us, and the kherson region is the key to parishyky, and

sooner or later we will come to the need to enter the crimea, and kherson is advantageous for this very reason territory. these two nuances look quite optimistic to me personally. and then it is not possible to ask about your assessment of the prospects of foreign aid, which will in one way or another affect the planning of ours defensive or offensive actions. how do you see the prospects in the actions of our partners, can we really expect the unlocking of these aspects related to financial assistance. what are your expectations and visions? i don't think anything is blocked from help. there are certain internal contradictions that are purely in the political plane, the conflicting parties in different countries are trying to solve in their own

way, it is not a question of stopping supporting ukraine in the war, because the west invested in our victory colossal resources, and take and one bad decision to cross out all this, i hope that afghanistan, at least a connection. he taught the states how the military operation ended suddenly and unjustifiably , as for the prospects, a lot of informational spam is brought into this process by the russian units of the information struggle, to sow despair, to inspire the idea that the kine ukraina event, that we will be left without resources, there no one will help, it is definitely an information enemy. impact primarily on ukrainian society with the fact that to sow despair in our victory. the west understands this very well, there are enough

specialists in information warfare, and correct, correct conclusions about the situation in the information field are conveyed to the military and political leadership of the western countries. but there is another problem, which in my opinion looks the most dangerous. ukraine today. did not offer a clear strategy for winning the war, and precisely the absence of this strategy does not allow the west to take steps to provide assistance, to implement certain supplies at that pace and in those volumes, that would have an effect on the battlefield, so that the defense forces could realize their potential, relying on western resources. now, if this problem is solved, and it's not... it can be solved quickly, i think at least six months will be spent on it, then we can go back to talking about being

supported. firmly and in the proper volumes. mr. viktor, thank you very much for these important accents in the perception of foreign policy and military realities. and i will remind our viewers that viktor kevlyuk, a reserve colonel and expert of the center for defense strategies. these were the main military results of the day, then more international and economic news on the espresso channel. good evening, we are from ukraine. thank you dear zgorts, thank you to his guests. these were the military results of the day, but now i will tell you in detail about the most important news. in addition, in the 2nd hour of the great ether, the world about ukraine with yuri fizer, money during the war with oleksandra murchivka, what is the 12th package of eu sanctions against the russian federation awaits you. weather from natalka didenko and sports news from

yevgena pastokhov. well, yes. now about, now i will tell you about the news, but one second, and we will start with the situation in and the situation in avdiivka. the russian army is putting more and more pressure on avdiivka, the enemy is trying to surround the city from all sides. to do this , the occupiers use more directions for assaults, the head of the military administration of the city informed about this . vitaliy barabash, he added that hundreds of shellings per day take place on the front line and nearby. well, in avdiivka itself, about 50 massive strikes, despite the danger more than a thousand citizens remain there. last day it was possible to bring out only five. the general staff cannot comment on the plans of the armed forces of ukraine for the next year. otherwise, this question will look like a show. this was stated by the head.

commander of the armed forces of ukraine, general valery zaluzhnyi, commenting on information from foreign media about the alleged preparation of a new counteroffensive for 2024. the general also added that the mobilization in ukraine should not be strengthened, but return to the scheme that worked before. as for mobilization issues, well, it is not what is needed to strengthen, and to return to the limits , to the limits, as they worked before, because now it is... let's say this, the problems of those guys who are fighting on the front line, someone has to replace them, someone has to help them, and now they well, over time, he remains alone, and this is completely wrong. the ukrainian military is suffering from a catastrophic lack of ammunition for soviet weapons, reported oleksandr ternavskyi, the commander of the ukrainian military group. this especially applies to ammunition of caliber 125, 122 and 152 mm, both

artillery and... for tanks, their lack is felt along the entire front line. so globally, ukrainian defense forces are forced to switch to defense in all directions. today, the enemy, well, i won’t say that he stopped us, stopped us, but in some areas of the front we went on the defensive, went on the defensive, to the opposition, because you know, we cannot be strong in all areas of the front, we are not adventurers , so somewhere we... go out, and somewhere we pass, continue our respective offensive actions by maneuvering, by firing, by moving forward, but we do not leave the intention of it, and we are once again preparing our reserves for our further large-scale actions. the national guard received 27 armored vehicles, they will provide fire support for units in battle, deliver troops and ammunition to positions, and evacuate

the wounded. battlefield this was announced by the minister of digital transformation mykhailo fedorov on his page in the social network. each of the cars can accommodate up to 13 people, the equipment was purchased with the funds of the united 24 global initiative. and the deputy secretary of state of the united states of america arrived in kyiv for a visit of european and eurasian affairs james o'brien, us ambassador to ukraine bridget brink said on social media. she emphasized that this visit reaffirms support. on the part of washington is adamant. danger in the black sea, the russians' new naval attack drone, which they recently unveiled called the advanchik, could pose a threat to civilian vessels. this was stated by the spokeswoman of the southern defense force natalya khomenyuk. according to her, such a scenario is quite likely, because muscovites have repeatedly stated that if shipping with ukrainian ports is continue, they will be perceived as legitimate

military targets. district court of helsinki.