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greetings, i'm olga len, these are the chronicles of the war, and today we will sum up the results of 2023, look a little into the future and start, as always, from the map. results of the war in 2023, the war during 2023 was much bloodier than the previous one. the russian occupying army lost more than 220,000 soldiers, destroyed its offensive potential with only those killed, lost most of the battle and was forced to retreat in the black sea. losses of the occupiers during 2023, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed fewer tanks and infantry fighting vehicles than in the 22nd on... and 20%, respectively, the enemy not only stopped walking in columns, but also did not have time to restore the previously lost armored fleet. at the same time, our soldiers eliminated almost twice as many invaders, bringing the total number to 350 thousand destroyed, at least as many

wounded russians. there are no official statistics on the losses of the armed forces, however, representatives of the general staff have repeatedly stated that they are 5-7 times less than hostile the real safari this year is boro power. opened to artillery and air defense, the rate of destruction of which tripled to 6 and 390 units, respectively. we also shot down 4,300 tactical drones, which is double the number of the previous year. these figures give a real picture of the nature of the fighting in the 23rd year, less armored vehicles, more drones and shells. frontline change and greatest battles 2023 saw two significant changes to the frontline. we managed to occupy bahmud and the territory east of the city, that is, almost 530 km. instead, the zso punched two large holes in the defense of the rashists on the southern front with a total area of ​​almost 270 km, and another 43 km were repulsed during the counteroffensive near bakhmut.

russia lost the battle in luhansk region. throughout 2023, the russians tried to launch a large-scale offensive on... luhansk region in order to throw back the zso beyond the oskil river from outside the luhansk region, and also to return the lost city of leman, which is strategically important for the battle for donetsk region. battles took place along the entire hundred-kilometer front line, with the greatest emphasis on the direction of kupyansk, borova, and leman. each of these cities is located on a distance of more than 10 km from the front line, however , the russians managed to advance 1.5 km in separate and very limited areas during the year. in addition, zsok. offensively returned some of the lost positions, as happened in the summer near the villages of novoyehorivka and nadiya, and is now happening regularly near may day and yagidny. a significant event in the luhansk region was the return to the front of the azov brigade, which took up a position in the srebynsky forest in the kreminsk direction. the historical battle for

bakhmut. the full occupation of donetsk remains priority goal of russia. a new stage in the implementation of this plan began with the attack on bahmud. the battle began in... august 22nd and continues to this day, but the most dramatic events took place in january-may 2023. first, we lost several villages near soledar, and two weeks later, soledar itself, which became a threat not only to bakhmut, but also to our bridgehead near siversk. however, the zso managed to eliminate the threat of a russian offensive north of bakhmut, the enemy waged street battles through the total destruction of urban buildings, except saltar and bahmut, the rashists occupied another 24 villages in the winter. as part of the summer counteroffensive campaign, the ukrainian armed forces returned klishchivka and andrivka to the south of bakhmut, and also came close to yagidny and berkhivka to the north of the city. however, during the period started in december. with a new massive offensive, the occupiers managed to push our heroes back to the outskirts of bohdanivka and

ivanivskyi. a large-scale offensive along the entire front of donetsk region and the battle for ughledar. the ugledar bridgehead is very troubling to the russians because it threatens the operation of the mariupol railway. volnovakha, donetsk. at the beginning of the 23rd, the rashists launched a second powerful assault on the city and were able to approach it at a distance of 2 km. however , on the way from su, they broke half of them in three weeks. this armored vehicle has more than 200 units. since then, the russians have made no serious attempt to attack gledar again, until in december they launched a broad-front offensive across donetsk region. as a result of this offensive, they managed to complete the occupation of maryinka, as well as approach the shelter near the villages of sil pobida and novomykhaivka, where the deepest breakthrough took place front since the battle of bakhmut, about 5 km. if these trends continue, the enemy will once again be the next in line. battle. for avdiivka. in just two months, the russians lost 1,300 soldiers and more than 210 units

of armored vehicles. at the same time, the enemies make their way hundreds of meters a week. the village of stepove. the invaders have been storming for almost 80 days and have only reached the middle of it. their advance on the foothills near novokalynovy novobakhmutivka, which is north of the city and near severnoy and pervomaisky poudniy, is even more modest, although to cut the logistics to the semi-surrounding avdiivka to the invaders. there is less than 10 km left to break through, but the armed forces of ukraine are building the second and third lines of defense here, and at such rates the rashists may break through and lose their offensive potential in 1-2 months. the year 2023 began with the battle for bakhmut and ends with the battle for avdiivka. both will go down in history as the bloodiest, but during this time the armed forces managed to increase their firepower, if in january-february they killed an average of 740 russians during the day, then in november-december 900. 50, on the other hand, russia which at the beginning of the war could advance along the entire front, now has the potential only in

certain sections of a few kilometers. the counteroffensive of the armed forces of ukraine on the southern front began on june 4-6 simultaneously in the melitopol, tokmat, and berdyan directions. in the first months of the offensive, overcoming minefields and defense lines, our military managed to capture three bridgeheads, the largest in the area of ​​velika novosilka, where they advanced more than 10 km deep and 25 km wide. and liberated seven villages. the defense forces were released in the tokmat direction 100 km around the village of robotyn, on melitopolsky, they managed to break 2.5 km deep and liberated three villages. then the offensive slowed down and in the end did not fulfill the initial goals of reaching the sea of ​​azov. however, he prepared a good foundation for a counteroffensive in 2024. in particular, it was possible to preserve the prepared skeleton of the new brigades, as well as more than 80%. armored vehicles on the left bank of the kherson region, the armed forces of ukraine managed to gain a foothold on at least two bridgeheads, near the antoniv bridge

and the village of krynka. they are also developing other promising areas near the bare pier and oleshok a thousand of our heroes keep the 65,000-strong enemy army at bay. ukrainian victories in the air and on the black sea. in 2023 , the defense forces were constantly increasing their range. our drones began to fly to moscow, and not only that, having delivered more than 20 strikes , the armed forces of ukraine probably damaged more russian planes at the airfields than in the air. in addition, ukraine won this round of the battle of the black sea, not only forcing the russian ships to retreat from sevastopol to novorossiysk, but also regaining control of the so-called boyka towers. this made it possible to control part of the water area to such an extent that gur carried out two raids on the western coast of crimea. missile strikes on the docks in sevastopol have just completed the destruction of the submarine and the repair docks in kirch. the defeat of the black sea fleet of the russian federation. the crimean bridge is waiting for its turn

in 2024. my guest is viktor kyvylyuk, a military expert of the center for defense strategies, a colonel of the armed forces reserve, and we actually met with him at the end of the 22nd year, there were several interesting insights from him, now about let's talk about that. greetings, mr. viktor. good afternoon, ms. ulgo. well, you said then that the russians would carry out some kind of local, limited offensive operation, and it actually happened near bakhmut, we saw it. then you told us that the forces were concentrating in the valuyok area, from there they had to advance somewhere, and indeed they were advancing on krymina, advancing on liman, well, that is , we saw all this, you and i did not talk much about the south then, but you noted that on very serious fortifications are being built in the south,

so we also attribute this to the fact that we, in principle, somehow saw it at that time, therefore, even now they are expecting something like this ... interesting from you, well, but first let's talk about, well, in such a concentrated way, why it was actually not possible to carry out a large-scale counteroffensive, because there is a lot of talk around this, some say that it was necessary somewhere in one place only, but the efforts were dispersed, or it was necessary somehow differently, what do you say, that is, what was necessary or not necessary ? necessary or not, there is no need to hesitate here, the answer is on the surface, not only is it necessary, but we are also obliged, because it is ukrainian land, and to return the land seized by the enemy is the duty of all those who have now joined the defense forces, i also want to note that it is wrong to call the events in the azov

region a counteroffensive, or is it a classic offensive... an operation, absolutely textbook, right here according to all the canons of military science, why it did not work, there are many opinions on this matter, in my opinion, the main reason, it was not necessary to make three main blows on three, it was necessary to choose one and with zosere... all the available efforts there, the second moment, help, which was supposed to be provided by our partners, arrived late, not concentrated, and somewhat not in the volumes that were expected, and most importantly, unfortunately, the issue of the supply

of aircraft was not resolved, but to carry out a large-scale. operation in three directions at the same time, it is quite difficult in the absence of not only dominance in the air, but at least in the conditions of the existing advantage, so it seems that these three factors played a decisive role. well, we still read a lot that there were disputes between the american and ukrainian military regarding the defense of bakhmut and our command they reproached that in... this area they used shells and exhausted some units that could take part in the offensive in the south. in your opinion, was it worth defending bahmud? don't talk about arguments. there are no foreign advisers or consultants to argue with in the headquarters of the armed forces.

our partners, the same spectators in the stands, as the entire expert environment that is outside. the limits of the defense forces today, these are the estimates of outside observers who are not familiar with our military plans, and let's just say, they see what they see, they look at it through the prism of their experience, their military science, their knowledge and, accordingly , they have a different point of view from our point of view as to whether or not it is worth defending bapna, as soon as we began to advance and... quite successfully wedged ourselves into the first line of defense the enemy in the zaporizhzhia region, the enemy immediately made efforts and became more active in the bakhmut area, with the aim of drawing our reserves there, to make the intensity of fire support in the zaporizhia region drop due to the need

to support resource defense in the bakhmut area, and in principle these are absolutely expected and adequate actions against... which compensates with its activity in one direction for operational and tactical problems that started in another, it is logical whether it is worth defending bakhmut or not, from the point of view of its political, holding any of the settlement is important, because this is our ukrainian land, and we have to defend it, from a military point of view, if you are going to a... defend a settlement, you must prepare it for defense, those who were in bakhmut, those who in bakhmut now, not now they talk about the fact that there... there are some defensive structures, some lines, positions were prepared, the city was not prepared for defense, these are purely tactical local

units of the oper, which were organized at the level of battalions of brigades, and not at the level of an operational war group. personally, in my opinion, let's put it this way, it was worth it right away. withdraw to lines advantageous for defense, giving territory to the enemy, but preserving, first of all, human resources, no allies will give us infantry, and, accordingly, to preserve a huge amount of the same ammunition, with the production of which the world defense industry is still not very good at. i am personally inclined to the fact that it was worth retreating. well, but it would, for example, not work anywhere. er, the offensive er, the same infantry of wagner, which would not have stopped after they captured bakhmut, yes, i think, they would have tried to go further, certainly

there would not have been less of an enemy, but let's compare mirroring the situation, the one in the zaporizhzhia direction and the one in the bakhmutsky direction. the enemy was building up a huge number of defenses structures, trenches, explosive, non-explosive. barricades laid minefields with a depth of 15 km, which we overcome for six months, something prevented us from doing the same in the bakhmut area, by leveling the front line, reducing its length, hiding behind such structures, we would have crushed the same number of the enemy that we crushed in street battles , but it seems that we would have paid less for it, huh, but tell me, look, well... the problem was not only in mining the enemy's artillery, the problem was also in the fact that, actually, what zaluzhnyi wrote in his articles, the saturation

of drones and the impossibility to concentrate forces in principle because of this, because everything is clearly visible, and actually this problem would not have changed in any way if we had a little more artillery there or less, well and i am not even sure that they... would have changed a lot if we had added aviation, that is, the problem of saturation with drones and their countermeasures, it remains, and something is being done about it, somehow it is not entirely clear, first of all, it is not necessary be measured by quantities, who spends the available resources more efficiently, the one accordingly and gets better results, we have an army of drones, we have something for the ministry of defense drones are purchased by the state... special service of communication and technical protection of information, it is not at all clear why it got in there, the ministry of culture on television collects drones for the state border service,

our adversary simply evicted the woodmurks from the trade centers of merchants and launched the production of unmanned aerial vehicles of various types there, two approaches to solving the problem of gaining dominance in segments bezpi'. aircraft of the tactical operational unit, you can talk about it, and you can do it, but whoever can handle it better will get the result. the second point, countering any system that is controlled via a radio channel, can be organized accordingly by suppressing that channel. the enemy just as suddenly brought to the line of battle. a large number of small local electronic warfare systems that cover small positions, individual units of combat equipment,

accordingly, we are trying to do the same, but so far we are losing in volume. one more point, these are small means of radio-electronic countermeasures, which are small on platoon support points, on an individual tank, saw, armored personnel carrier. in the world of such production, the necessary scope simply does not exist today, this is a discovery that happened in this war, and whoever adapts faster, according to the situation, gains an advantage. but look, well, here are all the stories with drones, with the fact that it is now a very important force on the battlefield, and, for example, the provision of aviation, here are those f there 16 that we are talking about everyone here was talking. a long time ago, is it capable now in this situation to really somehow change or significantly change the situation on the battlefield, as you estimate, it depends on

what you are more afraid of, air defense or enemy aviation? now the picture looks as follows: for objective reasons, we have not seen air battles between aircraft for a year and a half, because both sides of the war do not risk flying deep into the enemy's territory and try to operate from beyond the reach of anti-aircraft weapons. of each party, the second moment, the enemy lost a huge number of highly qualified pilots who started the war, 324 aircraft were lost, this is about 350-400 pilots who died, will not return to flying work, or are in our captivity, accordingly, this factor is equally serious.

the next moment we do not see the use of aviation on a massive scale, all that the enemy now has can create an advantage over the battlefield, where the operation is carried out by a force the size of a reinforced one. he battalion tactical group. we don't see squadrons being used, though more regiments or aviation brigades. from our side, the same thing is happening, and this is explained by the fact that we simply do not have aircraft. therefore, if suddenly we receive aircraft of any kind from the allies, it will not automatically mean that we have gained some kind

of advantage. whoever has a greater range of detection of an aircraft in the air and a greater range on board of air strike means, in fact, will dictate the further development of events, but certainly receiving aircraft from the allies will allow us, first of all, to level the situation in the sky, secondly, to drive away the enemy that is using glide aerial bombs on targets on... so that will be a very big relief indeed, especially as far as aerial bombs are concerned, so i agree with you absolutely, let's take a break now on advertisement, very short, and after it we will talk more, well, maybe about some plans and what we see in the future, see this week in the program judicial control with tatyana shustrova, renewal of the investigation of the attack on the espresso journalist

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