where there are, we transfer animals, where there are large enclosures, because in principle, a zoo is a zoological park, yes, take it there in europe, there is an enclosure for a bear, there is two hectares and above, the same for tygorleva, in our country it is customary to consider a zoo, it is a kind of small enclosure, you can support these wild animals in any way, with donations, food products, construction materials. and you can also arrange guardianship, that is, help a specific animal and get an honorary certificate. currently, there are 27 residents in the center, in total during the great war it was possible to help more than a thousand animals, more than two hundred were adopted abroad. in addition, five ambulances operate here. if you see an animal in need of rescue, call 303. kateryna galko, andriy verstyuk, espresso tv channel.

greetings, this is svoboda live, my name is vlasta lazur, we are starting the broadcast from avdiyivka, where, according to journalists, the occupying forces have reached the outskirts of the city. russian troops seem to be preparing to fight for avdiivka after they failed to encircle the city. this is stated in the report of the american institute for the study of war. it is noted that recently russian forces have focused on... offensive operations in the southern residential area of ​​avdiyivka and achieved minor successes there. russian troops continue to advance on the northern and southern flanks of avdiivka, but the pace of the offensive is much lower than during the first waves of offensives in the fall of 2023, analysts note. and although, despite certain successes in the advance, the occupying forces did not manage to surround avdiivka, there is a possibility that they will try to break through through the city with reference to the major of the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine maksym.

morozova's report states that as of january 25, russia had amassed 40,000 troops near avdiyivka, several different sources, including residents of avdiyivka and volunteers , confirmed to the bbc that a group of russian soldiers managed to sneak into the outskirts of the city, where they holed up in private homes and trying to gain a foothold. also, according to bbc sources, russian soldiers were spotted on soborna, chernyshevsky and sportivna streets. this is the southern part. a city nearby directly to the contact line, which has not changed in this area since 2014, - notes the bbc. serhiy tsehotskyi, an officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov handziuk, joins our broadcast. good evening. i congratulate you. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. what is your situation now, and please tell us how it has changed in the last week, you will note for our audience. just in the avdiiv

direction, well, you correctly said that, rather, not there, they are not there, they were there, they entered so accidentally, not by accident, yes , they entered, but they are no longer there, they have been cleared, that is , there is no enemy in avdiivka, this is in relation to avdiivka, in relation to the front in general, i would say that the positions of the units of our brigade, our three neighbors... are holding and are located, the situation is under the control of the armed forces of ukraine, but you said that they, that is , the russian military were there, i understand that on the outskirts of the city, and now they are not there, can you tell in more detail what is meant, well what ran, ran ran in, but they were destroyed and driven out of there , uh, well, the american institute for the study of war writes in its current report that...

in order for there to be some, perhaps certain failures on the outskirts, and now they are preparing to break through avdiivka, and after how they failed to surround the city, or do you see any signs that a breakthrough through the city is being prepared? well, let's say, they know very well that the city itself is a fortress, well fortified, if it wasn't there, and when all, all, all places are already shot, very, very, very many. times, thousands of times shot at, and therefore the enemy will bear very heavy losses, they also understand this, that is why they say that they will directly hit avdiivka itself, and not on the flanks somewhere, now they are making attempts, let's say, and conducting so-called combat reconnaissance, that is, these small assault groups identify, well, they look for weak points in our defense, plus a large concentration of reconnaissance drones, that is, they... study

the location of our units, fortifications, they make attempts, but we also struggle with this, that is, our reb works, as much as possible we disguise ourselves and we are preparing surprises for the enemy, i also want to quote once again the institute for the study of war, here they also say in the current report that they believe, or rather their analysts, that even the hypothetical loss of ukrainian avdiivka will not lead to any collapse of the defense of the donetsk region, and what you will say how the loss of the audio player can be affected, if it happens, well, we do not consider the issue of loss. that's how to consider and say already that we will lose her and what will be predicted, well, let's consider the issue in a different way, that we will retain her after all how much effort has been invested, how much has been invested in the health of our soldiers to get this

direction, and how many enemies have been destroyed, this enemy, you understand, i already said the day before that only... in this direction, in four months, the enemies of this russian the occupier more than in 10 years of the soviet-afghan war, but in 10 years, it was destroyed in four months here, and a large amount of equipment, and this cannot be said on their moral and psychological state , including, but they are even making attempts , climb into collectors, well, i'm sorry, i don't want to to call it... what they dive into, they all smear themselves, just to, well, achieve some kind of success, yes, but they don't succeed, there was information about it, i was also planning to ask you about it, actually, let me be more specific numbers, do you now feel an increase in the number of russian troops in the avdiyivka direction, because a representative

of the ministry of internal affairs stated the other day that as of january 25, russia has gathered 40,000 troops near avdiivka, is this the number that... was there, or is it increasing ? well, just like that we can't count them , you know, but according to the information coming from the intelligence agencies there and so on , that the troops are still arriving there, they understand that they need more, more, that they might want to take in some mass, or what do they think that this will help them, that is, the troops are still arriving, but how many are there, 40 or 50? 60, it is currently calculated, well, it is a little difficult, but we can only look at the information that is provided to us by, say, the general staff, or there is a gur, but you you feel, you see, you feel

that the troops are arriving, yes, no, that we too , we know, we are also working, we see something, hear something and so on, we have our own information, so we know that there are troops , ugh, i will also quote our colleagues from the bbc, they refer to local residents and volunteers who may still be able to get there, that a group of russian military forces managed to get to the outskirts of the city, where they settled in private houses, tried to gain a foothold, and bbc journalists specific streets were called, this chernyshevsky cathedral and sports, and here they note that this is the southern part near the line. the clash, which hasn't changed since 14, and now there was an attempt to change it, you talked about this situation at the beginning, or is this some kind of new situation, when russian troops are approaching the area that has been unchanged for 10 years? i want to emphasize here that it is still necessary to listen more

to the official address of our general staff, it is very important, because you understand when the institute for the study of war, and the honorable very... body, that means other people there, including journalists, i understand their aspirations to provide information, it is very, very, very important, including their work, but the enemy is very actively using our information from open sources, very it is being monitored, therefore, it is not necessary to give him the opportunity, the general staff will consider to report this or that information, so the time will come for this, it must be used. we can talk, we may know a lot, what we would like to tell, share today and so on, but for this there are certain ideas of hers, there are certain circumstances that we do not talk about today, that is why, very, very much, russia only does what it

does to cause some kind of panic in the ranks of society , the armed forces, and so on, it is theirs, well, very much encourages when it happens, when someone is there somewhere... publicity is being made, everything has already entered, everything is now, avdeivka will leave everything there, everyone has died, they make these so-called videos, you see constantly where our soldiers are. standing and asking for something, or complaining about something and so on, no need for that listen, there are, we, everything can be , there are different manifestations, in the army, including some, let's say, everything can't be perfect, but there is a team on the ground, all the services are on the ground, we promptly respond to any violations, if they arise in response to complaints and so on, then this is very important at the moment, that is, you... you cannot confirm or deny the information provided by the bbc regarding the fact that the russian

military was spotted on the the southern part in the southern part of the city, i will say that there is no enemy in avdiivka, well, the situation, under control, then i have the next question, you already mentioned pipes, collectors, a few days ago a number of telegram channels, both ukrainian and russian, spread information that the russian military. they allegedly found a pipe and with the help of it the figure of 150 russian attack aircraft was called there, they entered the rear of the armed forces of ukraine, it was allegedly north of tsarska okhotov’s restaurant in diivka, officially you say to contact the general staff, officially no one denied it and did not confirm it, but what do you know about it? to me it is known that something else, let's say two or three months ago, it is known that they made these tunnels not only in that place, this pipe, but also... they simply made trenches to get closer to our positions, in order to emerge

from under land and go on the attack there , in this way, we knew this for a long time, we followed it very closely, that is, there is an entrance to some former mine there or some other collector there, they were doing something else, well, that is probably based on this vietnam war, when the vietnamese fought the americans, they... built these underground tunnels , emerged underground, shot, then hid there again and ran away through this corridor, that was their idea, but all their intentions, as soon as they started doing it, we are already behind it followed what was happening on the tube, what happened, i think that the time will come when we will tell about it in more detail, i will only note for our audience that, well, at least this is what ukrainian telegram channels reported. about the fact that it is about a pipe that was once supposed to connect either the donetsk filtration station or the reservoir with avdiivskyi

a coke-chemical plant, and here deeppstate says that the russian military somewhere in the area of ​​the reservoir found an entrance to this reservoir and thus entered the rear or tried to enter the rear, but still they entered the rear or discovered them, what do you think this is known, may god give you health, yes... you are a very professional journalist, you ask very interesting questions, and you cannot help but answer, i will say this, you know, this is what we saw in the pictures, yes in pictures we saw a russian soldier standing up to his ears in dermis, sorry for that slang, that is, if they had such a good news about their homeland, and there about their big family in quotes because, well , the compatriots are also in the shit, well, we can't be fresh here at the front. air, that is, a pig will always find a swamp, and they found it there, i can say that, and it

encourages us from this point of view, and will show the whole world that they, how they do all this, that well, i guess, believe me me, we, we would find another way if we had to, well, not dive into such and such, well into this one, you got it, really, sergey, i have to tell you that you know how to joke too, but nevertheless, it is... emphasizes that it emphasizes that the russian military is probably not going to just leave avdiiv direction and are looking for all possible ways to capture this city. thank you very much, serhii tsehotskyi, an officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov handziuk, was on radio liberty and told us about what is happening in the avdiiv region. thank you! and about the hottest areas of the front: avdiivka, kupyansk and... the south today spoke at the supreme commander-in-chief's level, volodymyr zelenskyi later told about it. in the kharkiv region, namely in

kup'yansk, the russian army hit one of the enterprises with a rocket salvo fire system during the night. it is reported that there are no casualties. well, in general , i would like to point out that during the last weeks , the kupyan direction and kharkiv region in general is under constant attacks. well, one of the brigades, which maintains the defense in the kupyansk-lyman direction, told the journalists of the af news agency. about daily attacks and the need for mobilization, we suggest you listen to their opinions further. now, as a rule, grandfathers are being mobilized, let's be objective, we were there in liman, they are men of a respectable age, one might say, not exactly grandfathers there, but practically half of them, well, we need mobilization and

we have mobilization resources, that's why i i don't think that this is exactly some kind of horror and nightmare. alexander, of course, it is necessary to mobilize, because at least to give us a little rest, because we are also tired, because since the beginning of the war we are on the front line, and so that we at least they replaced it, at least let them rest, at least for a while, well, not what they give there for 10 days, that's no use, you came, you had a sore throat at home. until you do everything, and what kind of rest is there, all the time at work, at work, so if we were given six months, at least to rest, it would be better, food, well, as you can see, there is enough here, here, so we do not starve. that's all, it's already spilled a little, their planes will shoot the cabs. you want

to rest, but you can be blown up at any time. periodically work for us, and we still have positions with a direct reference to this position on it very often, because equipment often passes there, and half the field came here, so the intensity of hostilities is quite high now in our direction, and there are wounded... more than we would like, you can put it this way, because, well, in most of them are shrapnel wounds, but there are also direct blows there, because we had contacts with our enemies, the un security council held

a meeting regarding the downing of the il-76, no resolutions were adopted according to... the results of the discussion. at the meeting convened at the request of moscow, representatives of russia and ukraine confirmed the positions previously voiced by the authorities of both countries. the ukrainian side reiterated that kyiv was not informed about the type of transport used to transport prisoners of war. if moscow's data that the prisoners were on board are confirmed, it will be a serious violation of international humanitarian law by russia , said deputy ambassador of ukraine to the un khrystyna. moreover, she also made it clear that the shelling of targets in the belgorod region by the armed forces of ukraine will continue, therefore that it is from the belgorod region that russia is intensively shelling kharkiv region. the representative of russia, dmytro polyanskyi, said that kyiv knew the plane's route, russia wants to directly blame ukraine for the downing of the plane, and

refuses to allow international investigators to the crash site. the main question in this story, whether there were people on board, still remains open. during the meeting of the security council, the deputy secretary general of the un stated that the united nations cannot establish whether there were prisoners of war on the plane. who has and in what way now to establish it, our colleagues from the svoboda ranok program asked the commissioner for human rights, dmytro lubinets. the rights of prisoners of war of the armed forces of ukraine, which are under protection, according to the geneva convention, must be protected. of all the institutions that protect human rights on the territory of the russian federation, including international institutions, i am primarily referring to the international committee of the red cross. i did not see any public or non-public reaction on her part, i officially appealed to the international committee of the red cross, because again, according to article 46.

geneva convention, responsibility for life, health. prisoners of war are borne by the country that holds them captive, therefore, in this case , the russian federation bears full responsibility for the life and health of ukrainian prisoners of war, until the exchange of prisoners of war is carried out, the russian federation is obliged do everything to keep them alive and healthy. oleksandr has already joined our broadcast. vlasenko, spokesman of the delegation of the international committee of the red cross in ukraine. good evening. good evening. well, you just heard the statement from the human rights commissioner, should we expect any public response from the international committee of the red cross in the near, maybe...future? well, we have the first one, we have such a practice that in the first place we put the interests of the prisoners of war themselves and

the population in general, which does not take part in the conflict, and the prisoners of war, they are the ones who stopped, stopped participating in the conflict, and therefore, as a rule , we do not publicly discuss all the actions that we take place with parties to the conflict in order not to harm the actual... the prisoner of war herself, then please tell me whether the relatives of the people, perhaps in these last days, whose names were made public by the pro-kremlin media in the telegram channels, which and supposedly these people were on board the plane? we are constantly contacted by relatives looking for missing persons, we had 17,000 such requests as of the end of the third quarter of last year, that is, we are looking for 17,000, and i know that in the fourth quarter there were also up to... a lot of such requests, that is, this the number is clearly higher, it's just that it hasn't been counted yet, because it's still january, and it's hard for me to say whether those

who wanted to know the fate of those people who were allegedly assigned for exchange applied among them, or whether these were new applications, but of course, appeals go in principle as usual and they were also yesterday and the day before yesterday every day. they were there yesterday and the day before yesterday, but you don't know if it is related to the plane crash? yes i am it it i can't tell you it's it it's just you can't tell if it's real it is not known, it is difficult, it is difficult to find out whether it is simple, for me it is currently unknown, that is, in principle, we have such a practice that we understand that we are talking about personal data of people, and as a rule, we inform about the fate of these people only to those people who have opened a missing persons case with us, and we also inform the national information. bureau of the relevant party that is searching, well, let's say, whose citizens are the wanted persons, if they want to communicate there with

the media, with some other public figures, this is their right, but we, we promise that without their consent we will not say a word, well, we will not speak about their relatives and friends who are in captivity, but it is strictly there according to the procedure, so tell me if a person saw the name of his a relative father, husband, in these lists, and it is this person in captivity, this husband or father, according to the procedure, where in principle you can turn to at least find out about the fate of this person, i am already saying specifically against the background of this news that a plane crashed and ukrainian prisoners of war were allegedly there, you see, there are many nuances here, if it depends on whether, for example, a person who is looking for his missing relative knows for sure that this... person is in captivity, yes, that this status is confirmed, that is, the mechanics are as follows: for the first time they contact us and we will encourage them to contact us,

at first the central tracing agency accepted requests, now we accept these requests within each of the delegations in russia, in ukraine, and we open a missing person case and we direct the request to the national information bureau of another parties and we need to get confirmation. that, for example, yes, such a person is a prisoner of war, or let's say, there are others there, he may be dead, or there is simply no news about him, and if, for example, well , answering your question, if a person has such accurate, accurate information that this person is a prisoner of war, and it is confirmed as if by another party, and we have this information, and we informed her relative, who opened this case with us, that yes, this... person is a prisoner of war , you can contact us, we are trying to find out the fate of this person, well, but it can be contacted in any case, not only if

a tragedy happened there, that is, they are constantly contacting us, again, as of the end of october, there were about 100 thousand contacts from the beginning of the escalation of the conflict, that is, until the end of october with the relatives of those people who opened cases for the search for missing persons with us, there are different moments, it may be clarification yes or no. some information appeared, although in principle we promptly inform ourselves that we have some information, for example, based on the results of a visit to the place getting into custody, or let's say, got some additional information there from those people that we saw, let's say, in those places where people are received, but did not see this specifically this particular person that i'm looking for, but people often turn themselves in because , as you said, yes, they saw there that this person could be on the list for exchange, or er... they saw some video on youtube, in some telegram channel, that is, they often take the initiative themselves and turn to us. oleksandr, well, we don't know for sure now,

were on board. 76 prisoners of war or not, but if they were there, and russia, for example, used these people as human shields, which is allowed on the ukrainian side, then sooner or later the whole bodies of these people must somehow be returned, we do not know how it will happen specifically in this case, but tell us about the mechanism, how it's supposed to be, who's going to do it and when, and whether the mechanisms themselves can allow us to discover that... well, look, body swapping happens all the time, because what's the point keeping people in custody, yes, keeping people under worth, this is to make it impossible for them to take part in an armed conflict again, so the geneva conventions clearly indicate that prisoners of war must be released and returned after the end of the armed conflict, if there are any

exchanges there ... as we like to say in our language, this is simultaneous release and transfer, repatriation, then this is the good will of the parties to the conflict, if we talk about the bodies of the dead, then of course it is absurd to talk about their re-participation, so the bodies should be returned as soon as possible, and such exchanges of bodies are taking place, we take a certain part in this in the exchange of bodies between the russian federation and ukraine, and of course that... we can talk about, if there are dead people as a result of this disaster, then of course their bodies should also be returned. and have there already been any signals from russia, that they declared that there were the bodies of 65 prisoners of war, have there been any signals from russia along the line of the red cross that it is ready to hand over these bodies, because, for example, no one has seen the bodies yet, well, very little time has passed since that moment for them to be

such statements in order to... there were such signals, that is, it usually takes more time for the parties to carry out such an exchange, such exchanges happen regularly, but when such an exchange takes place, the parties will probably know which bodies they give, well, that is, if these are people who could have been on board, then probably both parties will know about it, or not necessarily, but here i just don't really understand, you know, it's better to contact a... forensic expert , that is, it is difficult for me to say how the situation continues there because our role is that we facilitate the process itself, that is, if there is a request from a relative to the national information bureau, we turn and ask to clarify the fate, and we are told that this person is a deceased person, that is, further, further we can talk about the return of his body, and actually, when it is there, it is difficult for me to say how many bodies are being changed there, yes, but well... it is clear that it is

not one for one, and there may be bodies of people who died in different , under different circumstances, yes, but these are combatants, and what happens next after the exchange has taken place, that is, we participate as simply at the moment of facilitating this process, exchange between one and the other side, and what happens next, are there any forensic medical examinations taking place there, is there a certain analysis, it is better to ask anyway forensic experts, because i just can't say, well, it's clear that it 's human bodies, that is, it can't be that simple, you know, how to exchange some goods there, yes, that is, it's about human bodies, it's in this should involve the national police, medical examiners, but it's better to ask them about it, i have one last question, do you expect any changes

regarding admission? or not allowing the representatives of the red cross to the prisoners, could, relatively speaking, the downing of the plane be a turning point in the treatment of the prisoners or in the return of the bodies? well, it's hard to say what could be such a trigger to improve conditions. we are constantly trying to get access to 100% of the pows on one, one and the other side of the front line, and today we do not have access to 100% prisoners of war and of course. would like to have it, we are constantly conducting a dialogue about it, and we are trying to influence the parties so that we have this access, well, what will happen, what will prompt, you know, i will have to guess, and i don't want to, i don't want it to do , because it is still about the fate of people who are waiting at home, and any information, it can be very painful, painful for those people who are waiting for their relatives and loved ones. thank you very much for your comment.