we must be prepared for the unexpected and have sufficient reserves ready to deploy. contrary to popular opinion, we have human reserves scattered in different cities, in kyiv, in lviv, and it is very important to train and mobilize them effectively, because a lot of them will be needed before the end of this war. it is important that everyone is aware of the potential need to be involved, even if they are currently in non-military roles. now the key story, the key strategy. of the russian general staff does not consist in some high-tech developments of this or that, there are some wunderwaffes and so on and so on, they are engaged in deploying a meat grinder, that is, infantry assaults, a large number and trying to raise additional forces in order to try to develop certain offensive actions, they do not use anything particularly cunning , their technique showed itself, but there is a question of quantity, there is a question of... quantitative measurement and,

accordingly, the so-called offensive impulse. russia is definitely not playing a double game, it starts the offensive with what it has and as it acquires more resources, continues its offensive. russia knows that the ukrainian front line is stretched, so they are always looking for vulnerable places where ukraine is not strong enough to break through. it is interesting to report from america that russia may be considering the possibility of launching nuclear weapons into space. if. they will do it, and they are guided by the goal of disrupting communication, disabling gps, that is, actually reducing not only the ukrainian side, but also the west to their level of hostilities, in other words, to try to bring the technologies behind brackets of this equation, it will force both ukraine and the west to move to a more primitive style of warfare that matches the tactics favored by russia. i think it is quite possible, because with the development of technology in the west and in ukraine, russia is becoming more and more difficult to reach. its goals and it

is more likely to lose, so we can witness how russia will take steps to level technological capabilities by disrupting gps and satellite communications. therefore, do not be surprised if such actions take place. well, they generally are strengthened the equipment of the ground component of their offensive operations. on the other hand , we understand that their aviation is there, but it did not play a decisive role. we understand that... that in the black sea they have enormous problems, they did not expect that they could literally be knocked out of the black sea basin, yes with the help of drones, and drones are a technology, on the other hand, we understand that it is mutual technology, ukraine can develop its fleet of drones at the same time as the russians will also either purchase or try to to develop certain drone installations, and here the key story is that our defense system turns into a single one. whole

mechanism, and as far as i can tell, there is not much time for that. the primary task is to create a coordinated army, that is, not numerous separate units scattered everywhere, but to organize the battlefield clearly and coherently by determining who is responsible for which area. this will greatly reduce the likelihood of friendly fire incidents and ensure a clear understanding of responsibilities across the front line. currently, if if we look at the maps, we will see that people... all over the territory, it is not always clear who is responsible for what. we have clarity regarding the responsibility of the 110th brigade in avdiivka, but there is no such clarity regarding the units behind it. this coordination is critical and is a top priority. the second priority is efforts to improve the health care system. despite some improvements that have already been made, the quality of the medical system still does not meet the requirements of an army at war of such a scale. more harnesses,

the right harnesses, proper medical equipment, and constant training are needed to meet the demands of the battlefield. a third priority is to focus on controlled defenses that directly support soldiers, especially infantry. the infantryman is on the front line and needs adequate support. you can't support a soldier with an f-16, it doesn't work. such support should include basic essentials such as infrared sights, assault rifles and ammunition. mortars, mortars ammunition, grenade launchers, grenades and other necessary equipment. this is a real basis for conducting infantry combat. proper infantry support is critical to winning this war, but if you don't support the infantry, a lot of them will die and you'll just give russia more of a chance to break through. it's not about big things, it's about people being properly equipped and trained to fight. this is the main challenge for asyrsky, which consists in the professionalization of the entire system.

and not only the front. it means improvement processes from recruiting to sending soldiers, officers and senior commanders to the front. at all levels of leadership, there needs to be a better understanding of how effectively in... we understand, glen, yes, that wars are won not only by commanders in chief, but first and foremost by staff and ncos, and we also understand that a very important story is the middle link, the middle link of logistics, the middle link of provision, development and support of certain operations, and in general certain changes. the middle link, on the other hand, we understand, in order to train the middle link, whether they are logisticians, whether they are communications workers and so on. then, it should take some time. i believe the first step is to focus on recruiting people with logistics experience to strengthen our logistics support. we need specialists who have many years of experience in logistics and can contribute to the improvement of this industry. such people

can be found in various companies such as silpo. i mean people who know logistics inside out and have been doing it for a long time. some of them work on an international level every day. with carrier companies. it is important to bring these professionals into the system so that they can help improve logistics capabilities. when it comes to selecting sergeants, prioritizing combat experience becomes very important. starting at the military rank of soldier, candidates must first demonstrate their effectiveness on the battlefield and can then be promoted according to their achievements. after gaining enough combat experience, they can undergo short but intensive training. courses lasting up to four days to improve his leadership skills and general knowledge before returning to battle. you can't just recruit sergeants without understanding the realities of combat, so it's important that they first gain relevant combat experience, and then make sure that they

are capable of performing the duties of a sergeant. this approach ensures that there are competent sergeants who understand the situation on the battlefield and are able to effectively lead their units. with regard to the officers, it may also be advisable to take this approach, they too must have direct combat experience before further training provided they demonstrate their professionalism. it's important to strike a balance between battlefield experience, life experience, and simple systems that facilitate quick decision-making and action. we need non-bureaucratic systems that waste a lot of time waiting for someone's decision. our systems must be flexible, able to respond to counter challenges. days rather than weeks or months to reflect changes in attitudes and thinking. unfortunately, i have to conclude our conversation, i am sincerely grateful to mr. colonel for this detailed analysis of the situation, i would like to remind our viewers that glen grant, a retired colonel of the british army, was currently working on espresso.

well, the time of our program is over, stay tuned to the espresso tv channel, my colleagues will inform you about all the most important events of the day. take care of yourself and your loved ones. before meeting. on the air see this week in the collaborators program. fake ministers. as a journalist, he headed the propaganda agency in the kherson region. we we are fighting again for the right to be russians. but how did the pseudo-minister of labor deport ukrainian children to russia? we will continue our work. on tuesday, february 20, at 5:45 p.m., watch the collaborators program with olena kononenko on the espresso tv channel. see this week in the judicial control program with tatyana shustrova. money in the wind. how did judges-figures in criminal cases and state councilors receive half a billion hryvnias in salary? being in

the black and receiving his referee's reward. but why are the judges of the liquidated judges still on retained states? even after the liquidation of the court, the judges of oask receive a considerable salary . congratulations. you are watching judicial control, i am tatyana shustrova. a full-scale war is going on in ukraine, millions of men and women stood up to defend our country. on various fronts, they hold the defense and destroy the enemy. thanks to them, we can work, maintain the country's economy, raise children, and believe in the future. ukrainians in the rear are racing cars, buying drones and donating their last money to help the army. meanwhile, ukraine continues to spend. hundreds millions of hryvnias for the payment of salaries to judges, persons involved in criminal cases, judges of liquidated judges who do not fulfill their duties, and even more so to judges of state traitors who have gone over to the side of the enemy. why, we will tell today, but first to the news. for

almost three months of qualification assessment , the higher qualification commission of judges held meetings for 99 judges and considered the cases of 36 ministers. themis, who had negative conclusions of the public council of virtue. 15 of them were sent for dismissal, however, 17 remain in office. as reported by the dere foundation, in particular, the vkks i ruye judges' smearing of drunken drivers. thus , judge alina goncharova remained in office, closing almost half of all considered cases for drunken driving due to expiration of the time limits. judge pedenko, who was also found relevant by the supreme court of appeals, delayed 21 cases of such drivers until the deadline expired. however , it is impossible to find out the reasons for the decision of the supreme court of appeals according to the judges. of all the decisions taken on unfitness for the post of judge, none has been published so far. specialized the anti-corruption prosecutor's office sent an indictment to the court against the intermediary of the judge

of the kropyvnytskyi court of appeal, volodymyr honchar, who is suspected of receiving a $10,500 bribe. according to the case materials, for this money, the judge promised to review the verdict of the court of first instance and change the punishment for committing a traffic accident with fatal consequences. from three years of imprisonment to a conditional term. the judge instructed his intermediary to receive and keep the bribe. detectives at the national anti-corruption bureau and the specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office reported the suspicion to judge gonchar in october of last year. the prosecutor's office of the autonomous republic of crimea has completed the investigation into high treason against another former ukrainian judge. ex-judge of the court of appeal of crimea ihor radionov, who after the occupation of the peninsula betrayed his oath, transferred to the service of russia and assumed the position of the head of the occupation, faces up to 15 years in prison. supreme court of the republic of crimea.

a full-scale war is going on in ukraine. russia continues massive rocket attacks on cities, killing citizens and destroying infrastructure. millions of ukrainians donate to the armed forces every day, volunteer, drive cars from abroad for the military and organize meetings for the purchase of drones. meanwhile, the state continues to spend hundreds of millions on the maintenance of judges who do not do their jobs. from 2021 to 2023, ukraine paid more than uah 430 million to the servants of fimida, who did not carry out justice. out of 374 judges who received salaries, only 110 did not work for reasons beyond their control. some of them are mobilized, some are awaiting transfer, but there are other cases. we are conducting an audit of the state judicial administration, during which we discovered shocking facts. for example, some judges continue to receive a salary . exercising their powers, moreover, judges who are in custody or have become citizens of the russian federation, also receive remuneration from

the budget, and labasalaeva, the head of the state audit service. the former head of the supreme court of ukraine, vsevolod knyazum, who is suspected of receiving almost 3 million dollars in bribes , received almost 2 million uah salary. recently, knyazum was released from sizo on bail, and although the supreme council of justice suspended him from the administration of justice, he... will continue to receive a salary, i will not elaborate for now, with your permission, but i will answer all questions later. almost uah 400 was received by another servant of themis under investigation, oleksiy tandyr, judge of the makariv district court of the kyiv region. last year, on may 26, he drove a lexus car and ran into national guard soldier vadym bondarenko, who was on duty at the checkpoint at entry to kyiv. a military man who was originally from cherkasy and raised three. died, according to the investigation, at the time of the accident , the driver's car was traveling at a speed of 100 km/h,

tandyr himself was intoxicated . public outrage, yes, that they are in sizo and receive a judicial reward, and it is large. and most shockingly, almost uah 2.5 million was received by the judge who fled to russia, vitaly snigerev. he was a judge of bryankiv city court of luhansk region. after the occupation of bryankiv district in 2016. negerova temporarily attached to the rubizhan city court. in 2017, by presidential decree, he was seconded for six months to the novozavodsk district court of chernihiv. however, snigiryov did not comply with the president's decree. what the judge did for the next three years is unknown, but in july 2020 he left for russia, where he received citizenship. after acquiring the citizenship of another country, snegyryev automatically lost the authority of a ukrainian judge, but he did not inform ukraine about this. as a result, the state judicial administration in luhansk region for more than two years until in september 2022, she paid a bullish

salary. in total, he illegally received almost uah 2 million. vitaly sneghirev was informed of the suspicion of fraudulent acquisition of funds in particularly large amounts. he faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. he was transferred to various courts, sent on business trips, but he never appeared there. only the head of the court once. where he was transferred, reported this to the council of judges of ukraine, then the council of judges turned to the state criminal court with a proposal to bring him to justice, and as we know, due to formal circumstances , they refused, refused to accept, and returned the application because it was signed by an unauthorized person, so in fact , the authorities did not perform their functions. in december 2017, large-scale changes took place in ukraine, the higher economic court of ukraine, the higher administrative court and the higher specialized court of ukraine for consideration

of civil and criminal cases were liquidated. their powers were transferred to the newly created supreme court, and although the procedure was cured. was launched more than five years ago, the process is not completed and still, the judges are still on the staff, they do absolutely nothing, however, they receive a salary, only for the first incomplete year and a half of the war, for 45 servants of themis, the shortage of judges, ukraine spent more than uah 55 million. a lot of money, millions of taxpayers' hryvnias are being paid now as a judge's reward to persons who are here. or at all are suspects, and do not carry out justice for some reason, these are usually large funds, and the state must react, and the bodies that can respond, must do it quickly and efficiently, i.e. provide a mechanism of prosecution in the event of a violation to responsibility and dismissal. we should not

forget about the infamous judges of the liquidated district administrative court of kyiv. for their maintenance. only in the first six months after the liquidation of the court , more than uah 40 million were spent. today, this amount can already reach about 100 million. those that the state could have spent on the army, and not given to those involved in the criminal case of corruption and seizure of power, supporters of yanukovych and to the owner of the golden porsche. there is a huge problem in the fact that the judges of oasku, even after the liquidation of the court, they will continue to be judges and receive a considerable salary. today the most odious judges. countries from the scandalous oask not only receive millions of salaries when they are not working, they sue and demand to pay tens of millions of alleged moral and material compensation. for example, the deputy chairman of oask, yevhen ablov, involved in the case of attempted seizure of state power and interference in the work of judicial bodies, who continues to receive a salary, demands the state to compensate him another 67 million, and

is going to retire with honor with lifetime payments of about 100 hryvnias per... month, and is it possible to stop such a waste of budget funds? currently, depriving a judge of his judicial remuneration is , of course, illegal, but there are other tools that can affect the preservation of state budget funds, such as, for example, bringing judges to disciplinary responsibility, and bringing them to justice in a timely manner, the first priority for consideration of such cases, this also applies to the judges of the case of undue advantage, who appear and who are in the temporarily occupied territory, and there are facts of cooperation, for example, with the russian federation, here are all these cases, that is, there is a mechanism, all these cases can be considered by the supreme council of justice, judges to be prosecuted in a timely manner, and of course, then it will save money. hopefully, the state will find mechanisms to

stop throwing money to the wind in the midst of a full-scale war, when the biggest beneficiaries are. budget payments become criminals, traitors and judges of liquidated judges. we will continue to monitor this topic and will definitely tell you more in future programs. as of today, i have everything, you watched judicial control, i am tetyana shustrova. tell us about the facts of corruption in the judicial system that you know. write to the email you see on the screen or to me on facebook. let's meet. in exactly one week, all is well, congratulations, this is the saturday political club and vitaly portnikov, krystyna yatsky, congratulations, friends,

we will talk about the war in ukraine, we will remember about what is happening in the united states and about müngen. security conference about the conclusions from it, in addition, we will also mention the ukrainian-polish border, which should be completely blocked from the polish side as of february 20. in the second part of the program, as always, we will talk with vitaly portnikov about the most important topics for ukraine and the world, but we will start with the war. oleksandr kovalenko, a military-political spectator of the information resistance group. congratulations, mr. oleksandr. good evening. well, let's start, of course, with avdiivka. departure of the ukrainians troops, disposition, consequences for the front , let's talk about it, the situation is really complicated, we watched how the withdrawal process is happening now, but we look at it this way: the russians captured avdiivka, they spent more than

four months of active offensives on it actions, it is first of all time, they spent a large resource of forces and means, it is a human resource, today there are different versions of how many russians were destroyed... the number of occupiers is 15 thousand, there are 2000, that is, i think it is still will be verified somehow, but it is big the number of human resources, in addition to everything else, only according to verified data from various sources was recorded destroyed, the destruction from october 10 to the end of january, i am not even talking now about the flights, namely until the end of january, january from the 4th. up to 650 pieces of equipment, specifically from the russian side , from the side of the russian occupation numbers, this is about verified data, we know that

verification is when there is a photo or video confirmation of a destroyed piece of equipment, besides that there are other indicators, that is, what is not are verified, but they are available, that is, it is also a coefficient that allows us to talk about up to a thousand units of destroyed technology. just for the sake of audio, yes , it was a very difficult defense for us, but the result , which allowed to significantly deplete the resources of the garrison, and he, he was forced to use even units from other groups of troops and other directions, for example, from the lyman direction, from the bakhmut district , these units were constantly moved there and were actually shackled themselves. in the area of ​​avdiivka, we have now left it, we have now left it and are on three lines of defense which they immediately start after the audio book.

in the near future, the following type of events may develop: the russians will try to create a security buffer for the city itself, i.e. , our units are pushed back approximately to push our forces away from the avdiivka itself at... such a distance that they can manage, well, more or less as safe, that is, it is about 3-5 km, and this is the creation of a security buffer, and this security buffer, they can draw for themselves along the line the swallow steppe, even, let 's say, water, the northern swallow steppe, and they can cover the northern thin steppe along the line, orlivka, semenovka, berdychi, variations can be different, it all depends on what resource they are able to spend now in field conditions, because i note that when the russians

entered the city, they began to suffer losses approximately one to two, one to three, and until they were ordered to speed up the process itself, then they had increased losses, uh, so speed something up a lot. offensive actions, but when they were in the field and carried out offensive actions in the field, even russian soldiers and russian speakers themselves leaders, they said that it cannot advance like this, we are losing one to 10, we will not have enough for a long time, and therefore it is in the field conditions for them that the moment may come when they first start by consolidating the position, they.. . will not spend a lot of resources on creating a security barrier, and they can switch to other directions, other directions may not be the eye, or some

directions near avvidka itself, it is not some kind of entrance gate, but, for example, there to pokrovsk or konstantinivskyi and yes further, no, they are on the contrary, they reorient to a completely different direction in general along the bridgeheads, that is, it can be a hill. it could be liman, it could be the bakhmut area, the direction of chasiv yar, and kupyansk and chasiv yar are the main ones in their plans for offensive actions in the future, and they can also resume activity in the south, and this could be the direction of coal where they have been accumulating resources for a long time, and this may be the zaporizhzhia region of district production. mr. alexander, you said. that the russians may face difficulties when it comes to field, we can also face the same difficulties, because we understand that avdiivka's positions are strengthened, strengthened over the years. cannot be

compared with the situation when you are in an open space. on the other hand, what prevents the russians from continuing to use the tactic of throwing kabami, because it is kabami that is now called, in principle, one of the main forces on avdiivka by our enemy, that is, the active operation of aviation. today we have excellent news about the elimination of three russian su fighters, but here... we are still not talking about some kind of parity in the sky, no, it not parity and this news, indeed, it made me happy on the one hand, and on the other hand, well , a little yes, let’s say, it became sad, because two su-34x were destroyed, they are front-line front-line bombers, fighters and main carriers cabs, and one su-35 , and the su-35 he accompanied them as

a guard, it is a security... aircraft, a multi-purpose fighter, its main function is protection for front-line bombers, and in this case it is in this trio, let's call them that, but here it is necessary to understand that against the background of this joyful news, with on february 16 and 17, 94 cab descents were carried out on avdiivka alone, this is... a record number of used cabs, and in total, from february 16 to 17 , an absolute record of 151 cabs was set in the entire combat zone, that is, today we have no not that there is parity, we can do nothing against russia in the airspace of the temporarily occupied territories, they have complete dominance, absolute dominance of tactical aviation, in relation to... the field, here

is another point, it is much more difficult for them in the field than in the city, that's the point, management hostilities in the city, it is accompanied by a decrease in losses, a significant decrease in losses, greater successes in promotion, why? because in the city you can grab onto every building, every building is a point of fire, it’s a cover, it’s a cover, that is, a... it’s possible to advance along the streets quarter by quarter and so on, in the field it’s not possible, the most vivid example, they already for four months they are trying to capture the small village of the steppe, which is in the field, and they are trying to capture the small village of severna, the exit from vodyanny to the north of vodyany severn, on

north-west direction from the north. everything is thin, they can't do it, they can't capture this village for four months, why? because they have to advance across the field, there is nothing for them to cling to, they are either under artillery fire, or under fire from drones and so on, although now we cannot talk about artillery at all, because we are actually fighting now without artillery, and - well, i was motivated and encouraged enough today. rang out, the statement of peter paul rang out, who declared that somewhere 500 thousand shells of 155 caliber and 300, 122 caliber were found, well i guess where they found them, it was expected, but here the question is when they will appear in our place and whether or not, can you share with us the information, khrystyna and i discussed it all the time before the broadcast, where did general pavel

find the shells? well, he didn't find them in europe, i'll say this, he found them among those countries that have been helping us with humanitarian non-lethal weapons for a long time, that's where he found them, and we will have hope that these ammunition will be sent to us very quickly, because we need them, we need them as much as possible, i would say even if we had a proportional distribution of ammunition for artillery . full-fledged, not their complete absence, well, let's say for a battery, when the battery has the ability to last an artillery battery to fire 20-30 shots per day - it's nothing, it's nothing at all, it can be said, we are fighting without artillery, and a lot depended on it, i would say yes if it continued.