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congratulations, the program is real on the air. and i am taras berezovyts with you. today in our program. chief of staff sirsky named the main priorities for the armed forces of ukraine. in the north of mali, mercenaries of the russian pmc wagner group were destroyed. the israel defense forces struck air strike on beirut. versions in

france, who is disrupting the olympics and why, as well as protests in venezuela and russia's military-anti-western coalition. on july 30 , the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, colonel-general oleksandr syrskyi, during a conversation with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, general charles brown, said that the priorities for ukraine remain the achievement of air superiority and the expansion of opportunities to strike enemy targets, regardless of their location. american edition of the wall street journal citing its own sources, writes that the united states has agreed to arm f-16 fighters with american-made missiles. more details about the situation at the front, further in the story. the situation at the front remains difficult

and tense. the russian federation is trying to advance as far as possible and seize new territories of ukraine. as of august 1, the enemy occupied timofiivka and advanced near krasnohorivka, panteleimonmonivka, ivanivka, zhelany, vesely, and new york. the analytical channel deep state writes about it. military expert oleksandr kovalenko says that now the sharpest and most extreme is the turkish-pokrov direction. which is a common plan for the 2024 offensive campaign for the kupanians. and the pokrovsky direction, separate, if we single it out, then this is the most dangerous section, the route 0511, along which the russians continue to move, they have, after capturing populated areas, progress, wolfishly and cheerfully, they are trying not only to advance, but also to expand the flanks, that is, the northern and southern flanks. from 05:11,

in addition to everything else, they are still trying to move along the southern part of luzovatskova on the kozeny torets river, and this is due to the fact that in this way they implement the format of the formation of the northern face, the northern flank from 05:11, precisely in order to implement. these goals, they were forced to suspend their movement and their assault actions in the area of ​​the airlift, i.e. in the direction of 05:04. therefore, the cutting of the main logistical artery from pokrovsk to kostyantynivka and yar times can be said to have been suspended for now. at the same time , the russian army is trying to implement several tasks at the same time in the turetsky pokurovsky direction, he says.

expert: the first task is to reach the left bank of the vovchiya river and the karlivsky reservoir to the south of 05:11. yasnobrodivka, in particular , no phenomenal movement is taking place, in turn they are trying to fulfill the second task, which is to advance at 05:11 in the direction of pokrovsk, and this also requires them to use the appropriate resource, they did not leave the goal of exiting at 05 04, so they they keep a corresponding resource near the elevation in order... to start assault operations when it will be beneficial for them, and at the same time they try to press in the area of ​​the turkish agglomeration, not the turkish one itself, some assault units can only break through there, which are immediately neutralized, but this also requires an appropriate resource , that is

, the russian command is trying to implement four combat tasks at the same time in the turkish-pokrov region, and they... are unlikely to be able to implement the four combat tasks with the resources concentrated there in the near future, by the end of the summer, or there in september and so on and so on. according to oleksandr kovalenko, the russians do not have sufficient forces and means to close the issue with pokrovsky, vozdvizhenka, the turkish agglomeration, and turkestki itself by the end of the summer. especially since now the turkish agglomeration is facing a rather difficult period of assault operations for them. begin to rest on local natural and also artificial barriers, this is primarily, if we are talking about the southern part of the agglomeration, this is the new york area, this is the crooked torets river, and besides crooked end, it's also uh, it's precisely the areas

where the industrial zone is located. the industrial zone is a rather difficult, difficult location for the russians to carry out assault operations. so. the same applies to the eastern part of the turkish agglomeration. in view of this, the expert believes that it is unlikely that the occupiers will be able to open the sumy and kharkiv directions as well. as before, they will use sabotage and intelligence groups, they lack neither human nor mechanized resources. yes, we are currently on a defensive strategy. we are now respond to our actions, they correspond to the defensive strategy, but at the same time we exhaust ourselves in... we will gradually move from a defensive-type strategy to a strategy of offensive and counter-offensive actions. carefully, step by step, but all this will depend on how the exhaustion of the enemy will occur and, accordingly, at what exact moments on which bridgeheads

a system of counterattacks can begin, which will gradually turn into a full-fledged counteroffensive. come on on july 8, the insurgent movement called the permanent strategic framework for peace and security and development, operating in the north of mali, announced the destruction of dozens of government soldiers and mercenaries of the russian wagner group. later it became known about the destruction of almost 80 russian mercenaries, including several commanders. gurmin of the defense of ukraine noted that after the events in mali, russia's authority in africa... will significantly decline. more details about this incident in our story. tuareg rebels defeated a group of wagnerites in the african republic of mali. this was reported by reuters on july 27.

it is noted that in two days of fighting near algerian border rebels lost two of their soldiers. another 10 were wounded. however , dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded and on... as reported by unian with reference to the russian forces in the private military company wagner , they confirmed the death of their commander during the defeat of the convoy in mali. from july 22 to 27, the fighters of the 13th assault detachment of the group fought fierce battles with militants on the outskirts of tin zautin settlement. serhii shevchenko was in charge of the call sign pond. on the first day , his group with... most of the islamists and forced others to flee, but the radicals were able to regroup and increase their numbers to a thousand people thanks to a sandstorm. the death of the well-known propagandist of the russian gray zone channel nikita fedinin, who went to mali to make a series

of reports on the activities of the mali army, was also confirmed. the russian media predict that 20 to 50 russians could have died as a result of the fighting on the malian-algerian border. military personnel, however, as the bbc writes, this figure may be much higher. the bbc contacted the former a serviceman of the wagner pkk. this source says at least 82 mercenaries were killed. another person who was in malia, with whom the bbc used to communicate, stopped contacting him, a memorial candle appeared on his mother's page in the vkontakte social network. on the second day , the losses in this african country will be actively discussed in chat rooms of relatives of former mercenaries. it is known that the malian rebels managed to damage at least one mi-24 helicopter.

the main directorate of intelligence of the ministry of defense also confirmed their involvement in the defeat of the wagnerites of ukraine. thus, his representative andriy yusof said that the rebels in mali received the necessary information that helped them conduct an operation against the wagner pmc mercenaries. he told about this on the air of the telethon, notes the public. the rebels received the necessary information and more. information that allowed a successful military operation against russian war criminals. we will definitely not talk about the details at the moment, there will be a continuation. representative gur noted that now the world has seen the true potential of the russian army and the wagnerites. on a certain stage, they launched very active activities in the african direction, not only with their mercenaries. they tried to solve geopolitical and economic problems. the question of changing or supporting certain governments, and today the whole world sees that this is no longer the same

potential, and russia's capabilities are far from the same, which means that new orders and counting on them as a tool for solving problems there will be less in the region. yusov also commented on the position of the malian rebels to hand over captured wagnerites to ukraine. he noted that it is sensitive information, but everything ukraine does happens within the limits. international law and necessary procedures. the defeat by the nomadic tribes of the tuareg berbers, wagner's russian convoy, was a powerful blow to the reputation of the russian private military company, and not only it, but also the russian war machine in general. the fact that the tuaregs most likely used the help of foreign special services, which guided them and prepared this lightning strike. the ambush became clear from the very beginning. in the end, all doubts were dispelled after the official statement

representative of the ukrainian military intelligence , yusov, that the toregs received the necessary help from the guru. the fact that it was possible to organize such a lightning ambush and destroy more than 80 wagner militants, including many leaders of this criminal group, who participated, among other things, in operations in the ukrainian donbas. is a major victory for the tuareg, who are known to be competing for the creation of their own state with the pro-russian regime in mali. also , the influence of france, which had its representation here, starting from 18th century, and in the end, under pressure from russia, it was forced to withdraw its troops from all african countries. after 2021 place. the french were firmly occupied by russia. under the leadership of vatashko

chovik wagner yevgeny prigozhin, he managed to build a huge empire that sucked gold, money, drugs, and diamonds from the african continent, on which his entire criminal empire was actually built, which later, after the death of prigozhin, began to be torn to pieces by russian generals . in particular, the already retired minister of defense sergey shoyku. a powerful blow to the positions of the wagnerites may also lead to the fact that the management of this private military company will be forced to withdraw part of its mercenaries from the territory of ukraine in order to strengthen its representation on the african continent. in any case, ukrainian military intelligence won another important victory. and not only military, but also image, after all. as we understand, war is not only a war on the battlefield, but also a war in

the information space. in the evening of july 29 , the israel defense forces tzahal attacked of an air strike against beirut. the target of the strike was hezbollah commander fuad shukra, who is believed to be responsible for the deadly rocket attack on the town of majaal shams in... in the dutch heights. also, on the morning of july 31, it became known that one of the leaders of the palestinian group hamas, ismail, was eliminated in tehran, the capital of iran. this further increased fears of an impending war between israel and hezbollah and iran, in addition to the already existing armed confrontation. more about the situation in the middle east, further in our story. army defense of israel during the attack on the capital

of lebanon, beirut, eliminated the most senior military commander of the lebanese pro-iranian group hezbollah, fuad. shukra, the israel defense forces announced this on july 31 on the x social network. according to tzahal, shukr is involved in attacks on israel, killing children, and was responsible for hezbollah's modern weapons. shukar has directed hezbollah attacks on the state of israel since october 8. he was the commander responsible for the murder of 12 children in mashdol. shamsi in northern israel on saturday night and also for the killing of many israelis and foreign nationals. he was also responsible for most of hezbollah's most advanced weapons, including precision-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long- range missiles and uavs.

israel's defense minister yoav galland announced the elimination of the top militant. shukras is on fuad's hands. muhsina, the blood of many israelis. tonight we have shown that the blood of our people has a price and that there is no place beyond the reach of our forces in this regard. the blow to the lebanese capital, israel inflicted quality revenge for the killing of israeli children that happened the day before. so on july 27 , a rocket hit the stadium in the town of majdal shams, located on the dutch heights controlled by israel. children were there. and teenagers, 12 of them died. israel is accused of this terrorist attack by hezbollah, which has been constantly shelling the north of israel for many months. hezbollah rejected these accusations, saying that the missile was not theirs. at the same time, as reported by reuters, turkey said that it can enter israel to help the palestinians. about this turkish president recep tayyip

erdogan said. we must be strong. so that israel could not do these things to palestine, just as we entered karabakh, just as we entered libya, we could do the same to them. there is no reason why we can't do it, we have to be strong so we can take these steps. erdogan did not specify what kind of interventions he is proposing. representatives of the justice and development party also did not provide details about erdogan's comments. israel, in turn, did not remain silent, as reported. litiko, minister foreign minister of israel israel kaz demanded to exclude turkey from nato because of their threats. in a world of turkish president erdogan's threats to invade israel, his dangerous rhetoric, foreign minister israel katz has instructed diplomats to urgently engage with all nato members, calling

for turkey's condemnation and expulsion from the alliance. on the night of july 28-29 , unknown persons cut the cables in electrical cabinets, which resulted in damage to the network of communication operators in the territory of six departments of france. and even before that, on july 26 , on the first day of the opening of the olympics , a large-scale failure occurred on the french railway. france's national operator sncf announced a series of intentional damages. on three railway lines, in addition, it became known about a letter with possible traces of the plague, which unknown attackers sent to the head of the french ministry of internal affairs , gérald de mardin, along with threats. french investigators are leaning towards the version that left-wing extremists are behind the sabotage. more on all this in our story. in france during

olympic games. organize acts of vandalism, so in nine departments of the country unknown people cut fiber optic cables that provide broadband services throughout france. this was reported to bloomberg on july 29. a number of fiber optic cables carrying broadband across france were cut overnight in the latest attack on the country's infrastructure ahead of the olympics. french federation of telecommunications. reported that fiber optic cables were cut in nine departments in total including ardèche, ot, boujduron, drôme, roue vaucluse, marne, maas and oase. it said the provider was using alternative routes to service customers, although redirecting traffic may have resulted in slower speeds. other operators also said

their networks were affected. they are also working on redirecting traffic. a representative of the paris prosecutor's office noted that law enforcement officers are analyzing the situation with regional colleagues. and although the olympic games were not affected by the damage to the cables, this is already the second sabotage of the french infrastructure over the past few days. on the 26th. in july, saboteurs cut and set fire to specialized fiber-optic cables necessary for the safe operation of the railway network. reuters reported that 100,000 people were unable to board their trains that day, and another 150,000 experienced delays but eventually reached their destinations. friday's cross-border attacks damaged infrastructure along lines connecting paris to cities such as lille. north, bordeaux in the west and strasbourg in the east. another attack on the line paris-marseille was disrupted. on july 29, the movement of all trains was resumed.

french interior minister gérald darmanen said france was leaning towards the possibility that far-left extremists were behind sabotage on the railway ahead of the opening ceremony of the olympic games, reuters reported. we identified the profiles of several people - dermanein told the french tv channel. given that the sabotage had the characteristics of far-left groups. large-scale sabotage that literally chained france after the opening of the paris olympics, also testify to the failure of french counter-intelligence, although a russian agent who worked under the guise of a chef in a michelin chain restaurant was detained the day before. with the name gryazno, french counter-intelligence failed to prevent acts of sabotage and sabotage. whether the french leftists participated in them independently is

a question to which the french investigation must give an answer. however, it cannot be ruled out that they acted under the direction of the russian special services. well, so far, the summer olympics in paris have earned a solid reputation the most scandalous starting with the opening ceremony, which...upset many christians around the world and ending with the general security background, many olympians were robbed, including members of the ukrainian national team. on july 28 , another presidential election was held in venezuela. after the announcement of nicolas maduro as the winner in the capital. mass protests began in the country of caracas, the police and military opened fire, there are wounded and dead. according to the local cec, maduro

allegedly received 51% of the vote. instead, his main challenger, edmundo gonzalez, and opposition leader maría corina machado said they had received voting results showing gonzalez with more than half the votes and a clear victory. elections interestingly, these elections are part of an agreement between the united states and the ruling regime. last october , the maduro government and the opposition, brokered by the united states , concluded the so-called barbados agreement. according to it, part of the sanctions were lifted from venezuela, in particular, on the export of oil to the united states. instead, maduro obliged hold democratic elections. sanctions. was removed, but later the president of vnsela began to trick. on the one hand, with the help of administrative resources, he prevented

the leaders of the opposition coalition one platform, maria corina machado and corina joris, from running in the elections, and also tried to mobilize his own electorate with the help of hooray patriotism, declaring claims to the territory of neighboring guyana. such actions almost led to proof. armed conflict between the two countries, many democratic countries of latin america have expressed doubts about honesty and transparency elections and called on the venezuelan authorities to provide written confirmation of the vote counting results. what did maduro not do? it is not surprising that the election results were immediately recognized by maduro's old allies, russia, china, iran, serbia, as well as the socialists. regimes of bolivia and nicaragua. according to analysts of the institute for the study of war, the united states of america, russia, by all means.

is trying to demonstrate its success in creating an anti-western military coalition allegedly led by it. this time for a more militant effect was used celebration of the navy day. how it was, further in our story. russia used navy day to showcase relations with a number of non-western nations as part of efforts to create an allegedly russian-led group. states to unite against the west, this was reported by the institute for the study of war. ships of the navy, china, algeria and india took part in the main naval parade in st. petersburg, and representatives of the 31st state, including azerbaijan, venezuela, vietnam, cuba, libya, myanmar, syria, qatar, uae and south africa participated in events in st. petersburg. analysts also

draw attention to the fact that russian deputy defense minister oleksandr fomin met with the commander of the chinese navy hujong ming and the commander of the myanmar navy win hein to discuss further naval cooperation between these countries and the russian federation, and russian foreign minister serhiy on july 28, lavrov met with the minister of foreign affairs of malaysia, muhammad hassan, and agreed on the expansion of russian-malaysian diplomatic contacts, he notes. and the fact that the russian federation has recently intensified its cooperation with a number of these countries including venezuela, cuba, india and vietnam. as noted by the russian service of the bbc in the russian federation , there were no ships in the defense ministry at the parade until the day that ukraine claimed to have damaged or destroyed them during the last year of the full-scale invasion. during the broadcast of the main naval parade in honor of navy day, only two ships were shown

. of the navy, these were the corvette mercury, which since 2024 has been performing tasks at the russian military base in the syrian tartus and the frigate admiral hryhorovych. but the black sea fleet itself was mentioned twice during reports of fleet commanders to the commander-in-chief of the navy. according to the announcer of the broadcast, servicemen of units of the black sea fleet were currently on combat duty to protect the southern borders of russia and were performing tasks. during a special military operation. at the same time, none of the ships that, according to the ukrainian side, were damaged or destroyed in the black sea last year, including forces from other navies, were demonstrated. according to the calculations of journalists, from 2022 the ukrainian military attacked more than 20 russian ships and auxiliary vessels of the russian federation. at the same time , the british ministry of defense confirmed that since the beginning of the war, ukraine has damaged or destroyed

26... ships of the black sea fleet of the russian federation. also in april 2024, the spokesman of the naval forces of the ukrainian armed forces, dmytro platenchuk, reported that during the full-scale invasion , the russian black sea fleet lost about a third of its ships. if we speak in the language of numbers, we can say about a third, but the qualitative indicator is also important, so there is a lot to be done work. first of all, this applies to carriers of cruise missiles, of which the russians have a dozen square meters. black sea. naval exercises conducted by russia have become the largest since 1970. it was then that the soviet union held a large-scale naval exercise called okean-70 dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the leader of the world proletariat, vladimir ulyanov lenin.

however, the difference between then. and current training is also impressive. at that time , the naval forces of the ussr used about 100 warships. now it's theirs the number increased to 300. however, the main difference between this year's exercises and the previous ones is that the black sea fleet of the russian federation does not participate in them. and it happens for obvious reasons. more than a third of the combat staff of the black sea fleet of russia is ukrainian. defense forces in addition, the black sea fleet of russia was forced to completely leave the harbors of the occupied crimea and move to novorossiysk. the satellites also recorded the beginning of the construction of a large russian naval base at the territory of occupied abkhazia in ochamchir, where the russians plan to build a huge naval port that will be protected from ukrainian naval attacks.