august according to the old style would be makova, sunny weather is expected tomorrow with beautiful white cumulus clouds with a maximum air temperature of about 24°c. well , in just one sentence, i want to say that the heat, which i have often talked about here, will come to ukraine approximately on august 16, 17, 18, 19, in the south and east, this heat will last until independence day, but still according to the specified predictions, of course... we've finished everything, thank you natalsa didenko, you stay with espresso, then serhiy's verdict rudenkom, i say goodbye to you until tomorrow at 18:10, take care! good evening, we are from ukraine! today in the verdict program with

serhii rudenko. kursk offensive operation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to successfully push the war onto the territory of the aggressor's country. will putin's disgrace in the kursk region be a disaster for the russian policy of military terror. threat from belarus. lukashenko. ordered tanks to be brought up to the border with ukraine and sent his military to russia to practice missile strikes. are the armed forces ready to repulse the offensive from midnight? corruption scandals in the government. the deputy minister of energy was detained for bribes of 500,000 dollars, almost 5 million euros in cash were found in the supplier of the ministry of defense, when the planting season will come. glory

to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours , we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. the main issue that has been discussed in the media over the last week, and in particular on the espresso tv channel, is... the kurdish breakthrough of the armed forces of ukraine, today we will talk about this, as well as how ukraine is going to fight the moscow church in ukraine. we will have two studios throughout our broadcast, the first studio starts now and will be until 9:00 p.m. our guests will be volodymyr omelyan, mykhailo samus and maksym rozumny, in the second studio, which will start at 21:15, we will have people's deputies of ukraine yevgenia. rostislav

pavlenko and yaroslav zheleznyak. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest you watch a video about how ukrainians speak special forces in the kursk region ambushed a truck carrying special personnel of the invaders. as a result of a lightning operation, the machine was destroyed along with the manpower. let's see how it all turned out.

friends, throughout our broadcast, we are working on our platforms on youtube and facebook, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube, please take part in our survey, today we are asking you this, will the course operation of the armed forces ukraine a disaster for russia? yes no if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote on 0800-200. 11381, if you think and believe, like volodymyr zelenskyi, that the kurdish operation of the armed forces of ukraine will be a disaster for russia, no (0800-211-382). please vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. i would like to introduce our first guest today, this is volodymyr omelyan, politician, diplomat, serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, former minister of infrastructure of ukraine, mr. volodymyr. i congratulate you, thank you

for being with us today, good evening, mr. sergey, i am also very glad to be your guest. well, first of all, let's start with the situation in kursk region, because over the last week. there was a lot of information about what is happening there, how everything is happening there, at first it was more information that came from russian propaganda channels, today already volodymyr zelenskyi, oleksandr syrskyi speak directly about the fact that the armed forces of ukraine are conducting an offensive on enemy territory. zelensky believes that the kursk operation of the armed forces of ukraine will be a disaster for putin's war against ukraine. let's listen to what and how the president says. we see how russia under putin is actually moving. 24 years ago there was the kursk disaster, the symbolic beginning of his reign, and now it is clear that

kurdsk is also the end for him. the disaster of his war, as always happens with those who despise people and any rules. russia brought... war to others, now it is coming home, ukraine has always wanted only peace, and we will definitely ensure peace. mr. volodymyr, do you think that the kursk operation will be a disaster for putin's war in ukraine? as a military man, i do not have the right to comment on the details of this operation, but nevertheless, it has certainly become a shock, and this is evident from the reaction of the kremlin, it is evident, by the way. the reactions of our allies and again the issue of the russian-ukrainian war became top news in the western media and, by the way, in the asian media , the planning of this operation is also necessary and , frankly speaking, glaucoms the syrian because

he took into account previous mistakes having a very limited resources, believe me, we at the front in other areas feel it very well and we feel it very much. not easy, but nevertheless, he found these resources in order to make an absolutely lightning-fast, unexpected strike on russian territory. the war has been transferred to the territory of russia, this is probably the key meaning, we have shown the worthlessness and cowardice of the kremlin regime, we have shown that we can easily seize russian territory and continue to do so, because if glavkom reported about 1000 km yesterday, today... the list of populated areas increased and so did i i understand that we also take into account russian mistakes, because our logistics are not stretched, but are connected to the ukrainian border as much as possible, and we will not have problems with providing for our troops who are there, provided that there is no unconditional

support from the western allies, but the west too, spread its wings, they are enthusiastic about this operation, we saw it both from the side of the americans... who arrived in kyiv yesterday, as well as from the side of the western press, the german high-ranking officials believe that they have no problem, that the german leopards are now are repeating the path of centuries ago, and here we have in principle the unity of this issue, and we must not remember that we cannot have too much euphoria, this is a war, it is a very complex operation, it can proceed in different ways. and we have to be ready for any moment, but nevertheless, what happened is definitely positive. against the background of the ukrainian offensive, mr. volodymyr, the dictator putin declared that negotiations with ukraine cannot be held now, well, it is understood that putin tried to explain that

any efforts of the ukrainian side, of the ukrainian army, the offensive in kurshchyna will not change their decision and their actions, let's listen to what... putin said. now it is clear why the kyiv regime refuses our proposals to return to the peaceful settlement plan, as well as the proposals of interested and neutral mediators. apparently, the enemy wants to improve its negotiating position in the future. mr. volodymyr, what putin offered to ukraine was an ultimatum, in fact, it was a capitulation plan, to surrender three or four oblasts, plus crimea, to withdraw the armed forces of ukraine from donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia regions, now says that,

well, you see that ukraine does not want to follow our proposals, and consider our proposals, ukraine is now advancing in kursk. region will obviously deploy troops in the belgorod region, what does putin want? you know, it's hard to say for sure here, but let's push back. from what putin has, putin has clear problems with reserves, when they always emphasized that russia is infinite, both in terms of human potential and military potential, this was a bluff we see that even a breakthrough in the kursk region, they have nothing to cover and are forced not to transfer new, i don't know, brigades, divisions, armies there, to bake them from other areas of the front, and they are from... so to speak, they are not in the best condition, secondly, the russian economy is bursting at

the seams, this is already stated by the high factors of the russian federation absolutely publicly and frankly, that things are going so well that soon everything will become even worse, and the third factor is that despite putin's attempts to cement russia from within, he managed it through terror and intimidation and bribery, nevertheless... a situation where hundreds of russian, so-called conscripts are captured, it is capable of undermining the consensus of the russian nation to support this war, because it is one thing when on convicts are sent to the front and those who signed the contract voluntarily are sent, it is a completely different thing when young people suffer there to the point from the point of view of a russian citizen. and we definitely see the reaction of china, which is also extremely concerned

about the fact of striking a nuclear state, china's de facto ally, and yuri, de facto, has no answer, well , no nuclear one, it was obvious that putin would never use nuclear weapons, but the fact that there was no reaction for a week, that is, in fact, it resembles such the paralysis of the second world war, its... next part from the 41st year, when stalin closed in on himself and did not interfere at all in the course of military operations during the attack of germany, so there was the same situation here, when putin and the kremlin did not know how to react and what to do, they still hoped that it was just random drgs there, who came for a week or two to run around the russian territory, as it was last year, i will make up a story about the russian liberation army, or rdk, like hers. but the matter here is serious, we really, i see, are determined to move the war

to the territory of the russian federation, and putin now has a very difficult history, but a difficult history remains with us as well. we must not forget that despite the fact that we captured 1,000 km of russian territory, as was announced yesterday, today it is already more evident. the russians captured more than 100,000 km of ukrainian territory territory therefore, knowing the russians, everything is about an equal exchange. it will not be necessary to speak at all, the war will continue, but in russia there are fewer and fewer resources, when they say that they are ready to fight to the end, they are bluffing. another interesting reaction, mr. volodymyr, from our western partners, united states senators richard blumenthal and lynsey graham, during their visit to kyiv, called the breakthrough of the armed forces of ukraine in the kursk region a historic one. let's hear what they said. senators of the united states of america. this is

a major breakthrough, this is good news. it big news that promises even more potential breakthroughs. now the russians will retreat. they will take troops from other directions. they will use resources on this front that has been created. but the main news is that ukraine is now on the territory of russia. what do i think about kursk? bold, bright, beautiful, keep it up? putin started it, and we have to help with weapons so that the ukrainian military has the weapons it needs to win a war it cannot afford to lose. mr. volodymyr, will our position change? western partners regarding the possibility of using western weapons on the territory of the russian federation. because if ukraine has shown courage and skill

in entering the territory of the russian federation, it means that the ukrainian army can go forward, but it needs weapons, western weapons, which will allow to consolidate successes, well, at least in the kursk region, well, any army can go ahead if she has sufficient resources and is prepared for this. composition , including the team, but when we talk about this situation, there are several aspects, on which should be paid attention to, first of all , over the last year... we again began to bring good news, and in particular from the battlefield. unfortunately, before that, there were not many such good news, we were either mired in a positional war, and since the beginning of this year, we have been retreating little by little. plus problems with corruption, problems with many other things, with the economy, with reforms that have clearly

stalled, they all created a negative background for ukraine for our allies. and sometimes it seemed that it was easier to just somehow look in some other direction, but not to ukraine. now the situation has changed. we see that ukraine is once again being admired, thanks to the situation with this operation in the kurdish direction, we see that the americans and europeans finally stop being afraid of putin and the kremlin, they understand that it is possible to strike on russian territory. on russian territory, it remains that this nuance is still the use of attack guns and long-range german missiles, which the taus still cannot transmit in any way, but german tanks can safely drive around the kursk region and there are a lot of other western weapons and no one is making any problems from all this, secondly, the domestic political situation is american, so biden once again

confirmed his commitment to democracy and his vision of reform. of the american state, when he left the election, he messed up all the cards for trump, and we see that camila is gaining momentum and again becoming the likely, likely winner of this presidential race, and it shocks the russians, because all their plans and strategies that were being built to reach in any way until november, and there we will somehow come to an agreement, now they can be completely destroyed, actually i... i really hope that this wave raised by the armed forces of ukraine will now push our allies to give us more weapons, because for a successful offensive, its deployment and we need a lot of high-quality weapons to secure captured positions, secondly, we will finally see american veterans, released from the ranks of the armed forces of the united

states, germany, and other countries, who will sit behind ukrainian f-16s and there will not be ten of them. hundreds and put an end to this war, that's all it is possible to do quickly, for this we need a lot of support from the west and a lot of commitment of the ukrainian authorities to the course that they, about which they constantly talk, not by words, but by deeds to show that we not only have the best armed forces in the world, but we have the best ukrainian government in the world, and we have the best ukrainian reformers in the world to take an example from ukraine in... this, and not only in vilnius. by the way, you mentioned corruption, the fact that our western partners look at what is happening in the ukrainian government, literally against the background of this of a successful exchange rate breakthrough, we saw how deputy minister of energy oleksandr hale was detained for a bribe of 500,000 dollars

for solving issues related to the transfer of equipment from the east of ukraine to volyn. and three accomplices pass there, and the higher anti-corruption court chose preventive measures, as for this hale and his accomplices, he is accused of accepting a bribe in the amount of 500 thousand dollars, well, i think that somewhere around how much he has there and they ask for bail, alternative pledge instead of sizo, here is such corruption at such a high... level, although they say that the sbu says that the scheme was revealed with the help of the minister of energy of ukraine herman galushchenko, which sounds a little strange, frankly speaking, that he has a deputy, and his boss reveals this scheme of bribery, and somehow it looks like

herman galushchenko didn't even know who oleksandr heilo was, and... uh, he passed the sap and nabu, what do you say from the practice of working in the government and regarding management of the ministry, can it be that the minister does not know what he is doing deputy, and all the more so because the minister told sap and nab that it is necessary to deal with this deputy, because there is a corruption component, well, of course, it is out of the question, that the minister did not know what his deputy was doing, but... . the prime minister did not have information about what was being done in a separate department subordinate to him. moreover, if we talk about the fact that the state is run by five or six managers, what is emphasized. president, then five or six managers cannot fail to know what their representatives do, because i do not believe that any minister can now recruit his own team and bear personal

responsibility for it. this is a scandal, unfortunately, we have enough of such scandals every day, and it hurts a lot here at the front, because when people give their most valuable lives, they hope that those who are in the rear, who... declare themselves a part of the diplomatic, economic, cultural and many other fronts there, is really engaged in the sole victory of ukraine in this war. but, judging by the trunks of cash, new real estate, houses, apartments, cars, far from everyone is engaged in this, the most unfortunate thing is, perhaps, that only a few, and i mean among the authorities, among ordinary people, we are grateful, because ukrainians still sincerely donate, despite the fact that... the economic situation is worsening and the opportunities for such a volunteer are becoming fewer and fewer, so i would still like the president

to bring his team to their senses, because i understand that he plans to go to the elections, and the elections still have to be reached somehow, and the questions in the elections will be very painful, what exactly happened before the war, during the war, and who was doing what, and i... members of his team, and like mr. volodymyr, the military reacts to what is happening now in power, well, in particular , regarding these trunks of cash, bribers, corrupt people, because, well, almost every two, three days such stories are repeated and they gain publicity thanks to sapa nabo. well, look, we, we are in shock, that is, we are in shock, first of all, from the fact that we constantly hear on tv that the armed forces of ukraine are all... provided with shells, drones, soldiers, cars, well, everyone has there with a margin of twice as much, it not true, still 90, in some cases 50%,

but no less you have to buy either with your own funds, or it is a volunteer, or the help of some business structures, or benefactors or volunteer funds, the state provides everything quite modestly, and i would... wanted to also publicly appeal to colleagues from the drone army, when you supply drones to the military, please check what quality they are and whether they really meet the current needs, because when even well-known drone drones that have high performance have to resolder every government drone , well, me i think this is a bad result of work and tax payers money spent, and the stories when people steal during war, when other people die for this country, well... well here in the military there is one answer, but unfortunately it is not suitable for television and is punishable by law. thank you, mr. volodymyr,

for the conversation, it was a politician, diplomat, former minister of infrastructure volodymyryan, and now a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine. friends, we continue to work live on the tv channel, as well as on ours platforms on youtube and facebook. for those who are currently watching us live on these platforms, please don't forget to support like this video and also vote in our poll, take part in our poll, today we ask you this, will the kurdish military operation be a disaster for to russia, as volodymyr zelenskyi says, yes, no, if yes, then, respectively, vote yes, no, no, if you have your own opinion, a separate opinion, please write it in the comments. this video, if you watch us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote on 0800 211 381, if you think that the kurdish operation of the armed forces will be

a disaster for russia, no 0800 211 382. next , we have mykhailo samus, military expert, deputy director of the research center armies, conversions and disarmament, director of the new geopolitics research network. mr. mykhailo, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. greetings, glad to see you. well, first of all , let's start with the course topic, with the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine on enemy territory. as the head of the armed forces says forces of ukraine oleksandr syrskyi. during the last day in the kurdish direction, the ukrainian army advanced to a depth of one to 3 km, 44 square km of territory was taken under control, i will emphasize this once again during the day. assyrian about it. reported to zelenskyi, let's listen to what the head of the armed forces of ukraine said. today, 74 points are under our control, battles are being fought all over. front,

the situation, despite the high intensity of hostilities, is under control, the introduction of operations will continue. mr. mykhailo, is it possible for a military operation in kursk region? grow into a full-fledged front in a full-scale war of ukraine against russia or russia against ukraine? well, in principle, this operation has already grown, that is, it is a military operation, it is not a raid or the actions of the drg of special operations forces. and so on, this is a military operation, and a military operation, as a rule, has its goals, strategic or operational goals, which then have an impact on strategic goals. we don't know what those goals are, but if we assume that this operation is only part of a higher level operation, that is, a design, and that design can include the actions of the armed forces of ukraine, or the defense forces of ukraine, not only in the kurdish

direction, but also in other on... frameworks, then it can be assumed that it can really grow, that this operation can grow, or after it, or in parallel , other operations may be included, which could really become a military disaster for russia, of course, it is still too early to talk about what operations may be, in which directions, because now only the initial stage of the actual kurdish operation is underway, and it is very successful, but further will be difficult. periods where it is very important to withstand the onslaught that will obviously increase from the russian side, although they are still ineffectively building up their reserves, because they are trying not to withdraw the main forces from the donbass, especially from the pokrovsky direction, because we heard how putin said that, on the contrary , they are increasing the pace, they have increased the pace of the offensive in the pokrov direction by one and a half times, which means that he has given the task to his generals to continue

the offensive. in donbas despite the fact that is happening in the kurdish direction, in my opinion, this is good news, because this is a wrong decision from a military point of view, from a military point of view, they should have stopped now, in principle, a not very, let's say , promising offensive in donbas, because well, few people believe that russia can occupy the entire donbas by the end of the 24th year, although putin hysterically seeks this from the generals, the generals seem to promise him this. but it's not realistic, that is, if they were doing the right thing, they would have to stop the operation in donbas, to suspend it, transfer several divisions to the kurtsk region and hit the flanks of the ukrainian group, which is now deepening and spreading, but to be clear, such operations that the armed forces of ukraine are currently conducting depend on the security of the guard, the defense of the flanks , i.e. the grouping that is deepening must be provided with the same

grouping as the offensive. on the flanks to provide security against enemy breakthroughs, so until russia sends several divisions to the kursk region, they will not will be able to stop the ukrainian offensive, because with akhmats, some kind of collective solyankas, which they are now scraping on all fronts, because putin has set two tasks, which must be fulfilled by the generals, who are mutually exclusive, to continue the offensive in donbas and neutralize the threat. kursk region, it is impossible if we do not stop the offensive in donbas, but now let's see how the russians will act, i think that they will make the wrong decisions and drive the situation into a situation close to disaster. and why, why, mr. mykhailo, the russians fell into this trap, that is, it is a misunderstanding of the situation, or the arrogance of putin, that he and his army of military leaders,

that they did not count on the fact that... the ukrainians would go on the offensive in kurshchyna, the reasons for this, why they missed this moment, and, if this is the situation in kurshchyna, then it can be repeated in voronet oblast and bryansk oblast, that is, they are not ready for the fact that the war will return to their home, where it came from, yes, well, they absolutely did not count on it at all such development by... they are just not mentally they allow whether they did not allow, they probably already allow, they mentally did not allow that the ukrainians could violate this holy, holy border, the holy border of the empire, as the ukrainians do, and they know that our partners are very much against the escalation of the conflict, they are our partners it was generally forbidden for a projectile to fly there, here a military group actually crosses the border and conducts...