resources, they are so scattered now, they must respond to these challenges, but i emphasize once again, i have no information that they will transfer their forces from the donetsk direction, our mirnograd city council is purchasing dragon's teeth with a delivery date of december 31 , attention of the 24th year, they have 4 km to the front, and they calculate the deadline for the defense structures. december, they are profiteers, sorry for the harshness of these words, well, i can’t call them in another way, that’s the most important thing, for what it is necessary to pay attention, that is, there is a stupid embezzlement of money, about how much in total there is 17 and somewhere around 40 million uah for the defense structures of mirnograd, and what were you thinking all this time, when avdiivka was still holding, the line of defense of zelensky on ocheretiny, how long did it last , what they built there, that's how they built it, that's how it was... it turned out, in general, the fact that

the guys are holding these lines there now is on the level of the border, on the border of fantasy, because a soldier repels an attack in the evening, he digs in the morning a new trench for yourself, you see, and it works the war to exhaust our soldiers, reinforcements and mobilization are thwarted by those military committees, which today the sbu caught more than a million dollars for the dams already in ukhylyan, well , that's all, well, these are the priorities of today's government. of zelenskyi's team is another way to call it the destruction of one's own army, i don't know, well, this is the vertical of the president, the head of the anti-monopoly committee, who was recently arrested for illegal enrichment and so on, he is the former head of the military administration of the donetsk region, i remember him well i met him in in the 22nd year, well, where are the defense structures, there are no defense structures, but there are full of apartments in kyiv and uzhgorod, you understand, and this is a responsibility, this is the presidential vertical, and he himself... it is president

zelensky who appoints them, this his personal responsibility for the personnel policy, which disrupts, including the construction of defense structures. no, to make a stand, promote yourself, give an interview against the background of some roadblock, this is zelensky's conspiracy. and now let him look at the footage shown by yura butusov and our soldiers, which company strongholds with russians have bathhouses with toilets, they are built in the kurshchyna, even with their corruption they build everything equally, ours don't even do that. thank you, mr. major, for the conversation, it was a major of the armed forces of ukraine, a special officer, people's deputy of ukraine of the eighth convocation, ihor lapin. next, we are already working with oleksandr hara, an expert on foreign and security policy, the center for defense strategies and a diplomat. mr. oleksandr, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, mr. sergey, thank you for the invitation. well, first of all, here we are.

we discuss the course operation for a whole week and , of course, we talk about the successes of the armed forces of ukraine. let's talk about the world's reaction to the events in kurshchyna and how this reaction will be transformed into an attitude towards putin's regime and the fact that the world is starting to look at putin's regime and russia today in a completely different way. the world knew all this, does this operation show that putin does not control russia, and this is the situation, when the ukrainian army has been conducting an operation on the territory of the russian federation for the 11th day, it shows about the fact that, in principle, behind the front line, further into the russian federation, not everything is as good as putin is trying to show to ukraine and the whole world. ugh, well, first of all

, it should be said that no matter how the military part of this operation ends, there are already certain positive political and diplomatic consequences for ukraine. the first thing, in my opinion, is that we showed that we, this war, is not a dead end, and we have the opportunity to accumulate enough forces and means to conduct offensive operations, i want to remind you that after 23- of our year american and... european partners said that you better focus on protecting what you have and not risk any such big offensive operations, we have shown that we can act much more effectively than before, achieve greater results. the second moment, the clouds thickened, so to speak, above us, and there were more and more calls to sit down at the transition table, this pushed me forward. president zelenskyi and

his office are talking about the possibility that russia will be at the negotiating table this fall year at the second peace summit, it is clear that now... this is not relevant and it is unlikely that anyone will push us and say let's think about peace, because we can't wait anymore, we are already tired, we are exhausted, we cannot help you further , as before, that is, this is also a very important point, the third point, we have shown that we can win this war, and you know, we have a very important argument, this is a logical argument, why those who say that russia is too big , and that's why you can't win at it, the answer is very pro... russia really has a lot of resources, human, material and other, but it is extremely bad at converting them into capabilities, we are not an example of converting the scarce resources that we have into capabilities, but we do it much better, and therefore, in principle, theses, they are

very important for our further diplomatic work, strategic communications, in order to reject the idea that we cannot do anything and it is time for us to go to... territorial and other concessions of the russian federation, the reaction of our westerners was actually very positive partners, they were, in my opinion, well, actually taken by surprise, i have two opposite theories, the first is that our western partners did not know what we were going to do, at least in washington, maybe in london they knew, and the actual reason for this was our reluctance to be told, don't do... this, because it can have some negative consequences, especially since we have an election campaign here, let 's be more conservative about this war, and of course, information leaks, because in 23 -th year it was one of the reasons that the russians were ready for our to our

company, the second part is the opposite, it is that our partners were still aware of a limited circle of people and indirectly, this is evidenced by the fact that... just in the last few hours there was news that the hymers destroyed several bridges in the direction of the movement of our troops in the kursk region, which means that the americans gave permission to strike not only in the border areas, as was the case near the kharkiv region, but a little more deep into russian territory, if this is true, if so, it means a change, at least a certain change in the policy of washington, maybe after a certain period of time they abandoned the senseless, counterproductive and extremely costly for ukraine policy of not allowing strikes on russian territory, the policy that led to great losses of ukrainians and the great loss of ukrainian infrastructure, so i

don't know how it actually happened, podalyak, an adviser to the office of the president of ukraine, said that the americans were aware, i don't know if it's just theses... or it actually happened, but in general, everyone is watching on the successes of the defense forces, it is common for putin's friends in the west, such as john merschemeier and sachs, who write about the fact that this was a strategic mistake of ukraine, that russia has a lot of resources and in fact we will not achieve anything militarily, i think , that it's just that they are in captivity of their illusions and their models of the world. which have shown for several years now that they are inadequate to what is actually happening, so i would say there is generally a positive reaction that is favorable for us, and of course it will all depend on to what extent we will achieve the military goals,

neither i nor any of the experts in ukraine know what the military goals of ukraine are in this operation, and this is very good, that is, it is operational security, we have shown a high class, as a government, as a civil society, to the public , as well as the expert community, no one knows, we can guess whether we are going to get out of there after a certain time, whether we are going to pay off and hold the line of defense there, or whether we are going to hold the line of defense and continue to move deep into russian territory in mobile groups, spraying their resources, therefore let's see, i only hope that our military leadership will make a decision exclusively from... a situation of military expediency, not political expediency, because the political expediency in this operation, in my opinion, is already 100% satisfied and not necessary, let's put it this way , putting political goals above the life and safety of our military and risking more

than is in principle, let's say, possible from the point of view of common sense. at the same time , the commander-in-chief of the united armed forces of nato in europe, mr. oleksandr. general christopher cavoli believes that it is very weak russia's reaction to ukraine's offensive in kursk oblast. let's listen. russia is still gathering its response to the invasion of ukraine. so far it has been only a rather slow and scattered reaction. this is partly because russia has not decided who has the authority there. the ministry of defense is responsible for military actions on the territory of ukraine, but not inside russia, correct? that is, it should be the ministry of internal affairs. mr. oleksandr, this is what you saw. the action of putin and his closest entourage to the exchange rate operation, what does this reaction indicate?

it's obviously cognitive dissonance, it's obvious that putin didn't expect it, and you know, i have a theory, remember bilousov's call to lloyd austin, and where he said that the ukrainians were planning something so terrible that they better not do it , and at first i thought that this was a possible development of an operation to eliminate one of the leaders... but a group called the russian federation, but now i assume the opinion that then the russians, seeing the accumulation of forces and means of the ukrainian defense forces on their own border, warned the americans , because in their imagination there is no ukraine, we are well, in fact, as american proxies, if washington told us something, we would certainly do it under cover. probably, if that 's true, then we just reacted the way we reacted, which is to continue... prepare the operation, start it, and maybe that's why the russians didn't prepare there,

that's my guess, but in any case - in any case, we saw the confused fuehrer of the russian mayor who, instead of a counter-terrorist operation, called the situation there, on the one hand, he really had a dilemma, who should be responsible for this operation, because if this a special military operation on the territory of ukraine, then how can the armed forces be used? the russian federation, i.e. the whole construction is pseudo, so it is not a war of the russian federation, it would collapse, and so he chose the fsb, fsb, i apologize, as the main body that will restore order, and also appointed his watcher, who is not in the hierarchy of political or there in the management of the russian federation, but is a trusted person, further, of course, that putin, putin has several dilemmas, our... operation put and i am not only talking about the fact that he needs some in a way to oppose ukraine, and precisely because of that,

it may be necessary to withdraw more resources from the hot front there in the east, and perhaps he will face a dilemma regarding the announcement of general mobilization, and this will be an even greater blow to his prestige, since it will mean that not only here are the convicts and those who were greedy for crazy money. went to kill ukrainians, but they will take everyone in a row, and in particular from large cities, including moscow and st. petersburg. it is clear that this will not increase the popularity of mr. putin. well, i also think that putin understands that in his environment, even all these comrades of the ozera cooperative, the caddies, they are not satisfied with the progress of the war, and perhaps even there, there may be after some time, if not slaughter, then certain. some opposition to his actions, i don't know if

august, which is traditionally dangerous for any power in the kremlin, will end with putin being removed, or if something, god forbid, will happen to his health, so basically, we saw his confusion, how to act, he didn't choose the right words, and plus he needed to show his friends something xi jinping kinchen-inu and the mullah in iran, because he is the head of... a nuclear force, here representatives of a country that does not exist invaded his territory, that is, in principle, all these things, they put pressure on him. john kirby, the white house national security adviser, says that putin is concerned about the situation in the kursk region and is looking for ways to counter ukraine's push north, but he is not ready to use nuclear weapons, to quote mr. alexander, john kirby. if he moves there. troops, he's somewhat concerned about what's going on, i don't know whether it qualifies as drunk or not, but he

is definitely responding to what is happening in kursk oblast, but we haven't seen, haven't heard any escalating rhetoric, especially regarding nuclear weapons in recent days, kirby noted. as mr. oleksandr, here is to explain putin's reaction and, in general, the reaction of the russian leadership, which until now has been speaking out of hand. including dmitry medvedev, that if there is a threat to the territory of the russian federation, they will use their military doctrine, according to which they can... to use nuclear weapons if it threatens the territorial integrity of the russian federation. why do we not see such a reaction from putin, does this mean that these red lines, which the kremlin talked about for so long, simply disappeared, they do not exist, and now, in principle, the whole world understands that putin and medvedev are the ones who constantly is bluffing well, you

know, the white house spokeswoman, actually. said that if putin did not escalate the situation, meaning nuclear escalation, that does not mean that it will not happen in the future, and in this way, she explained why the policy of banning strikes by american missile systems on russian territory is still unchanged, and perhaps putin and his entourage, they were simply paralyzed by the fear of what happened, understanding the possible consequences, and therefore even completely forgot about... red button, but on the other hand, there are other things, well, the first and most important thing is that the americans usually listen to rhetoric, including dmitry medvedev, who has already forgotten about this red button too, the most important thing is that they look at the possible preparation for the use of tactical nuclear weapons, by the way, the basis of the state

policy of nuclear deterrence of the russian federation. those, let's say, reasons that could lead to the use of nuclear weapons by the russian federation, there is no border crossing or seizure of some territory of the russian federation, there are other cases that could fit our case, for example, it is striking the systems and nuclear deterrent, recently we destroyed another m-22 tu-22m, strategic nuclear. and this year we struck at sprn, that is, it is a system of early warning of a missile attack, and actually, according to the doctrine, then russia could legitimately, from the point of view of russian legislation , strike ukraine, but it did not even prepare for this, and the rhetoric of course remained rhetoric, so i think that

the west understands the flexibility, the elasticity of the red lines by the russian federation, they understand that... has shown the ability to change the course of this war, i hope that the kurdish operation, this is the black swan that will bury this regime, by the russian federation, and of course that they have no choice but to support us and help with weapons and ammunition, and this is of course very relevant in the context of the elections in the united states, by the way, such a change in the position of the united states, well, if we assume that they knew that such an operation was planned. agreed to this and gave permission to strike deep into russian territory, this means that there has been a transition in the administration, in fact the formulation of policy on ukraine from jake sullivan to phil gordon, this is the advisor on national affairs security of camille harris, the vice president, and of course, if she becomes president, most likely he will head the

national security council, maybe they thought that against the background of those positive successes of the electorate. and camila harris is now a little detached from donald trump and she has a very positive dynamic, that positive news from ukraine should be added to her portfolio, and that is exactly why we can consider that aid, increasing aid to ukraine, reducing the number of restrictive regulations, this can be , invest in kamila's election campaign garis. mr. oleksandr, in parallel with our successes in kurshchyna, we... observe activity, informational activity in the international media, in particular in the american press, and the wall street journal writes about the fact that the ukrainians were allegedly involved in the undermining of nord stream ii, and all this the story broke in 22 that ukrainian

saboteurs were allegedly involved in this, and the former head of the armed forces of ukraine valery is accused of it. useful in this, well, that is, we see a sufficiently powerful, powerful attempt to submit or, let's put it this way, to present ukrainians on the international arena as saboteurs and terrorists, and obviously this is not accidental either, and despite the fact that the wall street journal has the reputation of an international media there, we still, in this situation, obviously have to accept it... as part of the informational and psychological special operation of the russians, or how ukraine should react in this situation and how the ukrainian leaders should react. to prove that it is not ukrainians who are terrorists, the terrorists are actually russians, obviously, and such a special operation that took place at the bottom of the baltic sea with

could nord stream-2 be organized by a sufficiently powerful, subversive and terrorist state, such as russia? yes, indeed, there are many technical points here, and frankly, it is simply ridiculous that on a small commercial yacht it would be possible to ... transport half a ton or more of explosives there and then, well , actually, without special equipment, mount these explosives and detonate the gas pipeline, which 15 m deep under the soil at the bottom of the sea, and it is clear that this is just, well, i would like our special services to be the maritime center that we have, indeed they are professional nice guys, but this is specific specific. environment, and frankly, i doubt that we have such professional people and the most important equipment that would allow us to do this, in any case, our partners should be

shown evidence and not just what someone said there, or in the camera recorded people with a sporty appearance who were loading something onto a yacht, that is, let's look at the fact itself, the second point, this is the positive reaction of germany itself, where it was already said, that... even if it was ukrainians, it will not in any way affect the support of ukraine, because these are unrelated things, the protection of ukraine from a genocidal war and what happened with nord stream-2. i looked at the reaction of the western expert community, american, british, and others, generally european in general, they ask questions absolutely in the ukrainian way, whether it was bad, even if it is ukrainian. it was bad to destroy the tool that putin actually used to subjugate europe, and shouldn't the opposite be done? investigation into the role of schröder, merkel and

many others who, despite, let's say, the objections of ukraine, despite the advice of the same trump, remember how at the session of the un general assembly, he nemtsev said that we protect you, and you build gas plants and you are going to buy more gas from russia, they then... smiled, so in principle, the situation is like this, let them show the evidence, let's see, i don't think that the ukrainian authorities should do more than they did, because they denied our involvement, i to be honest, i don't think that the situation was like that zelensky first gave the green light, and then stopped this operation, but someone else, be it luzhny, or budanov, i don’t know who else, simply ignored the president and decided to... carry out such an act, so it seems to me that we just have to to keep calm, not to react to these provocative things, and i absolutely agree that in a strange way this

news, it surfaced when the ukrainian military is carrying out an important mission in kursk, and of course, that it partially interrupts the information agenda in the western information market, well, you have to remember that in the early 2000s... remember, there was this whole story with chain mail, when they tried to accuse ukraine of selling chain mail to iraq, and this whole story was in the international, including the press, and many had to make excuses and explain that ukraine did not do this, but then, obviously, russian resources had more opportunities and capacities than ukrainian ones in order to heat up this topic and... and in such a way to take steps towards rapprochement ukraine's president kuchma to russia, already then the president of the russian federation. and

finally, mr. alexander, trump publicly accused biden of russia's invasion of ukraine. the candidate from the republican party stated this on elon musk's broadcast on the x platform. how do you feel about such statements. trump, this is trump's pre-election rhetoric, that he says that everything that happened before me, or everything that happened before my possible arrival, is all wrong, biden is to blame for everything, or is it, there is some common position there of the conditional republican parties, and republicans also believe that if it were not for biden, the situation in ukraine and between russia and ukraine would have developed in a completely different way. i think that this is trump's stream of consciousness, which his associates, the maga eyes, let's say, this nato, and of course

ordinary americans, republicans, are happy to pick up. which refer to trump, or rather to the trump cult. i don't think there is any doubt that russia is the only one to blame for attacking ukraine among conscious, traditional republicans. i'm not talking about the democrats. therefore, this is an exclusive pre-election rhetoric. second, you know, we live in a, let's say, a world where the ideas of the enlightenment of... based on reason, on logic-based thinking, they're in decline right now, because when trump says, if i were president, putin would did not attack ukraine, in english it is called an unreal past, that is, it is such a thing that simply cannot be verified, because in history we cannot set experiments from rewinding, that is why it is used, and unfortunately, i did not

particularly see , someone to protest. yes indeed under trump, there was no escalation of russian aggression against ukraine, there was not much, including, for example, an attack on israel by hamas, hamas terrorists, but this does not mean that trump restrained it, because there are certain processes, the same the russian federation was accumulating forces and means, preparing, and thus undermining our statehood in other ways, and was actually trying to put pressure on us through the minsk agreements. the united states was not very interested in getting involved in this story at the time, so i think we should just take it as rhetoric, although i absolutely sure that in trump's head it was like that, that he is the best president of the united states of all time, that everyone fears him, that he can solve any problem, because he is unpredictable, because he can, well, actually threaten

anyone, whatever that is, he is the kind of person who does not base his actions on reasoning and logic, who can change his mind, who can come up with any plan at the last minute, and that is exactly why i do not believe that he has any real plan in ukraine, i think that he is just thinking to meet with putin and zelensky at the same table, and with the power of charisma and threats to achieve something, and what to achieve, well, for sure, he still does not... can't imagine. thank you, mr. oleksandr, for the conversation. it was oleksandr khara, a diplomat, and friends, we continue to work live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. throughout our broadcast, we ask you about the following: can the orthodox church become independent from the russian orthodox church. 0800 211 381, if you watch us on tv and have a smartphone, if you think that the uoc can become

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volodymyr karamurza and his family to the white house to celebrate his return to america. volodymyr spent 2.5 years of unjust imprisonment in russia for speaking out against russia's war in ukraine. today, his family is whole again. how are you, mr. volodymyr? you perceive the efforts of the united states of america to find good russians, and according to tradition, probably since time immemorial. of the soviet union to create or try to maintain this image of some group of people who can return to their homeland and change everything there. this is the soviet mythology. i have the impression that biden supports a certain, well, phantom of sovietism and soviet dissidence, because...