and people somehow don't see the difference, but there is a difference, dear friends, but now it's the turn of the news, kateryna shirokopoya appears, what happened in the country and the world, katya, you have a word. greetings, laso, andriy, in a moment i will tell you what is burning so uncontrollably in russia and whether the electricity blackout schedules in ukraine will return. kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio for news time on the spresso tv channel. the russians attacked the kyiv region with drones that night, the air defense destroyed all enemy targets. fragments of flames fell outside the population centers.

inform in the regional military administration. fortunately, no one was hurt. no hits to residential or infrastructure objects were recorded. and in general, the russians launched 11 shaheds across ukraine during the night. our defenders of the sky destroyed all drones in mykolaiv region, cherkasy region, vinnytsia region, kyiv region and four more eastern regions. this was reported in the air force. the enemy attacked from the kursk direction and primorsko-akhtarsk in russia. three people were injured as a result of an enemy attack in the kherson region. the occupiers targeted educational institutions, shops and residences quarters 49 private houses, gas pipelines, farm buildings, cars and agricultural machinery were damaged. this was announced by the head of the regional military administration oleksandr prokudin. the russians inflicted a'. airstrikes on kamianskyi and

gulyaipol in zaporizhzhia, also shelled robotin and levadne. this was announced by the head of the regional military administration , ivan fedorov. during the day, the occupiers ransacked the zaporizhia region more than 300 times, destroying residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. fortunately, no one was hurt. and the explosions destroyed the bridge over the seim river in the village of karysh in kursk oblast - reports. russian media. this was the last crossing through which the enemy organized logistics. therefore, the russian military remained cut off between the river and the ukrainian border. the video was published on social networks. we are waiting for official confirmation from the armed forces of ukraine. and again a round number. already more than 600 thousand occupiers have been boiling in hell since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion. just yesterday, the defense forces destroyed

another 1,120 occupiers, and with them they razed theirs to ashes scrap metal, namely five tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, 48 ​​artists, 55 cars, four anti-aircraft guns, two anti-aircraft vehicles and 17 units of special equipment muscovites, and forever landed five cruise missiles and 57 drones. the general staff reminds that all data are approximate. a traction substation of the krasnoyarsk railway is on fire in russia, in the kemerovo region. this is reported by the local media. train traffic has been stopped for now, the nearest city of marinsk is completely without electricity. the cause of the fire was an alleged technical malfunction. they forecast in ukraine blackout due to the intense heat , the electricity blackout schedules will return today. this was announced by the head

of ukrenergo, volodymyr kudrytskyi. according to him , this week on working days there will be a significantly increased load on the power system. and the deficit, unfortunately, cannot be covered either by increasing production at hydroelectric power plants or by additional amounts of emergency aid from europe. he caused an accident and resisted a law enforcement officer. in bukovyna, the police detained a drunken clergyman while driving. previously the driver drove a truck into a pole and fled the scene of the accident, however , a 42-year-old man was stopped on one of the highways. subsequently , the perpetrator of the accident caused bodily harm and tried to take possession of the policemen's weapons. the police hospitalized him. drager found the priest's blood to be almost 10 times over the legal limit for alcohol. i am running for language. it has such a name. a race in support

of the ukrainian language, which was organized in various cities not only in ukraine, but also in the world. every year , the all-ukrainian movement, the only one, holds such an event before the independence day of ukraine. how many people joined in kyiv and lviv, we will find out later. 3, 2, 1! more than 300 people in the capital and 500 around the world united for a common goal. all of them took part in a charity run in support of ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories. each participant of the race had the opportunity to choose his own distance. this is one. 5 and 10 km, we gathered today and dedicate this race to those people in the occupation who cannot speak ukrainian, and for them it is a privilege to speak ukrainian because they are under the threat of death, but for us it is

obligation to speak ukrainian, and we want to remind ukrainians that it is important to speak ukrainian, and this event is dedicated to that, the language issue, it stands at the moment. sharp, as for me, for me, let's say, my grandmother is an adult generation, despite the fact that she lives in a russian-speaking region, well, like, she communicates exclusively in ukrainian, that is , for me, it really breaks my heart when somehow i i heard this, so it is important for me to support it, they took over the charity initiative in lviv, to organize an event in the city of leva the team of fm halychyna radio station volunteered, they traditionally... support not only cultural but also sports events. we were happy to participate in this run, because it tells us that we should really value the fact that we can speak ukrainian fluently, to call on others who are ukrainians who

haven't done it yet. in the occupied territories , people are exposed to danger when they speak ukrainian at times, so we want to show and urge people... to understand how much, how important it is when you can be free and speak your own language. fifty people joined the race in lviv, not only adults, but also children. the distance for children is shorter - 100 and 500 m. i came here with my father, mother and brother. mom runs 1 km, my brother and i run 100 m, dad doesn't run. we are running for our native language so that our country has a future. ukrainian language, i really liked participating in this race today, today only i was white and my mother came to support me. the youngest participant, david, is only four years old, he became the winner in his distance, please, what will you do today

do? run, and who did you come with today? with dad how much should be every day? 500, 500. together with its partners , the runstyle organization, the radio station identified the leaders of the race among adults and children, and also awarded them with diplomas. the initiative also has a charitable purpose. funds collected from registration packages will be partially transferred to people who want to learn the ukrainian language in the de-occupied territories and territories that are near the front, that is, people who are sometimes afraid to speak ukrainian, we urge them to listen. ukrainian and the same to use the ukrainian language in everyday life, because language is important. you can also become a participant of the race online until august 24 in any city of the world with prior registration. ema statnyk, tetyana golonova, roman kovalyuk, dmytro

nikiforov, espresso tv channel. the espresso tv channel and the vasna charitable fund have opened a fundraiser for the purchase of modern drones and radio electronic systems. fighting for the third separate assault brigade of the 110th and 47th brigades of the armed forces of ukraine. the defenders in the donetsk direction every day hold back enemy attacks and defend ours freedom and future. it was these soldiers who stood to the last and defended the avdiiv direction in the spring. the brigades urgently need flying weapons and modern means of countering enemy thrones. our goal is uah 3.5 million. thanks to you , we have already managed to collect almost. 4500 hryvnias remember that every donation you make is important, so get involved. you can now see all the details on your screens. good health, dear ukrainians. we, the fighters of the first assault battalion of the third separate assault brigade, who will defend our native land on the front lines,

we urgently need your help. we need electronic warfare against the enemy's small bpolaga and comedian drones. we are asking for your help, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, glory to the heroes, to learn more interesting and relevant information, follow updates on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks. networks , my colleagues lesya vakulyuk and andriy saichuk will be waiting for you on the air, see you in less than an hour. dear friends, we are coming back and now we will talk about our military, who have been spending two weeks already operation in kursk, and let's now recall, actually, me... the way the situation in kursk developed over the last week. a day that will go down

in history. such words are contained in the description of the video posted by the official youtube channel of the airborne assault troops of the armed forces of ukraine. it records the first hours of the kursk operation. demining, breaching the border, destroying the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation and artillery, as well as the first prisoners. in a matter of days, in a mode of complete information silence, the defense forces managed to establish control over 1,000 km of russian territory and almost 80 settlements, and only after that did president zelenskyi officially recognize the very fact of the operation. we see how russia is actually moving under putin. 24 years ago was the kursk disaster, the symbolic beginning of his reign. and now you. which is the final for him, and also kursk. the disaster

of his war. on august 12, 2000 , the russian nuclear submarine kursk sank in the barents sea during exercises. three months earlier, putin took the presidential oath for the first time of russia he refused help from western countries that could have saved the sailors. all 118 people on board died. now russian. servicemen are also dying near kursk, several columns of russians have already been destroyed by the fire of the armed forces of ukraine, hundreds have been captured, in particular strokoviks and kadyrivets. akhmat, akhmat? yes, akhmat. exchange us for azov fighters. against this background , putin looked confused at several meetings regarding the kursk region. he ordered not the ministry of defense or the general staff to put out the kursk fire, but his former bodyguard oleksiy. dyumin, whom putin already has for a long time advances the career ladder. obviously,

the russian dictator only trusts him. many observers assume that putin has no good moves left. us president joseph biden said essentially the same thing when commenting on the kurdish operation. i will discuss developments in the kurdistan region with my team regularly. maybe every four to five hours for the last six to eight days. this opara. creates a real dilemma for putin, and we are constantly in touch with the ukrainians. putin's dilemma is whether or not to transfer troops from donbas to the new kurdish direction. if this to do, the russian offensive on donetsk may stall. if this is not done, the kursk region will remain under the control of the armed forces of ukraine while he thinks and transfers a relatively small number of troops from the zaporizhzhia, kherson, and kharkiv directions. they are looking for it in the kremlin. internal reserves - inform the western media, and whether this will be enough for them to regain

control over the territories of the dzsu have already begun to dig in. there is no clear answer to the question of how high the risks of the kursk operation are for the ukrainian army. observers note that for its implementation ukraine used its reserves, well-trained units, which are sorely lacking in donbas. the city of pokrovsk, an important logistics center for the defense of the entire donetsk region, is under threat there. the consequences of its fall can be very noticeable. it remains to be hoped that commander-in-chief oleksandr syrskyi, whom his subordinates call the mathematician of war, has well calculated all the components of the equation on which the fate of the country depends. offensive purchase troops continue to enter battles, have advances in some directions from one to three. in side of the enemy, fighting continues along the entire front line, the situation is generally

under control, all measures are carried out according to plan. western politicians reacted to the kursk offensive mostly favorably, and some even enthusiastically. in particular, two influential american senators who visited kyiv this week. republican lynsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal. what i think about the kursk region - this is bold, brilliant, simply beautiful, continue in the same spirit, putin started it, and we have to help with weapons to the ukrainian military had weapons for war. which they cannot afford to lose. according to the information of the western media, the offensive really inspired the allies for new supplies. in particular, according to politico, the us is studying the possibility of providing ukraine with high-precision, long-range cruise missiles jazm, which can be launched at ground targets from the f-16 at a distance of more than 370 km. true, even

after the kurdish operation, what did the ukrainian army go to do on british tanks. challengenger 2, american striker armored personnel carriers and german bmp murder, the west is still wary of giving permission to ukraine to strike with long-range weapons on russian territory, being wary of nuclear escalation, achieving the abolition of another taboo is now one of the main tasks of ukraine. while occupied by ukrainian troops, the territory of the kursk region is getting used to a new life. ukrainian and western newspapers have already visited the city of suja. letters, and local people share their experience of communicating with soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine. ukrainians do not insult you? no, no, do you have enough to eat and drink? and eat and drink, we go to the shops fenced off the first ukrainian military commandant's office was created in the kursk region, in accordance with the norms of international law. it was headed by major general of the armed forces of ukraine eduard moskalyov. the new

structure should ensure the normal functioning of territories under the control of the armed forces, which ukraine does not intend to annex. unlike russia, ukraine doesn't need anything else. ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the korda region there, but we want to protect the lives of our people. there is a need to liberate these border areas with the help of the armed forces from russian military contingents that attack ukraine or cover up terror against ukraine. after the russian atrocities in buch, izyum, kherson and other our settlements, the armed forces of ukraine are currently proving that even such a bloody and uncompromising war can be waged in a civilized manner and according to the rules, and this is what distinguishes us from the enemy. so, now

we will talk in more detail about kursk with ivan varchenko, a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, an expert on national security issues. mr. ivan, we welcome you. good morning, glory glory to ukraine, heroes. mr. ivan, is russia still throwing new forces in the direction of kursk, is there a feeling that in other areas of the front, the ukrainian situation has become a little easier, no, no, there is no such feeling, i think this feeling will definitely appear, and no only a feeling, and physically, russia will be forced to overturn. more and more and precisely kursk, because kursk is the biggest challenge at the moment for the empire built by putin, it is destroying the very foundations of this empire, which was based on the fact that it is able to provide security and peace to the citizens living there, they did not promise wealth, they could not promise

democracy or human rights, but the only thing, their only bastion was that we are protected, that we... protect the territory of russia from attacks on everyone, everywhere, anywhere, across the ocean in africa and in ukraine, and this is the feeling, this house of nif-nif, putin, it is destroyed now, and here it is clear that for them this is a challenge, this is the biggest challenge now , our ukrainian units located in kursk, so for today day they try to concentrate their strength. funds that can be scraped from reserves on the territory of russia. the pacific fleet, the baltic fleet, the murmansk fleet and all the rest of this stuff, and this is me talking about manpower, yes, no, not like that, no, not enough to perform those specific functions that they are not used

to performing, they not used to fighting a real enemy, they feel great where they have to defend for decades. we are the territory of russia from no one in the information space, but where it is necessary to wage a real war, they are not capable there, and because of that, russia has finally appeared and is thinking about how to really strengthen this front line, and of course strengthen it in real terms, not in words, not in the information space, they will have the opportunity only by delaying their troops are trained and to some extent experienced in battles with ukrainians. from the territory of ukraine, but this is a matter of some future time, perhaps in the near future, this operation has a very strong psychological character, factor e. there are various options, what is this will ultimately lead to whether it will mobilize the russians, who today feel, i don't know, offended and threatened, and maybe it

will consolidate them more, or it will, on the contrary, undermine faith in putin, in his ability to solve such challenges, or option number three, russian apathy in fact, it is not overcome and they will look at it indifferently, we should not... probably reevaluate knowing a little and a little more deeply than 10 years ago, knowing the russians, their nature, which in reality turned out to be not at all as it was sung in russian literature and in russian cinema, it turned out that this nature is closer to savagery, and not to civilization, then the reaction... them, it will certainly be there in time, it will not only be there with fear, but also

be explained by some rational, rational reasons, on today we can say that it is unlikely that the russians will behave there after this operation, or it is unlikely that the attitude of the russians will definitely change, an additional will be added... fear already in their territory, fear of insecurity, the feeling that they are naked with their king , it is unlikely that he will give additional trouble to ukraine, ukraine, and the hatred with which the russians treated ukraine, it will not become greater, it cannot be made greater, but emotions will be added to this hatred, and these emotions are unlikely to make them stronger and more organized, for sure if they don't do it sooner, they will add confusion, chaos, but certainly not cohesion and organization, and my prediction is that the russians are now closer to

riots, closer to expressing their displeasure than they were when the kurdish operation began, and my prediction is that what despite the efforts of propagandists to somehow stimulate patriotism, the desire... of russian peasants there to protect their family, as some say there, that you are running away from kurshchyna, it is better to take up arms and defend, this is already, excuse me, a ukrainian phrase in a pig's voice , what is called, the process has already started, these men already understand that their state did not protect them, and this is the thinking, the thinking that was formed in russia when the state from... will protect this thinking of the little man, now they don't have a feeling of greatness will appear a russian man, a serious warrior there, who

would suddenly do something that a large state did not do, which, with his prediction of territory losses, losses of manpower, resources, could have been developed by the royal institute even without the kurdish operation, they would talk about the pace at which ukraine there would advance deep into its territories under the blows of the russians, restraining these blows in defensive battles, so in this case we are talking about war, it does not have those standards that would say that a certain amount of effort will definitely lead to such results, because the work does not take place in a clean field, and here there is action and counteraction, there is also the sum of efforts on the part of the enemy. and in this case , it is better to combine it with a sports competition from boxing or another combat sport,

when there are even exhausted opponents, but one is more exhausted and one has more motivation, so it seems that they both fall, well , the one who is weaker falls, and that is why the royal institute makes its calculations based on the course operation, and we understand that to date we have laid part of the front line. not by ukrainian territory, which means that we will have the opportunity to conduct hostilities where ukrainian cities and ukrainian villages will not be destroyed, where today we have, we have the opportunity, for example, to the point of taking a large number and we took advantage of this opportunity, we took advantage of the prisoners to replenish the exchange fund and thus equalize the situation with uh... parity in this part, in that the ukrainian soldiers will have the opportunity to return home, that is, a number of those moments that

psychological or, in addition to geopolitical ones, about which... we have already talked about more than once, in addition to the russian economy, we, again, in the internal radius, we use the main roads that are in russia now, and we work out the internal radius with this defensive operation, in the same at the moment, the russians are forced to work on the outer radius, being under the influence of ukrainian firepower, so here in this case, of course, we can talk about the complexes of our advantages and the complexes of those situations that require it. extra attention in order to they did not become weak points, what does the ukrainian command do, what does the ukrainian defense forces do, and in the end, the questions of the royal analysts analyze different scenarios. well, returning to the situation in donbas, the russian public reports there that fighting is going on in new york, in a populated area, and in fact

the city or town is under attack. a troll of almost the russian army, i don’t know if it’s really so, we don’t have an official report about this yet, the advance is also difficult battles near turkek, is this not true yet, our hopes that the russians will weaken the offensive in this direction, for the russians this direction is and has been a priority, it is clear that they will ultimately try to ease that... pressure, and it is clear that the challenges for them must be very, very serious, and maybe kursk will become such a serious challenge, but this realization comes over time, it doesn't come immediately, you remember how the russian attitude to the kurdish ukrainian operation evolved again, from contemptuous we defeated them with one left, and now to the fact that they start to be aware that this may be with them

for a long time. it can unfold, so they usually continued their operation where they managed to advance, even a little, but every day, that is, in the pokrovsk direction, they rush to the road pokrovsk myrnograd, kostiantynka, trying to take it under control, and of course they have certain successes, regarding what exactly successes, what exactly... voting, i would not rush to use and generally refuse to use russian, russian reports, cheerful about their victories in the next ukraine, and i would wait for the summary of the ukrainian general staff, or information from our partners, who carefully consider the situation, also relying on the decision to a large extent not on the decision, but on

the information that arrives. adequate verified information from the ukrainian military. mr. ivan, thank you. ivan varchenko, a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, an expert on national security, was with us, we talked about what is happening in kursk oblast and what is happening on the front line in the territory of ukraine. dear friends, thank you for the 24,000 that you and i have already collected this morning, just as of this hour. the collection is ongoing, because we want to collect 3.5 million in total, and now we have 1 million uah 53.558, the second million, you and i have already started collecting it, and little by little we are moving towards our big goal, we want to collect these 3.5 million to buy drones and rep systems and transfer them to our military, who are in the third separate assault brigade, the 110th and the 47th, they suffered losses in the avdiiv direction.