master new terrain by adapting your tactics, because fighting in the field is not the same as fighting in the forest. the focus must be on establishing stability in the east, and that certainly means creating divisional headquarters. currently, the main headquarters are too far away and do not have proper communication with what is happening on the ground. the generals at the corps headquarters simply cannot effectively direct the battle because they are too far away. they are not aware of it. what really happens on the battlefield. small infantry groups in large numbers strengthened by artillery fire, air defense systems and so on, plus aviation, and we understand that, in principle, the enemy has prepared resources for this. at one time, it was assumed that the enemy would try to strengthen the two main directorates, that is, for example, the pokrovsky direction and the north, in particular, when we are talking about the kharkiv region, but i have a personal feeling, i do not have the relevant... professional

knowledge , but there is a feeling that the ughledar direction will strengthen, this is the southeast of donetsk region, and accordingly, yes, as far as i understand, the enemy would like to work like this the so-called wide coverage, increasing on pokrovsk and opening and intensifying offensive actions in the south, is it generally possible considering the described tactics of russian small infantry groups, plus artillery and plus aviation, yes armored vehicles. they 're trying to save at the moment, that also says something, right? we understand that all the dirtiest, bloodiest work should be done by the russian infantrymen, who die literally by the thousands. you can always expect another assault from russia because they still have reserves and the fact that they are getting their armored vehicles, indicates their hope for a breakthrough, so that they can quickly drive this vehicle to kyiv, that's... what their goal is, and

that's why they are waiting for the moment when they can bring their armored vehicles forward and when they can no longer be stopped, and however, the first thing must be a breakthrough, so it is important to prevent it, not giving the enemy the opportunity to rush to their armored vehicles on our side of the battlefield. russia will try to act where, in their opinion, we are not ready. i hope that belarus has already got over this war. it seems that belarusians realize that they should be on... the side of the west, not on the side of russia. they already had many opportunities to fight for russia, but they did not do it. therefore, it is fair to assume that the belarusian border is not where they are going to attack, but they have many other places from which they can strike. you see, the russian doctrine is involved here, which means that they will continue the pressure in the east, in particular in the pokrovsky direction, looking for where else to push. our reserves, the enemy knows that

most of our reserves are on midnight, and he will look for the rest, attacking somewhere else, either in zaporozhye or in another region. the russians are definitely preparing something similar because they want to regain the initiative. it is about the initiative that they lost when the ukrainians entered the kurdish region, and now they are crawling out of their skin to get it back. offensive actions were launched on russian territory. federation, the enemy did not expect this, gerasimov did not expect this , shoigu did not expect this, putin did not expect this, no one, they did not know, it was done, it is not easy military history, it is also a military-political history, because there was no proper leak of information, the enemy did not wait, and our military entered the territory of the kurdistan region, and battles are still taking place there, and the kursk region is not only about certain some are symbolic.

things, yes, not a blunder with putin and so on, it is also about certain strategic moments of its time, back in soviet times, according to my, so to speak, assumptions, there was a certain part of what is called a continental anti-missile system defense, and for the russians, this is a painful blow. the breakthrough of the armed forces in the kursk region came as a surprise to everyone, and it's great, because it was demonstrated that the operational... security of the defense forces was at its best. during the first few weeks, the initiative was on the side of the ukrainians, but now we are facing an increasingly strong russian defense. the operation may turn into another section of the defense line if our troops cannot break through somewhere again. looking at the map, it's hard to tell where the pressure in the kurdish direction is now, but we might be absolutely sure that russia is already preparing and will certainly carry out a counteroffensive, they will try to push it out. our troops are from

kurdistan, and then it will be a matter of resources, in the next two or three weeks it will be unclear what will happen next, we cannot predict it, instead we can... only observe, hope and believe that the armed forces of ukraine are ready for anything that russia will deploy against them, either in the kurdish direction or in the east of ukraine, and yet, the pressure from russia will remain. without a doubt, we have lost the initiative in the kurdish region, and we need to return it somewhere. dear mr. colonel, the other day you published an extremely important article, so now we are talking about simultaneous introduction. protection operation of the defensive plan and offensive operation in the kursk direction. so you wrote an important article, in which you insist on perspectives and the need to somewhat delineate certain powers. on the one hand, this is a very important signal. i'd like

you to explain now what you mean, because, well, command in the military implies that, one commander who will give very clear instructions. and everyone will follow them and answer for their failure, this is called army responsibility, on the other hand, we understand, the most brilliant commander, he needs a strong team that he can trust, that will implement, but mistakes can also happen, what do you think is right would be to strengthen the work of our same general staff, multifaceted questions, and i did not disclose some of them in my article. the main point i made is because the chief of staff's job is not to fight. if he is fighting, then he cannot do anything else, that is, there are two separate types of duties that take place at the same time. one of them is to fight, and the other is

to manage the defense. and now the defense management is not properly performed. the problem is not how we fight, we know how to fight. some of the ukrainian teams demonstrated world-class professionalism. given the resources at their disposal, no one could do better, they are simply aces in battle, but when no one doesn't manage the defense properly, when no one makes the system work, then the troops at the front are not getting enough support because the system is not functioning properly. the commander's job is to make the system work, to provide adequate support for combat operations, and to make sure that everything in the system functions harmoniously, and he cannot delegate these responsibilities to others. he cannot delegate training, recruiting, or any of these specific critical tasks. his role is to make the system work, but he's in the wrong place right now. syrsky is fighting and no one else is engaged in reorganization, improvement of the system, improvement of the efficiency of structures, he

tries to do everything himself, and as a result , the system does not work, and we can see it. tsc work, but not as it should, no one manages them, and no one controls them. they just continue to exist, killing morale and doing things that are not useful to the country, the commander in chief needs to either step back and let his officers fight the war properly by choosing the right commanders to do so, or resign and become combat commander, allowing someone else to be in charge of the general staff and the entire defense system, he cannot do both, the day has only 24 hours, if the syrian, tearing between pokrovsky such... directions, then this cannot continue, because this absurd, you need two competent commanders, one focused on kursk and clearly determined to advance, and the other on pokrovsk, aimed at holding positions in the east. currently, this is not the case, we do not have these commanders, because the head

is trying to do everything himself, and it does not work. the most gaps are in the defense system. i can list 30 or 40 things in the defense system that are not... working properly, somebody has to take care of them, you can say it's the job of the chief of staff, but i would say that the chief of staff has to work to make sure it's working properly system, rather than acting as a commander, the chief should focus on tasks such as amending laws, regularly informing the government and the president, and ensuring that rules and regulations are correct, which is about everything. currently, this is not happening, we are still in... the rules and personnel system. if we don't change all this with norms, soviet practices and soviet ones, then we will lose the war. someone has to become the real commander-in-chief and reform the system, while the conduct of hostilities should be

entrusted to someone else. this is what i want to convey in my article. yes, it's hard and tough, but it's real. we are well aware of the reality, because people in... networks everywhere and every day write about problems that need to be solved. if this is not done, then from the fighting spirit of the army will soon have nothing left, because fighting spirit is the most important thing. the thing we have in ukraine, without a high morale , there will be no victory, dear mr. colonel, two years ago, yes, when the main idol and the main military expert and the favorite expert of our public was aristovych, who told fairy tales that people wanted to believe, that's how you and i talked about the promise of a long, protracted, very difficult war, and we understand that, unfortunately, but... with an optimistic promise many, so to speak, oracles who are engaged in commenting on this war, so you

said that, well, they do not promise that the enemy will be exhausted, and now we have entered autumn, a hot, bloody, extremely difficult autumn, yes, and the enemy does not show fatigue, and the enemy shows readiness to throw his soldiers at our lines of fire, that is, they throw meat in the literal sense, this is... a question of resourcefulness, on the other hand , we understand, the question of resourcefulness is a question of the correctness of the organization of this resource, and this the issue of additional strokes, in particular in depth russian territory. we should focus on dealing damage to the army directly in front of us and not worry too much against. if we are going to strike at deeper targets, using long-range means that are already. we have, then we should focus on what affects the population, that is, it does not

kill it, it actually has a negative impact. we are already actively reducing russia's fuel reserves, which will affect the heating situation in winter, but we must make sure that the effect will be long-lasting and that we are not just wasting effort on resources that they have in excess. we should pay attention to infrastructure damage that will really affect the daily life of russians, such as sewage. system, we also have to focus on the main bridges, in cities like st. petersburg, where they simplify the routes for people, their destruction can make life difficult for people. next fall will be difficult, because russia still has a lot of resources, and it seems that they are not running out of them, they still manage to recruit 29-30 thousand soldiers every month, and although we can kill as many, they are still replenishing their ranks and moving forward. you can't hope that... it will get easier. this means we need to focus more on the front line. we cannot allow the current

situation to wear us down. we should use the front line more effectively. one of the problems is that if we keep moving our troops, they lose vital communication with the artillery. trust between artillery and units is critical. and if you constantly redeploy units, they will not know the language of communication or tactics. which prevents cooperation, so we need to focus on what we must do now, not what we would like to do or hope the us will allow us to do. our time should be spent fighting the battle we find ourselves in today, not the one we wish we were fighting. if we don't focus as fall approaches, we will simply be pushed back. dear mr. colonel, i would just like to clarify that the current activation of the enemy, in particular, on... pokrovsk and in general on the donbas front line of the russian-ukrainian war, it is

temporary, will it still fit into some broader campaign, well, in simple words, the enemy has now become extremely active on the ground, pokrovsk, ugledar and so on down the list, yes, they are waiting for the american elections, yes, fearing that, so to speak, an unfavorable candidate for them will come, or are they just ready to keep this pace for as long as they can? and there is a feeling that they can drive their own until a certain period military in position, i think they will continue to move forward. the russian doctrine is very clear, use success, that is, if you succeed, you keep moving forward, you do not stop and direct everything you have to where the success is. currently, this success is in donbas, so they continue to advance there and will try not to distract. reserves are deployed there, in light of this they will increase fire support to donbas with more

artillery and other resources because they believe they are close to a breakthrough, and they really believe it, because every day they achieve certain successes. the russians will continue to move forward and will not stop suddenly. we must be ready for it. we have to anticipate their continuous advance and establish a defensive line and better positions in depth that we can hold. we must also be prepared for the fact that they will overcome kilometer after kilometer. fortunately, they progress slowly, which gives us time to adjust our system alone. so we don't use this one time efficiently, we waste it by acting without considering the long-term consequences of our actions. if we want to win this war, we have to think about the long term. if we continue to retreat without preparing to move forward, then after retreating 50 or 100 km, we will face the same problems as today. we have to

change the system, as i have already mentioned many times. finally. putin both wants and fears increased mobilization in russia, will he go for it or not? now another mobilization for putin not needed, he still gets by with his ridiculous money offers and actually gets the amount of troops he needs to continue the battle. he may decide to use mobilization if we break through and take kurdsk, which could be an excuse for that, but right now it's not just that he doesn't need to... i'm not sure he has the management system to handle it with a large influx of people. putin lost many of his officers and those who knew their business well. therefore management additional troops will be a difficult task. after all, the army will be trained by school teachers and it specialists, not experienced soldiers, because putin

does not have enough trained personnel to handle a larger volume of tasks than that. which he currently controls, so he will continue the current process as long as he can. thank you very much, mr. colonel, for this extremely important conversation on the air of the tv channel, i want to remind our tv viewers that now a retired british army colonel, a military officer, was working for them expert glen grant, god save the king. glory to ukraine. glory to the hero and we will win, sir, we will win, just by doing what americans do. first we try everything wrong, and then we finally do something right. two hours to learn about the war and how the world lives. two hours to keep up with economic and sports news. two hours in the company of favorite presenters, presenters who have become like relatives to many, as well as

distinguished guests of the studio. events of the day in two hours, big. vasyl, a project for smart people and those who don't care, in the evening for espresso. oleg rybachuk, ex-vice prime minister for european integration, former head of viktor yushchenko's secretariat, co-founder of the honestly movement, glory to ukraine, mr. oleg, will be working on the tv channel now, glad to see and hear you, well, what to start our conversation, first of all i wanted would from big rockers, rearrangements, furniture in our government. some went for even more promotion, moving to the president's office, others, so to speak, lost, but it is not known what will happen to them, but the key story is that prime minister denys shmygal breathed a sigh of relief. what about our government? well, the glory of the heroes with our government does not fundamentally change anything, here if you just do an elementary analysis, when

the president explained the necessity of all this chaotic... movement of spoons in the government chamber, he said that new energy is needed, a dyna is needed, people are tired, and we should theoretically expect the appearance of some new energetic officials with a vision, with new strength, with new ideas, with new zeal, but all this is not happening, we are with you realistically... we are analyzing which bed, from which corner was moved to which corner, well, so to speak, some beds went up, becoming bunk beds, well, and the key story, we have office weakening, strengthening, are these specific decisions of the same andriy yermak, well, for example, vice prime minister veryschuk moved to the office at the level

of yarmak's deputy, or rather yarmak's deputy, for social issues, well , first of all... for her, this is a real promotion, because i have to be honest , that she had a ministry there, which was filled with unknown things and it is not known what they were doing, she has a lot of energy there, what she does not lack is energy and the desire to become the minister of defense there, she has an education, she has past experience, and she does not get tired of demonstrating it, but in fact something else. .. which would be noticeable from the point of view of ours there, i don’t think that our partners in the european union or our western partners know it at all there, because it is not there, but eh... there has been more fair, it is just noted almost all commentators, that when we used to analyze personnel changes, what were they looking at media, yes, which group is pushing this

person, is it akhmetov's group, is it from pinchuk, is it from kolomoisky, they were looking for some political connections, but now in fact all these groups have converged in one person yermak, and when analyzing personnel reshuffles, then literally because of one... surname , an argument arises that this person is either from the orbit of yermak, or is close to yermak, or this person is supported by yermak, so we have much more yermak, but will this increase the energy of the government, i i don't think so, well, because there is something banal a question, a banal problem, for example, the president likes active, energetic , professional people, we had them. kubrakov belonged to such people, there zaluzhny belonged to such people, kudrytsky belonged to such people, professional, energetic with a vision,

but for some reason these people disappeared from the ruling olympus, because yermak did not like their energy, their desire for initiative there, and you have this balancing act, if you are very energetic, you start to like it a lot. president, you have problems with yermak, and yermak is quietly whispering, removing these people from orbit next, our president is so emotional, he admires someone, and then he gets bored, then he does not like the person, i paid attention to how he reacted at the last press conference when journalists asked about the kuleba initiative, as they said, from the point of view of creating a new, new ministry for... people who were fishing abroad, and what was the president's body language, he was very annoyed, he said, well, in general, this is my initiative, and it became clear to me that already for even if

the issue is resolved, he is apparently loyal and and professional, some say that he took on such an easy job, traveled around the countries of the global south, that's how yermak sent him there, yermak actually took away from him most of the international powers. from the type, yermak led delegations, yermak met with ministers of foreign affairs, yermak met with blinkin, but yermak got in there as elegantly as an elephant in a dish shop, and in fact kuleba had no options, he was simply pushed aside and whatever he did, the claim is like this, well, that's all, you already, well, the president is no longer attracted to you, but i am the fair i think he hinted at the fact that kuleba has many purposes. present, and i would just pay attention to this press conference, it was very clearly visible there how nervously zelensky reacted to the name of his diplomat, who

served there faithfully and truthfully, in fact, tried not to contradict him in anything and implemented the will of the president, but when they accuse now that yermak and yermak, kuleba did not fulfill the main task of the president to achieve his death, what is the main task of the president, do you remember back in the soviet era, such a woman appeared there the most terrible secret that could not be revealed, whether it was the secret of the soviet union or the secret of the bourgeois, was thrown into the information space, you must have seen that the president demanded from the minister of foreign affairs to obtain permission from the western governments to use precision weapons on the territory of russia, and the minister could not do it. do it, so please, why not entrust it to yermak then, he is already a mega-super here, but yermak is currently negotiating something in the states,

the mission is simply impossible from the point of view of people who would like and could and would, and have a vision to make some kind of career, to serve ukraine, this system where you have to like zelensky, but enough to annoy yermak, how you have to take into account different moods there. you have the fact that today the president likes you, and tomorrow you are tired of him, well , this is definitely not no, not motivation and the inability to realize yourself on the hills of pecha, being a high-level state official. and why did it take so long? we understand that there are a number of people there, well, from time to time those or those appeared other scandals, or from time to time some excessive activity was not detected, but within reasonable limits, so to speak, as you... noted so as not to annoy the same ermak, well, accordingly, but right now we understand what is possible in the west they were waiting for one or another powerful personnel signal, so that

a new team would come. technocrats, well , the technocrats will start to communicate more actively, to present excel sheets more actively, where everything will be spelled out, how we correctly mastered certain billions of dollars, so instead we saw not exactly what wanted at the event, on the other hand, we understand that there was no such, i don't know, public pressure or public discussions on the part of individual countries of the european union or the european commission as such, that is, as if signals were sent, then... . they are wrapped in some kind of wrappers , well, the request was more internal, and this was felt again at the last press conference of the president, when the efficiency and some criteria for the selection or evaluation of the activities of these all-powerful advisers of the president, in particular yermak and especially tatarov, it was clear that

this was an issue for the president. and it was obvious that the press are already your colleagues, the piranhas, they do not let go, they are constantly focusing on the environment, on the fact that something must be done, someone must be responsible, and therefore it was necessary to demonstrate frantic activity, because i on august 24 on independence day, i just happened to be at an international conference in chisinau, and that conference was opened by the president of moldova, maya sandu, i was there. deeply concerned with professionalism, a high level of understanding by the country's president of what it means to be membership in the european union. the topic of the conference was precisely about ukraine, moldova, and the western balkan countries, and the problems and challenges that are present during the negotiations on the acquisition of membership, and you know, and it's just amazing, it's so striking. contrast in

the way the process of european integration is built in moldova. moldova is definitely a leader in this process now, we are not talking about the size of the country, but there are challenges, they have elections in the fall, there are good chances that the president and her party will win these elections. i was talking a lot with the head of the office of the president of moldova, well, this is just an amazing difference, but what i heard at this conference, the main thing, important for you and me, is that the european... commission is a big expansion, this next wave of expansion, it's close there 10 countries, and the european commission drew conclusions from previous expansions and from previous mistakes and very clearly wrote out such requirements that cannot be bypassed, it is simple, one high-ranking diplomat said one phrase that each of us has so many 36 chapters on

accession. to the european union there economic, energy, agricultural, but every negotiation will start on each head, they will start with institutional matters, with how the state functions, how institutions interact according to european standards, and there will be no descent here, so this formula of power, which now zelensky is demonstrating, she has no chance, it’s just that we, we will be forced to divide powers, to make... independent, it was just said very diplomatically that the greatest attention of the european union, which drew conclusions from the fact that earlier he accepted, for example, bulgaria and romania there, which were not ready, and which for a long time demonstrated their inability to meet the criteria of the european union, there will be no such thing in this wave of expansion. well, look, i understand, but on the other hand, we would live to those still fertile times,

when we open... well, already real, filled with concrete content, and when we will, for example, explain in brussels why we cannot, so to speak, to replace this or that form of ours or this or that vision of ours or our reception of this or that problem, yes , on the other hand, you mentioned at the beginning of our conversation about this age-long permission that kuleb should have received, and now sibiza will have to receive it, so maybe you will have to... strain and to our entire high political command, in particular about permits from the americans, so the story is much more complicated, because it was not bad that kulebo negotiated, so we understand that this is how the situation is perceived in the united states, and i think they also gave very clear signals, well, accordingly, we understand that the enemy is also trying to implement his scenario, that is , terrorist attacks on civilian objects in the city.