with espresso, wait for us, we will definitely come to you with ether. the battle for pokrovsk, has the situation there really stabilized and did ukraine manage to stop it? the advance of the russians in the pokrovsky direction. we are talking about this on the bbc for the next 15 minutes. inna kosynska in the studio. the russian offensive on pokrovsk has been stopped. ukrainian forces successfully block the advance of russian troops on the city. this article was published by the american edition of the new york times. about the fact that the ukrainian troops managed to stop the advance of the russians on pokrovsk, the commander-in-chief of the zhsu oleksandr sivskyi said in a recent interview with cnn. however, according to the pentagon, the russian army is not stopping. to seize the city, although

it has not yet established control over it, and the situation there remains tense. and this is what the advance of russian troops towards pokrovsk looks like now, according to the deepstate portal. today, the city's military administration reported that the russians shelled the city, there was a dead person and a damaged gas distribution station was injured. 28,000 houses remained without gas supply. residents are urged to evacuate, and the bbc correspondent abdushalil abdurasulov visited the other day. in pokrovsk and at defensive positions of ukrainian troops near the city. next is his report, let's see. speed ​​is of the essence on the battlefield. these gunners from the 15th national guard brigade have a new target to attack. right 1.06. they defend the area near the town of selidove, south of pokrovsk.

american howitzer m-101. this model was in combat during the second world war. today , the ukrainian military is hitting the russians with it troops and the intensity can be such that we work up to 200 shots a day. the enemy goes in groups of 15 people, it can even reach 60 people. well, mostly we practice a lot. heavy fighting is taking place on this part of the front, and dmytro and his comrades are trying to hold back the russian advance. their target is russian infantry in landings. in the command and observation post , the work of the artillery is monitored thanks to drones. here you can see. reflected the russians

are trying to capture this city. pokrovsk it is part of an important transport hub. a road passes through pokrovsky, which is used to deliver weapons, food and military supplies. therefore, if a month later we were fired upon by either the s-300 or the smerch anti-aircraft missile or tornado. iskander that's today. we see that the cabs are arriving, the fabs are arriving, the artillery is already hitting, well, the city is being destroyed. pokrovsk is becoming another ghost town near the front, banks, most shops and offices are closed, the explosions are getting louder every day, and the city is already within the range of russian artillery. about 24,000 residents remain here, which is half of the population. which was still in pokrovsk

two months ago, authorities are urging people to leave the city while it is still relatively safe to do so. maria vasylivna goncharenko decided to leave, she is 69 and has lived most of her life in pokrovsk. volunteers from the proliska organization brought her to the assembly point for evacuation. people are taken away by buses. because the trains don't come here anymore. get on the bus, they will register you on the bus when you arrive in pavlograd. they are going there and will live somewhere for some time. which direction are you leaving for? do you have a place to live there?

all she took was a bag and baskets of kittens, so the cats came here near you. you don't have to pay anything, it's a free evacuation, you must now go to the place where you will be in ternopil, you must apply for the status of idp, that you are an internally displaced person, and where are we, where will i be, in the social security office, there

by the place, yes, where will you come, if you forget something, you have my phone, call me, i will direct you where, well, you often feel calm and peaceful. they left their hometown, hoped to return, but now they are forced to move even further tankers from the 110th brigade returned after being on duty. they leave the direction of guidance if the russians go for

a breakthrough. ah, it was very noisy today because the counter battery was working. they are loading ammunition for tomorrow's shift. the ukrainian military has a favorite saying: every day brings their victory closer, and the tankers understand it well. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc: pokrovsk. and we talk more about the situation in pokrovsk with our guest, and military expert dmytro snygiriv joins the broadcast. we welcome you. so tell me which one the current situation near pokrovsk and is there any reason to say that it will stabilize. the situation is difficult, the enemy does not stop trying to attack in several directions at the same time. the first direction is along the line of horodivka, novohorodivka, krasny yaru, towards myrnograd, but the advance in this direction was blocked by the transfer of operational reserves

of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. in particular, we are talking about one of the most combat-ready brigades of the national guard of ukraine, the karadakh brigade. taking this into account, the enemy shifted the main... combat operations to other directions, primarily this selidova, and the city is trying to attack both frontally and, respectively, on the flanks, but the armed forces of ukraine firmly hold the settlement of mykhailivka, which does not allow frontal, and respectively , flanking maneuvers at the time of advancing directly into the city. it is worth mentioning that the defense forces of ukraine managed to push the enemy out of the city. lithuania, in particular the northeastern part, where earlier there was a tactical advance of the occupation troops, the battles were fought along the lines of the palace of sports, the city park, currently thanks to the actions of the operational reserves of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine , it has been transferred to this direction, the situation has been

stabilized, in addition, the defense forces of ukraine hold the settlement of marynivka, which is the southernmost of novogorodiv. which does not contribute to the attempts of the occupiers to carry out flanking maneuvers at the time of the capture of selidov, that is, we can say that the situation is difficult. in your previous stories, two main theses were voiced: the number of shots fired by the defense forces of ukraine is up to 200, which indicates that the so-called projectile the famine is currently minimized, according to the estimates of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine sirskyi, the ratio of fire damage in the critical directions of the russian offensive has been reduced by one to two, previously it was one to six. and the second main thing, what we have to understand: the russians

have changed the tactics and nature of hostilities. if earlier they were advancing in assault companies, assault battalions, then your report clearly states: currently they are advancing assault vehicles. platoons, assault detachments, that is, small infantry groups with the support of a small amount of armored vehicles, this is a change in the tactics and strategy of actions of the russian occupiers. the situation is difficult, but it is not critical, as they tried to provide information about it, what makes pokrovsk interesting to the russians, apart from the military point of view, which was already mentioned, and logistics. the pokrovsky district is a huge deposit of coking coal, it is actually the last deposit of coking coal, which is controlled by the defense forces of ukraine and provides to the ukrainian people. metallurgy, in particular, metallurgical enterprises of the dnipropetrovsk zaporizhzhya region, ie

in the plans of the occupiers at the time of the seizure of pokrovsk and, accordingly, myrnograd and selidoa, the main mining cities, to provoke an artificial crisis in ukrainian metallurgy and, accordingly, social tension in the territory controlled by the armed forces of ukraine, this is primarily the dnipropetrovsk and zaporizhia regions, but... once again i emphasize that the distance to pokrovsk is 8 km, intensive engineering and fortification work is currently underway to create additional lines of defense and , accordingly, to prevent the further advance of the russian occupiers along this direction ugh, but you say that the russians have changed their tactics, this is connected with the offensive of the ukrainian military in the kursk region. it is worth mentioning that one of the most combat-ready brigades was transferred from the pokrovsky direction to... the kurdish direction, we are talking about the 810th brigade of marines, the city

of permanent deployment of sevastopol. in addition, thanks to the successful actions of the defense forces of ukraine, up to 60,000 operational reserves have been blocked in the kurdish direction, according to the estimates of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense russian occupiers. in addition, the russian command was forced to create the briyansky bilgord tactical group to cover ukraine. of the border in order to make it impossible for the kurdish scenario to repeat itself, and this is , accordingly, an additional 30,000 for each group. thus , we can say that thanks to the kurdish operation, according to the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense, the total number of russian troops, which are blocked directly on the territory of the russian federation, ranges from 85% to 100 thousand, these are serious successes of the ukrainian side. dmitry, stay with us, please, not about pokrovsk yet, but i want to talk to you about a new threat, which

was announced today in london by us secretary of state anthony blinken, let's listen. russia has already received batches of these ballistic missiles and is likely to start using them in ukraine against ukrainians in the coming weeks. russia has many missiles of its own, but deliveries of iranian ones will allow it to use most of its arsenal to... strike targets far from the front line, and direct the missiles received from iran to shorter-range targets. this turn, as well as closer cooperation between russia and iran, threatens the security of all of europe. we heard from anthony blinken, and what do you think will change the iranian missiles, which , although short-range, are highly accurate. they are not highly accurate. it is worth noting that this will again be a projectile of missile terror. a series of strikes on civilian cities, but it is worth mentioning that the fact that iran transferred

its missile technologies obliged our western partners regarding the accelerated nature of the transfer of patriot and sancti anti-aircraft missile systems to us, which can counter precisely aeroballistic targets. in addition to the fact that in the 22nd year, the head of the national security council of israel, yal holata , stated that in the event that meran transfers ballistics to the russian federation, israel will be... ready to supply high-precision ballistic missiles to ukraine, so we really need help from our strategic partners and israel at the time of countering this threat to ukrainian statehood. ugh. thank you you for the answers. it was military expert dmytro snygirov. thank you again. so, subscribe to our social media pages so you don't miss the most important news. we are on facebook, instagram and tiktok. you can watch ours on youtube. news, if you suddenly missed it on the air. and today there are more and more stories on our website bbc.ua and on

our pages in social networks. we will see you again on the air tomorrow at 21. take care. we, servicemen of a separate unit of griga, named after volodymyr griga, platoon unmanned aircraft systems of the 76th separate battalion of the 102nd separate brigade. on the zaporizhzhia direction daily from due to the constant assaults of the enemy, this is not a vyminaypil direction, which our battalion has been defending for almost two years. currently, we need three times more corrections and fire damage from the sky. therefore , we are appealing to everyone who cares to collect funds for 20 duj mavic clasic drones and 10 3t mavics. yes, the amount is not small, but the life of your siblings and relatives is much more expensive. we really

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ukraine. in two weeks, zelensky plans to meet with biden in the fields. general assembly un in new york, will it be possible to convince america to lift restrictions on western weapons? defender of the russian world. lavrov cynically denies russia's territorial encroachments and then decides to protect human rights. why is the kremlin looking for mediators for negotiations with ukraine among the arab countries. we work live on the tv channel and. also on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live there, please subscribe to our pages and also take part in our survey, today we ask you about this, do you think that the cessation of hostilities in ukraine already this autumn is real, yes, no, please vote with the appropriate buttons on youtube, if you have a separate opinion, please leave it in

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member of the parliamentary committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary cooperation, ms. i welcome you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, thank you. well, since ladies, today we are asking our viewers and tv viewers what they think, whether the cessation of hostilities in ukraine is real already this fall, me and you, but i will explain why we actually formulated this question, because the news agency of spain efe reported that they said yes. in his plan for victory, zelensky relies on international pressure on russia and the situation in kurshchyna, and this, they say, will lead to the fact that the war may stop or hostilities in ukraine will stop already in the fall of this year, as far as this is the likely

scenario, mrs. iryna, and i i do not yet see any prerequisites from... from russia, namely russia and putin started this war 10 years ago, i do not yet see any grounds, prerequisites, any signals that russia is ready to change, unfortunately, its aggressive policy and position, at the same time, today the foreign affairs committee met with the newly elected minister of foreign affairs, mr. sebiga, and asked the ukrainian deputies to hear the peace scenario, which is in power, and mr. sebiga just said that part of this scenario there is a compulsion for peace in russia due to international pressure. thank you, mrs. yulia. er, do you understand what kind of victory plan zelenskyi has, and why, why are the spaniards writing about this plan, and drawing some conclusions

and er speaking about the possibility of ending hostilities actions, despite the fact that we in ukraine know about her peace plan, which was presented by president zelenskyi's team, but the victory plan is only in the announcement. volodymyr zelenskyi, but not deciphered to the end. well, i think the problem we have is that each country has its own peace plan. and, unfortunately, this plan itself is being eroded. there, we have already heard about orbán's plans, we have already heard about plans, i don't know, fitso, and many other countries, unfortunately, we need, first of all, to have one. correctly said their victory plan, does it apply because hostilities will end in 25 , 24, sorry, no, i don't believe that, and we

see putin aggressively acquiring weapons, as he creates alliances with countries like iran, north korea, china, and many others who have so decided to join his...aggressive policies, and unfortunately they 're supplying him with weapons, they're supplying him with technology, so look, to see that stop immediately, unfortunately, it's not going to work, i think that it will drag on, but that it is necessary to force him, at least until he considered such an idea, it is necessary, but for sure he will not sit down at the table. negotiations, because one individual country will ask there, he has big partners, such as india, china, who really have something to talk to him about and what,

let's say, to ask. thank you, ms. yulia, ms. elizaveta, is the cessation of hostilities in ukraine real this fall? you know, i'm very cautious about any kind of... predictions where we put specific dates and things like that, so because we've already heard so many different predictions from so many people, experts and even those who are in positions in our country, and i think it's very dangerous, because we as a society are constantly expecting that tomorrow will be the day when it's all over, but i hope that because of the difficult things that we're... going through, we'll get rid of illusions, we understand that it will not end tomorrow, and these are very complex processes, in order for us to really have a peaceful tomorrow, we must

do our best every day to make it happen, but it will not happen tomorrow, but we hope that everything - still an interval of some kind of future that can be grasped, we are approaching it... together with international pressure on russia, until the moment when russia can sit down at the transition table, and the conversation will be consolidated together with the international position, it will be very difficult, but we will achieve some results that will be in the interests of ukraine, is putin ready for this now? of course not, but we have to work as much as possible, at least the... languages ​​that we are talking about now, and the fact that this has started to appear in the international media, that various leaders have started to speak, i think that this is good for ukraine,

but we must do everything so that our ukrainian position is suddenly not known by anyone forgot, that's why we need to hold consultations, meetings, the second peace summit as much as possible and not only us, we need to do it very powerfully. i will remind our viewers that... actually, volodymyr zelenskyi has already announced his upcoming meeting with joseph biden on the sidelines of the un general assembly, and not only with biden, i understand, but possibly with the candidates for the presidency of the united states of america, kamala harris and donald trump, there is no confirmation yet, but this victory plan, which zelensky will bring to washington at the end of september, is obvious he will rebuke'. they, and it seems to me that the events that are unfolding right before our eyes, and at this moment, when both great britain and the united states of america are talking

about the threat from iran, which... is already supplying ballistic missiles to the russian federation, they can change in general , zelenskyi’s victory plan and in general the course of history and the course of the russian-ukrainian war, because for the entire civilized world, what iran has done is already a challenge, when ballistic missiles, albeit with a short range, so far there are 80 km, but this is only the beginning and it is obviously a test for tehran to play and show in front of the united states. great britain that they are ready to seriously help russia in the war with ukraine, and antony blinkin says that there is confirmed information that these ballistic missiles that were in iran were already on the territory of the russian federation, let's listen to what the secretary of state of the united states said united states of america anthony blinken. we warned tehran publicly, we warned tehran privately that this move would be dangerous... dozens

russian servicemen were trained in iran to use the f-360 ballistic missile system, which has a maximum range of 75 miles. russia has now received deliveries of these ballistic missiles and has probably been using them against the ukrainians for several weeks. along with this information , a message appeared that on friday. biden will discuss with the prime minister of great britain, keir starmer, the permission for ukraine to use long-range weapons on the territory of the russian federation, blinkin said, and it became it is also known that blinkin and the head of the british foreign ministry, david lammy, will visit kyiv already this week. ms. irena, does this mean that the situation with the supply of iranian ballistic missiles to ukraine is also pushing... the united

states of america and great britain to a decision, a decision to give the ukrainians the opportunity to strike on the territory of the russian federation, because this iranian ballistic missile program, was this obviously one of the red lines for our western partners? you know, the world, unfortunately, including, first of all, the united states states, and my colleagues and i can attest to this from our many discussions with very different american audiences. unfortunately, the other countries of the european union could not yet , you know, draw a scenario of ukraine's victory due to the defeat of russia, but they would like some such ephemeral victory of ukraine, but somehow so that russia does not lose. unfortunately, the world and the united states are afraid of the victory of russia, they are afraid of the chaos that can be in this nuclear state, the disintegration of russia and so on, and this fear is

such and such. the script and what will happen next, to me seems to very often determine the further actions of our partners, and therefore, you know, elizaveta and yulia are in different factions, and we often have very different positions on many issues, but not on the issue of protecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine. here, it seems to me, we are working in the same team, and a lot of people have been raising the issue lately, at many meetings, that the course of the war can really change... only the destruction of legitimate military targets on the territory of the russian federation, these legitimate military targets include, as airports, from which planes with missiles and bombs take off, as well as military factories, all this military industry, and it seems to me that now the world should be ashamed in the sense that, in front of their eyes , these two years, while ukraine fought so hard, strengthened its evil, because we see that

north korea. allowed today and there on russian territory to create factories where these shaheds are already being assembled, and iran, despite all the sanctions policies, is already producing these ballistic missiles, which it is handing over to russia without hiding, and you know, a 100 km radius of range is a terrible story, because kharkiv is now a huge danger zone, sumi and my heart breaks when you are there, i visit sumi and kharkiv every month and see. the scale of the destruction and destruction of these cities, and you realize the level of danger for them now, and actually, our position should be the only one here, i think that the world should realize on the threshold of what a terrible crisis it stands, given the strengthening of this axis of evil, and that , that time is actually on russia's side, because russia has bet on the exhaustion, on the exhaustion of the ukrainian economy, of our humanitarian resource, military resource, and unfortunately, as a person

who was also... at the front every month, i can testify that, unfortunately...