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of ukraine. we are talking about this today in svoboda live. my name is vlasta lazor. russia has probably launched the first large-scale counterattack in the kursk region. pro-war russian telegram channels assure that the russian army started fighting in several settlements of kurshchyna and captured at least two of them: gordiivka and vnyazapne. these villages are located 4-6 km from ukrainian border and 20 km from the district center of korenevo. since mid-august they were under the control of the armed forces. it is claimed that the russian military advanced in the area of ​​several more settlements near korenevo, occupied by the armed forces during the august offensive. it is about byahovo, snagost and apanasivka. the counteroffensive is also confirmed by the ukrainian autumn project deep state. according to his information, the russian military threw an armored car across the seim river in the glushkiv district. in these shots, as noted, at least eight tanks and armored vehicles are moving. in the direction of the village

snagos, this is an important stronghold of the armed forces in this direction. well, as western military analyst robly writes, the russian military was able to ferry armored forces across the sejm, despite ukrainian strikes on the bridges. deppstate notes that the situation on the left flank of the ukrainian group in kurshchyna is deteriorating. the russian ministry of defense reported that 10 ukrainian soldiers were captured, and the ukrainian side, as of now, has information about the russian counteroffensive in kurshchyna. does not comment. let me remind you that on august 6, the armed forces of ukraine launched an offensive on the kurdish region. by the middle of the month, the ukrainian army controlled 74 settlements, at least that is what volodymyr zelenskyi claimed. well, later he said that the course operation is one of the points of ukraine's victory. undoubtedly, ukraine captured more territory in russia in one month than russia captured in ukraine in the whole of last year. but here, for example, as the new york times notes, ukrainian control over kurshchyna has yet to be tested by a serious... counterattack,

and it looks like that test began today. serhiy kryvonos, reserve major general of the armed forces of ukraine, joins our broadcast. good evening. good evening, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. my first question is, from your point of view, how serious is this russian offensive in kurshchyna. what can you say about the combat capability of the forces advancing there. according to open sources , it is known that these are units of the 155th marine brigade, and the 51st guards regiment is also mentioned. of the russian airborne forces, what are your comments regarding the combat capability of these forces? well the issue is not so much the combat capability of those forces that are advancing, well, russia at one time invested a lot in the development of airborne troops, but in the 22nd year a large part of the airborne troops remained in the middle of the ukrainian land in the kyiv, sumy and chernihiv directions, partly a lot remained uh...

on the territory of donbass, so what we have now is not at all those that were formed in russia for a long time, although they learn quickly enough, draw conclusions, and their studies. the center works well enough, yes the question of the counteroffensive, i would not raise it right now, because it is such a complete contrast in all areas, the russians attacked in certain areas, today i spoke with those who are in the kurshchyna region, and they say, is that the case there? on the left, depending on where and with whom i talked, there are certain offensive actions, but about the offensive and a powerful offensive there, eight tanks - this is an absolutely complete offensive and eight tanks - just one company and it is too early to say about the offensive of the russian army in kurdistan, ugh well, then what options for the future do the armed forces of ukraine have now, correct me if i’m wrong, to hold back the offensive there, even if it will increase, or

retreat, right, are there any other options, there is still an offensive , to continue the offensive, to counterattack russian units, this is a real option, everything depends on training. people of fire support for these hostilities, in which areas we can carry out our offensive actions, as well as directly from the number of units that can take part in these offensive actions actions, this is the first, second, there is still the question of deterrence, or even the question of not deterrence, the question of occupying the defense, and in many areas our troops have a strong engineering hold over the territory of the kurt region and are preparing to repulse the russian one. can you hear me now or did i think i lost connection? i’m sorry , i’m sorry, okay, then the question is whether there will be enough ukrainian forces, which, we don’t know the exact number, who went there to attack the kurshchyna, but will there be enough forces

to hold positions, or as you say, go to offensive in general, for offensive, this is a separate issue, it is separate power means and separate security. of these offensive actions, as far as the defense is concerned, the ukrainian troops are still relying on themselves, and that is why they are vigorously preparing for the conduct of defensive battles. and words are enough, not enough, the question lies not only in our desire. the question also lies in the ability of the russians to increase their offensive capabilities in certain areas, to destroy our manpower, to destroy our artillery and then to attack directly, so speaking from... desire is one thing, capabilities are quite another. and there is a point in holding the territory there, ask general syrskyi, he will answer you, that of course there is, since we have already come there, it means that we did not come there for nothing, which means that we came to perform a certain task, if mr. zelenskyi is there there he says that

the kurdish operation is part of his peace plan, although i would probably call it not so much a peace plan as a victory plan, because without victory there can be no peace, so i think that... in the near future, when he planned there to present his plan to two candidates for the presidency of the united states, i just don’t understand why, well, let’s see, there is not much time left, patience and patience for our soldiers and provision for our soldiers on the battlefield, yes, yes, just as volodymyr zelensky was talking about the plan for the victory of ukraine and that the kursk operation is one of the points of this victory plan, but is the fact that russian troops went on the offensive there relevant? to say that kurshchyna remains a point of the victory plan, if there will be battles there? well, look, you're doing it again attack on one of the areas of the great kurdish front, that the citizens, those who watch our broadcast, perceive that

the russians have not gone on the offensive in all directions, in the area of ​​several populated areas, offensive operations are underway , offensive actions of the russians are being conducted, but defensive battles are also being conducted from our side, so let's not say that an attack on one of the sites is on the kurshchyna. it will be more correct that tactical battles are being conducted in kursk oblast, offensive on the part of the russian army. well, this is the beginning, today is the first day, we, we do not know how it can dissipate then admitted to of all the plans of the russian army, we are talking about today, what will happen tomorrow, tomorrow will show. and how, by the way, it can develop in the perspective of the russian offensive in the next few days, for example, for example, it will depend on the number of forces that they will be able to throw into the offensive. are they able to throw a lot of resources there now? they don't have as many of them as it is sometimes perceived, and they also understand that in order to attack, these, you yourself said, are elite units, in that including airborne units and marines, and it will be quite difficult

to just drop them, these are not newly formed infantry units, which were used there in the form of live meat for meat assaults, here already directly. you know, more careful use, yes, let's say, appropriate use of these units, especially on the territory of the russian federation. but can it be stated that this, this is the beginning. this offensive or an offensive in one area on the kurshchyna, by and large, such a test has begun for the armed forces of ukraine, will it withstand their defense in the kurshchyna, because maybe it seems so to me as a civilian, but it seems to me that the whole world will be watching this offensive now, how strong will ukraine be in the kurshchyna to hold off the russian offensive? every day in the war is a test of the capabilities of the armed forces, and if we are already at war for the 11th year, then... we have, yes, we are partially losing our territory, we are losing people, but the enemy

has not achieved those plans in 11 years. which he put back in the 14th year of destroyed independent ukraine, and what he set for himself in the 22nd year, kyiv did not achieve in three days either, therefore i am grateful to the soldiers who are now fighting in the trenches and i want to wish them strength and proper support from the commanders of the planning and support of the operation, one more clarification on kurshchyna and let's go further to... in another direction, but today from what i had to read of western analysts, not only western ones, on this topic, they state that after all russian, russian forces managed to overturn armored vehicles, despite the fact that ukrainian armed forces in kurshchyna there in all bridges were destroyed in lushkiv district, and due to what made it possible, due to the use in two directions, the use of fords, if fords are possible in those areas where they were crossed, and secondly , the guidance of a pontoon. crossings, that is, ukraine, despite the fact that all the bridges were blown up, could not

prevent this, and from this i have a question, how much the next challenges can become too strong for the ukrainian troops to fight back? and the question is that in war every day someone goes forward, someone defends, and the opposite can happen, and when we we listen to our western specialists, i will call them, who tell us how things are still going on, then tell me, please, when was the last time representatives of those countries, the specialists we listen to, took part in such... powerful wars, maybe it was the second world war, but maybe early and looking there, and everything, well, maybe i would say yes, according to the level of tension, it is also possible the korean war, yes, but nevertheless, look, a little more than a month has passed, and russia has left on the offensive, regardless of what they were doing, she went on the offensive, she began offensive actions in one of the areas. kursk front. do you think it is not so significant? well, we don't say that,

for example, we drink a barrel of water, we say: we spilled one glass of this barrel, and so here. yeah, good. then the next question, do you think, how much will it be difficult for ukraine to maintain the defense in kurshchyna and at the same time not to lose the settlements in the pokrovsk direction and pokrovsk itself. an interesting question, rather complicated, but already battles are being fought both here and there, and when the command of the armed forces made the decision to hold one operation and the continuation of the defense operation, they probably weighed all the pros and cons, the presence of our troops in kurshchyna, as well as the weakening of our positions in the pokrov direction, so now it is quite difficult to say whether it is right or wrong, there is logic in the actions of the leadership. and we do not know definitively that the plans have been voiced, for what it was carried out, that is all well and good, but these are not

one hundred percent arguments that should be believed, there is another plan that we can guess about for the time being, and i am not telling you at the end i still understood how much was declared earlier, or so the hints were certain, that there were expectations that russia would still transfer troops from the pokrovsky direction to kurshchyna, today russia went on the offensive in one of the directions, but... probably not with the combat-ready units they kept in the pokrovsk direction, what options can there be? there may be many options, russia will take off its last pants, but they have a huge desire to take pokrovsk directly, you know that for them, they are such a fool, and this is putin's order that they want to fulfill, the task is set before of the russian army, according to those documents intercepted by our intelligence services, to take pokrovsky... at any cost, listen, at any cost, that is why they will throw the last soldiers, they

will throw the staff commanders there to reach pokrovsk, well in that's why my question is, if russia wants to take pokrovsk at any cost, ukraine now needs to defend pokrovsk at the same time, keep the course of the front on kurshchyna, how strong is it? everything depends not only on the desire of the enemy, but on our capabilities, which refers to the correct organization of the battle. for the battle on the kurdish land, time will tell, that our units in the kurdish region, in the kurdish region, are directly digging into the ground and correctly and qualitatively. are lining up the trenches, this is very good, but for now we will see how our desires and our capabilities coincide with the desires of the russians to advance, who is better and who will be directly more powerful in defense, time will tell, and when you say time will tell, what time frame are you talking about now ? i think the next two weeks, and what should show or

no show for the next two weeks? well, for us , we need to understand that... the offensive actions of the russians may be suspended by weather conditions somewhere at the beginning of october, may be suspended, because the situation may develop in such a way that if, and we expect the season of autumn rains, which are coming, as a rule at the end of september at the beginning of october, then the front will stop accordingly at the beginning of september, at the beginning of october, it seems to me that after all there are certain connections between us and the general... there are certain problems with communication, it has already been restored , then you said the time frame, the end of september, the beginning of october, when the weather deteriorates, if by then the front, if it deteriorates, it is in accordance with the forecasts that are currently available, ugh, and if, if it gets cold and the weather deteriorates, did i understand you correctly, because i have there is still a task to explain to people who may not be related

to military affairs, that the front can stop for the winter already where it is, where it is from... will it stop both in kurshchyna and in donbas? well, there is, i cannot give a hundred percent guarantee, just as no one will give a 100% guarantee, including the same general syrsky. today we will talk about donbas in more detail, we are waiting for the inclusion of the press officer from there, but i have one more question for you, and it does not really concern the front, it is more like, you know, personnel, here i will go from the very beginning, at the end of august to us it became known that roman hladky was appointed chief of staff... of the unmanned systems forces, and then, if you remember, there was a scandal, because allegedly his relatives have or had russian passports, the media spread information that hladky could have been suspected earlier in treason and corruption, or then and in the first, either in the first or in the second, and then the question arose as to how, in principle, hladky could end up in office. syrsky said that the sbu checked him, the

sbu said that they did not check, and now, thanks to our colleagues from toronto television , it became known that... hladky in 14-15 years, when in particular he served in the command of the naval forces, crossed the border with russia 26 times there and back. tell me, please, and what can you say about hladky himself, what is his reputation in the military environment, and do you understand how he could find yourself in the service now? it feels like you and i live in different ukraines, how did you forget the 14th year? a huge number of naval officers, those who went to the territory of ukraine, did not immediately take their families, and part of their families remained directly where, remained in crimea, as well as a certain share of naval officers who left crimea to the territory of ukraine, wrote reports and returned to crimea, because they saw that ukraine was absolutely not waiting for them here and everything was not organized to accept these people who

left the front, who left the crimea, and if, for example, the security service of ukraine. provided as much as possible for all the officers who left the crimea, well, of course there were significantly fewer of them there than in the armed forces, but provided everyone with normal housing, then in the armed forces this issue was much more difficult, and this is not a question for the armed forces, it is a question for of the state, to the leadership of the state in the 14-15th years, this is the most important thing to understand, because as for the same smooth thing about corruption scandals, i have never heard the accused during the years when he served there, as well as the issue of treason, what that treason turned out to be, the facts, the fact that he deceived, lied, as regards filling out documents for obtaining access to state secrets, i do not know there, in the 16th or 17th years, when it was specific, then conclusions were made, he was demoted, and i know that then he received a certain

fine, and when the security service of ukraine says that they did not conduct an inspection, and i ... the facts that surfaced in the 16th were brought to light year we have two different security services of ukraine, did we have everyone who knew what was going on, resigned, or were they dismissed, and now they have recruited absolute people, well, this is a step to the side. this means that someone, the security services of ukraine, did not fully address their questions. and as for his position, he is a sailor, and his perception was mostly in the naval forces. i knew him when he was the commander of a ship, that was in those old days. and at that moment he enjoyed such a good authority when he already served in the combined military headquarters, i have not crossed paths with him in the service, so it is difficult for me to say, but... is it possible that oleksandr syrskyi had the motivation to appoint him to the position of chief of staff of the unmanned forces of unmanned systems? well, first of all , general syrsky cannot know

all the nuances about all the officers, regarding access to state secrets and certain scandals, this is a task precisely for military counterintelligence and the personnel work bodies that report to the generalus, they had to deal with these issues directly, but look, in our time... how many times has the personnel changed, the personnel in the personnel bodies has been reshuffled, after the departure of zelensky, the departure of muzhenko, the personnel changed, other personnel came, after hamchak the personnel changed again, after zaluzhny the personnel changed again and the fourth hr staff came, they definitely couldn't know all the nuances regarding the same smooth, i won't justify absolutely smooth, so you ask why such failures? because instead of professional work with personnel, we have professional maintenance trained people, when another team comes to us, they say, that’s it, everyone who was before everything is simply not needed and everyone is gone, well

, how many generals have been dismissed in the last six months, that’s the whole answer for you, and what to say about those lieutenant colonels , colonels who work in personnel bodies, as a rule, when the leadership changes at the ranks of the ground forces, the general staff, the armed forces, then the main positions of those people are instantly dismissed and... those people who worked at lower ranks are brought in. by the way, the last question: what about you? do you know how many generals have been fired while there is a full scale war going on? well, in the last six months, more than 20. huh, is that a lot? of course. thank you very much, serhii kryvonos, major general of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine, we mostly talked about the russian offensive in the kursk region and the situation in the donbass, in particular in the pokrovsky direction. thank you. well, we will. according to the events in the kursk region, how this offensive will develop and what consequences it may ultimately lead to, well , in the meantime, russia is advancing through the donbass and approaching a key city in eastern

ukraine. if russian troops capture pokrovsk, russia will gain a great strategic advantage in capturing the rest of donbas, says the new york times publication i already mentioned today. the advance to pokrovsk became the most successful episode of the russian offensive in donbas this summer, the publication states. what is happening right now in the... direction , see the report of our colleagues. at this moment , igor, who has been fighting for a year and a half, remembers, trying to take a deep breath. we didn't get to didn't make it this time? it hit us on the way, when we stopped by to change. this is a vivid example of what is happening now in the pokrovsky direction. ihor never made it to the new, still unbroken position. the car was hit by a russian drone. the car immediately stopped. it immediately caught fire, we got dressed with scratches, then it happened, and the second skit knocked me out a bit, i fell, i just watched

the car burn, ugh, and how the bull was shooting, really a telep, i see you, yes, i’m not roaring , the driver was the first to jump out, i don't remember if i got out or if i fell out, well, it was like that... that's all washed away for yaroslav, this was only his second combat appearance. he was in the car with igor. he says that at first he shouted in search of a friend, then lost hope and walked towards the position on foot. well, like us, more, well, i pulled him. igor and yaroslav have been recuperating for several days now, they are taking their breath away. according to figures recently published by forbes in the pokrov region, the number of the russian army exceeds the ukrainian one by four. the publication notes that there were several fresh brigades in the reserve of the armed forces, which had already strengthened this part of the front, and it gives results. in fact, all of pokrovsk is now in the zone of influence of russian artillery, and even if the offensive can be stopped, life here is a lottery. the military says that the enemy

sees everything, uses drones very actively, and this is the peculiarity of the pokrovsky campaign. the injuries are mostly shrapnel, it's the hardest here now, it's never been as bad as it is now. denys talks a lot and you can see, he was not in pain, you need people, and with basic knowledge afterwards. it is not wise to send the new arrivals to the front lines teach, at the same time, the enemy, he says, has constant rotations, new people, equipment and technologies, the enemy is fighting, damn drones, there is pokrovska to worry about, of course, igor and yaroslav will return here very soon, after what they have been through, they are good friends, he hugged and and cried, who knows why the advance guard near pokrovsk is being held, oh, he, well, he... he praises me all the time, tells everyone that i pulled him out, well, it’s me, i don’t think that it’s, well, some a heroic concession, if you are not sure of your fellow man,

well... it's very hard. borys echalko, serhii dekun for radio liberty. serhii tsehotskyi, an officer of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after yakov handziuk, joined our broadcast. i congratulate you. good evening. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. serhiu and i talked about two weeks ago, and even then the situation in the pokrovsky direction was difficult. how has she changed in the last couple of weeks? well, i will say that in the last two weeks, after... that we, their stormtroopers , stopped them a little bit, slowed them down, and they started, if at first they acted in the direction, they acted they tried to push directly, let's say head-on to pokrovsk, but now they are pushing more to the north towards mynograd, myrnograd and to the south, selidove, kurakhova, here and there in that area, and what do you

connect it with, it's all the same in... the direction of pokrovsk, by and large, let's say that pokrovsk is such a strategic node, let's call it the pokrovsk front, and i connect it with the fact that, after all, the efforts made by the units, yes, not only our brigade, all of them our other brothers, who are standing on this, on this part of the front, were able to give them by the teeth, and they realized that it was a very large number. there were, let's say, the enemy killed, a lot of wounded, and this still cannot help but be reflected in the results, let me still clarify, look, after all, the situation, in my opinion, has changed radically in the sense that over the last week the evacuation train stopped running from pokrovsk, it now runs from pavlograd, it is 100 km from pokrovsk, where people have to get to, and it is possible for me, as

for... a person, but this is a significant sign that it has become more dangerous there than was, and what maybe the city is preparing for battles, so what does it mean that the trains have stopped running from there, does it mean that the city is preparing for battles, no, it means that the enemy can reach pokrovsk and is already shelling pokrovsk, that is, he has come closer to the city for this time, yes, during this time there in the area of, let's say, novogorodivka, the same, here too. yes, this distance is quite small, that is, they can bring out artillery, plus launch their drones, this is a threat, so today pokrovsky, unfortunately, unfortunately, i repeat, is under fire, why do people need to be evacuated, why did the train stop running? experts, in particular and on our broadcast, compare pokrovsk with bakhmut in the sense that pokrovsk can expect the same battle as it once

was for... mut, do you see such prospects, and in principle, what you say that artillery now reaches the city, now in russia it is possible to simply destroy the city with daily shelling, well, this is their tactic, they used it all the time, but i want to remind you that today is the 24th year , after all, and we have there was a lot new opportunities, arms therefore. plus a lot of work behind the enemy's rear, which is carried out by various forces, the sbu there and others, which destroy their warehouses, destroy their fuel and lubricant materials, etc. what will not happen, well, this is my personal opinion, and i see that also, well, the command

of the armed forces does everything. it is possible that they, let's say, could not do this, that's why, because we are also improving our uavs, we can also fly into the rear of the enemy, so that they would not be able to do anything, so that they would not be able to get even closer to the enemy, so that they would not be able to shell the city, you understand, that is, we can, we will say, we can and we will, and we are already doing it, we can see it very much. carefully where their artillery can be located within range and so on, and this is carefully hunted, that is why it is so easy to say that it will be the second bahmud, i would not dare to say so. and in front of you on our broadcast was general serhiy kryvonos, and he said that there is literally very little time left, when already this autumn will begin, the end of september, the beginning of october from...