which forced the enemy to retreat to their previous positions in order to break this bag, well, due to the fact that we see that lately it is very difficult for us to level the situation, then i think that we need to be careful so that these units do not get in the encirclement, that's why it's true, but there is another story that the enemy was just visible forward here in this direction, somewhere there he has a width... 20 km along the entire front, he has such a ledge, er, it turned out, and positively something that can be estimated that the enemy does not have the ability immediately to conduct an offensive on all this, at least in several directions, the fact that he stopped there a little on the pokrovsky direction, and here even on this mountain, this ridge we have already had there for probably a week or more, and they cannot close it, this says that they still don't have enough strength to attack in multiple directions, they're almost they...

draw forces, then attack in some particular one direction and can't have enough reserves now to develop that offensive, i think in this there is also a sense of the kurdish operation, which also supports and is withdrawing some troops, but i say once again that the situation there is difficult, indeed, against this background, mr. colonel, putin is increasing the russian army, he has increased the staff strength of the armed forces of the russian federation to 2,389. 1 thousand people, including 1.5 million military personnel. the last time the staff number was increased on december 23, it amounted to 2,209,130 ​​people, including 1,320,000 military servicemen. taking into account these figures and the fact that putin is gradually increasing the number of the armed forces of the russian federation, it seems that he is not gathering. to

any truce, any peace, any negotiations with our western partners, let alone ukraine, because i understand that he wants to create a huge army, as it was during the soviet union, and only then, from a position of strength , simply explain to everyone on what terms he will talk, with whom he will talk, what can we and our western partners oppose to this? we have to understand that we talk a lot there about the fact that putin does not want to conduct mobilization, this is a fact now, but if he conducts it, then it there will be such a mini-catastrophe that we will need to respond to, and with the pace of mobilization that we have, we will, let's say, forcefully respond to the fact that putin is just now recruiting 30-40 people there they are there for money, and we somehow

oppose them there, and then they push us somewhere, if they carry out mobilization, then it will be necessary to have some measures, measures in order to somehow mirror this to counteract, i think there will be completely different rules later, because it is real, real, if he is there will say , let's give another 300,000, then this will be a serious statement for our country and for our government, for our command, in order to be able to do something... to oppose that with regard to putin, why is he doing this, i think here we are, we also have a limit on the army, it is 255,000, if i am not mistaken, it was like a regular army, of which 215 or 216 are military personnel, we are conducting mobilization, we do not need to increase by law or by decree, the number of forces per the number of soldiers.

employees, putin, on the contrary, he conducts a special military operation, he has mobilized 300,000 men there, and he needs to increase this army so that they can finance it, so i think this is a technical solution in the first place, and it shows that they are ready in the future to increase their army and so that, well , they have already made a decision, they will be there and they will restore the leningrad military district there on the borders with finland. it is put there by other directions, so we have to understand that it is increasing the army and we will need it react, and it increases both technically and realistically, the legislation adapts to it. mr. colonel, during the last week there were many discussions and expectations regarding the possible decision of our western partners about the weapons that we could use on the territory of the russian federation, and the meeting took place. and

the secretary of state of the united states of america, the foreign secretary of great britain with our officials last week, then there was a meeting with the president of the united states of america, biden. and the prime minister of great britain kir starmer, but neither britain nor the united states of america have taken any decision yet, and as the times writes, britain will not allow ukraine to strike the territory of the russian federation without the consent of the united states of america, although last week the guardian wrote that it seems that the decision about stormshadow has already been made. does the lack of information about this decision mean that this decision can be made already or will be made public after the stormsheds, for example, fly over the territory of the russian federation? well, it's logical, it was like that before

all the time, i am also sure that this decision will be made, just now delaying this decision is a grenade, well, in favor of the russian federation, because russia also understands what i think in its own way. agents and in general, that this decision will be made, it gives them the opportunity, and we know it, to move those targets that they have in the range of 300 km there, and stormshades and attackcoms, to move them further to the rear in order not to an impression was made, and they are, well, i don't know, shooting themselves in the foot, you give permission, delay, then the russians clean up, as if there to prevent escalation. it's a bad story, but i'm sure that there will be a solution, well , at least we'll make it so that they can't pull up, of course there are things that it will be difficult for them to transfer some warehouses with ammunition, there are some aircraft warehouses, but the main thing is that there is modern there's some equipment there, some businesses there, serious aircraft, they're

really relocating and moving in other directions, or they're going to protect what they have now, and again, i think they know that... everything will be done and they're working now and there is information on in order to remove all this from the reach zone. thank you, colonel, for the conversation, it was roman kostenko, colonel of the security service of ukraine, people's deputy of ukraine. friends, we continue to work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live there. please subscribe to our pages and vote in our poll. today we ask you about... would you move to the united states of america or the eu if you had the chance? i will remind you once again what it is we are conducting the survey based on the kmis survey, kmis asked ukrainians what they would do if they were granted

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oleksandr, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, mr. sergey. well, the election campaign in the united states of america follows about one. and the same scenario: another assassination attempt on trump, the secret service is on the hook again, biden and harris are calling trump and telling him to take care of himself. for our viewers, they may have missed that this assassination attempt was planned, well identified, at least as an assassination attempt that took place on the grounds of a golf club in florida, near where trump was. candidate for the presidency of the united states of america, an ak-47 machine gun with an optical sight, two backpacks and a gopro camera were found. the american and international media recognized this person as ryan wesley raut, who fervently supported ukraine in the war with russia, came to kyiv and tried

to join the international legion. so, mr. oleksandr, in this whole story, what seems strange to you is that, uh, ... ryan was in ukraine and used an ak-47 here with an optical sight, and it seems that in one way or another there is a ukrainian theme or theme which one are trying to tie this attempt to ukraine, how does it look to you, does it look strange? well, first of all, ukraine has become an internal political factor in the usa since the 16th year, and then the russian special services did a good job of tying up some ukrainian oligarchs, as if they supported hillary clinton, and that we hacked into the servers of the national democratic commission and ... republican, but for some reason only democratic documents were made public and

so on. of course, the trumpians trump's supporters have something to base their mistrust of ukraine on, and sometimes their hatred of ukraine. it is clear that this person is definitely not an agent of the central directorate of intelligence or any other special services, and there was already a refutation of the international legion by the fact that... they have no relation to this person, by the way, there was an interview sometime in june i met this person, and it was actually determined that he had mental problems and that he shouted very often and was unable to do anything serious in support of ukraine, but such a person, then our struggle was close to him and he tried to at least verbally support the fact that now... the trumpians will use it, since ukraine is such a whipping boy, it is quite

clear that some, in particular those who are accused of yazakhs from rasha today are already saying that it is necessary to investigate the ukrainian trail and probably ukrainians just hate trump and therefore, let's say, planned this operation, it is clear that this is all a delusion, but of course it will not be such an unpleasant situation. in media in social media by in relation to ukraine, of course, that all this looks very strange, especially after the second debate, or rather the first debate with kabula haris, the second debate with the democratic candidate, and especially after this joke, which actually targeted trump for saying that haitians are the uncle of dogs, and the video is just gorgeous, i advise you to watch it on tiktok or on ... i think it will reduce the popularity in a way, and secondly,

what he tweeted that he hates, she is such a famous popular singer with millions of fans, creativity, well and of course, what can play such a negative role on it, and then this castle, of course, that now all the media are talking about it, and the most important thing is that the trumpians from... accuse the democrats in such a, you know, goebbelsian way, they say, they still once trump's assassination was carried out, that is, it seems that there is some center controlled by the democrats, sending these assassins to kill the candidate who is supposed to bring greatness and other benefits to america. against this background, mr. oleksandr, a meeting took place, well, actually, not on the same day, but two days earlier. nish meeting of the president of the united states of america and the prime minister of great britain, keir starmer, this meeting

was expected and it was expected that at this very meeting it would be decided, or at least clarified, whether our western partners would allow their weapons to be fired on the territory of the russian federation. state department spokesman matthew miller said that so far... the united states of america and great britain are not ready to announce the lifting of restrictions on strikes by the armed forces of ukraine, although judging by what happened before that, literally 10 days of such informational preparation about that at least great britain can lift the restrictions on stormshadow strikes on the territory of the russian federation, the guardian and the british press wrote about it. the information was actively discussed, it was and it was assumed that, well, at least, if not the americans, then

the british would give their consent to this, the only thing, as i understand it, is that without the consent of their partners from the united states of america, the british did not want to give such consent. you did not have the feeling that at this meeting, this issue, in this issue, well at least in one part, regarding the british one. should have been the full stop was made and the results of this meeting were expected to be announced on this particular note. well, i would say there was another article in the british press. where five former defense ministers of britain and former prime minister boris johnson called on the current prime minister to remove such a restriction, because it is senseless, and of course it harms ukraine, above all, it protects ukraine's enemies. but i think that most likely we will hear about the decision during the visit

of the president of ukraine. it is clear that there are also certain political ones. let's say, moments for to do it that way and not just announce it, i think eventually they will do it, and most likely it will be a gradual, you know how they like to say escalation, first without, broad authorization, we will use british and french systems, and then later the americans will still come and authorize the use of attackcoms when they see that the russians are not... when for this so-called escalation, so i think it all depends on that, and hope that as long as joseph biden is in office and his team, including jack sullivan, they will still take a closer look at their approaches to the russian federation, to this war, they will understand, as the british understood it a long time ago, that there are empty threats

from the russian federation, it is not capable of the escalation that they, let's say so. which one would like to avoid and that it is necessary to make a bet in the end on ukraine and help ukraine to fight better with western weapons and without any absolutely ridiculous restrictions. you have already mentioned the visit of the president of ukraine to the united states of america. september 25 there the session of the un general assembly begins. and it is within the framework of this un general assembly that zelensky hopes to meet. with biden and present him with a victory plan, and as zelensky says, this victory plan is already more than 90% ready. however, what this plan will be, zelenskyy says quite sparingly so far, but let's listen to what he said in yesterday's video address to

ukrainians, in various formats of the meeting on the preparation of ours. of the ukrainian victory plan, real fulfillment of all points, military fulfillment, political, diplomatic, economic, more than 90% of everything is written out, and in the complex this package can ensure the correct development of the situation not only for ukraine, but also for everyone in the world who values ​​international law. mr. oleksandr, from the information that is in the public space and... about what zelensky says, that the foundation will be laid and the main bet in this plan of victory will be placed on the united states of america, and that is, it is completely unclear, for now, if the united states of america will not want that part of itself there to carry out in this plan of victory, it is not clear whether there will be a plan

of victory then, well, relatively speaking, whether there is anything other than plan a in the current one. team's plan b, that is, if the americans say, listen, this victory plan does not suit us, we have our own vision of how the russian-ukrainian war should end, and this vision is not the same as that of zelenskyi and his team, you do you understand what will happen if suddenly this victory plan turns out not to be what washington sees, well, you know, the program of a minimum of our strategic goals of the united states, they completely coincide, this is the survival of the ukrainian nation, the ukrainian state, sovereign and independent, and that is precisely why president biden, back in the 22nd or early 23rd year, said about this that ukraine won a strategic victory. other goals, such as the victory of ukraine and the fact that we must

liberate all illegally occupied, annexed territories, do not coincide here, as the americans want to avoid. with the russian federation and in the other case of the collapse of the putin regime, and from the russian federation, and of course that zelenskyi it is necessary to show a certain diplomacy, so that in our desires and our resources that we have, primarily human, we package in widows such an option for our american partners, if the americans do not agree with the plan, this does not mean that they will stop supplying us with weapons . to provide other types of aid, because then it would be against their national interests and this strategy, which joseph biden approved in fact in the year 22 a. and of course, then we will have to rely on our own forces and our european partners, but of course that a problematic thing, because

the europeans, unfortunately, do not have such resources, primarily, i mean industrial resources, the ability to produce weapons, equipment, in any case, the american factor will decide, i do not think that we need to think about any plan b, he can exclusively, let's say, agree with the need to lead. negotiations, because otherwise we simply will not take such financial and industrial resources, such weapons and other things. i think that in the end the proposals with which zelensky will be in washington, they will be accepted as a whole, there will probably still be nuances, already the work between our and the american military from the point of view of such, let's say, planning, from the point of view of games that will show whether we will be able to perform certain, precisely. .. military tasks, so in principle i am more hopeful that our ideas, they will come, and they are based, including on the successes

shown by our defense forces in the kurdish direction, because before the kurdish operation both in washington and in europe they talked about the fact that the war has come to an end, that ukraine will better concentrate on defense, it is not able to generate forces and resources for active offensive actions. character, we have shown that we can do it, even in conditions when we do not receive everything that our partners promised us, recently zelenskyi said that in fact only four brigades are complete, new brigades are equipped, and most of them have not yet received weapons, no equipment and other things, therefore, of course, this plan should speed up our american partners a little, so that the allocated money does not burn congress so that the process of making a decision and transferring this weaponry , equipment and ammunition to ukraine would not be delayed. mr. oleksandr, now there are a lot of plans,

peace plans that are offered to ukraine, both the sino-brazilian peace plan and olaf scholz's peace plan, and these plans have already been criticized by volodymyr zelenskyi, he talked about the sino-brazilian... peace, that this is a peace that is initiated, or this peace agreement initiated by moscow, or agreed with moscow on the scholz peace plan, he said, that he does not know what kind of peace plan this is, but the chancellor of germany, during a meeting with the president of kazakhstan, kasim jomart tokayev, did not agree with the thesis that russia cannot be defeated by military means, but also, speaking in favor of a peaceful settlement, speaks publicly about it for us too. it is clear that at the same time it is necessary to continue to explore the possibilities for the peace process, and it is clear to me that this is not working in russia in the case in which it is currently waging this war, continuing to attack

ukraine with great aggression. should these all peace plans, mr. oleksandr, to be reduced to some single denominator, or all these plans should somehow be considered as options in the case when both the sino-brazilian peace... and the peace from scholz in qi, in these projects and in these initiatives, representatives were not involved of ukraine? well, you know, i have two folders on my computer, these are peace initiatives, and there is of course the plan of ukraine, and there is a folder that can actually be translated as bullshit, and what our partners, comrades, friends or distant partners offer, if i don't invest. in the vision of ukraine, and i want to emphasize that ukraine does not demand anything more than the restoration of international law, that is , there is no clause that we would like

more than the parties, including the russian federation, agree to implement, if that does not meet, this plan that is offered to us does not meet these parameters, of course we have to pay attention to it, but we have to continue. with our partners, those closest to us and those who joined the first site of peace, so that they support our proposal, in this context, i believe the next peace summit is very important, which will not bring peace, that's for sure, but the most important thing is that it should increase the number of countries that stick to the ukrainian plan, at least in some ways support it, so of course what olaf scholz is proposing is not known what, but we should of course be skeptical about... this , because i do not know in history that a genocidal war ended with diplomacy and peace negotiations, i have not heard of russian perpetrators or propagandists. that they are ready,

at least to reduce the pace of this aggression, and, unfortunately, we have not heard that in the russian the federation has such problems, of an economic, social, political nature, which can undermine the ability of putin and his machines to continue this war, there are positive signals, this was an interview with the head of the central bank of the russian federation a few weeks ago, there really are problems, if that , what she was saying to the... power on television is a sign that it really could be a lot worse. there is also an assessment, long ago danov said from open sources, closed sources, that in fact at the end of next year, at the beginning, at the beginning of the 26th, the russians met with the great problems, both economic and industrial, and it is possible that after some time they will have to find a way out of this

situation, but it is clear that the russians. are waiting for elections in the united states, they will also like the chaos that is currently increasing in american politics, and of course the arrival of donald trump is possible, who in principle has already said in general posts what he wants, who does not have a plan for ukraine, and he definitely does not coincide with our interests, with the interests and interests of the americans. thank you, mr. oleksandr, for the conversation, it was oleksandr hara, diplomat, friends. and we continue to work live on the espresso tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live on these platforms, please subscribe to our pages and also take part in our survey. today we ask you this: would you move to the united states of america or the eu if you had the chance? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have a separate opinion, please write it in the comments. if you are watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or

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, in the kanotop, vakhtyrsky, sumy districts, what is currently happening in the ukrainian energy sector as of september 17, 2024, how would you characterize the state where we are now we are in, well, the situation, we know that it is difficult, it is critical, and when we say energy objects, we, well, in recent times. as a rule, we mean the objects of the electric power industry, but we also have an oil and gas complex, a gas transportation system, gas distribution networks, in addition to the energy infrastructure, what is happening today, what is the condition, well, in short, we know that we have damaged first of all , a large number of generators. today ukraine

consumes about 10-12 thousand megawatts, can you imagine, and 9 are already damaged, but we had a big one reserve, peacetime and on the eve, well, in the 90s, we had a capacity of 55,00 gw, and before... well, on the eve of the war, somewhere on the level of 25 or 27 thousand megawatts, and nine were damaged, so we have a large shortage of generating capacity, we know that we do not have a zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the kokhov hydroelectric power plant, the dnipro-heroelectric power plant is damaged, and almost all the thermal power plants that were working are coal-fired, all damaged and left there.