on the eastern front of our country. so, according to the latest data that we have, the armed forces of ukraine broke through another section of the russian border, in particular, units of the 95th separate assault police brigade. dshv of the armed forces of ukraine broke through one of the sites. in addition, we also observed during the last days, probably weeks, that there is also progress there. forces of the occupying state, that is, in essence, we see both the advance of the ukrainian defense forces and the advance of the enemy. in your opinion, what what is happening now in kursk oblast, what are the future prospects of the ukrainian troops, and of course, what are the prospects of the occupier's troops regarding their so-called counteroffensive. please. operational-tactical grouping of forces . defense, which is called siversk,

continues to perform its tasks. in an interview with foreign media, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, general syrsky, defined these tasks as, first, to transfer the war to the territory of the enemy and give the russian population the opportunity to experience for themselves what the war is at home, contribute, let's say so. to improve the morale and psychological state of the troops and definitely to the population of ukraine, which is tired of difficult, difficult news from the east of ukraine, to provide an opportunity to get a reason to rejoice, and the main task is to divert part of the enemy's reserves from other directions to the kurdish direction and such in this is a way to relax. the enemy's pressure on our

battle formations, the picture we have today, well, in principle, the media covers it quite actively, some big secrets it is not happening there, for the russian command the situation is the exact opposite, the task before them is to squeeze the defense forces from their national territory back to ukraine. well, but for this they chose the wrong tools, they don't have the right amount of forces and means, and all this turns into an ever-increasing problem for the russians. mr. colonel, what forces did ukraine manage to link on the territory of the kurdish region and, in general, on the territory of the russian federation, where ours are now? at the beginning of the invasion of the siversk group on... russian

the enemy kept the federation in the border areas of the kursk, bilhorod and bryansk regions, groups somewhere in the region of 10-12-15 thousand in each region, these were mainly conscripts, border troops of the fsb of russia, and units that were withdrawn from eastern ukraine to restore combat capability , that is, all those groups were. limited combat capability, although quite numerous, now the group in the kurt region has grown to 35, according to other data, to 40 thousand, this happened due to the transfer of reserves that the russian the commands were under arms in other directions, in separate directions where we observe not too active combat operations, the troops were withdrawn directly from the line. his

clashes and were transferred to the kursk region for the organization of defense. now the picture there looks approximately as follows: the sivirsk group continues its offensive south of hlushkovo - it is the district center and is conducting combat operations in the area of ​​the villages of novy put, vedmezhe, and on the western outskirts of lyubimivka is trying to break through to komyshivka. the enemy is the 83rd airborne assault brigade, which is here... arrived from podklishchiivka, is trying to advance in the area of ​​kamyshivka and stop our breakthrough. the 51st airborne regiment of the 106th division arrived here from the temporary ravine, the other day counterattacked near lyubimivka, near kremyany, but was stopped and could not complete its tasks. 106 landing, airborne division, which operated in the area at the time. uh, i'm wrong, sorry, in

the northern direction, arrived here, takes up battle formations in the district of the settlement of snagast and in the district. mordock arrived 234 assault regiment, 76th of the airborne assault division from the orichiv direction. the command, all actions in the kursk region from the russian side belong to the so-called command of the counter-terrorist operation, that is, a military invasion, they marked it for themselves as an invasion of terrorists, and they are trying to prevent it with the appropriate tools. but there is such a highway e-38, and in the rylsk-lukashivka section, the enemy is trying to organize a defensive line to prevent the advance of the defense forces in the direction of the kursk nuclear plant and in general

to the regional center, to kursk, there the 60th motorized rifle brigade of the fifth general military army moves to the defense in the rylsk region, before that it operated on... in the vremiv direction, in the area of ​​the village, the selective deployment of the 459th motorized rifle regiment, in the 83rd regiment was formed again in the lhovo area, the 217th airborne regiment was formed in the klyshinov area, which had previously fought unsuccessfully under the old yar, the 87th regiment is being deployed in the area of ​​the village named after karl lipknecht, ugh, and near lukashivka arrived from... 252 motorized rifle regiment of the lyman direction the third motorized rifle division in the area of ​​akimivka markova sukha concentrates the 98th amphibious division, which is hastily taken out of the sub-temporal ravine and transferred to the kursk

region at the boundary of ulanka borka state ulanka borka state border - this is the western most eastern border. the area of ​​our invasion, the 30th motorized rifle regiment of the 72nd division is moving to the defense, arrived here from near kharkov, yes, the 24th special purpose brigade, which was used as regular infantry, arrived here from the vremiv direction, the 382nd battalion of marines, which item permanent deployment of timryuk on azov, hostilities . in the kherson direction, well, all sorts of evil spirits such as pseudo-brovol formations, arbat, sarmatians and the like, are moving here, they were mostly involved in the area of ​​the temporary ravine, by the way, arbat here is not a battalion of moscow majors, it is an abbreviation

of an armenian battalion, which is staffed by ethnic armenians , but formed in moscow. this is the situation in the kursk region. that is, as far as we understand, a rather unconscious grouping in terms of numbers, at least, is really now very busy in kurshchyna, efforts to dislodge the defense forces of ukraine beyond the borders of the russian federation, the fact that they are there means that they are not somewhere else, as we understand now, from the words of mr. colonel, in principle, they are not in the south, partly in the east of our country. how do you characterize the general situation in kurshchyna, her? let's focus on the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, i'll just quote a fragment of his interview, the new yorker, what he said, we can say that the operation has already shown some results, it has slowed down the actions of the russians, forced them to transfer about 40 thousand

soldiers from the front line in ukraine to kursk region. our fighters in the east have already noted that the frequency of attacks on their positions has decreased. well, if you add to that. as we understand, the liquidation of quite a large amount of ammunition in tikhoretsk, and in a hurry, they say that, in principle, there are arsenals that should have provided the russian army for 3-4 months, well, the picture is emerging of an attempt to squeeze the russian potential, to continue this war for a long time. however, i apologize, mr. victor, if you don't i like it when... your colleagues are also asked to comment, but kostyantyn mashovets from the information resistance literally today recommended that civil society prepare for the fact that the armed forces may withdraw from selidovo, toretsk and ugledar. and yes, if we

talk in general, mr. viktor, about the situation on the eastern front of our country, yes, it is a separate bloc. here, if we talk even about today’s data, conditionally speaking, there are data for the past days, let’s take the mapistat, as of today, what we have, the progress occupiers in the area of ​​new york, yes, we have progress, unfortunately, in the area of ​​the coal mine, and of course, the pressure continues in the area of ​​the pokrovsky direction, here it has not gone anywhere, and let's also talk about the kuptina direction, there too, in particular, behind according to the mba, they say that the situation there is also quite difficult, that is, we actually. that on the one hand they dragged part

of the russian occupiers to kurshchyna, on the other hand we still see that the pressure in certain areas, in such key areas for the occupiers, it continues, and the advance of the russian army in some areas, it continues and continues virtually daily. how do you, mr. viktor, assess the current situation on the eastern front, on... the front, i would say in the kharkiv region, including what is happening there now and what the dangers are, in particular in the context of what we are really being told about the possibility of withdrawing from certain settlements, from certain directions, i mean the retreat of the ukrainian army, please, give me the elephant that you have now put on the table eat in parts, so from north to south. the kharkiv direction, the enemy wedged into the territory of ukraine for 7 km, got stuck there

, forced to go on the defensive, in addition to this, combat units are sneaking up on him right from the front, what to do next, he does not know, it is a shame to retreat to the national territory, it is unrealistic to complete the task , attempts to bypass and block kharkov, it generally moved into the category of unfulfilled dreams. no one says that it is easy and calm in the direction of kharkiv, but the enemy's chances of accomplishing their combat mission there are slim. kupinsky direction: part of the reserves were taken away from the enemy, as a result of which he is physically unable to continue the offensive in several directions at the same time, so he faces one single task, to cut through the sand area. our khortytsia group to break through to the oskil river, there

were about 2.5-3 km left and in this way achieve at least something. next , the question arises of how to develop the offensive in order to dislodge the smaller part of the northern grouping of the defense forces, which is currently defending itself there, on the western bank of oskol. the enemy has none what, i.e. he may reach the river, but he will not be able to develop this success physically, because there are no resources, further south, the lyman direction, battles in the area of ​​the srebynsky forest, no advance, attempts to get out of the north to slavyansk, last a year and no chances , that something will happen, and this is where the main... task of our strategic enemy begins, the occupation of donbas within the luhansk and donetsk

regions, they occupied 98% of luhansk region, the remaining two halls, well, it doesn't work at all. create conditions for capturing donbas, the donetsk region will not be able to do the same, because if they even break through to the slavic village, they will be trapped in very heavy battles. will be forced to storm very well prepared for defense fortified areas, which have been preparing for that defense since the 14th year. even further south, in the northern direction, the 106th division went to the kursk region, there is no one to advance, local skirmishes, battles of formations, nothing increases the development of the situation there. kramatorsk direction, took 11. 73 airborne assault, 98 airborne, the mobile component, likewise, the offensive is going on,

the enemy is paying a meager colossal price for his advance, it seems like six months to break through to kramatorsk, and there is such a suspicion that he will not break through there by the end of the year, even if under certain conditions he manages to seize time, the enemy also faces a problem. forcing the sivirskyi donetsk-donbass canal, it lacks a crossing, means of transportation, engineering equipment, even in the canal, when there is no water, it is an insurmountable obstacle for... armored vehicles, so there is simply nothing here will be the turkish direction, the enemy is succeeding, heavy fighting, we are gradually retreating, most likely to avoid the encirclement in dnilipivka, from here, the defense forces will retreat, all this will pull it up, as mr. kostyantin mashevets, who i consider one of the best

military observers in ukraine, if not the best, is absolutely correct. warns, will have to leave the territory. we have the kramatorsk direction even further, the enemy has taken away the main striking force of the airborne troops, those who remain there will attack for a long time and will not achieve anything. pokrovsky direction, the enemy has approached selidovoy, and cannot develop its offensive until this city is captured and the liquidation is completed. the defense forces in the area of ​​the vovcha river will be in vain, it will happen sooner or later, the enemy also loses pace, suffers losses and, accordingly, cannot create the conditions for an assault on pokrovsk, that is, behind pokrovsk to the administrative border with the dnipropetrovsk region, somewhere, if i am not mistaken, 60 km, we will still have to

fight there too, if we have to, so what to say on pokrovsk... direction the enemy is succeeding, not quite correctly, they are moving the direction of the main attack to the south and are trying to move in the region of hirnyk, ukrainian, sharply, in order to, firstly, create conditions for the encirclement of the ugledar, and secondly to create conditions for bypassing pokrovsk from the south and possibly attacking it from several directions at once. ugh, yours. this is the situation in the kurakhov area, the enemy is very much hindered by the ugledar projection, but it is large enough, and therefore a series of unsuccessful assaults by the ugledar himself taught him certain lessons was happening, huh, but the enemy is not abandoning this idea, now in the vremivsk direction, in the area of ​​the village of velika novosilka, to the south,

a strike group of up to 10 thousand military personnel is concentrated and... most likely , the enemy is waiting for the right moment to bring this group into battle in the direction of the great kurakhov encampment, and in this way create a threat of encircling our troops in ugledar and in this way dislodge us from there. as for the direction of orichivskyi, local combat clashes, the same squads attack each other's positions, the line of combat collision. practically unchanged, yes, in the heavy battles for the islands in the kherson direction, ukrainian artillery dominates, the enemy, even after capturing some positions on the islands, cannot hold them, but an interesting episode happened the other day, when a russian marine came out to meet a ukrainian drone with a placard, maybe something to eat,

i can’t fight anymore, now he’s in captivity, er... that’s about it, that’s how the picture looks, mr. viktor, thank you for such a detailed and balanced analysis, as always fronts viktor kevlyuk, military expert of the center for defense strategies, reserve colonel of the armed forces of ukraine. perhaps we did not have time for everything, and of course, i am sure that mr. viktor has his own vision of what happened, well, for example, in the arkhangelsk region during the test of the sarmat nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile. an underground explosion took place there in the literal sense of the word, but all this happened, in particular, against the background of the next nuclear threats of the russian federation, who are they threatening, the question seems to me to be absolutely it is obvious, all this, all these threats are dedicated to the united states of america, where, by the way, the ukrainian delegation headed by president volodymyr zelenskyi is currently staying,

oleksandr krayev, an expert of the foreign policy council, ukrainian prism america, is in touch with us. americanist, mr. oleksandr, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, good evening to you, and may i allow myself to ask a short remark, and whether there was a certain informational, perhaps even with a political reflection, effect of what happened in arkhangelsk oblast, from the capabilities of the russian nuclear triad, somehow it was reflected in the united states, maybe the media, they covered something, but what is interesting is that the media actually did not say anything about it. to say from my experience of communicating with american colleagues in recent days, you have no idea what joy there is among the expert community, and the key, the key phrase, which i have heard for the tenth time already, and we told them, to them,

i mean the american to those in power, we told them that all this was not true, that in reality the russians did not have that potential, that in fact, all the talk about sarmat and about cool, powerful nuclear weapons, this is really the same lunatic that you mentioned, that is, in fact, among those circles that influence decision-making, mr. alexander, so let's move on to the main topic of conversation with you, of course , that the visit of volodymyr zelenskyi, the president of ukraine, to the united states of america, and in principle, everything that, so to speak, relates to this visit, and the week in our country is extremely busy, well, let's add a little information, zelenskyi came to the united states, actually for participation in events within the framework. of the united nations, as well as in order to meet with the leadership of the united states of america, that is, with the current

president joe biden, with the candidates for the president of the united states of america trump and harris, and of course in order to present the victory plan, which we have been talking for many, many weeks, well , in particular, if we talk about today. day, zelenskyi visited a plant for the production of artillery shells in pennsylvania, and also stated that it is important not to waste time, and that the next few months they are decisive for ukraine, mr. oleksandr, which means that several months are decisive, the president emphasized this yesterday in one of the interviews, and again repeated this... this thesis today, the president also says that the coming days will also be very important and decisive, what does this mean, what kind of thesis, narrative, and

can we really talk about the fact that these days, weeks, months are decisive for our country, for the war that is going on in our territory countries? yes, in fact, this is really a very important period, of course, our government puts, well, to put it mildly, enough is enough. tical not very realistic goals, because the last thing we heard was that during october the approval and implementation of more than 80% of all those plans of the so-called victory formula, which have already been presented to our american partners, however, it is difficult to believe that biden, his administration, especially the presidential candidates and our allies in general during october, while the situation with the elections, both for congress and the presidential elections, is still unknown, they will have time to really implement a rather ambitious program. because even with from the reports of the times, from the reports of bloomberg, we can see that the program of the victory formula is really quite ambitious, but i think the key message here is that

our government is really preparing for negotiations, they have been talking about it for the last few months, the americans who have always said, that the ukrainians themselves choose the time and moment when they should start negotiations with moscow, they are clearly ready to facilitate this, but what is most important, the americans, like our other partners, have constantly repeated that the most important thing is for the country to enter into negotiations with a strong position, that is, so that ukraine does not have to immediately give in to moscow, does not have to immediately make certain concessions even before these, respectively, negotiations have begun, that is why these months will really be decisive, why this trip is very important, that is exactly what it is this preparation of a strong negotiating position, well, because it is hard to believe, as i already said, that during september, during october it will be possible to implement the formula of victory and really achieve progress. military and security, but if we say just according to the scenario of the peace formula, if we are talking about direct negotiations, then most likely this is the target that is trying to be realized now. mr. oleksandr, you just

mentioned about, i will clarify, about the fact that the ukrainian authorities are preparing for negotiations, the question arises here, whether russia needs these negotiations and whether russia is ready in principle now or even in a few months for any negotiations , because we can talk a lot about them, but we understand well that the key to victories. lies not in ukraine and not in washington, in principle, in the fact that if russia wants, then there will be negotiations, of course, not without the fact that we and the entire civilized world must push russia to these victories, well, based on the interview of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, he talks about forcing peace and that the russians are non-contact and do not want any negotiations, but this does not mean that we, on our part, should not have some plans. in the foreseeable future. i would like us to listen to the ukrainian president, straight from the plane. i think that this direct speech is already well known to our viewers, so let's remind ourselves with

what mood and what message the greens were flying. in usa. ukraine will present a victory plan to the united states, the first to see it in full before the american president. of course, i will present the victory plan to all the leaders of the partner countries, who, like president biden, are world leaders, who can become leaders of peace by helping us with the victory plan. we will also present it in the congress to both parties. candidate for the presidency of the united states, well, what will happen in this plan, the times is leaking the information that they have, we do not know how reliable it is, but interestingly, this plan actually provides security guarantees for ukraine, similar to the pact on mutual defense in nato, there is also a continuation of the offensive of ukraine in the kursk region, the provision of modern weapons to ukraine,

financial assistance for the reconstruction of the country, where. which is being implemented just now, and some of it raises quite interesting questions, please tell me, mr. alexander, in your opinion, whether there is now the political will in the west, in particular in america, to respond appropriately to these points of the plan, if of course they are that plan, well, first of all, we see a completely different one information from bloomberg and the times, we see different numbers of these so-called... points of the victory plan, at the same time, interestingly, we see that both the trump camp and the harris camp and the biden administration reacted equally positively to it, and to be honest, it is hard to imagine what should be written there so that such contradictory political positions and generally such opposing politicians reacted equally positively to this plan and were equally ready to support it and communicate with ukraine and work on it, that is, in fact we proceed from what

is most likely there. a really low enough common denominator, that is, something that in the long run should really appeal to as many politicians as possible, to as many of our partners as possible, and thus this something should really become a more or less common basis for starting such conversations, but what we need to understand most importantly, realize , you are absolutely correct in saying that russia does not currently have the desire, does not currently have the need to go to any such negotiations in the first place, russia feels that despite for... these losses, despite the economic and military difficulties, it is ready to wage a war of attrition, it is ready to press gradually, despite the loss of more than a regiment every day, they are ready to advance there by a few tens of meters and still get their way, but obviously, as it was evident during kuleba's visit to gongzhou, as it is now evident from the statements of our ministry of foreign affairs and representatives of the president's office, the bet is not only to put pressure on the russians through the americans, the bet including

is being done to... try, honestly, i don't know how, in some semi-magical way, to force china to put pressure on russia as well. it seems that we still believe that china can be a proactive, and most importantly, a constructive participant in such a format. and that's why such a statement is made right before the un general assembly, and that's why the main negotiations will take place in this format, because we know that china still takes the un seriously enough as a forum, wang as a negotiating platform. therefore, obviously the plan consists in so as to tilt. for its part , the united states will try, with all truths and lies, to somehow incline china to a similar position, but again, i repeat, it is very difficult to imagine that in this bipolar world confrontation between the united states and the people's republic of china, the people's republic of china would suddenly want to take the same position as usa. if we talk about the second peace summit in general, then there is also

a lot of talk about it and... in particular, the position of ukraine and the position of our international partners was to invite russia to the second peace summit, and in particular, we will say, in recent weeks there was even confidence in certain circles that russia would really be there, but we heard the official statement of the occupying state, they say that no, we beg you to come, to come, to participate in any format. at least this is the statement as of yesterday , we will not be in the second peace summit, do you still think this second summit will take place, if it does take place, will russia eventually appear there or not, if it does not appear there will appear, so that in this case it will be something similar to the first peace summit, that is, without final result,

what do you think we should expect from it? see, first of all.