more than 1,500 airstrikes per day, israel launched the largest-scale attacks on hezbollah, and in response strikes in the north of israel, there are dead and wounded. what's next, will israel launch a ground military operation in lebanon? we're talking about this in the entire bbc issue, i'm olga polomaryuk. hitting targets and preparing for the next stages. that's the shelling, commented the chief of the general staff of the israeli army. on monday , the israel defense forces attacked what it says are hezbollah targets. 1,600 targets were hit, mostly in southern lebanon. this is the largest attack almost a year after the beginning of the conflict. in response, this morning. was fired

dozens of rockets in the direction of northern israel, most of them were intercepted. israel's attack is not only the largest in terms of the number of rockets fired, but also in terms of the number of victims. according to the minister of health of lviv, 564 people have died and almost 2 thousand have been injured since monday. the attack is already being called the deadliest since the end of the civil war in 1990. israel says the target was hezbollah's weapons, which were placed in ... civilian homes, and that the attacks may continue, another fact indicates: on monday, the residents of southern lebanon received text and voice messages urging them to evacuate, to leave the dangerous zones of lebanese residents, and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu urged them. he says that when the israeli operation ends, people will be able to return to their homes. bbc correspondent orla guerin reports what was happening in lviv from beirut. to the sounds

of explosions. it's like a full-scale war. the israeli army reports that it struck 1,300 hezbollah targets. warning for of local residents were similar to those done in the gas sector. in particular, this is how the leader of israel spoke about it. tzahal warns you to leave dangerous areas. i urge you to take this warning seriously, do not allow hezbollah to endanger your life and the lives of your loved ones. don't let hezbollah endanger lebanon. but where to find safety here? for some it is already too late. he says: my brothers and sisters and their children were killed here. the israeli army insists. with airstrikes, they

destroy weapons, some of which are hidden in houses and accuses hezbollah of using civilians as human shields. there is a mass exodus on the roads from the south, there are so many people heading to beirut that the road has become one-way. ahmed says, everyone left his village because of the airstrikes and destruction, there is no one left, we took our things and left. due to the expanding war, many people lost their homes. there is fear on the streets of beirut. people are in a hurry to return home. are you scared? of course, - muhammad tells me. i fear for myself, my wife and my five children. i don't know what do, how long will it last? we cannot continue to live like this. parents were called from schools to pick up their children. this man says. i heard threats on the phone that

they would attack beirut. some in beirut, in particular employees of the lebanese ministry of information, received voice messages on their mobile phones demanding to leave. fears about the expansion of the war arose many months ago. now they have come true. the war is already here. escalation by israel is a huge risk not only for lebanon, but also for all of the near east. and on the other side of the border there is also an evacuation. in total , 60,000 people were forced to leave northern israel and return them home - this is the stated goal of the israeli operation against hezbollah. what is happening in israel? the bbc's paul adams reports. sharp fragments of a hezbollah rocket. nothing that happened the day before in israel can be compared to what happened on the other side of the border in lebanon. but hezbollah does. there are strikes

back. david had seconds to hide with his family in safety room before the rocket hit their roof, a local rabbi came to support the family. david says: israel did not want this war. we are not at war with them, they started it without reason, and we are responding. everything will be fine. are you lucky today? yes, very lucky. the minister of defense of israel called on society to show composure and discipline, as well as to listen to the instructions of local authorities. and only because the family that lives. she did that here, no one was hurt. in the north of israel, sirens sounded non-stop and rain fell rockets the government says it intends to restore normal life here, to allow displaced people to return to their homes, but that won't

happen until hezbollah stops firing rockets at israel. on october 8, hezbollah began shelling the israelis. we hear sounds of interception, and moreover i see that anxiety is everywhere. this area remains in the line of fire, if the csbla decides to escalate, it may soon cover the entire

country. how to stop the conflict in the middle east and avoid a major war is the question. discussed at the meeting today of the un general assembly. us president joe biden spoke. he said: there is still an opportunity for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. according to him, a full-scale war is not in anyone's interests. well, this year his administration did not manage to reach an agreement on a ceasefire in the gas sector. biden said that he met with the families of the hostages who were taken by hamas and that they came because they went through hell, and that innocent civilians in the gaza strip are also going through hell and the war needs to ... stop, he stressed. regarding israel's strikes on lebanon, biden said, that even if there is an escalation, there are opportunities for diplomacy, as his speech at the un general assembly was generally perceived, bbc correspondents analyze. as president biden said at the beginning of his speech, this is

his last address to the un general assembly, its quarters, delegates and other world leaders. he got a particularly positive reaction when he said at the end of his speech that he was leaving power to the next generation. it was noticeable that this resonated among those present in the hall. he also spoke about the suffering of the palestinians, about the conflict in gas sector. mentioned the current escalation between israel and hezbollah, but said very little about it. and even during the meeting itself, we did not hear much about it. we watched some of the world leaders walk past us here in new york and we tried to get some comments. most said nothing. so we're waiting to hear how biden's speech will be received, particularly on this topic that's dominating the headlines here. fair. that being said, we are also waiting to see how diplomatic channels will be strengthened and what discussions are taking place on the sidelines. of course, this is president biden's address, a lot of people have been waiting to see what kind of signals we're going to get from him, but really , the hard work of negotiating and trying to move negotiations on de-escalation will happen on the sidelines when

world leaders and their delegations come together. earlier, un secretary general antonio guterres, speaking before the leaders of the countries, said that... ivan is on the verge of disaster and that world leaders cannot allow it to become another gas sector. in blows from both sides are measured by the hundreds, and military analysts speculate whether the approach was to escalate the conflict, and israel, in its turn, will be able to carry out more large-scale military operations when the war in the gaza sector continues? and here is the opinion of the bbc columnist jeremy bowen, he works in jerusalem. this is a very dangerous moment, hezbollah wants to continue the fight. fighting israel is part of their dna, the reason they exist. the struggle with israel dates back to the 1980s, and what is happening now began after hamas attacked israel. israel has stepped up its attacks in recent months, but pro the last week the situation

has worsened a lot. they have dealt serious blows to their enemies in lebanon, but hezbollah's infrastructure is much larger. for example, if you look at the gas sector, it was not possible to destroy israel in a year. all the hamas tunnels they built in the sand. in lebanon, they are built in stone, and the territory of the southern part of lebanon is much larger than the gaza strip. israel is taking a risk now, i think. with what they are doing now, they want to force the csbl to stop shelling israel, but i think that is unlikely, and israel escalation will have to continue. they have already said that the conflict is entering a new phase, and it may end with the introduction of israeli troops and tanks into lebanon, but this may be difficult for them, because their forces are tired after a year of fighting in the gaza strip and many fears of violence in the west bank, and at the moment they need to mobilize more. reserves in order to achieve this, but now it is clear that this is a very dangerous

moment and everything is going in one direction. at the same time, the israeli army says that during today's strikes on beirut killed the commander of hezbollah's missile forces, prime minister netanyahu warned, the attacks will not stop, so what's next, concludes bbc columnist frant garner. most of the israeli strikes in southern lebanon were around marjai. strikes in the southern suburb of beirut, dahiya, the dahiya quarter, which is largely a stronghold of hezbollah. for hezbollah , israel has crossed various red lines, and yet hezbollah seems to be hitting weaker than it can. they responded by firing rockets into southern israel, further than they had done before, at least lately, to haifa. it is a trading port of israel. in the mediterranean, but so far they have mostly refrained from hitting large population centers because they

know that would lead to massive retaliation from israel, and possibly even involve the us, which has warships at sea, and washington will tell israel , we are with you. israel's goals are quite clear, i'm not sure if they are achievable, but they are very clear, it is to weaken and punish the kgb so much as to eliminate the threat on its own. the northern border, there is great political pressure which intensified in recent months, almost a year after the attacks came across the border and israel responded. losses on the lebanese side of the border are much greater, but despite this , there are also victims and displaced persons on the israeli side. there is a lot of political pressure on the netanyahu government to solve this problem once and for all, and that seems to be what they are trying to do. war. in a certain way, it has reached an impasse, where there is no ceasefire, that is, there is a plan for a ceasefire, but

neither side will agree to it, so everything remains as it is. israel translates their attention, shifts the 98 division north, i don't think they want to do a ground invasion, they know it would be extremely expensive in terms of men and resources. israel was defeated in 2006, i covered that war from jerusalem and the team. the israeli air force said at the beginning: "we can do it, we can do it from the air." and they couldn't. they could not completely overcome the khsblu from the air. this time they have a significant advantage: in part due to the shock, surprise, and horror of the pagers' explosions irations but also thanks to precise airstrikes against the leadership of the so-called radvan forces. this is an elite hezbollah infantry unit trained to carry out raids across the border. and this is what scares half the israeli citizens. that hezbollah will repeat what hamas did in southern israel on october 7 last year, which is to

cross the border, carry out several attacks, take hostages and take them to lebanon. the radvan forces trained for this, they still exist, but without leadership. and today the representative of israel at the un said that the country does not seek to start ground invasions anywhere, we prefer diplomatic solutions, that's it. he commented on the possibility of escalation in lebanon. and subscribe to our pages on social networks, so as not to miss the most important news, we are traditionally on facebook, instagram, tiktok, youtube, you can watch our episode if you missed it on the air, like, share, comment. well, that's all for today, read our website, and we will be on the air tomorrow, as always, at 21. all the best and take care.

the war is going on, and not only for territories, it's more and the war for minds. we are engaged in propaganda. throws petrodollars to turn ukrainians into little russians. ukraine will become russia. we are countering the information attacks of the russians in the project of the chronicle of the information war. with olga ley. tuesday-thursday at 17:15, repeat, tuesday-friday at 22:00. events, events that are happening right now and affect our lives. of course, the news feed reports on them. however, it was not enough to know what was happening. it is necessary to understand. antin borkovskii and invited experts soberly

assess the events, analyze them, simulating ours future. every saturday at 13. and 10 with a repeat at 22:00. studio zahid with anton borkovsky at espresso. greetings, friends, live on the espresso tv channel, the verdict program is the second part of our program, and in this issue we will talk about the following. security guarantees seriously. yermak confirmed that inviting ukraine to nato is part of zelensky's victory plan. does ukraine have a chance to receive an invitation to the alliance by the end of this year. a critical time for courage. great britain calls on the usa

to allow ukraine to strike deeper with western weapons territory of russia. what on earth is preventing the allies from making a positive decision. economy of wartime. ukraine is increasing the production of weapons and ammunition. is it possible to completely transfer the ukrainian economy to the military rails and in what way to do it? we will talk about this and more during the next 45 minutes. let me remind you that we work not only on the live air of the tv channel. expresso, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are currently watching us there live, please subscribe to our pages as well take part in our survey. today we are asking you, friends, about the following: are you satisfied with the work of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine. yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have

a separate opinion, please leave it in the comments below this video. if you watch us on tv. pick up a smartphone or phone and vote on the numbers 0800 211 381, if you are satisfied with the work of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense, no - 0800 211 382. all calls to these numbers are free, vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. i would like to introduce today's guest of our studio, this is yevgenia kravchuk. people's deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people, deputy head of the parliamentary committee on humanitarian and information policy, head of the parieh committee on culture, science, media and sports, mrs. yevgenia, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. good evening! oleksiy kucherenko, people's deputy of ukraine from the motherland, first deputy of the parliamentary committee on of energy and housing and communal

services, mr. oleksiy, thank you for being with us, thank you, and andriy. people's deputy of ukraine from the voice, first deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on law enforcement, mr. andriy, i am glad to see you, thank you for being with us today, good evening, thank you for the invitation, well , since the whole world, well at least that part of the world that gathered at the un general assembly, discusses or speaks about our victory plan, about the victory plan brought to the united states of america by volodymyr zelensky, we too. we are talking about this victory plan, although probably the american visavi or the british visavi of zelenskyi know more about this victory plan than we do, but let 's be in the trend of the world media, because the world media in parts lay out the victory plan and claim that it is a victory plan, maybe , this is also not a victory plan, but i

hope that at least yevgenia kravchuk should know. at least in theory, zelenskyi's victory plan, because the representatives of the opposition parties, they may not even know what he brought zelensky to the united states of america. ms. yevgenia, maybe you can tell us what the victory plan consists of, and how it differs most importantly from the peace formula? we always had blitzes at the beginning, so i will still respond to the blitz, i am satisfied with gurm's work, which means there will be no resignation, no resignation of budanov. well, we'll find out after the war, maybe we'll see movies about it, but it's worth noting, because our good mood in the morning when we read the news is very common. it provides a lot of energy, and now to your question , well, we understand very well what is needed elements for the victory of ukraine, yes, we

live in ukraine, we understand that these are weapons, that these are security guarantees, and there are no security guarantees better than nato, obviously, or well, a very clear commitment from partners that they will not to sit and think for a long time, but they will... have a ready plan if russia ever wants to attack ukraine again, well, without preconditions, this is an acceleration of aid, because it is stated further in the topic about the statement of the british foreign minister, what he was talking about , which if not significantly increased quantitative aid to ukraine, then we can spend the 25th and 26th years in the war, and... we can really only sincerely wish volodymyr zelenskyi, the president of ukraine , success in convincing partners to increase substantial aid. thank you ms.

yevgenia, well, gentlemen, as yevgenia also answered our survey, which we conduct among viewers and tv viewers, and i will also ask you about the work of gurmo, whether you are satisfied or not, because, well, why are we asking, because these rumors constant, that there is bakanava... not bakanava, that's on my tongue bakanov got caught, where, by the way, is bakanov, this is also a question, they want to remove budanov, that they removed two of his deputies, that is, there is a constant kind of informational noise going around, although it probably shouldn’t be like this during the war, mr. oleksiy, well, i guess i still after all, i would probably be satisfied, because in fact, according to my understanding, there are standards of war, strategy, and so on. it is generally desirable for the population not to know that such a gur exists, you understand, well, it performs such a specific function that it is generally nonsense when they know something about him, they are reading something

there, well, information, you understand, and this probably caused, by the way, such negativity as is being spread in the media now, a possible negative, or there elimination, as you say, or personnel rotation of the same buddha or. apparently, well, no one likes competition, but as for me, we need to work effectively in this situation, but i do not accept unnecessary pr, not from the military, not from our heads of state-owned enterprises, ministers, prime ministers, and so on and the like, it is unnecessary this pr, he is not substantiated by nothing, but for some reason it seems to me that after all, gur fulfills his mission quite effectively, and what you say that we wake up and hear and accept. the news is somewhere out there from behind the fence and the band is involved there, it still adds confidence to ukrainians that it also adds a plan to us, and the plan adds and that's right, so what, what,

that we have such a structure, which as, i don't know if it is correct to compare it with the israeli mossad, which will always come, pack and do its work in the territory of the enemy, mr. andrii, you know, i am actually in my 31st month... i don't really like it when many fundamental issues of waging war in our country are discussed in the format of public hearings or public discussion with live broadcast, well, i support oleksiy kucherenko here, that no one should know anything in particular about gur in general, and you actually you ask the audience a question, the answer to which they do not know for sure, bogur does not report, the information that is distributed about their activities may not be completely correct. true, because all the information that is given out during a great war should really be targeted to misinform the enemy, because this is not a comment on a football match in an online

broadcast, but that i can definitely confirm that the ukrainian special services are much stronger than anyone in europe or the world might think, and they are doing a really, really cool job, and before the great war, they did it quite well, and during the great war. war, but here again evgenia is right, let's all wait and get to our victory, and then, maybe, maybe after some time we will learn the details, and then we will be able to evaluate, to what extent we are satisfied or not with the work of the group of other special services, well, we will not wait for the end of the war, we will simply make the intermediate results public at the end of the program, because we are interested in what people think in general, if in the first part of the program we have... almost 70% of the respondents said that they are satisfied with the work of gurm, well, we cannot tell them that they are not satisfied, or that they do not listen to news from budanov, therefore...

they are satisfied and that's fine, the question is yes, about the future prospects of general budanov and his excessive media coverage, what to do with it, actually for zelenskyi's team, this is also a big challenge, well, well, we have already seen one general who, whose rating was quite high, who is now the ambassador to great britain, let's return to the topic of the victory plan, because andriy yermak, the head of the office. .. of the president of ukraine during a speech at the council on international relations in new york confirmed that inviting ukraine to nato is part of president zelenskyi's victory plan. let's listen to what yarmak said. we must have the advantage on the battlefield to force putin to cease hostilities actions we are trying very hard, without ships we

destroyed the black sea fleet. having no air superiority, we stopped the russian advance in most directions, including kharkov. without fear, we returned the war to russia. ukraine's invitation to nato is part of the victory plan. mr. oleksiy, if ukraine does not receive an invitation from the north atlantic alliance, and this is one of the points of our victory and victory plan, does this mean that this victory plan may not be implemented? oh, the question is right in front of you, you know, well, you found a way analyst, mr. serhii, in my opinion, this is the key question, because we are so convinced that there will be an invitation. i'm too optimistic here, to be honest, unfortunately, i'm a realist.

more, but really, this will be such a contradiction, yes, we expect that by the end of the year we will be invited and, relatively speaking, taken under the umbrella, but for some reason it seems to me that they do not really expect us there and do not really want to take us under an umbrella, because they understand countries, well, nato leaders, what are the risks for them, electoral risks, sorry, we understand how... the electoral process today in the states, in the same ones, how weighty it is, and that is why i am not an optimist here, i rather, i am analyzing that we must proceed from the fact that this point of the plan will not happen, and how effective and efficient this plan will be then, this is the key question, thank you, mr. oleksiy, mr. andriy, isn't this bar north- atlantic...

the high bar that is being set in this plan of victory, and further we go, lower degree, so to speak, of our desires, and we say: well, okay, we won't be in the north atlantic alliance in the near future, but give us more weapons, give us more long-range weapons, maybe that's what this high bar actually consists of , about which andriy yermak speaks, well, first of all, serhiy, we are once again discussing what we do not know. because yeremak said one thesis, some another, no one saw this so-called plan in the eyes, that is, we are discussing rumors, they are discussing rumors, it is a stupid thing, but regarding nato, the discussion has been going on for a long time, she is quite clear, the fair has voiced it, and here my position is quite clear, i do not think that such an invitation will be in the near future, i am

convinced that the bank... just raised the bar as much as possible, because it is to some extent, perhaps, a visit of desperation, because volodymyr zelensky went for money, for weapons, for permission to remove any restrictions on the use of weapons, because only this can depend on the further success of ukraine in this war. the fact that it was called a victory plan, well, on the one hand, it is a good media topic for ukrainians, raising some moods in ukraine, in the ukrainian army, on the other hand, this is obviously a tool of pressure on western partners, because after all, the president came with a plan to win, everyone wants to win, probably, but something tells me that with such experienced guys as joe biden and all the rest of the company, such tricks, probably not very ...