their borders. kurdistan will not be freed when putin ordered. the most interesting news on the kurdish front is the one no one is talking about. our soldiers keep informational silence, and the russians are ashamed to admit their defeats, although even they loudly declared that they repelled dozens of attempts by the armed forces of ukraine to break through the border in other areas, and not only in the kursk region. it is unlikely that their information is true, so we are waiting for official reports. on the section of the front east of suzhi enemy continues the offensive. after the capture of bork, the russians tried to attack in vain, but our soldiers repelled the assaults. further to the north, the russian military expanded the gray zone near veliky soldatsky and kromsky bikh. however, part of the enemy formations still remain surrounded in sheptukhivka, kyryivka and pogrebki. to the east of korenevoy, the russians tried to advance from oleksandrivka in the direction of vitreny. however, they collapsed. the enemy is trying to attack. vata

in these areas, however, the defense forces carry out counterattacks in the cut, bypassing the russians from the flanks. the situation changes every hour, so it cannot be qualitative shown on the map. on the western part of the front in the glushkiv district, active fighting is taking place. on the one hand, the armed forces of the russian federation are trying to continue their counteroffensive from strength further to lyubimivka and obuhivka. however, the armed forces of ukraine, which have expanded the control zone, are already breathing down their backs. near hlushkovo, occupying yelyzavetivka and serhiyivka, as well as entering apanasiivka again. currently, the enemy has partially retreated to hlushkovo and is trying to organize a defense. at the same time, the zsrf managed to concentrate a little more than 40,000 troops of the 70-80 required, and therefore the armed forces still have a month or a half to successfully complete the operation in the lushkiv district and build defenses along the seim river. we win

daily, death to enemies. and we were joined by denys popovych, journalist, military observer. congratulations denis. good evening, mutual greetings. well, you know, let's start a little, not even with the fighting, but with the general, perhaps, political situation. president zelensky went to the united states, took certain proposals there, you can call them peaceful. you can as you like, but these are essentially proposals related to how we should continue to fight and what we would like to see in the form of support. what can we already say about these proposals, and most importantly about the reaction of our allies to these proposals, precisely in the context of military aid. well , we can follow and understand the reaction of our allies, as well as these proposals, only from open sources, and only from open sources we can see. what exactly

did volodymyr zelenskyy propose, what exactly was the reaction from our allies, well, if we refer to these open sources of the western the press, the reaction was, well, like that, not that it was unsympathetic, but restrainedly neutral, so, let's say, in order to, let's say so, not strongly, cast a shadow of sadness, so in relation to this plan, as was said, this plan is, let's say, more of a wish list. from president volodymyr zelenskyi, it refers to joining nato, it refers to the pact on mutual defense, to the list of desired weapons, to the fact that it is necessary to grant permission for strikes on the territory of the russian federation, etc., and it was said exactly this way, that is, this there is a list wish, honestly, honestly, i actually did when i heard it. well, the reaction was

also the same, you know, restrainedly neutral, well , on wednesday, look, on wednesday, washington will still announce, well, how about, well, it’s not just wednesday for them yet, just like we already have, they will announce a new package of $375 million in military aid to ukraine, this is in principle the largest aid package sent to kyiv since may, and the aid will likely include air-to-ground munitions for fighter jets, 16, which will allow ukrainian pilots to hit targets far from the front line and the russian air defense zone, as well as live ammunition for haimars, patrol boats, armored cars, shells of 155th, 105th, calibers, well, germany also handed over a new package of military aid, to which in particular, tanks, leopards, 10,000 artillery shells were included, that is, as if this is enough, but if you say... in

the long run, how much it can help us, after all, well, i am not talking about turning even the situation at the front, and restrain the offensive russian well, this, this aid package, it's here and now, as they say, that is, it meets the needs that are necessary now in order to conduct hostilities, and that, let me draw your attention, now we say, you said it , and in principle it is so, that it is one of the largest packages in terms of cost, so for the armed forces of ukraine since may of this year, let's remember last year, what were the sizes of the packages then, there was 1 billion dollars there. 1.2 billion dollars was, well, the volume of these packages in er, let's say, the monetary equivalent and they were more frequent, that is, the previous package, well , it seems that it was for independence day , it was specially made, so it was thought up so that it would go as

a gift for the independence day, that is, on august 24, and last year there could be once every two weeks, packages could to go, well, at least more often than now, and it's real. it prompts certain reflections and certain questions, why in this way now the aid has become so more pro-active, let's say so, and the american elections are still ahead, and here there are questions about the 6 billion dollars, which remained in the budget, which must be used, that is, how they will be used, when, this still needs to be decided, and now this issue is being resolved in the united states of america, so here... i will pay attention to this, returning to to your question, this is just such a package in order to maintain the pace of hostilities and provide for the needs of the armed forces of ukraine here and now, it replenishes the needs and so on, well, for example, there

are not a couple of patriots there yet, although if you look at the unspent money that is there and that can be to spend, then they would probably cost so much, there are some... several divisions of patriots, well, that, but all this, you know, leads us to the fact that, after all, it must be understood as some kind of such a reality, reducing aid from partners and understanding what the ways should be to provide for ourselves, our needs, well, at least some, perhaps, well, our own ability to produce some types of weapons or some non-trivial ways to obtain imported weapons, that is. it is necessary to think about it , it seems to me that everything points to these think about it too, well, we had to think about it a long time ago, at the beginning of the war, we had to think about it, but fortunately, now they have started to think about it and we see the effect is so useful, this is both the use of drones and strikes on the warehouses

of russian arsenals, i want to note , that even if we were given permission to use western missiles in the full range, that is, deep in the territories, then those supplied to us by our partners, i mean atakoms, i mean storm shadow and scalp, they have a range of up to 300 km , respectively , those herds that were now affected, in tvirska regions, in particular, they are located at a distance of approximately 500 km from the borders of ukraine, even with the help of these missiles, we launched a development, purely technically, since the radius does not allow tactical and technical data, so obviously we are now already seeing the effect of our developments, which help us impress and compose. short ranges and there to hit airfields, strategic aviation, hit other objects important for the conduct of the war of the russian federation, we have no alternative but to develop our own production, if we develop our own production and we will be able to put into operation the same ballistic missiles that

volodymyr zelenskyy said, he said that there is a ukrainian ballistic missile at the test stage, which has already passed these tests, and our neptun, which is being tested and is already being actively used by .. objects on the territory of the russian federation, then we will be able to simply not ask anyone for permission, we will have our own missiles, our own capabilities, we can strike anywhere, however we want, and confront our partners with the fact that the more there is no enclave airfield, conditionally speaking, there is something else there, therefore we do not have an alternative, an alternative to the use and development of our weapons today, i agree with you, taking into account those conditions, those, let's say, signals that... are now coming from the west, and we can see, at least in particular, this saga, and otherwise i am a saga, i am a saga, i cannot call it, about permits for the use of western missiles on the territory of the russian federation, yes, i also think that it is not worth counting on some opportunities that

western weapons give us, because that's how all of these are there are more missiles, radio judge, but when we see them in ukraine, maybe we will see them someday, but it won't be tomorrow, but for it to be for... we have to do our own thing, well, there are absolutely no options here, let's talk a little about the front line, because there are several such important directions, and now it is... obviously the uglydartic direction is emerging, and what is the threat of this particular direction now, what we may have there in the near future, because unfortunately, the situation looks like this, that well, the advance of the russians near the coal mine is too much something like this is dangerous, i would say, and the loss of a coal-fired can become... what can we actually face? well, near

vohodar, you and i will soon face the fact that this city will be abandoned. well, i won't be here, let's say, without shabkozakyadat sentiments, i'll say it as it is, but now we obviously see the map of the lord, yes, the situation around this city, we see these red arrows, they are directed to bypass the ugledar, that is, from west from the northeast . from the east, there is an attack directly on the city of vogodar, and these licks, they are now are closing, and with each, let's say day , the situation worsens there, so i'm not surprised, but right now we're seeing the video, it's directly the bombing of the city itself, well, but i don't think there will be battles in the city, that is, there will be no advance there , as it was in avdiivka, in bakhmut and so on, that is, the city will be surrounded, and now she is going right to the encirclement, there is a threat of encirclement, and the question arises whether it will be possible to escape. our troops, and this is the heroic 72nd brigade, heroic with three exclamation points, because they held this city very large

time, there they say that they stayed there for 20 months without rotation, imagine, well, that means something in itself, they destroyed a lot of weapons of the russian army there, that is, the russians probably put several brigades there, which we are under that commander, but very unfortunately it happened that way they were pulling up the under... fortifications all summer, they got a numerical advantage there, a numerical majority and together with the use of air bombs adjusted cables, they are now making the advances that they have now, and it has to be admitted, and what after that, what after this, well, because there is a large part of the big cities lost, which could be captured, well, i would say that there probably aren’t any, or i’m wrong, you’re not wrong, there are very few settlements for which you can organize a defense, eh.. . to be honest, i'm not ready to tell you where this line of defense can go, since we don't know where, to what positions

the ukrainian troops will retreat, well, honestly, i won't even invent, i won't engage in science fiction, the consequences. , the consequences here can be as follows, first of all, they are in the logistical field plane, that is, if we look at the map, we will see that the positions on the ugledar were allowed, so absolutely correctly moved. to control the volnovsky district, specifically the railway, the railway that passes there, and this railway, it is a railway, it is important for the logistics of the russian army, if we go further and remember that they built an additional railway branch there in the south of ukraine, in the prize, if we retreat from the retreat, we will lose direct fire control over the volnovsky district and, accordingly, over this railway node, and then the russians will be able to improve significantly. you have your logistical capabilities in this direction, that is, this occupied crimea, this is the azov region, and the south donetsk region, and

the zaporizhia region, well, and further there, as this railway runs, and it is a rokadna, in fact a rokadna railway, it goes to side of the crimea, but the rokadna railway or the rokadna, the rokadna, the rokadna road, the rokadna highway, it is very much in the auxiliary plan, well, look, maybe this is a bit of a general question, but we can see now and... and the advance of the russians under the ugledar, about pokorovsk everyone knows too but there is also a dangerous story in the kupyansk region, when they are trying to get to the oskyla river there, it will be another line of defense lines, if the russians succeed in this, it is some kind of preparation for something, it is some kind of fulfillment of some political tasks of the russians, i.e. what , what is global... what is the global idea? let's look at the map again, the kupyan and lemano-kupyan

directions, let's say this, that is, this advance to the corner of the axis, the creation of a bridgehead on the corner of the osk on the corner of the axis in order to advance further, advance towards kupinska, kupinska logistics to the donetsk region, and liman and further advancement from liman and further - this is a threat to slovyazk, that is, the north of the donetsk region, all this falls into the convo of their plans. regarding the capture of donetsk region, this is a military-political goal, we understand that, and this, including, if we are talking specifically about the kupinsky direction, is also an informational and psychological goal. that is, they lost these territories when we had a counteroffensive in the 22nd year, just in september it took place, er, and most importantly, when we combine both the ugledar and the pokrovsky direction, well, it's just a borova, but it doesn't attack the borova now, there will be some kind of attack a little to the side, and there's sand, that's where it's from

above, from above we see such a gut appendix , they are now trying to advance this from the sandy one. advance further into the oskel river, to the oskel river, and there intercept the route from borova to kupinska, and all this falls into the convoy, that is, we now see vluglidar, we now see kurakhove, we now see the north, south of the pokrovsky ledge, the so-called nevelel pocket , nevelskyi ledge, then we go to selidova, then we go to pokrovsk, morinograd and along the road to kostyantynivka, chasiv yar and so on, that is, it all falls, a general offensive, all this falls in theirs. their intentions are to seize donetsk region, and now they are doing everything possible to do this task. in order to find some positivity against the background of, let's say, this negativity, there is positivity everywhere, i can say that they do not have enough strength to go there at the same time to selidove, to pokrovsk, to borinograd, and

in the south, that means to kurakhove, and toretsk, that means again. they are pressing there, but not the way they did it before, they don’t have enough strength because we are currently conducting the kursk offensive operation and large reserves have been thrown there, that is, there are 40,000 personnel of the russian army there, and these 40,000 could have been involved, we understand where, that is, in the pokrovsky direction, but now let's imagine what we would be talking about with you now, if these 40,000 were now in the pokrovsky direction, for example, where would it be now along kurakhivskyi and ughlodarskyi, or yes it is obvious. it is clear, that is, the goal in principle, kramatorsk, sloviansk, well, the same pokrovsk, that is, in essence, the section to go to the border and then dnipropetrovsk, by the way, the region, well, that is, if you let them go to the border, then in principle it is already a threat and for the dnipropetrovsk region, well, unfortunately, we already have a little, i would not rush the dnipropetrovsk

region, in fact, by the way, pokrovsk, it is of economic importance, there is also there, well, yes, yes, of course, it goes without saying. thank you, it was columnist denys popovych, now we have to go to we'll take a short break and come back, after that we'll talk a little more about ivar time. events, events that are happening right now and affect our lives, of course, the news feed reports about them, but there is little to know what is happening. it is necessary to understand. antin borkovskii and invited experts soberly assess the events, analyze them, modeling our future. every saturday at 1:10 p.m., with a repeat on sunday at 10:10 a.m. studio zahid with anton borkovsky at espresso. new week on espresso. weekly summary

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somewhere, well, about 20 offensives daily, and at the time it looked, well, a little less. than on those there, as then there was the pokrovsky direction or something like that, is this dynamic preserved now, or has something changed in your direction? well, during these two weeks, it changed, the dynamics, there were days when there were about 5 direct assault actions 10, for today, these last days , we can observe that the attacking actions of the enemy are somewhere around 10... per day, that is, it does not have such a significant significant constant, but the less the intensity is maintained, the tension is maintained, the new damage is maintained, well, in your direction there were traditionally some very strong and, well, let's say,

dangerous russian airborne brigades, were they pulled back during this time, someone was taken from there from your direction, or strengthened, that 's how the dynamics are in this regard, well if you take let's not take off right now, then we could really see how the 10th airborne brigade at one time was transferred to the kharkiv direction, specifically vovchanskyi, suffered combat losses there, lost combat capability, was restored and returned to us again. we can also look at a separate airborne assault brigade that was present here at one time, it was three brigades, and we see that they are also being moved, that is, this process regarding the elite units of the russian command continues, one. there are always such brigades, as well as the same 22nd separate machine gun division, there is the 102 machine gun brigade, they are constantly present in our direction,

that is, we can even see that their zones of influence do not change, there is just some kind of movement, and also from time to time we can observe that some other elite units appear in our country, and then wither away somewhere else, and now it's for nothing. moreover, also some infantry assaults as in other directions, do you have your own peculiarities there with the use of equipment? well, if we take the application of technology, then there are no peculiarities, from time to time, well, this is now during the last two months, there are such cases when they try to attract armor directly during assaults, they suffer significant losses, about 70, 80% of their attacking equipment succeeds. the armor is destroyed and they switch to infantry assaults again, that is, today we can say that it is usually infantry units that assault us, and small groups, in some

directions there are two to four men, in some 4-8, well, they can be up to a platoon, watching as they are solving their problems there, but what about aviation, because for a very long time in chasivyar they bombed heavily, and well, again, does this trend continue? they use the aviation component directly, but no longer at the same pace, not with the same load as before, if earlier this is spring, the beginning of summer, we could observe a very significant number of cabs, fabs, which they used to destroy our buildings, our cities, directly where the personnel are located, tried to fire. then for today it is theirs number, not even today, but since the month of august, their usage has decreased very, very significantly. currently they

are trying to use unguided air missiles as well, well it's peculiar for them, if the replacement of cabs, but of course it's not the same level, however, mortar fire damage, fire damage with the help of phipividrons remains at a fairly... high level, and also artillery systems are directly involved in them, namely barrel artillery and mlrs. mr. oleg, but here clarify the situation, after all, with the crossing from the northern side of the chasovoyarsk zone, because of what was said there, as if some russian units managed to cross the canal and occupy something there. after all , did it happen or not and to what extent does it actually threaten the general defense of the time gap from the north, because it is no secret that

it was the goal of the russian troops from the south and the north to cross over, to take them in some kind of claws, and they are trying to do it with april, but in this regard they somehow advanced in execution this idea of ​​yours? well, this is the kalinivskyi direction, it is directly a microdistrict. and it is there that the sivredskyi donets -donetsk canal dives underground, so to speak, and there is a certain amount of space where you can try to storm directly on the ground, that is, there is no such artificial obstacle as the canal itself. here we are constantly watching their attempts to cross the channel, they are trying to do it, well, they tried to do it with the help of armor to... with the help of a mechanized component, literally about three out of three weeks ago we could do it to observe, they engaged about nine units in this direction, but they were stopped, and today we see how

literally in small groups, two men each, two to four men each, they are trying to imperceptibly cross this very zone, somewhere directly already on the right western bank of the canals, try to hide and wait for them to accumulate little by little, but this neighborhood is very destroyed, and destroyed directly by the russians themselves, and hide somewhere there. they don't have such a good one area, so they are detected and destroyed, but nevertheless they manage to make some videos there, convey to their command that they crossed, well, how to report, crossed, to say that they were able to make some kind of bridgehead in order to develop their offensive precisely from the right bank of the canal, it is not possible, well, look,

unexpectedly, well, not unexpectedly. it was expected, but nevertheless, the activation of the russians there, for example, in the area of ​​kurakhovo and ugledar turned out to be very rapid, and their advancement there was very rapid, now we also we see a very large activation in the area of ​​kupyansk, an attempt to advance there through the stallion to the splinter, how do you predict in your direction, do the russians have forces, and is there any concentration there for ... to try in your direction now to become more active, well, if we take it as of today, plus or minus there are a few days, then we will not have such an intensity of a more intensive attack, we will rather observe, because after all, if we look at other directions, there they are really intensifying , there they put on a bigger one number of people, there they use

mechanized. in our direction today , we will most likely observe the continuation of their assaults directly on human resources, which they try to use as much as possible to preserve the equipment, that is, to say that in the coming days there will be such an increase in assault actions, like us, like you noted in these two locations, directions, it will not be, well, in the near future, that is, there may be some such, you know, well... how to say, it will weaken somewhere, and it will strengthen in yours, because in principle, as far as the russians need time in order to realize their further plans, but how do you do it - in the long run, yes, in the long run we can expect that they will still strengthen the group in this direction and will try to squeeze us, and squeeze not only us in forehead along the front,

still try to... take in pincers, because time remains a very priority direction for them, because time still, if it were not there, is at the maximum height in this region 200 m behind time is already possible to say, the agglomeration lies at the bottom, it is konstantinivka, druzhkovka, kramatorsk, slovyansk, that is, it was profitable to introduce fire damage with the help of this donetsk theft. systems, also, if they could squeeze in time, they could get access to operational space in order to advance further, well, there are also reasons related to logistics and well other reasons, but our entire front , it is interconnected, and if we take even the pokrovsky direction, this is our southern flank, we also depend on how things will develop there events in order to orient themselves, how

they will act in our direction later, that is, it is all a single whole among themselves, but in the future, yes, the enemy will try to advance us, because at times it also prevents us from reaching the administrative borders of the donetsk-luhansk regions , which were declared just before the start of their russian military offensive, and mr. oleg, from your point of view, what in the world caused such breakthroughs by the russians in various directions, after all, our kurdish operation prevented them from introducing their reserves so how are they about well planned, that is, now they are essentially fighting without reserves, that is, but they are advancing, why can't we stop them, there are many of them, there are really many of them and they have a lot of human resources.