commanders understand how scary it is to be in a trench, er, when the enemy storms you, but you have to take action, you have to fight back, because if you, you know, because there is such a situation, it's very simple, you stand in a position and it's scary for you to watch, here you don't see that landing, you see the enemy, you just sit down, and you 're more, you know, calmer on some subconscious level, but when you realize that if you don't do it, they'll come and kill you, or take into captivity, or they will kill your brothers and... you do it, you it's scary, you do it, and you understand, you see the enemy, you engage in a shooting battle with him, you destroy him, and this, you know, a shooting battle now sounds very, even a thrill, for me personally and for the personnel, so that in order to conduct a shooting battle you have to survive a lot of artillery fire, a lot of fpv raids and drones with a drop, that is, it is very difficult, and these battalion teams, these roth commanders, they were at the beginning of a full-scale invasion just personnel.

the staff that performed the tasks, and when they did rise up, they want to make the right decisions, and for example, according to the national guard of ukraine, i want to say, personally, who, who should i fear, i.e. tomorrow or the day after tomorrow i will go to the line of battle and me, if a guided aerial bomb dropped does not kill me from a plane from the territory of the russian federation, or i will be killed... or i will have to go out on reconnaissance somewhere and some eagle will kill me there, who will see me and be killed by the krasnopole artillery system, that is, it can happen, and it can happen to anyone with the brigade commander, because it is primarily these means that reveal the destruction of ksprigada, so that there is a loss of leadership, there are many battalion commanders, competent and rod commanders and on... for example, in our

part, i do not see a critical situation there regarding incompetent commanders, because you know, the entire infrastructure of the national guard of ukraine, we are such a closed military formation with many functions, guarding important state facilities, patrolling territories, mass events, which are also attended by representatives of the national guard of ukraine. i want to say that i started my service in the 14th year in the 50th regiment. which is based in the ivano-frankivsk region, and those military personnel who guard the burshtynska tes or patrol the stations in ivano-frankivsk, they fought for our independence in the serebrynsk forest six months ago, and these teams of sergeant sergeants, they lost their comrades, they saw the enemy in the sights of their small arms, they were destroying him, and now they are back there on rotation, someone is wounded, they are now are engaged in patrolling. and i was very,

well, to be honest, i was going here, i was thinking about it, i am very proud, because i am serving in the national guard of ukraine, because from us, if servicemen or officers are transferred somewhere, then they are transferred either to the security service of ukraine , or to the main intelligence office, because there are prospects there, someone understands that he is better at this or that, and we have our own academy that trains officers, and many officers and brigade commanders are sent to that academy with... which will be taught later our future officers have their experience, that is, this experience is analyzed and such processes take place, so in some directions, in very important directions, for example, let's take the pokrovsky direction, to which all the attention of ukrainian society is focused there, we look, we lose how you said that the situation there is very difficult, and that national guard units are deployed there as well. of ukraine and maybe somewhere with his own

vision wants to improve the situation and goes down to the bottom of his seats from kyiv and wants to help there, and you know, well, i i hope that the people who go down to that level and give instructions to brigade commanders, battalion commanders, honestly and from the bottom of their hearts want to help, there are simply many situations and... mr. krotevych raises the issue of the release of sodol, and there are many others, as i said, it is the same process as with corruption, that is, we are all people, military personnel, the armed forces, the national guard of ukraine, these are ordinary citizens who you can meet in the subway, in a movie theater, in any coffee shop, or in the same one coffee shops, as we are sitting with you now, in short, some of them are unpleasant, this is normal, as ukrainian society, none of us put it. i just can't say it, i'm here, i

can afford it, but yes, i absolutely understand what you're talking about, especially when we live in a world of total direct ether and ... and it happens absolutely 100%, although we have to understand that journalists always tell individual stories that can definitely indicate some trends, but that is why we tell about them so that it is not a trend was turning, but okay, i really wanted to ask, are you a hero of ukraine? but were thinking about whether you should have taken the gold star, right? it was such a situation in june 22, you know, there the day happened in such a way that if you survived until lunch, it is good, if you survived that day, it is generally chic, and looking at some material

values, merits, i had a personal composition, when i was called to the ksp, the rubizh tactical grouping, let me know... that the supreme commander may or may not be there in our ksp, and i want to award you the title of hero of ukraine with the award of the golden star. i say, what is the order of the golden star, i have guys there in positions, i briefly took some water, took some food and went to the platoon base again, because there were constant assault actions, it was then, we were in the middle of the severo-donetsk area, and the enemy wanted to destroy bridges, the enemy wanted to break through, that is, any. as a result, there are constant air raids, constant artillery strikes, constant strikes by tanks, that is, by armored groups that attacked just our platoon company strongpoints, there are battalion lines of defense, it happened along the entire contact line of our settlement of severodonetsk, and i simply did not have time,

i did not think about it, i had to return, just to leave the platoon of the strongpoint and get there to the command post of the tactical group, it had to be done with... an operation in which you could be killed, there you had to run under artistic fire, then you had to run over under enemy machine gun fire, that is, it was a very difficult situation. you had problems with logistics, problems with logistics, and taking into account all this, i simply did not see the expediency in the presentation of any awards at that stage of the conduct of hostilities by me personally, by my personnel, and it was not important to me at all, that is, i have, i have there is a section for which to answer. and for me there were very important processes that were taking place, and i did not want to leave there for a minute or an hour, because i was leaving my personnel, i was leaving units to the left, to the right without intelligence information, that is, they were complexity, and in my opinion at that time there were many servicemen who

deserved this award more than i did, and therefore i refused, said that i did not want to receive it, i was going to my staff, the brigade commander persuaded me, i didn't persuade, well, i talked with... i removed the psychological pressure on me due to my official duties, the commander of the tactical group and my comrades, when they said, yes, commander , you are worthy, you must take it, take it all, and then i stayed and received the rank, thank you for that for what you got then and for me now i can talk to you about this, in particular, and 8 hours at the start of a large-scale invasion, the guest house, the importance of the airfield. understanding why the russians focused on it in such a way is not for anyone now, well, at least for people who are interested in our war, it is no secret that the russians needed this site in order to later land their military transport planes with everything necessary and already working up the

resource that should have been engaged in the occupation of our capital, and this was avoided thanks to you and your brothers the first 8 hours. in your other interviews, you called them decisive, and ukraine correctly used this time, mobilized, were there any other such peak moments for you during these 2.5 years, which you at least saw for yourself, which we took advantage of and actually had certain opportunities, and perhaps peak moments that we missed. you know, these 8 hours, in fact, as i said in past interviews, they were very important for our citizens, and a full-scale invasion began, like a war, the enemy attacked us in the morning, off guard with a pretense of blows and i understood,

that our citizens can have a military presence all day long, there is a general headquarters, the national guard of ukraine can mobilize, plan and everything, we have as a military service. to fulfill one's duty, to hold back the enemy, one might die, and everyone in me was ready to die, we were then in the luhansk region, our part was military personnel. military unit was in gostomel, and these servicemen, you know, this was the unity between all commanders, all personnel of the defense and security forces of ukraine, so that everyone understood, now or never, and the defense and security forces of ukraine, they did their job and held out, restrained a colossal amount of enemy aircraft, because serhiy falatiuk was there, at the gostomil airfield, he shot down helicopters that came in, and he was there with the conscripts of our military. part of them restrained the enemy, and this happened along our entire line of contact and along the entire border with the russian

federation, that is, each commander performed tasks, and you know, in the future , i may not have felt such a more significant, more weighty social unity during 2.5 years, then there was a path, you know, the path we were walking, there were obstacles somewhere, a certain number of military personnel... it is still united by this common thought, which began at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, that is , this unity, and my personnel, military personnel with whom i met, we continue to communicate, and no one is ready and does not want to leave the defense and security forces, these are my fellow airborne assault troops, air forces, ground troops, tank formations, intelligence. subdivisions the sbu, the group, i.e. everyone, i know, met many strong, worthy

servicemen, servicemen of the defense forces of ukraine, and this unity still holds, there are situations that we took advantage of, and that will be in the future, this is the defensive operation in kurshchyna, the situation , which we did not succeed, is our counteroffensive in the south of ukraine, that is, you know, there are many such situations. and the situation of the greatest tragedy, and perhaps the greatest joy, can happen on a small bend, let's take the zaporizhia direction there, any direction, the limansky direction, the biggest tragedy can happen when a bullet fired by some russian military kills someone's son, someone's daughter, or someone's father, or someone's sister, it will be the biggest tragedy on our planet for the family. for our nation, for our state, because our citizen died, who should live and

advance our country into the future, into our prosperous future, and this situation, they are for many citizens, they are special, because that's when i was, eh , you know, situations like this are the hardest when you're attending a funeral or you are informed that someone has died, and recently we buried... a scout from our military unit, yehor, and i handed over the flag with the words, on behalf of the president of ukraine, the supreme commander, i ask you to accept this flag as a symbol of a state that honestly and your son served until the end, and when the mother began to just sob and cry, and she accepts this flag and she understands that our struggle continues, she lost her... son, but she did not lose the country, and my voice is holding me, when i say, she did not lose the country, and this unity,

we still have it, and we unite in such difficult critical situations, and this critical situation is still with us, because as we talked with you at the beginning, when the enemy hits the ivat publishing house in kharkiv, he destroys our books, he destroys our culture, when he hits institutes, when he hits schools, he wants to destroy. our intellectual component, so that we do not develop, but our citizens continue to print books in ukrainian, write poems, develop new means of rap, develop new uavs that can smoke warehouses in the depths of the russian federation, and new citizens are also joining, who are performing a security operation in the kursk region, er, the same ones who have already been fighting for 2.5 years, they are losing their health, and they are not going to the szz. and they will continue to fight in the pokrovsky direction, and we have enough strong citizens

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what to tell about the events at the front at the front. serhiy, good evening. greetings, vasyl, greetings to our viewers, today we will have two guests in our section, we will talk about what is happening in the northern direction, which is not media, but no less simple, and about the use of robotic platforms in the field combat of ukrainian production, what successes and problems with this direction of technology on the battlefield, all this will be discussed in a moment. let me start with the fact that on the night of october 3, drones of the defense forces carried out an attack on the russian airfield borysoglebsk, this is the voronezh region, now for... we are waiting for satellite images that will allow us to conclude how successful this attack was on the airfield where the russian su-34 and su-35 aircraft were kept, where

the cabins were stored , which the enemy actively uses on the battlefield, and where, by the way, there was also a storage of aviation fuel, this is the systematic work of our defense forces, we hope that it will be continued, and in fact it is happening, at this time on the front line, if take into account... the establishment of the general staff, then the number of combat engagements was quite large, we say that there were 142 combat engagements, and exactly half of them fell on three directions, that is pokrovsky, kuryakhivsky and toretsky, but this does not mean that other directions are no less difficult, and in particular we will now let's talk about the siversk section of the front, where it is located and defends... this is the land of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade edelweiss, we are waiting for our guest and stepan barna is joining us now, this is the commander

of the barni unit of the motorized infantry battalion of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade , edrivets, mr. stepan, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear you. in turn, mr. serhiy, i congratulate, i congratulate all viewers of the channel, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. i would like you to describe a little to our viewers what is happening in... your brigade, because your unit is rarely included, and i would like to know what is special about the front line, where the edelweiss are holding the defense? well, the edelweiss have been in donbas for the past two and a half years, staying here is clearly not easy, we hold a line of defense practically around siversk, together with the adjacent ones. this is happening in our direction, there is not a day that our brigade positions are not fired upon by the use of all types of enemy weapons,

nevertheless carry out mainly infantry assaults, why, because we are in the main, mainly in the field, where in fact the enemy does not have the opportunity to advance with equipment, equipment, because we... use in this case unmanned aviation systems that provide an opportunity to distance to destroy any equipment that appears in the field of view of fpv or other drones. as for the assault actions, they take place almost 24 hours a day, the enemy tries to advance, tries to seize various positions, trenches, dugouts, he does it. and just moving forward step by step, and in some places this happens, for example, using motorcycles there, when just

there, there are 10-20 motorcycles trying to sneak up on our positions and occupy them, that is, well, it happens somewhere like this, but now we are showing such a summer video, and what now, in fact, with the weather in your... area , isn't there already a drop in temperature, how does it affect our soldiers, what measures are being taken to make it warmer? well, the reduction is not significant here, why? because until yesterday , literally during the day, the temperature was up to +25°, it usually gets colder in the evening, here there is a little different specificity, but the saving grace is that there is no rain, eh... so the conditions of stay are still tolerable, quite tolerable for fighters, i would not say that this is such a critical situation now, the most critical for the front

the situation when it's slush, when it's raining, this is the most problematic period for any unit, for any infantryman who is on the front line. mr. stepan, what about the use of cabs by... by the enemy, is this felt in your area, or is the enemy also using cabs in your area in order to influence our defense, of course, i emphasized that the enemy uses aviation, in this case , first of all, it is about the use of cabs, cabs are thrown not only on populated areas adjacent to the front, but also on positions, defense strength, in particular the positions of the tenth separate mountain assault brigade edelweiss, well, it happens all the time, and believe me in very

large numbers. and regarding the use of mortars from our side in different areas of the front, the situation is different, are there enough mines for mortars to use these weapons to stop the enemy's advance? well, look, i'm already constantly emphasizing, especially when it comes to artillery, neither mines for mortars, nor shells for artillery, not enough, or rather, not much . more is better, so if we if we are talking about deterrence, then we must understand that there must be a lot of shells at each position, artillery position, defense forces, or would you say they are enough, of course not, we need a lot, but we proceed from what is available, in many circumstances , this difference has to be compensated by the work

of fpv drones, drones, drops and other means of destruction, you are the commander, and what is the most difficult thing about the work of the commander in your area of ​​the front, which imposes on you, well, the greatest responsibility and biggest burden, what would you explain to our viewers? the main responsibility of the commander is the effective use of soldiers and... and to save their lives, this is the key issue of the commander, and then there are related things, this is to destroy the number of the enemy as much as possible, this is to damage their equipment as much as possible, and many things, but the key the issue is the preservation of the soldier's life, i am working on this, my entire unit is working on this, and

we are actively interacting on this issue. and with the brigade and higher management of our direction, and when this phrase is said: protect the life of a soldier, and on the other hand, the task of the commander is to hold a certain section of the front line, how is this balance ensured, how do you as a commander try to balance these things? i have a unit of unmanned aircraft systems, i can’t say that we are a full-fledged infantry, but in some places our positions are, er, without, let’s say, droshchiks, they are 300-500 meters away from the infantry positions, but none the less , would like to point out that in this case we also we are looking for a certain balance, how to save the life of a ukrainian soldier, it is not always successful,

we also... lose guys, brothers, lose the means that help us destroy the enemy, but nevertheless we do everything to protect them, for this is what the guys need to be trained for, effective training, high-quality bc and a sufficient number of drones provide an opportunity and means of defeat, provide an opportunity to save the lives of not only pilots, drone operators, but also the lives of infantry. so i always appeal to people if you have the opportunity to support the defense forces, always do it, because when you help us, for example, in purchasing a drone, we will, at least, save the life of a ukrainian soldier, because by killing the enemy on ukrainian soil,