of ukraine, my place in the armed forces of ukraine. could it be somehow related to zaluzhny's resignation? well, there were rumors that there would be a team change. in general, in military affairs, there is no such understanding as a team. zaluzhny's team there or the team of another military leader. it is a provision on military service. all military personnel. must serve in accordance with these norms and rules, which have been written down for a long time, if other decisions are made, i, as a military man, have no right to discuss it, i will carry it out, but my the desire to serve the ukrainian people, summing up this moment, no one approached you and said that serhiy ivanovich, we want to dismiss you from the position you hold. such issues were not

discussed with me, of course, what is your current status in the armed forces of ukraine? i am a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, an active general, i am at the disposal of the minister of defense of ukraine and perform the tasks assigned to me by the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. that is, we can now calmly talk with you about the situation on the front well, don't worry, we can talk in any language. what topic, but there are sometimes moments that are conditioned by the corresponding secret, so looking at the question, but i am always open to communication with the media , the operation in kursk region has been going on for more than a month, and we are advancing on the enemy's territory, but retreating on our own, i want to understand.. to what extent is it

justified, what is the reason, what is the purpose of this operation, would it not be more appropriate to involve the forces that are currently being used in kursk region? well, any military operation, and this one, in particular, is it comes from the political goal that is defined, this political goal was voiced by the adviser. mykhailo padeluk, later the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, he outlined the strategic tasks performed by the kursk operation, directly, whether it would be appropriate to use these forces in the east of our country, it was decided by those military leaders who made strategic decisions in order to achieve political goals expedient or not to completely, shall we say, the best solution that

will lead us to total victory, such solutions, they are limited by resource provision, resource provision, first of all, it is the latest technological weapons, military equipment, and accordingly prepared and trained personnel, which is necessary for the ukrainian army, so if there is enough of such a resource, then we will win... and on all directions, but now the relevant military leaders have made such a decision, it was announced there that this military operation should divert enemy forces from the east, at the moment such a significant transfer of enemy forces from the east has not taken place, there has been transferred a little more than 40 thousand enemy personnel, but we will see how it ends.

is this operation, shall we believe in the armed forces of ukraine and the wisdom of military leaders? one of the main problems in ukraine today is mobilization, how do you assess how it is going now, how it was in the 23rd year? well, now there have been corresponding changes in the legislative field of ukraine. changes were made to the relevant laws, in accordance with which the mobilization is now underway, so this is what makes the mobilization in the 23rd and 24th years different, i am in favor of by his specialty and training as a commander who was responsible for the use of the armed forces of ukraine, therefore the issue of mobilization, equipping, staffing with military equipment does not belong... to my

competence, but as a specialist in the military field, i can answer this as follows differences occurred due to changes in legislation. and what would you like to change in mobilization? we need to ensure that every ukrainian follows the call to join the defense forces, so that the motivation of everyone who joins the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine and of other components of the security and defense forces, was the same as at the beginning of the invasion, when at the call of the heart, queues were searched for everyone. central committee, but this is a complex work, on which not only military leaders should work. there is a separate problem with the training of the mobilized. sometimes there is information that people are not sufficiently prepared for battles,

do you see such a problem, and if so, how to solve it? when the large-scale began. invasion of the enemy, then to the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine and other constituent forces of defense and security, first of all , trained personnel came, they were reservists of the first and second ranks, later there were also guys who had experience of service and they were trained in training centers depending on the level of training. which they had before mobilization, it was of different duration, but most of those who were called up for military service by mobilization were of better quality in terms of training. the war continues, now those guys

who have been performing tasks since 2022 have suffered losses, others are coming to replace them mobilized militarily. employees, indeed, these are not always those soldiers who had the appropriate training and were mobilized at the beginning of the war, now the decision has been taken by the commanders-in-chief of the military forces of ukraine to increase the training period of these servicemen, in general, in training centers, this is every type of the armed forces of ukraine, as i said previously, they have their own training centers subordinate to them, in which they train personnel for the ground forces, for air force units, for the naval forces, of special operations, i.e. each commander,

he organizes the appropriate training, and the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine carries out the general management of these processes, therefore... the criticism that is heard, it reaches the relevant commanders, the relevant commanders, and they are constantly working on it, yes there are indeed problems, because the mobilization is ongoing, people are different, with different levels of training, with different perceptions, psychological readiness to conduct hostilities, and all these problems are the daily concern and duty of everyone who works. in educational centers, this work continues daily, it must be better, they are working on it, and are they working on it and do they hear criticism of the problem of rotation and the fact that people who go to serve, they still do not have

an explanation in any legislative document for how long to serve them, and of course this is a problem, because it is necessary to always tell the truth. the truth to those personnel who are mobilized, directly in the military units, when the e-e of these military units are used, this is already a cyrina that was previously under my command under those commanders who conscious, who understand the personnel, who strive to preserve the personnel, they organized rotations directly during the execution of tasks, there were appropriate... units that performed tasks at the front for a certain time, then they were sent for rest and for further training in physical units , and this is the way such works were carried out, i would like to note a very good such organization of work

at the time when i was performing tasks in the east, that is in the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade, the same was done also... the 24th separate mechanized brigades in other brigades, that is, the commanders worked on it, everything that exceeds the level of application is already a different from. the responsibility of other officials, in order to make it so that there is a rotation for the entire personnel, it is necessary to have a much larger number of relevant military units and units, it is partially done, but for a purely larger number of personnel in order to do it in the composition no rotation within the military. units, and as part of the rotation of military units, a larger number of them is needed for this

military units, and this again depends on mobilization, so military commanders, battalion teams, brigades, they perform this during the execution of combat missions, well, the military leadership depends on the presence of those brigades and battalions that perform missions not in hot areas, they also take action on rotation, not all. ok, there are problems, but believe me, they are working on it, they are washing it so that it is good, but the situation is what it is, what is needed to help solve, well, to help solve this situation, you need to create such a kit military units, so that some fought and others recovered, as we had, for example, when there was an operation of the joint forces, we had somewhere... a brigade was in the area of ​​the operation of the joint forces, and the other 10 brigades performed task of rest, rehabilitation

and further training at the points of permanent deployment, two sets of troops, each rotation was for six months, completed the task for six months, was at the point of permanent deployment for six months, and from them your vacation, a month or so 45 days or sick leave, i.e. the whole social package. performed, two sets of troops are required. of course. mr. serhiy, i really want to ask you about the events of last year, about the counteroffensive in the south. in june of the 22nd year , as part of the espresso film crew, i got to the front positions in the gulyapil direction. we were 300 m from the russian position. i remembered the words of the soldier well. who were with us then, that the russians dug in very hard and mined everything, it was the summer

of the 22nd year, and a year passes, a counteroffensive takes place in this direction, it goes along the mines, the counteroffensive goes through all these powerful trenches russian and without air cover, i want to, i know it's... it's not your responsibility, were n't you in charge of this direction at the time, but maybe you can explain why this operation was planned the way it was, and how you would evaluate it effectiveness, and the effectiveness of this work can be assessed not only by me, but also by you, every average ukrainian, what is the result, as for why so, we should all understand... that an offensive is usually very easily carried out when the enemy

is weak, this is how it happened with us in the kharkiv direction in september 22nd, when the enemy was constantly advancing in the donetsk direction, he lowered his reserves from the north of the kharkiv region and exhausted these reserves, they were not there, when our guys on bandera cars... very fast vehicles showed insane speeds of advancement of 60-40 km there for a day, it was determined that the enemy was weak, and directly there the enemy was strong, he strengthened his defensive lines, he kept the appropriate reserves there and so on, in general, in order to advance, i emphasize once again, or the enemy c... or it is necessary to make it weak, this is done

at the expense of fire damage, when its enemy power, armored vehicles, and artillery systems are destroyed, and the enemy gradually reduces its combat potential, it becomes less, and then the advantage in manpower and means of fire impression in this direction it helps, this is... a classic, of course, it is better to make it so that you pass in that direction, in another direction, where the enemy is weak, but the enemy always strengthens there... where we need to advance, where we need to succeed, he leaves the weak there places where secondary direction, and it is easy for our troops to advance there, why this happened, there were not enough forces and means that were transferred to us, our

partners, in order to fully reduce the combat potential. the enemy force entrenched there needed more means of fire damage, missiles, shells, air defense systems to close the sky, aviation, in order to create the appropriate conditions, so that it would be much easier to advance there than the way it happened, or not it made sense to wait for f6. well, there is such a thing in military affairs understanding, as an objective reality, and it is necessary to take these actions on time. it was possible to wait another year, the enemy would have strengthened or increased his efforts there, because we

know that the enemy does not mobilize , but he... joined the ranks of the armed forces, uh, erefia, and then the enemy would simply be larger in numbers, more of those defensive lines and all that more, so those who made these decisions took into account time, objective reality, considered their capabilities and were planning yes, to do it on time, as it turned out, is another assessment, say, the commander who failed the operation and lost many subordinates is responsible for it, if the claims that

are put forward to him were objectively dependent or were. or were dependent on the decisions he made? then yes, of course, and yes, if there is a commander and he has taken all measures, but the enemy has concentrated such a large number of troops and forces there that the available number of personnel will equip them with military equipment, he cannot perform a combat mission, then that he should be drawn to if the loss, if the losses depended and were dependent on the decisions made, so necessarily. does it work in our military today? yes, of course, it works, we have law enforcement agencies, which are our state, they constantly carry out investigative actions regarding

certain actions, including military leaders. and... sergey ivanovych, i am interested in your opinion, should ukrainians expect another counteroffensive by our forces in the near future? yes, yes, of course, the military leadership has an understanding that defense is the only way the war cannot be won, therefore the relevant forces, which are the reserves, are always preparing, any military leader is always preparing. reserves, additional forces and means that will be used in the future. i will emphasize once again that in order to advance, it is necessary to stop the enemy, to force him to exhaust his reserves, as was done during such a victorious and very emotional

operation in kharkiv, when everyone was in a high mood, he simply ran out. his reserves, he removed all forces and means from the right flank, and there remained separate units of the so-called the ldnr and units of the roshvardiya, there were also separate units of the armed forces of the russian federation, but their numbers were few, and the third was to create an advantage, so before advancing we must stop the enemy, we must force him to exhaust his reserves in one direction or another and create an advantage in forces. means recently the dictator of the russian federation putin announced an increase in the size of the army, it seems by 150,000, does it not mean? is that he is depleting his reserves? the russian federation has a considerable mobilization resource. in general, according to calculations, so that we understand,

the armed forces of the russian federation can continue to conduct aggression against ukraine for years. but all the same, the russian federation is facing problems, including the problem of recruiting for military service under a contract. those citizens who go to the ranks of the armed forces of the russian federation, they give the leadership of the russian federation, regionally, and the state as a whole, significant financial motivations for these occupiers to join the ranks of their army, but all on a voluntary basis under... different sauces, what they are doing there is all the same, it is not unlimited, when, someday, the time will come

when they will be forced to use the next mobilization, therefore the increase of the armed forces of the russian federation does not bring anything good for us, for ukraine, but how they will cope with this task, we will see, we should always strive for nothing to happen in the armed forces of the russian federation, for us to be successful, and they always lose, so i wish that they do not succeed. how do you currently assess the situation at the front? well, the situation directly in the eastern direction is such that the armed forces of the russian federation, they are constantly advancing in all directions, and in these directions, where they can see. that they can be successful, they are developing their success, they are directly carrying out offensive actions in the kupinsky direction, they are

approaching the water obstacle like ticks, there is a small advance of the armed forces of the russian federation there, and there are also their intentions to sharpen ours. the grouping is in the kurakhovsky direction, where from the direction of the miner descend and close the surrounding ring, and accordingly the situation in the area of ​​the coal mine. i emphasize once again, the enemy, constantly attacking in this way, if, conducting reconnaissance by combat, finds out where it is possible to have success, where their offensive advance may be, and here he is... with such tactics, such actions are carried out, and the focal point is not used everywhere and small tank columns and infantry, all this happens. the enemy

now has a threat in the kurakhiv direction, in the ughledar direction, there are threatening actions by him in the kupin direction. in order to to stop the enemy, it is necessary, i emphasize once again. hit the enemy, reducing his offensive potential. all samples of military equipment weapons, which are in service with our brigades, which perform tasks in the east. this is artillery, of course, unmanned aerial vehicles, this is also anti-tank missile systems of various types with different ranges, this is anti-tank grenade launchers, this is aviation, which the enemy respects us with, but we still have it, and it is used, we must beat, reduce its

combat potential, decisions must be made in each of the directions, and you have to win, in your professional opinion, what's next? well, that's how i understand it, and our viewers will probably agree with me. that now we are more in such a defensive position, we are forced to hold our positions, knock out resources from the russians, periodically we have to surrender our positions for this, how long will this last and will there ever come a time when we will go on the offensive and simply sweep them from the territory of ukraine ? strategic defense, strategic defense is now underway. work, and in order for us to go on the offensive, i already talked about it, it is necessary to stop the enemy, the enemy is stopped by reducing his offensive potential, for

this it is not necessary to inflict fire damage on him, due to the fact that the resource war is ongoing, the russian federation has its own resource, plus additionally it receives a resource from its satellites , these are iran, north korea, and ukraine has its own production and also receives appropriate assistance from our partners, and we have to... make sure that our resource allows us to stop the enemy, that is, to reduce his combat potential, everything exactly, the advancing enemy force, it can be stopped, we have separate directions where the enemy is also trying to advance, but he does not advance there, is it possible to do this? and it is necessary

to do it, it is necessary to stop the enemy, such a resource is needed that will allow the armed forces to perform such tasks. well, in your opinion, is ukraine winning or losing in this resource war? as of now? we have some samples of armed military equipment, for which we must receive resources from our partners, and we must understand that if they... in a timely manner, then the armed forces of ukraine have the opportunity to perform tasks, if they arrive late, a problem begins, then this resource, it is divided into several parts, it becomes smaller, it is used more carefully, and how to explain to a battalion or a brigade that you had such a quantity of ammunition yesterday, and today it

is less. the enemy has not decreased, but you should be more frugal, and there is a problem, so without a resource, without western help, it is very difficult to carry out the task, and it is true, that is, from your words, i understand that now we do not have advantages in the war of resources over the russians, well, let's look at the missiles that russia fires at us. more here or in russia? in russia? total number of planes, who has more? in the russian federation? the number of mobilization resources, who has more? do i understand what you 're getting at? i mean, now by other technological means, we were given western models of military equipment, we

were given artillery systems, these sy... systems they technologically benefit from those models that are in service with the armed forces of the russian federation, sometimes technological an advantage, it can cover a quantitative advantage, well, it always works that way, so in this war, the military are always the kind of people who need to be replenished, any military operation, it is calculated in this way, plus... reserve, reserve should be mandatory, therefore, if all the needs of the armed forces are met, then we will win in this resource war. mr. sergey, i have a couple of personal questions for you now. regarding your brother, in particular, it is known from official data that he lives in occupied

simferopol. and works in the regional division of the pension fund of russia, do you communicate? i haven't talked to him since the summer of 2021, i haven't talked since then, everyone chose their own path, do you know what his fate is now? i don't know if he has any problems because of who his brother is? huh? "everyone chose his path, he chose it, and everyone moves on his own path, i move on the path of a military general in the defense forces of ukraine, he has such a path that he is in the temporarily occupied territory of the autonomous republic of crimea, this is his path, i do not communicate, not interested, no information it is clear, and mr. serhiy, it is very interesting to know what your path is.

do you have plans for the future yet?