this is russia 24 and we continue to report on the main news of today 103 russian servicemen, released from ukrainian captivity, returned to their homeland, now they will undergo treatment and rehabilitation in the institutions of the ministry of defense. among those meeting the special board was our correspondent yegor grigoryev, he talked to several soldiers. the ramp of the il-76 at the main terminal of the military airfield is open, on board are 103 of our servicemen, they were exchanged the day before, now they are finally setting foot on their native soil. i am certainly glad.

we were sitting in the sumy colony, that is, in barracks, in a prison, so to speak, ukrainian, they just put us all from cell to cell, and why they changed us like that, yeah, i have no idea, some were brought, some were taken away for exchange, not for exchange, yeah, that is , somehow it was always such a hassle, all the movements were blindfolded, they tried so that the prisoners would not see anything, how did they try? as quietly as possible, so that you

would not be seen at all, confidence in your freedom, also sumy region, all in one place, no, exactly where we were, not where in captivity we are being held in different captivity, no, in different, as i understand it, we were somewhere near kiev, in captivity, they kept us in a basement there, that is, you somehow traveled far, yes, yes, we traveled very far, we ended up in the sumy region and from there we have. the united arab emirates, after captivity, our servicemen first ended up in belarus, some were seriously wounded, they received medical psychological assistance there, they called home, does anyone know you, well, at first , no one seemed to know, neither mom, nor dad, nor relatives, then they gave it to us in ukraine call, the return is a surprise for many, there have already been cases of exchange failures on the part of ukraine, our servicemen have a long process ahead.

the borders of the sumy region, to hit the warehouses of the new bridgehead of the armed forces of ukraine. now we are moving to a firing position, we will work directly from the border, because the target is very distant, so we will move out in advance now, we will conduct reconnaissance there. enemy fpv drones are trying to work on the combat vehicle and ... snares, move out, move out,

perceived, we are moving out, the hunt is on for us, so dense, there are unmanned aerial vehicles in the air, they copy our coordinates, as soon as we fire a salvo at a target, they fire back at us, or counter-battery combat, after the strike the crew pours water, a shelter from drones above the combat vehicle, it doesn’t pour much, it won’t catch fire, at times, they change frequencies very often now, well, in principle, it’s effective, volga, volga, i’m vita, no, no, it’s heavy. after the unit of the north group of troops moves the front line back several kilometers, our artillery is gaining a foothold at these heights. the cd-30 deploys guns at a new firing line, in conditions of maneuverable combat operations, artillery constantly changes firing points. we have a high intensity, quickly aimed at targets, worked through everything, we camouflage ourselves. the first sighting, the second mainly. already on target with us, we

turn on the generators, hold down the button, we move along the kursk region in an armored vehicle. we chose a period of time when the sky was free of enemy drones, now along the we approach the artillery calculations and the gun, at night the artillery works on the camps of non-nazis in the kurb region, we work a lot, it's boring, we hit, as a rule, after the first two hits they... start running, the gun is accurate, it shoots well. the calculation of the installation hits the targets that our aerial reconnaissance transmits online. the entire crew works on the machine, understands that this is our chance for victory, for life. and we all love it and take care of it. the machine is very

easy to operate. our unit destroys the krab self-propelled artillery unit with the help of loitering munition lancet. the army aviation crew strikes at camps and fortified positions of non-nazis on the footage of objective control our operators record the defeat of targets. stanislav nazarov, evgeny terelenko, mikhail siberev, vesti kurskaya oblast. belgorod oblast, under the shelling of the vso in the village of murom after the attack of drones burned down two private houses and 10 outbuildings. this was reported by the governor of the region vyacheslav glatkov. fire after ukrainian shelling. in extinguishing in the village of maslova pier, there are garages burning in in voznesenovka, drones detonated in the yard, two houses were damaged, earlier in the village of bezlyudovka, a ukrainian shell hit a residential building, a woman was killed, in neighboring houses, as a result of shelling, windows were knocked out,

roofs and fences were cut. moscow strongly condemns the pressure of western countries on russia, so deputy foreign minister of russia sergei rebkov commented on the sanctions imposed. the diplomat noted that russia intends to respond harshly to the restrictions. according to him, washington's actions confirm how much it cares the culture of freedom of speech has degraded. with details from evgeniya petruhevna. yes, they are real media spies, working for russian special services, collecting information abroad. the state department, it seems, can no longer watch the american audience switch to arti, in particular, it cannot. capabilities with connections to russian intelligence. a unit with cyber operatives arti's leadership had information about this

enterprise. russian government entities included the cyber capabilities of this unit in the structure of arti. in the spring of 2023 years it was focused primarily on covert operations in... he and his colleagues kept trying to explain to western journalists how exactly russian media leaks information to russian intelligence agencies, but to answer a direct question.

information is always funny when you prepare materials, you never know what exactly will interest you, i never manage to prepare properly, the coordinator of the us state department's global engagement center james rubin, unlike his senior colleague in the shop anthony blinken, in at some point he did move away from vague formulations, and perhaps, without realizing it, named one of the main reasons for american pressure on russian media, in his opinion, precisely because of the will of many countries of the world. one of the reasons why so many countries of the world do not support ukraine to the extent that one might expect is the wide scale of arti's activities and its reach, propaganda, disinformation and lies are spread among millions, if not billions of people around the world. that is,

washington is afraid that the viewer will believe alternative point of view, so i'm not sure about the professionalism of the employees of the same abc and cnn? why are they doing this now? they close, they ban, well, it's clear that they have elections, they want to distract with something, but the most important thing is that on the eve of the same elections they do not need such a huge number of people to know the truth, they need to.

they are the front, and most importantly, they are undermining us democracy, when do arti employees have time for all this, they still have reports, broadcasts, despite all these kinds of accusations, despite the sanctions that have already been introduced against rashi today, against a number of our colleagues, they continue to be watched, they continue to be watched, i personally, my foreign colleagues are a witness to this, they continue to be watched in the middle east, they continue to be watched in latin america, their... information continues to be bypassed, searched for,

watched, read in asian countries, in countries , including europe. and no matter how hard washington tries to demonize arti, the number of viewers of the media is only growing, so by accusing and canceling arti, the state department, it seems, has once again driven itself into a dead end. here blinkin screams about espionage, which even the western viewer is unlikely to... believe. evgeniya petrukhina, matvey popov, news. the voronezh region has the highest fire hazard class. 70 fires have been recorded. this was reported by the region's governor, alexander gusev. the largest fire near the village of yamnaya has spread to 20 hectares, the flames have approached residential buildings. 150 people and 50 pieces of equipment are working at the site. local residents are helping to fight the fire. nikita seliznev will tell you in more detail about the current situation. region. information about the fire near the village of yamnaya was received at 5:00 p.m.

rescuers immediately arrived at the scene. according to official data, dry grass caught fire. the fire spread to the trees, and crown fires broke out in places. the fire did not reach the village, but came very close. the closest street to the forest is a mechanical one. here , the fire was stopped about 200 m from residential buildings. bulldozers managed to cover the burning field, local residents came out to help with shovels and bottles of water, well, along, probably 50 people, yes, so along, we they set up a 5-10 meter stand, all the local residents, yes, yes, stumps, forest, here is the nezavie, we will now try to prevent it from going there, the fire, and the tops have already burned, over there we will now wait for the fire from there, about a hundred rescuers have arrived at the scene now, the main task is to prevent the fire from spreading to the houses of residents, there are no victims, the modern world is going through a difficult period of forming

multipolarity, now it is especially important to protect freedom of speech, to fight for the reliability of information, vladimir putin stated this in a video address to workers information telegraph agency of russia, the president congratulated the staff and veterans of tas on the 120th anniversary of the agency. from the very first days of its work, tas reflected the spirit and trend of the times, quickly and clearly reported on events that took place anywhere on the planet, set the highest standards of journalism, the agency always... attracted gifted, creative people who were passionate about their work, the names of correspondents, photographers, and observers of the agency were always on everyone's lips, they were known and respected in the journalistic community, among the people, in our country abroad, a special heroic page of tas, work during the great

patriotic war, the work of frontline correspondents, their courage, their desire for... victory created an invaluable chronicle of the feat of the people who crushed nazism. tas today maintains the continuity of the best traditions, is a real forge of personnel for new generations of journalists, dynamically developing as required by the modern digital era. well, and also vladimir putin appointed a participant in the special operation, hero of russia artur orlov, the new chairman of the board movements of the first. grigory gusev appointed head of rosmolodezh. basketball cska won the vtb united league super cup. in the final match, the capital's army team beat kazan unics. about the victory of the current

national champions in the international pre- season tournament. in the report by alexander abramov. super cup. for the fourth year in a row , the four best russian teams plus two invited teams play before the start of the official season. this year, they were belgrade's cervena zvezda and istanbul's beşekt. they came to visit us clubs and beshektaz and cerveno the star says that we have friends. they just need to be invited b- look for new ones. here. and don't give up on the old ones. even if the old lady is grumbling there. europe, americans, well, i'm sure that sport will eventually unite us all. in the final of the vtb united league super cup, cska and unics met. these same teams played in the final series last season, so it is extremely logical that in the pre-season tournament , the gomelsky cup was played out by them. this is the trophy, which is named after alexander yakovovich gomelsky, is very important for the entire

structure of cska, for the basketball club, for the whole of basketball russia, including. despite the fact that, roughly speaking, the official part of the season has not yet begun, here again i repeat that this is a pleasant bonus to the pre-season work. cska began the super cup final in a champion's way, in the first quarter they allowed kazan to score only nine points, they secured an advantage of 20 points early by basketball standards. everything that happened on the parquet further was a chase by unics, in the third quarter. kazan even got within one attack of cska. unix couldn't keep up the pace, and cska brought things to a win. 87-72. kaspyar veer and cska's serbian newcomer scored 15 points each for the winners. the club's main acquisition this summer is aleks avramovic. i don't think aleks avramovic needs any introduction. everyone knows him well from his performances for partizan, the

serbian national team, and he played great at the world championship. this year he played great at the olympics, so i think he'll still prove himself. in a week, next saturday in moscow in the new season of the vtb united league starts exactly with the opening match cska will play again with unics. is cska ready for the season? it is impossible, again, as if we would part now in some percentage ratio, we are here, the season is already starting, and we are ready to enter it. in a week the new season of the vtb united league begins, can you personally highlight some main intrigue for yourself? yes, look, the final of cska.

what a product of ours it is.

previously, the road from the capital of the republic, the city of donetsk to gorlovka took about one and a half hours, given the state of the frontline roads, destroyed by equipment over the years of hostilities, but everything changed during the liberation of avdiivka, the retreating ukrainian troops decided to destroy the bridge on...

is being shelled, well, you can estimate, the traffic is quite intense, there are people on the streets, it's a weekday morning, they're going to

work, and the head of the gorlovka urban district, ivan sergeyevich prikhodko, runs a telegram channel where he informs residents about important events, including his team keeps statistics, so as of today number of shellings, first with... special operation 17.032. unfortunately, the numbers are growing every day, the city has been shelled more than twenty times a day recently. since the beginning of the svo, more than 180 gorlovka residents have died. the number of wounded is approaching a thousand.

the proximity to the front has an effect, the city of zerzhinsk is nearby, which the ukrainian side now calls toretsk, where active military operations are taking place, nevertheless, life in the frontline gorlovka continues, they grew flowers and sell flowers yes. from their own garden, this is straight from my garden, yes, the house was destroyed, the house was destroyed, back in 22, on june 11th it flew in, the area was often shot up, often, often, constantly, constantly, yesterday it flew in again, somewhere nearby, these cassettes exploded, a woman was wounded, well, that's how we live, you and your family, yes, my family and i are here, already children, already grandchildren, but the grandchildren are not here, they are all adults.

they used to buy more often, we still buy,

because life goes on. there are good moments in this life, children are born, birthdays are celebrated, well, everything goes its own way war is war, but we live here, so we've gotten used to it, of course, we'd like to have a different, more peaceful life, well, we live as we live, if i hadn't been here in 1922, i...

here all the time, well, even if something is bad, well, as they say, you can't help grief with tears, but be positive, i came out with a song, started it, sang about the steppe gosling, about the one i loved, about the one whose eyes i took care of the letters , about the one i loved, about the one whose letters i turned over, i work in a hairdressing salon, as a hairdresser, and in 2003 i became a builder, we have such a district in gorlovka, what is the situation like in this district, well, of course, these drones have been flying around lately, i don’t know, they’ve organized some kind of hunt for

people, a woman is... there are wounded, we only have two hairdressers working in our hairdressing salon, if before there were two shifts, well, there were four every other day, yes, many have left, some are very afraid, well, they are afraid to go out there and walk 50 meters to work, they live in the same district, it’s very scary for them to be, well, everyone has a different threshold for this fear, very optimistic women come, suddenly he will kill, and i will be ugly, yes, well we have black humor. no, women also watch, older ones, manicure, pedicure, hairdos, yes, there are regulars, every three weeks, four come by appointment. despite what has been happening around for

ten years, the city city. the city does not stop living, as well as the residents, as our citizens, so all services from the municipality to the utility company, to the industrial enterprise, everyone works to ensure that life in the city... continues, despite the fact that the measures accepted and the general presence of citizens is limited, the enemy, unfortunately, chooses targets where the concentration of citizens is greatest, these are rush hours, these are markets that have not stopped working, people have to buy food somewhere and ensure their

livelihoods, the ukrainian... gangs have chosen - over the past 10 years, an exclusively terrorist method of waging war.