in 2021, the 24th brigade had around 2,000 soldiers. in, forming new battalions and boosting the brigade�*s strength to around 7,000. that more than trebling of numbers matches what's happened to the ukrainian army as a whole — and all the while, casualties have had to be replaced, too, so thousands of troops have been fed through to the brigade. we saw quite a few older men here. and there's also been a debate in ukraine about those who've dodged the call—up and whether willingness to fight is diminishing. but for the wounded we spoke to, there's still a determination to serve. denys lost part of his hand in shelling but, after months of treatment, he wants to get back to his mates in the brigade. i have problems with middle fingers. medicine tried to save this finger. take bones from here. but it's don't work and it's cut. but it's ok. it's not my head. not my — any organs. vital organs. how long were you in hospital, then? 0h, from february to the may. four months — three months. and do you have to go back to the unit? no, i... or do

in yavoriv there's a memorial to the 24th brigade.lk to people about the total price paid by the 24th brigade in this war, it's hard to get a concrete answer. it's actually against the law here to reveal the casualty figures for particular units in the army. but taking a close interest in the brigade as we have, we've picked up clues. their footage of a ceremony in lviv last month saw relatives of the 24th�*s dead presented with a special decoration, the hero's cross. they're consecutively numbered in the high 300s. some have gone to those who fell before last year's invasion, but most, perhaps 300, commemorate those killed in the last 18 months. and as the war has gone on, the original cadre from western ukraine has been replaced by thousands of recruits from all over. it's a story mirrored nationally as the country mobilized. it's clear that the 24th brigade suffered badly in the early weeks of the war, fighting for an eastern town called popasna. that's where vita and lydia's husbands went missing. this russian footage shows fighte

the 24th brigade artillery often relies on drones to find its targets. guns have to be well camouflaged because the russians are hunting them, as we soon discovered. so we were expecting a fire mission within five minutes, and then word came down on the radio to stand down, because a russian drone has been sighted somewhere near here. and that's really very typical of what's been happening. a constant battle of wits, a deadly battle of wits. these russian videos show the threat that spotters overhead cue a lancet missile onto ukrainian artillery and that as soon as it's fired, it's destroyed. after a tense half hour... ..the ukrainian battery commander is given the go ahead to engage his target. the 152 millimeter howitzer is loaded and its barrel trained onto the right bearing and elevation. no sooner is the shell on its way than we're told to get away from the gun position as soon as we can. we get back to our vehicle. so let's go. past locals, apparently oblivious to the fact a russian shell will soon be heading back. where was the incoming? oh, yeah,

training ground near the polish border is a long way from the real fight, but it's the nearest the 24th brigadeo a home town. two years ago, the 24th had around 2,000 soldiers. volunteers and conscripts have flowed in, forming new battalions and boosting the brigade's strength to around 7,000. that more than trebling of numbers matches what's happened to the ukrainian army as a whole. and all the while casualties have had to be replaced, too. so thousands of troops have been fed through to the brigade. the ukrainian army has had to relearn the lesson, the bitter lesson of 20th century conflict, that war between states consumes lives on an enormous scale, and they're having to train reinforcements continuously here to put them up to the front. we saw quite a few older men here, and in recent months there's been a debate in ukraine about those who've dodged the call up and whether willingness to fight is diminishing. but for the wounded we spoke to, there's still a determination to serve. denis lost part of his hand in shelling, but, after months of treatment, he wants to get back to his mates in

, brave and legendary, this is about the soldiers of the 24th separate mechanized brigade, who have beenending our land with a strong shield since the beginning of the war for 10 years. of course, eternal memory to those princes who gave their lives and glory and courage and a low bow to those who are still working bravely and to those who lead them to the brave leaders these are the legendary combrigs oleksandr pavlyuk anatoly shevchenko eternal glory to the memory of the legendary valery gudzh of course glory to sergiy postupalsky kombra in the novel mamavskyi and to the young commander who is already a hero of ukraine ivan holshevskyi glory to all the soldiers who win us victory glory to the heroes glory to the homeland serhiy vasyliovych sobolev dear colleagues dear mr. minister it is possible the most difficult speech from this podium, especially for me, because oleksiyya reznikov is a person who etched himself in the history of ukraine, who showed himself to be serious enough in various spheres of activity, and what we are considering now, in my opinion, is relevant to who our defe

volunteers help, we collect something ourselves, well, the brigade also helps, of course, the 24th brigaderking in this direction for a long time, the area has been shot at, however, the work of the pilots is complicated by the radio-electronic means of fighting the enemy in this direction, a very powerful rap in the enemy's e-e affects everything. the terrain overlaps our signal from the antenna, in order to be as effective as possible , the pilot often has to go to zero positions close to the enemy and it happens that we ourselves become the targets of enemy drones, we were noticed and flew towards us. something like a lancet completely destroyed the building because the damage was very large, but unfortunately everything is fine. everything ended well . we are all intact. we have all the goals left in the modern war, drones are used more and more , technologies allow in critical situations to save the lives of soldiers at the cost of kamikaze, and as the pilots themselves note , there are not many drones in war. from donetsk, sofia, a boat serhiy kiselyov serhiy tomko tv channel rada na

newsnight�*s diplomatic editor mark urban secured rare access to one brigade — the 24th mechanised brigade they are bracing themselves for a long war with no end in sight. in this war, there are the hunted and the hunters. the ukrainians say their russian enemy has far more drones, which makes camouflage and remaining unseen vital. so we were expecting a fire mission within five minutes. and then word came down on the radio to stand down because a russian drone has been sighted somewhere near here. and that's really very typical of what's been happening. a constant battle of wits, a deadly battle of wits. this russian video shows what happens if you get it wrong. ukrainian self—propelled guns destroyed. we watched the artillery of the 24th mechanised brigade as its own drones searched for targets. then the order came through that they had won. 0nce they'd fired, we were told to leave fast. a shell could soon be heading back in our direction. so let's go. yeah. we got an inkling of the stresses they're under, but soldiers live under it permanently. where was the incoming? oh, yeah. i've see

newsnight�*s diplomatic editor mark urban secured rare access to one brigade, the 24th mechanized brigadeians say their russian enemy has far more drones, which makes camouflage, and remaining unseen, vital. so we were expecting a fire mission within five minutes. and then word came down on the radio to stand down, because a russian drone has been sighted somewhere near here. and that�*s really very typical of what�*s been happening — a constant battle of wits, a deadly battle of wits. this russian video shows what happens if you get it wrong — ukrainian self—propelled guns destroyed. we watched the artillery of the 24th mechanised brigade as its own drones searched for targets. then the order came through that they had won. 0nce they�*d fired, we were told to leave fast. a shell could soon be heading back in our direction. so, let�*s go. yeah. we got an inkling of the stresses they�*re under, but soldiers live under it permanently. where was the incoming? there, look — smoke. oh, yeah. i�*ve seen the smoke, yeah. no date has been set for their demobilisation. it�*s extremely hard to live

on the 24th, we were already separated from the brigade and at 4 :00 around half past five, he got upere, well, of course, to wash himself, the guard runs up to me and says, "fuel, girl , something flew over there." in the interval, they heard some kind of explosion, the unit raised itself due to anxiety, dmytro did not know his final task . there was no communication on the walkie-talkie. his brigade was 70 km away along the entire route to the star. he received from the commander the names of the settlements to which he gradually led his subordinates, 30-3 tankers it was not possible to go to the internet at that time that a great war had begun, the fighters realized after meeting with the russian aviation that about 20 helicopters flew over us, and this is exactly the assault assault group that landed in the kherson region, they dropped the landing they just flew over us, there were no identifying marks on the first ones. and when the k-52 flew over us and we saw this star on the whole tail, we turned off the road, there was a dense coniferous forest, we went into the forest, and t

we watched the artillery of the 24th mechanized brigade while its own drone searched for targets. thename order that they have a purpose. after that, we were ordered to retreat quickly, because soon a projectile could fly in our direction. soletsko? we could see how stressed they were, but soldiers live in such conditions all the time. where was the input from? from there, he says. the time of their remobilization is not determined, it is extremely difficult to live with. we saw how difficult it was at the medical center where one victim was taken. as explained, it was a panic attack, and even our presence made people nervous. but until you were gone, everything was absolutely fine. we had to to leave the medical center because the doctors feared that our presence in the medical center might make him a target. but of course , just as this gang is hunted, it also finds its targets. we joined a drone maintenance group. they are hunting the russians and can immediately strike back. dropping various ammunition. the new fpv device can target the russians, even when they are hiding inside bu

requests for five drones, up from four brigade the birds are needed by the 53rd separate mechanized brigade, the 24thrigade, the third assault brigade and the 65th, the amount that needs to be collected as soon as possible is almost a million hryvnias. one thermal imaging drone costs about uah 2,000. and that's why it's very, very difficult to collect these amounts now. it is difficult, every day, of this war, every day it is harder to collect any amount, people are so tired, so exhausted, so discouraged, yes, well, a lot of these, yes, but we cannot give up, we cannot say, i i can't tell my soldiers that guys, you are fighting there, and we are here, well, because it is normal for us to live here, that is, every person must understand that the war is going on, and still help by any methods, any efforts and possibilities. the military needs drones, be like us , help, we have my colleague, artem lagutenko, in contact now, he is in donetsk region, artem, i congratulate you, he is talking about the situation in the region. i congratulate my colleague, i wish health to our viewers, we apologize for the b

there is a memorial to the 24th brigade in yavorov. e what losses the twenty-fourth brigade suffered in this war, it is difficult to get a specific answer. in ukraine, publish the losses of individual army units illegally. the price they pay is very high. this is a cemetery on the outskirts of lvov, one of many where fallen soldiers of the twenty-fourth brigade lie. we counted several dozen graves. with the emblem of the 24th brigade among more than 2,000 mangelis. it's already the end of november. both sides, ukraine and russia are preparing for the so-called rasputitsa. this is the time of mud that comes in the fall. what do you think about this? last year, the army acquired a wealth of experience in combat operations both in the fall and in the spring. most likely, during this period, hostilities will almost completely stop, at least on the ukrainian side. but i hope with the new tactics he is using. the russians now have such a large number of drones because they have established production in russia of russian analogues of iranian

people update data in tcc bravery overcomes fear secondment of motorized infantrymen of the 24th royal brigade to jimi jimi jimi he did not plan to go to war but the russians attacked him a native of chernihiv and so it somehow spilled , well, how can you take people there to kill, that's why the enemy must be destroyed. the first 15 minutes were a pity, and then it's normal, a fighter who doesn't want to leave the war but wants to be freed, i would wait for some kind of resolution , jimmy didn't listen to the story. i'm natalya nagorna. my name is oleksandr, call sign jimi. i'm 35 years old. i'm a junior lieutenant, a company commander of a motorized infantry battalion. well, since then i have been serving in the war. i am from chernihiv, and from chernihiv i would have been under siege. it's too late to start a military career, you won't be in the army, i hope that i hope that no, i don't like it, i'm used to it, i already like it , it's already my life, since it's been a year and a half, but i have a family, children, uh, if i wanted to go back to live my life as a full-fledged civilian whe

the birds are needed by the 53rd separate mechanized brigade, the 24th royal, the 3rd assault brigadehe 65th, an amount to be raised as soon as possible, approx. a million hryvnias one thermal imaging drone costs about uah 2,000. and that is why it is very, very difficult to collect these amounts now, every day of this war, every day. it's harder to collect any so much, people are so tired, so exhausted, so discouraged, yes, a lot of them are like that, but we can't give up, we can't say, i can't tell my soldiers that guys, you fight over there, and we are here, well, because we live here normally, that is, every person must understand that the war continues and still help by any methods, any efforts and opportunities. the military needs drones, be it like us, help me, this is the end of the issue, i say goodbye to you, see you tomorrow. about the mechanics of charity auctions, sold the movie script home, he never published, this again, in order to do a normal auction, you have to do some unique value, one that either never existed or in one copy, and that has a well, in fact i sold 6

they spend two weeks with the regular soldiers of the 24th mechanised brigade to find some extraordinaryd out. people have boggled over the potential consequences of altering history and the moral dilemmas involved, giving far too much thought to killing grandfathers. in a moment, i'll be talking to the lord of the time tale, steven moffat. but first, the bfi begins a time travel season next month and actor he's co—written a book about the many tropes and challenges involved in time travel storytelling. with flashing images, here he is in appointment with dick. what's that doing there? i didn't write that, but it's my writing. 10:04!? great scot, that toaster�*s sent me an hour into the future! now i'm going to be late! homer simpson. he used a toaster too. but toasters and police boxes aside, surely the most exciting way to time travel, apart from arriving in the buff... ..is in a delorean. if your explanation for how you time travel is scientific, then you're probably going to use a machine or you're going to use some sort of recognisable technology, something that roots it in a realit

that will be sent from abroad - these are the machines that will be transferred to the 125th brigade to the 24therson and zaporizhzhia units of the state emergency service, and the initiator of the project is farmers from great britain, mark laird, he is uh, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, we constantly help ukraine, and in particular, the military, with generators, warm clothes, ah, thermal imagers, and today it is uh , off-road vehicles for our armed forces of ukraine , so this is all the information, i pass on the word to the studio. thank you, polina. this was our polina. our correspondent polina karnasyuk, she told a unique story of how 34 suvs were handed over by volunteers from great britain and sent to the front. we thank all the volunteers who help ukraine to win. we are moving on to our assembly. i'm tired of reminding you about an important collection. espresso tv channels and the vesna charity fund are taking funds for the purchase of modern drones for our scouts. the uavs are needed by the 23rd separate rifle battalion of the armed forces of ukraine, which is fighting i

we watched the artillery of the 24th mechanised brigade as its own drones searched for targets.smoke. oh, yeah. i've seen the smoke, yeah. no date has been set for their demobilisation. it's extremely hard to live with that. just how hard we saw at the medical centre, where one casualty was being brought in. it was described as a panic attack. and even our presence was setting people on edge. we had to leave the medical centre because the doctors were worried that our presence at the medical centre might make it a target. but of course, just as this brigade is being hunted, it's also finding its own targets. we joined the drone company as it hunted russians. and they can respond immediately by dropping various kinds of munitions. a new machine, called an fpv, can target the russians, even when they're taking cover inside buildings and trenches. here we have an assortment of fpv drones. so those are different manufacturers. some are ukrainian. two years ago, would you have ever imagined you would be doing this? oh, no, no. for god's sake, no. but what can we do? we can only fight

regions, although he wanted a second unit i say let's go together to the 30th brigade and the two of us with him arrived on the 24th we left already near troitske with him on the 26th. we will already be there . i want to tell you that when the war began. they spoke from irpen and were expelled to belarus believe it personally. my opinion is that i know that it can no longer be won, i can't win it, and this second army is only so that it is verbal. and the difference is far. they are not like me, but since i served in the army and i know how they train, the army is strong the one that is fighting and this army did not fight, it went to conquer and we are defending , i could even list their surnames , i would remember my subordinates by that time well, i would like to issue a challenge to them, let them appear and see and what are we then met with them on the battlefield, and fate had already decided there, but this the enemy and he is on our land, not we on his land, but he is on ours, and who came here to us with a ball, we died from him and let them watch this plot that they realized that they will not succeed he