, world politics and the role, oh which still continues a lot of controversy, but first, general bukhinskyll me what 's going on in the bakhmat area. what is the general situation there and why did washington suddenly, uh, some began to appear, but if you like, not pessimistic statements, statements that show doubts that the ukrainian army. pull the russian offensive, let's hear what he said about this. e general austin, secretary of defense of the united states, i think that the defense of bakhmut has more symbolic significance than the strategic and operational fall of bakhmut, will not necessarily mean that the russians have changed the course of this fight, but it shows that the minister of defense. at least he thinks very much, perhaps at least. it's just, perhaps, such a turn of events, which washington was talking about recently, most likely will not take place, what is happening. you think you understand , after all, austin is a professional military four-star general, so he talks like a military man and, uh, this is the conflict between uh, tinned and zelensky a about bakhmat. tha