needed alive in ukraine. continues and this work requires delicacy and time, the details of the rescue of the fighters were reported by the deputy minister of defense of ukraine, hanna malyar, according to her, the operation started jointly by the main intelligence directorate of the ministry of defense, the armed forces of ukraine, the national guard, and the border service, while traveling to a medical facility in novo azov, 53 seriously wounded were evacuated, and another 211 were transported through the humanitarian corridor to the deer park to bring them home. they are preparing an exchange for the defenders who remain on the territory of the plant. rescue measures are ongoing, says the painters . adds, thanks to the defenders of the city, the ukrainian army won invaluable time in the first days of the war, thanks to the defender of mariupol, we gained critical time for the formation of reserves regrouping forces and receiving help from partners, all the tasks set by the command, the defenders of mariupol fulfilled in full, unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity to unblock azovstal by military means, the most important joint task of all ukraine and the w

211 people were delivered a bagpipe through the humanitarian corridor, deputy minister of defense of ukraine hanna reported painter, our soldiers from the mariupol fortress will exchange for captured muscovites the settlements of olenivka and novoazovsk, which were delivered by the military and are located in the temporarily occupied on the territory of the donetsk region, stalin reacted to the start of a special operation to rescue ukrainian soldiers from azov, and the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, said that thanks to the actions of the military intelligence of the negotiating group and the international committee of the red cross, there is hope that it will be possible to save the lives of the defenders, but this work requires delicacy and time to emphasize the ukrainian hero ukraine needs them alive, this is our principle, they think that every adequate person will understand the operation to rescue the defenders of mariupol started by our military scouts to return the boys home, the work continues and this work requires delicacy and time, all the tasks set by the command, the defe

occupiers, of course , it is premature to talk about it and emphasize it deputy minister of defense of ukraine hanna that although it is still too early to draw final conclusions, it is already possible to say that the situation is really not easy, the enemy is strong, but the armed forces of ukraine are also strong, that is why there are fierce battles for the minister, she also noted that there may be some benefits geographical position or a favorable railway junction in the case of the lyman, to be specific, it is still necessary to understand what should be the means of delivery of provisions, e-e, as well as fuel and lubricant materials, logistics and the corresponding moral and psychological the state of the russian army, with which there are now problems , let me remind you that the day before, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, clearly stated that the occupiers are wrong if they think that roman or severodonetsk will be theirs. david gendelman, an israeli military expert , joins our broadcast. it is better for us to communicate well in russian, and yes, that military picture of th

novoazovsk hospital went to olenivka through the humanitarian corridor, the deputy minister of defense of ukraine hannaaff reported this stated that the soldiers fulfilled their task and received the order to save the lives of the personnel. ukraine needs ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. yes , president zelensky commented on the operation to save the soldiers. thanks to the actions of the ukrainian army and the help of the un and the international committee of the red cross, the president believes that we have a hope of saving their lives. in total, there are up to 6 hundred wounded ukrainian soldiers on the territory of the azovstal plant; the heroic defense of mariupol has been ongoing since the first day of the large-scale russian the offensive was blown up by the crossings under the nose of the ukrainian occupiers. the defenders released a video of how the railway bridges captured by the archers were blown up. this happened behind enemy lines in the luhansk region between the cities of rubizhne and severodonetsk. the footage shows how after the impact a huge cloud of smoke and dust ri

continues and this the work requires delicacy and time, according to the deputy minister of defense of ukraine, hanna malyar, the operation to rescue soldiers from the azov star is jointly carried out by the main intelligence directorate of the ministry of defense, the armed forces of ukraine, the national guard of ukraine and the border service of ukraine . according to their order , on may 16, 53 seriously injured people were evacuated from azov to a medical facility in novo azov to provide medical assistance to another 211 people due to the humanitarian corridor was delivered to the deer park for their subsequent return home, an exchange procedure will be carried out for the defenders who remain on the territory of azovstal thanks to the defender of mariupol . to the full extent, unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity to unblock azovstal by military means, the most important joint task of all ukraine and around the world save the lives of the defenders of mariupol the only news together we are strong support the ukrainian army with money scan the code the union received all the answers of u

interfere with our armed forces, information from our ministry of defense, in particular, hanna malyar, deputy minister of defense of ukrained fresh but, of course, limited information regarding the rescue of the defenders of azovstal, at least she explained why information about this operation is so cautiously released to the public when it comes to attention, this is a direct quote from the rescue process and negotiations should be very careful and take into account all the nuances of security in this situation. we are very careful to release information because the operation to rescue the defenders of the joint steel is ongoing, the negotiation process also continues as usual. of all agreements and negotiations, but knowing, so to speak, the manner of russian generals to abandon those with whom they negotiate, we understand that a tragic situation may repeat itself, which we everyone saw during the ilovai cauldron when the russians promised green corridors and then what they did was open fire. well, nevertheless, our defenders, who i understand are already in the occupied territories for now or there was even information

the investigation of war crimes on the territory of ukraine and the prosecution of the guilty hanna lena and also promised to continue the supply of defense ukraine sixth show sanctions against russia can be agreed as early as next monday, the eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, jose borel, said that he hopes that by may 16 it will be possible to overcome all difficulties regarding the adoption of the limited ones. as early as next monday, at a meeting of foreign ministers, they can make a final decision, i will remind you in this package restrictions should be embargoed on russian oil japan introduces new sanctions against russia, they are aimed in particular at prime minister mykhailo mishustin, deputy secretary of the security council rashid nurgaliyev and businessman close to putin gennady timchenko on the sanction list of about 130 people and 70 companies mainly from the defense sector, among them the diamond-amtey concern, the tactical missile weapons and research institute, the etalon institute, the czech republic overtook russia in the un human rights council they voted for this at the general assembly

announcement of an alarm the armed forces will protect ukraine until complete victory until the liberation of all territories within internationally recognized borders , deputy minister of defense hanna malyar emphasized official - kyiv receives a lot of help from foreign partners, including in the framework of lend-lease, but until this help arrives, ukraine is in for a difficult period, the truth is that an extremely difficult and long stage of struggle awaits us until the complete liberation of our territories within internationally recognized borders, because russia still has a lot equipment resources and it is capable of mobilizing people to join the army. what can be done in the coming weeks to unblock azovstal by military means is currently impossible. the defenders do not want to surrender. the russians do not agree to the extradition procedure , the minister of reintegration and temporarily occupied territories iryna vereshchuk wrote in a telegram. not an ideal option, but a working one, as a first step, they offered the russians such an exchange , we take out our seriously wounded boys from azov steel along the humanitarian corridor, in return, we hand over captured russian

part of the military from azovstal to the temporarily occupied territory, and the wounded in the hospital. ukraine, i remind you, plans to return them by exchange. the deputy minister of defense hannarted about this. he also talked about it in the evening briefing. opinion, what is the role of defenders from australia in the defense of zaporozhye, because it is about the fact that the defenders grew up, fulfilled the order and now their task is to preserve life, but what they did it for zaporizhzhia because the general staff says that it was thanks to them that the russians did not succeed in capturing zaporizhzhia, well, first of all, i want to inform you that two activists of the freedom legion died in mariupol - they are artur avdienko and atanasova, young guys, they were not even 25 years old there yes, athletes, that is, you know, we have personal accounts for mariupol with these russian invaders, yes, indeed, the guys who were in the mariupol direction, they stopped, they dragged a large part of the russian and these dpr lnr troops restrained their attack and offensive on zaporizhzhia, we all thank them very much and even you know that there was such news that the wife of one

the deputy minister of defense hanna malyar regarding the situation in azovstal together with the main administration intelligence of the ministry of defense, the armed forces of ukraine the national guard, the border service began an operation to rescue the defenders of mariupol, who were blocked on the territory of the azovstal plant, on may 16, they came from azov to a medical facility in novoazovsk , 53 seriously injured were evacuated for medical assistance, and another 211 people were taken to a deer park through the humanitarian corridor for further treatment returning them home, the exchange procedure will be carried out for the defenders who still remain in the territory of azovstal by the joint efforts of the higher rescue measures are being carried out by the named departments thanks to the defender of mariupol we received a critical time to form reserves , regroup forces and receive help from partners all the tasks set by the command, the defenders completed in full, unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity to unblock azovstal by military means, the most important joint task of all ukraine and all of the world can save the lives of the defenders of ma

espresso channel i am speaking checherinda and hanna valevska also together with we will be there until 12. good morning, the 82nd day of the defense of ukrainemay 16, and for a year at 7:12. so, american analysts believe that the russians will focus on the battle for severodonetsk. analysts of the american institute for the study of war isw is called we often quote them, the russians will continue to try to encircle from severodonetsk and lysychansk at least from the south perhaps focusing on cutting the last highway connecting this production of lysychansk with the seizure of the territory of ukraine by russian troops and we faithfully abandoned the goal of completing a large-scale encirclement of ukrainian units from donetsk to raisin in favor of capturing the region itself. analysts note that the russians will most likely try to hold the line west of vovchansk in order to protect their ground forces glock their lines of communication from belgorod to izyum, it is unclear whether they will succeed , analysts note that russian troops have not advanced on in the slavic direction, due to the unsuccessful offensive in the raisin area, the unsu

of defense hanna malyar commented on the operation to liberate the soldiers. donetsk and our soldiers from the mariupol fortress will be exchanged for captured muscovites, the negotiations between ukraine and russia are on hold, this was confirmed by the adviser to the head of the office of president mykhailo podolyak, he noted that the russian leadership still believes that there is alleged nazism in ukraine, while the kremlin is announcing the actual withdrawal of our country from the negotiations , calling kyiv itself the initiator, but podolyak emphasized that the process is currently being suspended because there is no expediency and specificity, and added that any - which war ends anyway at the negotiating table, and volodymyr zelenskyy is supposed to moderate them, without the opportunity to introduce active offensive actions, the enemy continues insidious missile the attacks of the rashists fired two rockets at the bridge across the dniester liman, which has not been working for more than two weeks, the crossing is badly damaged, its repair will require a lot of time and money, it is impossible to use the bridge, the operational command of the south reported that the situation

ukraine launched an operation to rescue the defenders of mariupol and part of the military was evacuated from azovstal to the temporarily occupied territory, according to the deputy minister of the defense of hanna novoazovsk, 53 seriously wounded soldiers were delivered to novoazovsk through gum corridors to a temporarily occupied deer park and they plan to return our soldiers to the territory under the control of ukraine under the procedure of exchange of masters. the subject would like to ask. maybe you know more details about what exactly is happening, what kind of process is this ? well, there is an extremely large number of questions, we understand that in fact hmm our defenders in azovstal were much more, this was previously reported in particular by a representative of the main police department in donetsk oblast, who was also at azovstal on the air of a national telethon. he spoke about the fact that about 600 wounded, many of whom were seriously injured, were in the premises of azovstal. it is not known exactly how many fighters there are, but we understand that it is, well, about half, so we can assume from all the news that what from these data, what will we get, of course, but still

also joined by hanna hopco, a former member of ukraine's parliament where she chaired the foreign affairs committee. thanks to both of you. matt, let me talk about the uk's ministry of defenseian forces are pulling back from kharkiv, where you are. what can you tell us about what is happening on the ground there? >> reporter: chris, this was a city pummeled for months and months in the early days of the fighting, and this was an administrative building like city hall, and they slammed a missile in this so you can see, and it has destroyed so much of the building all the way over here. the building was the heart and soul of the city, and back in 2014, the last time the russians invaded this country, pro russian protesters occupied this building and lofted a russian flag on here, and ukrainian protesters, pro-kyiv protesters took it and replaced it with a ukrainian flag. now we still hear gunfire and regular bombardments and they are very far away, but that doesn't change for everybody. there are people who are so traumatized, so scared that even as things go silent where i am now on the surface, they are still holed up in subway stations below ground. they are still terrifie