this is the dnipro river, if it is very difficult to go through it, but you should take into account the weather conditions, the enemy will have an elevator, it will be difficult to cross our state border, they will come out again on february 24 of this week, the armed forces of the republic of belarus suddenly announced a check of the combat readiness of their troops for the first time in two months, while at the same time, several brigades advanced in the direction of the state border with ukraine is currently conducting the most significant training at the beginning of russia's full-scale war against ukraine. in this donbas reality program, we will talk about the possibility of a repeat attack by the aggressor from the territory of belarus and show how the ukrainian forces are preparing to repel possible enemy attacks 500 meters to the heart. horbata is ready to fire. the fighters of the volyn terrodefense are active . are strengthening their positions in the area of ​​the state border with belarus and are constantly training to destroy not only the enemy's manpower but also equip

the border here runs along the dnipro river for only 400 meters.rder points were connected by this bridge. blew up at the beginning of a full-scale war, there is a big obstacle for them - this is the dnipro river, if it is very difficult to go through it, but you should take into account the weather conditions, it becomes ice, so a provocation is possible from any side a lot of modern equipment. well, we also take this into account. they drive around their territory on a boat. ugh. well, they drove closer to our shore . ukrainian border guards in this area were one of the first to accept the battle in the morning of february 24, 2022. this place is the closest point to the city of chernihiv, in turn, to our capital, to the city of kyiv, we can say during the month of february, there we repeatedly heard how the equipment was moving, but, well, everyone knows that they had training, again, no one could, uh, if we expected that they would go and 24 february fifth in the morning when a drone flew into our territory , and as if the border troops there s

himself after the release of the right bank, when both sides and the enemy and we rested on our dnipro riverere the question is only artillery duels, the work of our reconnaissance groups there, the sabotage of enemy groups, the activity there is more or less on the dnipro islands and the dnipro rivers there are still some intelligence groups fighting among themselves, but everything else. the defense is being built and the defense lines are held by our and our armed forces and the armed forces of the russian federation. from a military point of view, our country and the dnipro river are really under control and because it is not realistic for the enemy to take any active actions now, because the dnipro well, let's say so, it takes a lot of effort to force it. and with the organization of a normal, good defense, it is practically impossible. if everything is correct to organize, therefore, from a military point of view, i think it is the most peaceful here and there is an opportunity to work with the local population to rebuild and build correctly. as for the local population, as for the atm

when the russians withdrew, they pulled back to the other side of the dnipro river and that's where they'resly bombarding this city from. hundreds have begun to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear until christmas. "have you been affected by the shelling?" we asked irena while she was going. translation: we stayed this whole time and thought it - would pass, but when the home next to ours and my father's - home was hit, it was too scary. at the train station, a mother and three daughters. carrying all they can in small bags and boxes. "it's very difficult to leave, i love ukraine and my dear city, but we have to get out of here somehow now," elena told us. she doesn't know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. a short time ago i spoke to yogita limaye who is now in mykolaiv about 60 kilometres from kherson and asked her what she thought the russian strategy was. when the russians were pushed out of kherson on the 11th of november they withdrew to the left bank of dnipro river and have been stationed there. most analysts

when the russians withdrew, they pulled back to the other side of the dnipro river and that's where they'rebombarding this city from. hundreds have begun to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear until christmas. "have you been affected by the shelling?" we asked irena while she was going. translation: we stayed this whole time and thought it would pass, but| when the home next to ours and my father's home was hit, it was- too scary. at the train station, a mother and three daughters. carrying all they can in small bags and boxes. "it's very difficult to leave, i love ukraine and my dear city, but we have to get out of here somehow now," elena told us. she doesn't know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. and yogita joins us now from mykolaiv, a city about a0 miles away kherson. good to see you herring details in your report there i went to pick up first of all you can with the russian side. what is your sense after those days in kherson of what the russian strategy is and how well it is working. the russian strategy is a

the way to kherson and all the way to the dnipro, but now we have positional battles here, the dnipro river the front line. and all the defense forces that are now left here in the south are pushing the enemy as far as possible from this line, the line of the dnipro river, as intensively as possible now push back, and on their part, the intensity has not decreased, every day there is a parade of fireworks in kherson. and this motivates us even more to repel the enemy as far as possible, to repel him at such a distance that the barrel artillery of the jet system from alcohol fire does not reached kherson so that the enemy would not terrorize the civilian population, because we understand very well what cities remain after the forces of the russian federation, the moscow federation, the forces of the occupying enemy are working in peaceful cities, now all the shelling that takes place in kherson from the enemy's side they are not happening on purpose, they are not happening on objects. this is ordinary terror, this is a situational shelling of all areas of the streets with cluster munitions,

well, an offensive we never rule out such probability but at the same time, on the bank of the dnipro rivers a normal water obstacle that complicates the possibility of an offensive. and in the zaporizhzhia direction, where there is no such water obstacle, the probability is slightly higher than us, therefore, the enemy also carries out certain rotations, certain movements of the troops and which they are watching, and there is a little probability. and accordingly, how does it generally affect their moral and psychological readiness, in particular, for winter , and in this regard, i can say one thing that the enemy is provided for winter, not very well, but they are trying to rob the local the population is seizing from them some things , vehicles, including cars and so on, is trying to fill its gaps in logistics and prepare for the winter period, in this way, mr. yevgeny, a little bit about the crimean peninsula is literally accepted to be considered as such theses of russian propaganda that crimea is almost the most protected object of the occupiers, the black sea fleet is one of the mos

technical water, there are several bottles of water and drinking water plus we live next to the dnipro river it will happen that we will not be able to collect water from the tap well, let's go and collect water from the river, boil it and use it accordingly, well, we are thinking about what is possible brick if suddenly there is no gas, the husband says what can be done a small oven on the street and cook on it. i don't understand this, but he says that it is possible to do this and suddenly that cooking food on the street, in principle, we have already seen it in kherson, that kherson lives the same way now and they are forced to cook on the street, and the same with the dnipro river to dial we survived this water, so we will survive. we have warm things for our feet. we have thermal clothes . supermarkets are now running on generators nearby and although there is a shortage of various foods, such as bread, canned goods, and sweets, the same ones but nevertheless, you can buy something, in any case, those vegetables and nuts are sold in the market, in the end, i think that direct it won't

southern direction and they can attack, well , on zaporizhzhia, they are on the left bank of the dnipro riverave left, but as they say, our of the general staff from the leadership, they are planning easter, they are also the ones who are fortifying melitopol, they are planning to launch an offensive from there, we, uh, we have to give credit for what they learned in this war, well, we taught them, they learned quickly to maneuver, that is, the logistical movement of troops, they build up quite quickly , we remember when we knocked them out of the right bank of the dnipro river near kherson to the left bank very quickly, these groups that were there appeared on the ee near the estuary near bakhmut and fled well, in the east of our country, therefore, all movements must be considered preparation for some kind of offensive, most likely this is still a maneuver to confuse our hands and, most likely, in the next week or two or three, there will be no offensive in a full-scale with the side of the russian federation will not be there because they are all freshly mobilized. they are preparing for t

retreating across the dnipro river.cow, it's the latest in a series of humiliating setbacks. there's no reason, if you look at the war of the last few months, that if they are properly supplied and equipped, they would not be able to drive the russians out. russia's response, under a new unified commander, has been swift and brutal. wave after wave of missile and drone attacks... ..to knock out ukraine's power supply. i think it is hard for russians to understand that ukrainians really... they really hate russia. winter has arrived, making fighting a little bit more difficult, but that is a breathing space that the ukrainians cannot afford to give the invading russians, because the big question now is if this war becomes a stalemate, then how much longer will the west continue to support ukraine's defence? i'm going to try to explain how we got here and what to expect next from both sides. but to do that, we need to rewind a few weeks. all through the summer, ukraine was accurately targeting russian supply lines and lau

in general, it is very difficult to cross the dnipro in part of ukraine, the river is 1 km wide, it is not entirely clear how much ukraine can use this opportunity, i mean the liberation of kherson, it is obvious that ukraine must first restore the infrastructure in the kherson region before it can cross the river and do something more for the eastern parts of ukraine as the armed forces of ukraine can operate on the left bank of the kherson region, taking into account the fact that a large number of russian troops are currently concentrated there, now the problem of the ukrainian of the army remains the same as in march, this means that the ukrainian army must receive a sufficient number of air defense systems, in particular mobile popov systems, the military needs air defense systems that will allow them to protect themselves on the front line not only from russian air strikes, but also from strikes by ground artillery systems, especially russian heavy artillery also, the defense forces of ukraine cannot transfer weapons systems or heavy artillery across the dnipro river to the easte

microdistrict is the island, as well as antonivtsi, these regions are actually on the coast of the dnipro river on the other side. as we know , the position of the occupiers is currently it is not possible to get out of there, and that is why they are constantly searching the regional center, it is worth noting that they search mostly free objects and objects of critical infrastructure, literally when we were going here to get in touch with the studio, we saw a dead person on the street near of an apartment building, this is today's morning arrival in the city, artem's studio . thank you very much, artem lagutenko, a press correspondent from kherson, joined our live broadcast and talked about the situation in the city after the morning shelling by russians 1 ostap during in the last air alert, missiles were fired at kramatorsk in donetsk region , mayor oleksandr honcharenko reported all the details. expect a loud explosion later in the temporarily occupied melitopol, zaporizhzhia, there was a powerful explosion in the center, mayor ivan fedorov reported, according to eyewitnesses, a car was blo

fire, mortars and tanks were killed in liberated cities and villages along the right bank of the dnipro riverity of boryslav is subjected to systematic mortar attacks, the regional center of the enemy attacked seven times, the russians hit warehouses, private and apartment buildings, and only the third silent night in more than 5 months in the nikopol region without alarms and enemy attacks, the head of the regional military administration valentyn reznichenko shared last night for all of dnipropetrovsk region, no shelling was recorded in mykolaiv region either meanwhile, our defenders continue to hold the defense, repulsed enemy attacks near 16 settlements on the eastern front, in particular stelmakhivka, plashanka in the luhansk region and soledar, bakhmutske, podgorodne, bakhmut , kurdyumivka in the donetsk region, the bakhmut and avdiyiv directions remain the most dangerous there, the occupiers shelled the positions of our soldiers in the areas of more than 20 settlements, but did not remain unanswered, the ukrainian aviation made five strikes on the areas where the personnel and military

that can be said to be safe, before the most destruction, those areas that were closest to of the dnipro rivernow, unfortunately, all districts and microdistricts of the city are dangerous. and please tell me. when there is a threat of shelling or lunaev in kherson, there is an alarm because we understand that when a missile flies from the caspian sea or the black sea, it is one the story is, well, for odesa, it’s a little faster than , say, for lviv or rivne, but in any case, when they shoot from artillery or a rocket-propelled grenade system, it’s a slightly different story in kherson, is there a warning that gives people the opportunity to hide in, well, at least in some place, definitely not on the street and how effective it is, please, the question is one of the most important, why today there are such uh, such notifications of people exactly from artillery explosions or uh, mortars, as far as i know, uh, it is being tested such er, well, there is an opportunity for people to be wheeled, but we understand that a projectile from such types of er weapons flies a very short time ago, well,

liberation of the city has a great political impact at the same time . many of you have a huge dnipro river, it is not easy to cross it, of course ukrainian troops are already crossing the river and entering various russian by troops on the left bank. in some cases, such actions lead to losses . it is very difficult to cross the dnieper on the part of ukraine. its river is 1 km wide. it is not entirely clear how much ukraine can use this opportunity. i mean the liberation of kherson. it is obvious that ukraine must first restore the infrastructure in kherson region before it can cross the river and do something more for the eastern part of ukraine, how can the armed forces of ukraine operate on the left bank of kherson region, taking into account the fact that now a large number of russian troops are concentrated there, now the problem of the ukrainian army remains the same as in march, this means that the ukrainian army must receive a sufficient number of air defense systems, in particular, mo systems of the fleet, the military needs air defense systems that will allow to protect themselve

threaten us with , but i will remind you that the front line of the south still passes through the dnipro riveron there is quite difficult exactly due to the fact that shelling continues from the left bank to the right, and this is a very powerful shelling , because the enemy continues to try to keep control over this situation, just as the terror of nikopolshchyna continues whenever on the other hand, they are shelling the reservoir for provocation, it is the address of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, that is, the enemy's pressure methods are absolutely unchanged, this is terror, this is man-made disasters and blackmail by them - this is the strengthening of the police regime in the temporarily occupied territories. i also want to note that in those territories that were occupied by deo, in particular in stabilization measures continue in november despite the fact that a lot of time has passed and security forces have discovered more than 11,000 explosive items in these territories there are still quite a lot of dangerous mines in all populated areas we urge you to keep the understanding

direction of kherson against, mortar and artillery shelling of settlements along the right bank of the dnipro river is not continuing one person was killed in the shelling of the rashisti, the results of the arrival of the occupiers, the high-rise building was damaged stalls on the bazaar, and most importantly, we have losses, we express our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased man who died today during the shelling, five people are injured in the hospital, and one of them is a woman. the village of antonivka remains under the hostile fire of the invaders, as well as the territorial communities of berislavsk and tyaginsk, the occupiers are fanatically destroying the infrastructure of residential buildings and farm buildings, and the law enforcement officers of the de-occupied settlements continue to record the facts of the war crimes of the russian army, the police received reports from residents of the berislav district that during the occupation, the russian military took their pension cards, on which money was credited for several months, which people could not receive . yes, in the

artillery salvo fire mortars and tanks hit liberated cities and villages along the right bank of the dnipro river, the city of boryslav , the regional center, is subjected to systematic mortar shelling. the enemy attacked seven times. the russians hit warehouses, private and apartment buildings, and only the third quiet night in more than 5 months in the nikopol region, without alarms, there are enemy attacks, the night has passed and not all dnipropetrovsk region shared the head of the regional military administration valentin reznichenko, no shelling was recorded and in the mykolaiv region, meanwhile , our defenders continue to hold the defense, they repelled enemy attacks near 16 settlements in the eastern on the front, it is, in particular, stelmakhivka, a plot not in luhansk region, and soledar, bakhmutske, pidgorodne, bakhmut , kurdyumivka, in donetsk region, the bakhmutsky and avdiyiv directions remain the most hellish there, the occupiers shelled the positions of our soldiers in the areas of more than 20 settlements, but they did not remain unanswered, the ukrainian aviation made five str

they're now on the other side of the dnipro river, from where they've been pounding the city, day and, more than 30 missiles were fired at civilian targets. this was one of the places hit — the maternity ward of a hospital. luckily, no—one was killed. the road leading out of the city used to be clear just days ago. now, it's full of families fleeing. "we stayed all this time, but when the home next "to ours was hit, we became scared", this woman says. the danger is not only kherson. here, in kyiv, the air raid alert sounded again this morning. 0n the battlefield, neither russia nor ukraine have made significant gains in recent weeks, but away from the front lines, people are being warned of the russian threat coming from the sky. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll tell you why a mountain school in australia will be watching king charles�*s coronation closely. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're gonna use money we picked up in belgium to

continues to shell the positions of our troops and civilian infrastructure along the right bank of the dnipro riverticular , vremivka and novopiv, donetsk of the trypilske region nuts small tokmachka in zaporizhzhia kherson region and the city of kherson, according to available information, the occupiers mined summer cottages on the banks of the konka and chaika rivers within the oleshkiv urban territorial community of the kherson region, the enemy forcibly evacuated ukrainian citizens who lived on the island of big potemkinsky near kherson to the territory still under the control of the russian invaders, the occupation authorities are conducting works on switching the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the energy system of the russian federation ukrainian aviation during last day it struck 13 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel of weapons and military equipment and five strikes on the positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems units of missile forces and artillery in the village of boron of ukraine hit two control points, eight areas of concentration of enemy personnel and a

plavniy, let's say it like this, we have a different situation, the front line runs along the dnipro riverordingly, on all the small islands, the occupiers are breaking through and they are trying to terrorize us from there. shelling the right bank , there were even facts and shootings at people who were just constantly taking water when there was no water, and actually what is the current situation with water in kherson and in general , are they approaching the shore or are they trying to shoot and according to civilians, the same pores are russian and it happened, that is, it is impossible to leave the right bank, firstly, they left a lot of copper barriers there, secondly, we mined the right bank, and on behalf of the defense tour team of the city of kherson, i want to warn your viewers that the dangerous landing-dangerous areas are... the coast of the right bank is mined, this was done in order to ensure security, to prevent the work of television and intelligence groups of the russian occupiers, and to provide an opportunity to land on our shore, therefore, to go ashore in the same wa

the enemy continues mortar and artillery shelling of populated areas along the right bank of the dnipro river , in particular, the victim of red hryhorivka dnipropetrovsk region antonivka kherson region and the city of kherson suffered civilian casualties on december 26 as a result of our fire damage to enemy positions in the chaplynka region of kherson region, the losses of the occupiers amounted to about 50 servicemen killed in the temporarily occupied sevastopol, the invaders intensified their agitation for military service under a contract to of the armed forces of the russian federation, ukrainian missile and artillerymen over the past day hit the command post of seven areas of concentration of personnel forces and military equipment, two warehouses of ammunition, as well as an important military object of the occupiers, believe in the armed forces, together we will win glory to ukraine glory to the heroes thank you to our heroes thank you to our armed forces of ukraine and all those who protect our peace for their daily hard work every minute around the clock, we will see now a small vi

when the russians withdrew, they pulled back to the other side of the dnipro river and that's where they'rey bombarding this city from. hundreds have begun to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear until christmas. have you been affected by the shelling? we asked iryna antonenko why she was going. translation: we stayed this whole time and thought it - would pass, but when the home next to ours and my father's home was hit, it was too scary. at the train station, a mother and three daughters. carrying all they can in small bags and boxes. "it's very difficult to leave, i love ukraine and my dear city, but we have to get out of here somehow now," elena selivanova told us. she doesn't know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the �*blizzard of the century�* with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state where the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. the storm h

they're now on the other side of the dnipro river, from where they've been pounding the city, day andrs, more than 30 missiles were fired at civilian targets. this was one of the places hit — the maternity ward of a hospital. luckily, no—one was killed. the road leading out of the city used to be clear just days ago. now, it's full of families fleeing. "we stayed all this time, but when the home next "to ours was hit, we became scared", this woman says. the danger is not only kherson. here, in kyiv, the air raid alert sounded again this morning. on the battlefield, neither russia nor ukraine have made significant gains in recent weeks, but away from the front lines, people are being warned of the russian threat coming from the sky. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. well, that's the latest on the ground. meanwhile, ukraine's president, vlodymyr zelensky, has been making his annual address to parliament. here's some of what he said. translation: ukraine hasj united the european union. now, europe is defending itself. europe is overcoming the crises despite the enormous amount of resources t

they are now on the other side of the dnipro river, from where they've been pounding the city, day andhe last 2a hours, more than 30 missiles were fired at civilian targets. this was one of the places hit. the maternity ward of a hospital. luckily, no one was killed. the road leading out of the city used to be clearjust days ago. now, it's full of families fleeing. "we stayed all this time but when the home next "to ours was hit, we became scared", this woman says. the danger is not only kherson. here, in kyiv, the air raid alert sounded again this morning. on the battlefield, neither russia nor ukraine have made significant gains in recent weeks, but away from the front lines, people are being warned of the russian threat coming from the sky. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. the un has released a new report on the number of civilian casualties in ukraine since russia started its war against the country in february. so far, it's recorded nearly 7,000 civilians deaths, including more than 400 children. kris janowsk from the un human rights mission said the death toll could be higher. this

the russian occupiers continue to terrorize civilians that live along the right bank of the dnipro river , more than 40 settlements were shelled by jet and barrel artillery, including this railway magical orihiv magdalinivka and kamiansk in zaporizhzhia region and kherson republican dniprosk yantarne bilozerka and stanislav in kherson region also the enemy carried out an airstrike near kamiansk another traitor lined up off-duty in the center of melitopol a powerful explosion rang out mayor ivan fedorov reported that a car was blown up resulting in injuries the local police collaborator is talking about the former employee of the internal security of the national police andrii blavatsky after the temporary occupation of melitopol by the enemy a henchman received from the invaders the place of the so -called chief of the line police department, according to preliminary data, his leg was torn off by the explosion, and the question is whether he and his friend will remain two dead, such consequences of the morning shelling of kherson were reported by the head of the regional military adminis

, the enemy continues mortar and artillery shelling of settlements along the right bank of the dnipro rivercivil infrastructure of kachkarivka, naddniprianskyi , was damaged antonivka and kherson according to available information in the military commissariats over the temporarily occupied in the territory of the autonomous republic of crimea , lists of persons subject to conscription for mobilization in january 2023 have been formed, the enemy continues to suffer losses, fire damage to the occupiers has been confirmed on december 29 of this year, so in the area of ​​the settlement of fedorivka, kahovsky district, kherson region , about 200 invaders have been eliminated, information on the wounded is being clarified, besides , near the birth and the great belozerka of the zaporizhzhia region, the loss of the enemy was 115 servicemen, 5 units of military equipment of various types of anti-aircraft were destroyed missile complex and ammunition depot, the aviation of the village of borony struck 10 strikes on areas of concentration of the enemy, as well as three on the positions of anti-aircra

particular, drones were launched over kyiv this night, as reported by the ukrainian military along the dnipro river. russian military forces, the military is changing the tactics of the periodic and that's why well, this is a reminder that it is necessary to take very seriously all these threats and in addition to this already in the new year ukraine will need to integrate its the anti-aircraft crow of the petriv complex is also such a serious task. how to coordinate this weapon, such a complex weapon with other types of weapons with other elements of the air force and air defense of ukraine. well, in the end, president zelensky warned ukrainians even before the meeting of the stake that they should be careful at the time of these new year's the christmas holidays, which can be even before the new year, the direct missile attack of ukraine by the energy infrastructure of ukraine, that is why these holidays can pass in such a certain tension and in addition the president mentioned that stavka is discussing the situation in the area of ​​the crime zone, it is obvious that there is not just combat goi

direction the enemy continues mortar and artillery shelling of settlements along the right bank of the dnipro riverticular the victim chervonogrihorivka dnipropetrovsk region, antonivka of kherson region and the city of kherson suffered civilian casualties on december 26 as a result of our fire damage to enemy positions in the area of ​​chaplinka, kherson region, the occupiers lost about 50 servicemen were killed

of kherson, the enemy shelled the areas of more than 20 settlements along the right bank of the dnipro rivertillery, the russian occupiers do not stop the fire terror of the civilian population of the city of kherson, according to available information, in the skadovsky district of the kherson region, the enemy strengthened the administrative and police regime and imposed a curfew on movement between the population 24-hour movement in populated areas is prohibited only during the day. defeats by the district defense forces have been confirmed the concentration of enemy forces in the yakimov district of the zaporizhia region, the losses of the enemy are up to 30 servicemen wounded and more than 10 dead. during the past day, the ukrainian aviation made 18 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel of weapons and military equipment, as well as one strike on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems at the same time our soldiers shot down an enemy k-52 helicopter and four uavs of the occupiers, a unit of missile troops and artillery, a village of the defense of ukraine,

of an attack, the border guards are preparing for them, there is a big obstacle - this is the dnipro riverery difficult to pass through it , but you should take into account the weather conditions, it becomes ice , so provocation can be expected from any side, at the moment there is a lot modern equipment, that is, well, we also take this into account in belarus, meanwhile, the military is building up, the other day another echelon with military equipment of the armed forces of the russian federation arrived there, the monitoring group of the belarusian groves, with reference to the community of railway workers, reports to belarus that russia has transported at least 50 urals here just this year month, this is already the second such delivery that is known, the first shipment of 30 urals arrived at the polonka station on december 11. on the completion of the inspection of the combat readiness of the troops, which began 6 days ago, in large-scale maneuvers near the border of ukraine , in particular, two tank companies, two motorized rifle companies of the carnation battery, a separate assau

when the russians withdrew, they pulled back to the other side of the dnipro river, and that's whereously bombarding the city from. hundreds have begun to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear till christmas. have you been affected by the shelling? we asked iryna antonenko why she was going. translation: we stayed this whole time and thought it would pass. - but when the home next to ours and my father's home was hit, it was too scary. at the train station, a mother and three daughters, carrying all they can in small bags and boxes. "it's very difficult to leave. i love ukraine and my dear city, but we have to get out of here somehow now," elena selivanova told us. she doesn't know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. yogita limaye, bbc news. joining me now from odesa is hanna shelest, the director of security programmes at the foreign policy think tank ukrainian prism. thank you very much forjoining us. welcome. the air alerts maps in ukraine still show the red — highest — alert all over the country. what is the

they're now on the other side of the dnipro river, from where they've been pounding the city, day andours, more than 30 missiles were fired at civilian targets. this was one of the places hit — the maternity ward of a hospital. luckily, no one was killed. the road leading out of the city used to be clearjust days ago. now, it's full of families fleeing. "we stayed all this time, but when the home next "to ours was hit, we became scared", this woman says. the danger is not only kherson. here, in kyiv, the air raid alert sounded again this morning. on the battlefield, neither russia nor ukraine have made significant gains in recent weeks, but away from the front lines, people are being warned of the russian threat coming from the sky. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. well that's the latest on the ground.ukraine's president zelensky has been making his annual address to parliament. here's some of what he said. translation: ukraine has| united the european union. now, europe is defending itself. europe is overcoming the crises despite the enormous amount of resources that russia is deploying

indeed, they tried and are trying to make a certain trap on the left bank of the dnipro river near kherson there and start some sort of encirclement or what what are they planning there well they have a lot of plans i think so far their plans well they don't go astray what about the latest management tactics they are afraid of what you said they really use the latest tactics battle, and it becomes more difficult for us to do it under bahmut instead of battalion-athletic groups that number 800,000 people. they turned them into assault groups of 15-20-30 people. they use different tactics, they set small tasks, they no longer plan to capture kyiv in three days, they are there, uh, the task for the group of the assault group can be well, simple

when the russians withdrew, they pulled back to the other side of the dnipro river, and that's wheretinuously bombarding this city from. hundreds have begun to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear until christmas. have you been affected by the shelling? we asked iryna antonenko why she was going. translation: we stayed this whole time and thought it - would pass, but when the home next to ours and my father's home was hit, it was too scary. at the train station, a mother and three daughters, carrying all they can in small bags and boxes. "it's very difficult to leave, i love ukraine and my dear city, but we have to get out of here somehow now," elena selivanova told us. she doesn't know when she might see these friends again. everyone in this city has a painful choice to make. mac the desperate plight of the people of kherson there. at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century, with an extra nine inches of snow expected during the day in new york state, where the city of bu

shelling of the positions of our troops and civilian infrastructure along the right bank of the dnipro rivergional settlements of temirivka krasnohorivka , krasnohorivka, krasnoye shcherbaki, zaporizhzhia region and chornobayivka antonivka kherson were hit mykilske lathe and chalk in kherson region, the enemy continues to suffer losses, the damage to the point of permanent deployment is confirmed of the enemy on december 18 in the area of ​​chaplinka, kherson region , information on the dead and wounded occupiers is being clarified, ukrainian aviation carried out 16 strikes on the area of ​​concentration of personnel of weapons and military equipment and six strikes on the positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems , two enemy helicopters were shot down by air defense forces last day units of missile forces and artillery of the defense forces of ukraine in the case of an ammunition depot, three control points and three areas of concentration of personnel the forces of the enemy, believe in the armed forces we will win glory to ukraine death to the enemies we will definitely win we will

blow up the bridges behind them and will not give the opportunity to enter one i will say the dnipro river is not a city where you can enter on your shoulders it is quite wide the river and the highest there, when we measured 280 m and with a serious current, it was very difficult to build a ferry crossing. under heavy fire from the enemy, it was very difficult. i will say that we built crossings of 20-30 and a maximum of 50 meters on the ingulets river. they lived there. well, it happened there that it took an hour and 40 minutes for half an hour to build there , everything that was in a row would be dragged through them at once. well, when they conquered these bridgeheads, which then made it possible to liberate the kherson region, they pressed into britain first of all, and to build something like that, 300 m would have to be serious resources well, these will be serious losses in that perspective. maybe so, but it is quite difficult to attack a retreating enemy who has built a defense, so i will check whether this means that in fact this offensive is in this direction. it is most likel

actions in the kherson direction, require packaging of a very powerful water obstacle, which is the dnipro riveris the best time for water procedures, donbass yes, it may work in the luhansk direction we place a flank under the border with the russian federation to act from the donetsk direction from the donetsk direction we will face the problem of actions in the city agglomerations, i think there is urgency for ukraine to attack in attempts to drive away the russian forces for political and military reasons, because every time the ukrainians can show that they have an advantage, it stimulates western countries in matters of continued support. and the longer the war lasts, the more difficult it is for the ukrainians and the bigger the advantage is the size of russia, i do not think that ukraine has the luxury of a kind of free time, it should be continued and if there are successes on the battlefield, then in addition to the constant support of the event, it is important to create of political pressure on russians at home , including in sevastopol, the main naval base of the russian federation

technical passport, indeed, they tried and are trying to make a certain trap on the left bank of the dnipro river near kherson in order to lure our troops there and start some kind of encirclement there or what else are they there they are planning, well, they have a lot of plans. i think that so far their plans are not coming true . as for the latest tactics of management, what you said is that they are really using the latest battle tactics and it is becoming more difficult for us instead of battalion-athletic groups with 800,000 people, they turned them into assault groups of 15-2,030 people. and depending on that, this is a forest strip. for three days they are there er task for a group of an assault group it can be well just a stand-alone building is small that is they are thus starting to fight and they are really learning and it complicates our actions but still so far they are nothing reached and even we know that yesterday there we made a certain counter under bakhmut and moved a little away from the place on the outskirts there a lot of them in these assault groups in the army are all w

the situation is complicated by the fact that across the dnipro river on that bank there are already positions of the occupiers from which they are constantly chasing around the city at such a distance that everything flies here unfortunately, the situation is such that kherson is being shelled more and more often every day, in addition, the situation is complicated by the fact that unexploded shells are scattered around the city and in some places there are mines today, unfortunately, in the morning it became known about the facts that a person was blown up by a mine and died, we see evidence that the russians are shelling kherson with various types of artillery , including incendiary shells and possibly even phosphorous . kherson region, we move on to the next news. almost 200 violations in the field of electricity were recorded in ukraine during the first stage of inspections. the most common is non-compliance with shutdown schedules and the absence of agreed lists of critical of infrastructure, prime minister denys myhal announced this according to the results of the meeting of t

became it is known a few days ago that for the period of december 3-5, the ban on crossing the dnipro riverthe river station section during daylight hours will be lifted so that people who found themselves in shelters in kherson with many dachas could evacuate to their own territory in kherson, so what is known about the work of this crossings, or what is the correct way to say open opportunities for people. can we know how many people managed to evacuate from there and whether there were any provocations, well, look. oh, there is such an opportunity , and i advise everyone who, in general, i do not advise to be in the occupation if possible to avoid this a-a the experience we had in buch irpen, well , at the beginning of the war, he was generally lining up and you should not in any case think that well, somehow there are brother brotherly peoples and if even a person there somehow does not clearly identify himself as what kind of ukraine is she and she has, for example, a neutral position there, in no case do not stay in the territory of occupation, no one will ask you there and all the mo

the ship district council of oil harbors, that is, those areas that are along the line of the dnipro rivero victims at the moment, there are no deaths either, but i must note that people in the next day or so can ask for help at the moment the situation is like this shelling can emphasize so continue i also wanted to note that to date 33 objects of infrastructure have been destroyed in our city, as well as more than 40 objects of educational institutions and 701 - this is a private house, as well as high-rise buildings and apartments of our community residents, the enemy continues to destroy the housing of our residents. and the people of kherson, do they stay in the city or do they still choose a tow truck to evacuate from the city to some safer settlements? saturday , as i call it. because 10 dead and more than 60 injured people, some of the people are in a very serious condition, the movement was deprived of going to the interior of the country and abroad, but there are also such people who, despite all these horrors continue to persistently stay at home and do not plan to leave at the