greetings friends, on the air saturday polyctum on the television channel espressa dmytro dzhidorov andaly portnikov, today we analyze the most important events of this past week, of course, we talk with our guests, and our first guest today is vasyl bodan. veteran of the foreign intelligence service, lieutenant general. good evening, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, i congratulate you. congratulations, mr. vasyl. so, let's start with this offensive in the kharkiv direction. in general, this is an offensive, a diversionary operation, an attempt to seize some area in the immediate border vicinity of russia. how do you assess what is happening? well, first of all, you should note the following in your book the art of war, the famous strategist... of ancient china sunzi said that the conduct of war is based on tricks and on the rational calculation of commanders, on the basis of reliable and objective intelligence data. and you and i have been watching over the past few months the reports of the intelligence agencies, the command of the ground forces, and the commander-in-chief. abou