of ukraine, we invited the human rights defender of the director pavel lysanskyi institute of strategic studies and security. this is how such attacks on so-called polling stations in the occupied territories affect the plans of russia. well, it is possible that it will lead to the rejection of the idea of ​​holding elections in the occupied territories of ukraine. yes, but it will affect the security situation and will ensure that local residents do not go to these precincts . well, mine also show that it is simply dangerous to go there, if people simply do not come, then of course there will be a lot the international world does not recognize the falsifications on the part of the occupier and its vagaries, but in this way the armed forces of ukraine and the special services of ukraine and the partisan movement simply make the elections in such a way that these people even with the data of the occupiers. who will count the votes in other elections well, here i am referring to the previous experience, in particular , of voting in the occupied territories, i would like to mention here, by the way, that maria

criminal crimes in the 14th year in donbas, and we are adding to our conversation pavlo losyansky, he is the director of the institute of strategic studies and securityn researching what is happening in the occupied territories for many years pavlo i congratulate you glory to ukraine thank you for joining the marathon let's talk about what is currently happening in the occupied luhansk region on in the occupied donetsk region at the end of the summer, what is ahead, the militants have announced the so-called elections there, and the occupiers have announced the so-called elections there, what additional risks for the population arise in this connection, what should be done , i am waiting for information from you, please, first of all , the elections elections will start tomorrow in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine , they will operate in the format of early elections, which the occupiers adopted this year with their laws, because they will not be held in the form of one member of the commission there or two of these pseudo formations, and behind them there will be four scouts, these are occupying units that will go around places of publ

of strategic communications of the us national security council, june kerby, on tuesday in a new report one of great britain's leading think tanks, the royal joint institute for defense and security studies , says that on the eve of the counteroffensive , western leaders hesitated for too long about sending key weapons. in this way, russia got time to create several lines of defense that are strewn with tens of thousands of mines and a wide network of defensive earthen fortifications . the experts with whom the voice of america spoke emphasize that russia had too much time to organize a defense through which it is difficult for the armed forces to pass. the ukrainian counteroffensive faces the most difficult tactical a task that can only be imagined, namely to overcome stationary defense structures, imagine the sequence of a strip of minefields of obstacles , including physical obstacles such as ditches and tank tanks are controlled and observation lines of direct fire, as well as artillery systems are supported by russian attack helicopters, this is the most difficult tactical task, if the american army did it, it would perform this task only under the condition of superiority in artill