russia has opened the kharkiv front, commentators are talking about a number of captured villages, why this happened, how far russian troops can advance, we analyze in today's edition of bbc ukraine, i'm olga polamaryuk. in recent days, the russians have achieved success along the border in the kharkiv region. the active offensive began at the end of last week, when russian groups tried to break through the defenses. in four days of offensive operations , the russian army is believed to have been able to capture almost a dozen small villages near the state border. she could advance about 5-6 km deep. of ukrainian territory and 30 km wide. the main intelligence agency says that they knew about the russians' plans. well, you see footage from vovchansk, why did the kharkiv region become the target of the russians? analysts believe that this is how they are trying to draw ukrainian forces away from other areas of the front, and also to create a buffer zone for the protection of bielgorod. by the way, vladimir putin also spoke about the buffer zone. according to experts, russia was preparin

the most important thing for the kharkiv front line is to stabilise a ground offensive but deal with se kharkiv is much more vulnerable to attacks from russian missiles than other regions we are seeing in ukraine leg edessa. find regions we are seeing in ukraine leg edessa. �* , ., . ., , edessa. and in terms of the changes to military personnel, _ edessa. and in terms of the changes to military personnel, ukrainians - to military personnel, ukrainians have announced a change in one of their key leaders in the region, but also we have had this announcement from moscow about andrey belousov who is taking over as new defence minister. what do these changes festival in moscow tell us about two in's strategy? i festival in moscow tell us about two in's strategy?— in's strategy? i think the takeover of andrey belousov _ in's strategy? i think the takeover of andrey belousov is _ in's strategy? i think the takeover of andrey belousov is suggestive | in's strategy? i think the takeover. of andrey belousov is suggestive of the fact they want to harmonise russia's economic and security policies

enemy is also trying to attack in the western part of the kharkiv front. there, enemy aircraft hit the villages of khlyptsi and mala danylivka twice. people who remained in settlements near hostilities. the police ask you to leave immediately. the ministry of defense denied the information about the capture of the village of robotyne in zaporizhzhia , the russian telegram-channels report the alleged capture of this bridgehead. our defenders claim that this is a continuous gray zone that is completely under the fire control of ukrainian troops. volodymyr zelensky canceled all foreign business trips. he instructed the president's office to draw up a new schedule. visits, it became known after today's meeting of the supreme commander-in-chief. so, against the background of the aggravation at the front, he canceled the visits. volodymyr zelenskyi was supposed to visit spain in the coming days and meet with prime minister petro sanchez. a visit to portugal was also planned. the number of people injured due to enemy shelling in mykolaiv has increased to six - th

the forces of the so-called ukrainian or western ukraine suffered in the last few days on the kharkiv frontand in fact, they want to make this a balance in public opinion with that so-called failure they should bring a balanced state. you are independent, and on the russian side, many lines have been drawn in these two or three days. you mentioned that ukraine used western weapons, especially european ones, and now ukraine has been given a new permission. i want to see the difference between the old weapons and the ukrainian ones. used and the weapons that were given to them recently. did something special happen? you can list it tell us what kind of weapons have been added, as apparently long-range training has been added, and russia has also reacted from that side . please open this up a bit more . the main story is that nothing special happened, but both in the field of air combat and in the field of missile combat, so that these can be done. be equipped with long-range and jungle weapons. those that can target the depth of russian soil if necessary, america and europe come to arm ukrain

donbas direction, if conditionally speaking, we will get the old sections of the front without strengthening the kharkivthat is, threats are created for the advance of russian forces, first of all in the vovchanchansk-kupyansk zone, i think that this section... of the front is important for the enemy, because it is possible to advance there along the river siverskyi donets, this can be seen from the geography of these approaches of the enemy and then try, relatively speaking, between these areas of siverskyi donetsk and kupyansk, which is also near the oskil river, this zone between the two bodies of water, try to push through now. the account of rapprochement with the russian federation and the transfer of additional forces there. the situation in principle, the general staff usually says, is difficult, but controlled, and i repeat, now the informational component still prevails over the real military threat that exists in this area. residents of kharkiv, residents of sumy, they ask whether it is necessary to pack things already, whether it is necessary to prepare to be ready at any moment so that you.

in our opinion, the kharkiv front may in the future become an attempt to capture the city of kharkiv itself, but not now. we believe that the main purpose of this operation is to support the main direction of russia's attack. material resources, as well as units that need to be directed there. the plan of the russian campaign is aimed at diverting ukrainian resources from donetsk to the north of kharkiv region. they really want the resources that are currently coming from the us not to go to the direction of the temporal ravine in donetsk region. they want to keep them off track. or constantine. i expect that the russians will decide to step up their offensive in kharkiv oblast, but even if they advance more in that region, i'm not particularly concerned, because as they advance deeper, they will run into more prepared ukrainian positions and come across larger strongholds, so the advance will slow down . why do you think the russians quickly and relatively easily captured the border settlements, entered partially in training? how do you assess the quality of defense fortifications o

yesterday, in the kharkiv front, the forces affiliated to the so-called ukrainian or western ukraine government suffered, and in fact, they want to balance this in the public opinion , and bring it to a so-called balanced state with that defeat. well, you are intoxicated that on the russian side , you have shown many lines in these two or three days. he used to use it and now he has a newer permission given ukraine, what is the difference between the old weapons used by ukraine and the new weapons that were given to them ? did something special happen? can you list the missile war so that they can be equipped with long-range weapons and fighters to be able to target america both in the field of air combat and in the field of deep russian soil if needed. and the europeans came to arm ukraine in the form of nato, in fact, this may be considered as a new step, but we must remember one thing, well, these fighters the ukrainians can't use these missiles , the ukrainians can't share them , they are certainly the engineers, advisors and military forces of nato members who should use them ag

writes reuters for ukrainians, well, we actually see, we look at what is happening now on the kharkiv frontaine, a retired general and major general of australia, also writes that russia is now trying to use the window of opportunity that has opened due to the slow mobilization in ukraine, and primarily due to the fact that the united states delayed helping us. for more than six months, let's recall, but we did not have help from the americans, of course the possibilities with equipment, with shells, and now the russians are trying to use this window, and a certain person calls it a valuable tactical penetration for the russians that they are now managing to advance in the kharkiv region and... general rayyan says that this is forcing ukrainian troops to shift from the east to a new front, in fact, here and there, although the capture of kharkov, writes the australian general, will require much larger forces, nevertheless, er, nevertheless, this, this, this offensive is, there is one that worries, here, ah, well , but says the general. ryan, that in fact everything can end and nothing, yes

artem revchuk was with us a deputy of the kharkiv city council, we are discussing, of course, the kharkiv frontt that, for sure, the russians, using such a moment of a sudden attack anyway, managed to advance, we will remind you somewhere about 10 or so kilometers. uh, from the side of vovchansk, in vovchansk itself, complex, heavy shooting battles continue, including, but ukraine has actually stopped this offensive now. expensive friends, we are approaching 8 o'clock in the morning, which means that we will watch a fresh selection of news, i want to thank those of our viewers who have already left their favorites for our youtube broadcast. the viewer wrote that she could not do this earlier because the light was turned off, we understand the conditions we are all in now, so every one of your likes... is extremely valuable at this time, thank you for being from espresso and watching the news now , kateryna shirokpoiz will tell us about them. congratulations andriy, we will talk about how in a moment our courageous defenders repelled night attacks, as well as what happened in russia. news time o

they are advancing in the chasuva yaro region, and now they have opened another front near vovchansk in the direction of kharkivt that next they will open the same front in sumy oblast, and will continue to look for the place where we are weakest and from which we can wedge ourselves in the most... why is this dangerous? the stretching of ukrainian troops is dangerous, because, unfortunately, mobilization in our country was the unloved child of all powerful politicians. despite the fact that the constitution is the exclusive function of the president - to establish the scope, terms and order of mobilization, he removed himself from this, the law that was left in the parliament for four months, er... dangled, turned into a show, and in fact, i i don't see that he did anything special for the equipment of the armed forces of ukraine, in which there is no kit, i have no right to say which, but believe me, it is very high, and today at spshka, that is, at the forward observation post of zero, instead of five men, sometimes twice , and not four days, as it was before the rotation, literally up to 10 days, such is th

and to the operational situation on the kharkiv front from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. the situation in kupyan oblast remains tense. at 4 p.m., 22 combat clashes took place there. during this time, the enemy lost more than a hundred of his soldiers. two brigs and two units of automotive equipment. in the north , the russians continue to press into... lyptsiv, heavy fighting continues there. russia also carried out another airstrike on vovchansk. the number of people injured as a result of the kharkiv attack has increased to 12 people. with the wound to the hospital a 16-year-old boy was delivered - the regional prosecutor's office reported. at the same time, the condition of the trolleybus driver remains serious. his legs were torn off. the trolleybus itself was without passengers at the time of the impact. the fragment also passed through the frontal lobes. tram glass the female driver got out of the vehicle at that time. in general, ten people were injured as a result of the shelling. the enemy dropped guided aerial bombs on two districts of the city. as a result of

kharkiv front, where enemy aircraft twice hit the villages of liptsi and mala dana danilivka. people who remained in settlements, not far from hostilities. police asks to leave urgently. we are there, we evacuate people, we help everyone. the situation in ovchansk is extremely difficult, the enemy is taking positions on the streets of the city of ovchansk, so people, please evacuate... we are helping everyone, we are working together on the spot until victory. volodymyr zelenskyi canceled all foreign business trips. he instructed the president's office to draw up a new schedule of visits. this became known after today's meeting of the supreme commander-in-chief. the president listened to the report of anatoly bargelevich, chief of the general staff. so against the background of aggravation at the front canceled visits. volodymyr zelenskyi was supposed to visit in the coming days. spain and meet with the prime minister there, peter sanchez, and a visit to portugal was also planned. anthony blinken laid a wreath at the wall of memory in kyiv. at the ceremony, the us secretary of

russia has opened the kharkiv front, observers are talking about a number of captured forces, why diden, how far can russian troops advance? we analyze in today's issue of bbc ukraine, i am olga polamaryuk. in recent days, the russians have achieved success along the border in the kharkiv region. active offensive began at the end last week, when russian groups tried to break through the defenses. in four days of offensive operations, the russian army is believed to have been able to capture almost a dozen small villages near the state border. it could advance approximately 5-6 km deep into ukrainian territory and 30 km. in width in the main intelligence office they say.

are advancing in the area of ​​chasovoy yar, and now they have opened another front under vovchansk in the direction of kharkivxt they will open the same front in sumy region, and will continue to look for the place where we are weakest and from which we can wedge ourselves into the territory of ukraine the most. why is it dangerous? the withdrawal of ukrainian troops is dangerous, because, unfortunately, mobilization in our country was the unloved child of all politicians in power, despite the fact that according to the constitution it is the exclusive function of the president, establishing the scope, terms and order of mobilization, he removed himself from this, the law that was left and in the parliament for four months hung around, turned into a show, and in fact i don’t see that he... did anything special for the equipment of the armed forces of ukraine, which do not have a kit, i have no right to say which, but believe me, it is very high, and today on espeshka, that is, on the front line observation point zero, instead of five people, sometimes twice, and not four days, as it was before the rotation, l

let's go back to kharkiv oblast now, artem revchuk, deputy of the kharkiv city council is in touch with us, mr. artem, so speaking of the fronte in the kharkiv direction, in particular in the north of the kharkiv region, this is the red morokhovets hlyboki lukyantsi, and the second bridgehead the enemy is vovchansk and bugruvatka in the direction. stickers, where is the news coming from now? well, i will repeat myself once again, the line is stable there, the fraud is applied for such an essential impression, well , i think that the one, the one who follows the numbers and keeps some statistics there, can compare, what happened before the beginning of this kharkov operation of theirs, and now, well, we know that they wanted to take vovchansk in two days , to go out there to and there closer to kharkov, what... to be able to launch artillery strikes on the city itself, but thank god, our armed forces, well, thanks to the intelligence there , they read all this into their plans, prepared the troops in advance, moved them, well, in the direction of the threat, they planned everything, they localized everything, and now, in princ

essence, well, at least they are they want to turn kharkiv into a conditional gray zone in order to worsen our opportunities in general along the entire fronte, because in addition to the emotional impact that will happen if such a thing happens, we understand that the large number of people waving in kharkiv will prove to them ... to leave, i think that there will be a partial forced evacuation, at least of the children, well, if there is a danger of extra-lithic shelling, well, we hope that it will not come to that, but we must prepare for the worst- case scenario, these are normal rules when we are preparing for worst case scenario, it's not means that we expect it, we mean that if we are ready for the worst, then any not the worst will be good for us, because we were preparing for the worst, so everything seems to be obvious here. will they succeed, will they fail, what will happen there, what is their goal, well, until they add there, well, no less, five more times, as much as is there, then wait , that they will surround or capture kharkiv, it is not worth it, but to approach a second time, they will try, those fortifications that we

terrorist goal in its essence, well, they want to turn kharkiv into a conditional gray zone in order to worsen our opportunities in general along the entire frontecause in addition to the emotional impact, which will be, if such a thing happens, we understand that a large number of people waving in kharkiv... they will have to leave, i think there will be a partial forced evacuation, at least of the children, well, if there is a danger of extralite shelling, well, we hope. that it won't come to that, but you have to prepare for the worst case scenario, that's a normal rule, when we prepare for the worst case scenario, it doesn't mean we expect it, we determine that eh, if we're prepared for the worst, then any not the worst will be good for us, because we were preparing for the worst, so here everything seems to be forever, whether they will succeed or not, what, what will happen there, what, what is their goal, well, until they added there, well, at least, five more times of fasting'. for as much as there is, then expect that they to surround or capture kharkiv, it is not worth it, but to approach in a sort, they will try, those fortifications

goal in essence, well, they at least want to turn kharkiv into a conditional gray zone. in order to worsen our opportunities in general along the entire front in addition to the emotional impact, which, well, there will be if such a terrible thing happens, we already understand that a large number of people waving in kharkiv will have to leave, i think that there will be a partial forced evacuation of at least children, well...

essence, well, they at least want to... create kharkiv into a conditional gray zone in order to worsen our opportunities in general along the entire frontecause in addition to the emotional impact, which, well, there will be, if such a terrible thing happens, we understand that a large number of people waving in kharkiv will have to leave, i i think that there will be a partial forced evacuation of at least children, well, if there is a danger of extralithic shelling, well, we hope that it will not come to that... but it is necessary to prepare for the worst scenario, this is a normal rule, when we prepare for the worst scenario, it does not mean that we expect it, we mean that if we are ready for the worst, then anything that is not the worst will be good for us, because we were preparing for the worst, so everything here seems to be clear, whether they will succeed or not , what, what will happen there, which what is their purpose, well, until they added there, well, at least, five times more posto. says how many are there, then you shouldn't expect them to surround or capture kharkiv, but to bring it closer, they will try, those fort

reserves in such a way as to prevent the russians from breaking through the front, or it could be the south, donbas, or the same kharkivill say that, in fact, we must now feel and perceive. any section of the belarusian or russian border precisely as a front, as a front line, not considering that this is a calm border line that is drawn on a map, delimited and recognized by international law, in fact, russians consider these lines simply as a front line, and thus we we have relate to these borders, i.e. to ensure as much as possible the construction and... engineering support of the defense line, which should run completely along all lines of the border of ukraine with belarus and russia. andriy kovalenko, director of the center for countering disinformation at the nsdc, says that russia is building up an information campaign about a possible attack from belarus, but today the enemy does not have the strength and means to do so. according to kovalenko, the enemy's goal is to stretch ukrainian forces. and reserves, to quote mr. kovalenko, for this they will pump up the information situation, so that our command pays mor

particularly of course as russia opens his new front once again around kharkiv.— opens his new front al importance _ around kharkiv. that is of critical importance right _ around kharkiv. that is of critical importance right now, _ around kharkiv. that is of critical importance right now, the - around kharkiv. that is of critical importance right now, the speed around kharkiv. that is of critical. importance right now, the speed at which _ importance right now, the speed at which the _ importance right now, the speed at which the us can get the aide to ukraine — which the us can get the aide to ukraine. i'm fairly optimistic about the aide _ ukraine. i'm fairly optimistic about the aide moving quickly. this has been _ the aide moving quickly. this has been stuck— the aide moving quickly. this has been stuck in front of congress since _ been stuck in front of congress since october one. in the administration, they've had a long time to— administration, they've had a long time to identify the equipment they were preparing to move. and in fact they move _ were preparing to move. and in f

reserves in such a way as to prevent the russians from breaking through the front , or it can be the south, donbass, or the same kharkivon. i can also say that, in fact, we should now feel and perceive any section of the belarusian or russian border precisely as a front, as a front line. not believing it to be a quiet line border, which is drawn on the map, is delimited and recognized by international law, in fact, the russians consider these lines simply as a front line, and this is how we should treat these borders, that is , to ensure as much as possible the construction and engineering of the defense line, which should pass completely along all e... lines of ukraine's border with belarus and russia. andriy kovalenko, director of the center for countering disinformation at the nsdc, says that russia is stepping up an information campaign about a possible attack from belarus, but on today the enemy does not have the strength and means for this. according to kovalenko, the enemy's goal is to stretch ukrainian forces and reserves. i will quote mr. kovalenko. to do this, they will push the situation informationally so t

way as to prevent opportunities for the russians to break through the front, or it could be the south, donbas, or the same kharkiv. direction, i can still say that in fact, we should now feel and perceive any section of the belarusian or russian border precisely as a front, as a front line, without considering that it is a calm border line that is drawn on a map, delimited and recognized as an international right, in fact, the russians consider these lines simply as a front line, and in this way... we should treat these borders as much as possible, that is, to ensure the construction and engineering support of the defense line, which should run completely along all lines of the border of ukraine with belarus and russia. andriy kovalenko, director of the center for combating disinformation at the nsdc, says that russia is increasing its information campaign regarding a possible attack. from belarus, but today the enemy does not have the strength and means for this, according to kovalenko, the enemy's goal is to stretch ukrainian forces and reserves, i quote mr. kovalenko. to do this, they will increase the informa

is to pull away as much as possible voices, voices, pull away from our troops from kharkiv, that is, to extend the fronterstand that there are people who remain, or there are those who... previously left and are now returning, because we heard such stories in kharkiv oblast, chernihiv oblast, even in the front-line zone in donetsk region, do you already have this phenomenon? yes, i think this is a phenomenon, you know, maybe some people had some inflated expectations from the place where they were, well, now conditionally, where they evacuated, for some it was already time to spray the bugs there or weed the vegetable garden, well in fact... that this is happening, but every day, in any case, there are many more people leaving than coming in, we understand that the drgs have also become more active in kharkiv oblast and sumy oblast, whether local residents have noticed something like this somewhere, i don't know , maybe they were walking in the woods somewhere, or somewhere else, or there are some that are not their own, not local, well, look, the drg will not go to the settlement now, that is understan

analyze what is happening first of all, of course, on the front line, but not only the military, but also the humanitarian, social dimension, kharkiv region is under close attention, as they say, in focus on... attention today, once again , the situation at the front in the kharkiv direction, and the humanitarian situation, and the evacuation, and the threat, and the risks, the statements of the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, general kyryl budanov, who also alarmed many of our viewers and readers, today we will talk about it, corruption scandals, and of course, why european journalists still call for disbanding the single marathon, about all this during the next hour, i will say it again 40.5 minutes, well, just now i am ready to add my colleague serhii zgurets to the conversation, he is the director of the defense express agency and the military results, serhii, congratulations, please take the floor, i understand that once again the key topic is the battle of kharkiv, absolutely correct, i congratulate you vasyl, i congratulate our viewers, today we will talk about the fighting in

obvious to talk about 12 dead, and kharkiv oblast as well, although it was possible to stabilize what the ministry of defense claims, that it was possible to stabilize the front in kharkiv oblast, where the enemy broke through the state border and entered. on the territory of our state, its military formations managed to stabilize the front line, but as for dovchan, the fighting continues and continues in the city itself, and 60% of it is vovchan. are controlled by the armed forces of ukraine, and here it is interesting that the russians, or those who fight for them, because not all russians are there, recently saw such a very epic video, as a person who has dark skin, and let's say this, and it's not an eyelash, it's not a white-faced russian, whose face was simply smeared with smoke somewhere, well, it's a black-skinned person, that person, and he tried to brush it off like that. .. such a run from a ukrainian drone, i don’t know how this duel between a run and a drone ended as a result, but in any case, when we say russians, it can’t always be ethnic russians, and in general there are fewer ethnic russians , more representatives of small nations that were

obviously talk about 12 dead, well , kharkiv oblast as well, although it was possible to stabilize what the ministry of defense claims, that it was possible to stabilize the front in kharkiv oblast, where the enemy broke through the state border, when he entered the territory of our state , his military formations managed to stabilize the front line, but as for vovchansk... the fighting continues and continues in the city itself, and 60% of vovchansk is controlled by the armed forces of ukraine, and here is an interesting the moment that the russians, or those who fight for them, because not all russians are there, recently saw such a very epic video, like a person who has dark skin, and let's say this, and it's not russian, it's not russian, so white-faced, whose face was simply covered with smoke by something, well, this is... a black man, that man, and he tried to wave away from the ukrainian drone with such and such a run, i don't know how this duel between the dovbeshka and the drone ended as a result, but in any case, when we say russians, it may not always be ethnic russians, and in general there are fewer ethnic russians, more representatives of small n

kharkiv direction. as the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense kyrylo budanov says, the armed forces ukrainian forces will be able to stabilize the frontiv oblast over the next few days, while he expects the russian federation to launch a new offensive further north of kharkiv in sumy oblast. at the same time , the state department of the united states of america predicts that the russian occupation forces, which are currently trying to advance in the kharkiv region, will not be able to achieve serious success in this area. listen. what the state department of the united states of america thinks. russia continues its aggression, and we expect that russia will try to move forward in the kharkiv direction. and it is possible that russia will make further gains in the coming weeks, but we do not expect any major breakthroughs, and over time , additional inflows of american aid and continued support from partners will enable ukraine to continue to resist. mr. general, how do you assess today's situation in the direction of kharkiv, and is there a possible scenario, as general bodanov says, that this offensive on vovchansk, well, in the dir

video from the kharkiv region, earlier. the spectators said that with this offensive the russians are trying to draw the reserves of the ukrainian army away from other areas of the front, well, during his visit to china , vladimir putin stated that the goal of the offensive was to create, as he says, a sanitary zone, well bbc correspondent jonathan beale is currently in kharkiv oblast, and here's what he says about the situation there. i spoke with representatives of the local authorities here and there is an opinion that russia had a plan, in particular to seize this city - kharkiv. russian president vladimir putin has talked about the creation of a kind of buffer zone between russia and ukraine to prevent ukrainian strikes on russian territory, and according to him, this is what this operation is focused on. he says that his forces are advancing every day , and ukraine claims that ukrainian forces are slowly stabilizing the front line. the commander-in-chief of the ukrainian army admits that russian troops are expanding their offensive. operations, there will be tough battles ahead. ukraine believes that the russians may launch another offensive in sumy oblast, if t

and host of the military summaries column, will now talk about the military, front-line component of the situation in kharkiv region, the defense operation of the armed forces of ukraine and the offensive actions of the enemy. we will talk about two sections of the front, precisely what is happening north of kharkiv and related to this in a certain way the actions in the kupyansk direction, and also, if we leave time for the change of the defense minister in russia, about that in a moment. i will begin our column with a number of details that relate to the effort the enemy to advance deep into our defenses in several areas in the kharkiv region, it started on may 11, and today the general staff reported in the morning that the enemy is currently having tactical success and therefore measures are planned to destroy the enemy who has wedged into our defenses, the deployment of reserves to stabilize the situation is underway . the enemy is conducting combat operations with units from the zahid group, which unites enemy forces deployed in three regions, these are the bryansk, kurd and belgorod regions, and now i

to be the northern part of the front, this is a new front being added, that’s right, that is, in addition to the eastern-southern part, now the kharkivlso the front line, and from this front line yesterday, under all massive fire, we had to take our people deeper into kharkiv region, about the situation in kharkiv. we will talk with kharkiv city council deputy artem ravchuk in connection with our studio, mr. artem, congratulations, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, congratulations to ukraine, congratulations studio, we know that it is not easy to talk about this, because it is according to the laws of wartime, it is impossible to inform promptly, you can only make an analysis based on those news that the general staff and the supreme council consider necessary, but it has already happened, that is, we see two. we can rely on those data that have been published, ie in fact, the deepstate map, in particular, where you can see exactly these two bridgeheads and they are expanding, because as of yesterday morning, for example, one of them near livtsi, it was about 30 km2, now it is already 54, even a little more square kilometers, an

ukraine is just about holding the front here in the kharkiv region, while the russians have launched front, in places where the russians have been advancing. these guys have just been given a new target. but they are frustrated, too, that the russians were so easily able to cross the border. translation: we could have built some sort - of fortifications and lost less human lives, fewer villages. now, we will have to fight for it again. we will need to use more resources. we could have used logs and concrete. now we will have to use shells and people to take this land back. kharkiv was fortified, but these defences were built well away from the border, beyond the range of russian artillery. too far to make a difference. explosions further east, where the russians are also gaining ground, ukraine is building more defences — a recognition it may have to pull back here too. but digging so close to russian lines is dangerous and difficult, as we're about to find out. johnny, johnny! johnny! get down! we are told to take cover. quick, quick, quick. as a russian armed drone hovers right abov

international organizations, and the questions are like this, oh, we are so worried about you, oh, kharkiv, on the frontages of all the world's publications, oh, how are you there, how are you reporting, tell me, and the people of kharkiv are unconscious, they say, excuse me, but what are you doing they put on a reality show and turned it into a city of suicide bombers, and you're just worried that let's see what will happen to us, because we weren't allowed to use it, western weapons to beat, we would like to ask you one last question, yesterday there was information, i would say, an information bomb, in which kharkiv was involved, in particular individuals enterprise certain tenders, yes? how is this whole story unfolding now, is there any feedback from, for example, representatives, representatives of law enforcement agencies? there is already information that there was a meeting between representatives of the regional military administration and those representatives of the companies which were supposed to provide fortification those spordes. the information is there, the information was presented,

tension is growing, not only among kharkiv residents, in front of whom their colleagues were killed, but also throughout the country. another missile alert: there was almost panic. constant shelling, which has been going on for months and even years, undermines morale. ukraine is not defeated, but it... will not stop the russians without additional troops, better defense and more weapons from allies. recently, russia shelled a hypermarket, killing nineteen people. ukraine wants joe biden to give it permission to strike russia with powerful american weapons systems. and regarding the situation at the front, the ukrainian military stated that after the russian border breakthrough, the situation in kharkiv oblast was stabilized. but back to the first question: will the united states allow its weapons to be used to strike military targets in russia? why did they already have it? done a long time ago - explains bengodges, the former commander of the american army in europe. it's a shame that this question came up at all, but it reflects the fact that my government, the government of germa

ukraine is just about holding the front here in the kharkiv region, while the russians have launched ault, but only by pulling units like this from elsewhere on the front, in places where the russians have been advancing. these guys have just been given a new target. but they are frustrated, too, that the russians were so easily able to cross the border. translation: we could have built some sort of fortifications and lost | less human lives, fewer villages. now, we will have to fight for it again. we will need to use more resources. we could have used logs and concrete. now we will have to use shells and people to take this land back. kharkiv was fortified, but these defences were built well away from the border, beyond the range of russian artillery. too far to make a difference. explosions. further east, where the russians are also gaining ground, ukraine is building more defences — a recognition it may have to pull back here too. but digging so close to russian lines is dangerous and difficult, as we're about to find out. johnny, johnny! johnny! get down! we are told to take cover

combat operations for the period of may 8-15, which is happening in other areas of the front, while in the kharkiv region of russia. divert attention, while everyone's attention is focused on the events in kharkiv region, the russians have concentrated their offensives on the entire front, from zaporizhzhia to luhansk region. during the week, the armed forces of ukraine won a number of important victories, set a new war record, but there are also tactical losses in donetsk region that pose significant threats. robotyne and staromaisk. both villages, which became the crown of success of our summer counter-offensive campaign, were under threat of re-occupation. in... part for more than a month, daily battles have been going on in the village of robotino, but the armed forces of ukraine continue to control part of the village, so the occupiers resumed their offensive from the left flank, where they managed to push back the defense forces on two sections of the front to the west of verbovoy. in this way, the robot's performance has narrowed even more, which significantly complicates logistics, and hen

conducting a ground operation in the north of kharkiv region, they managed to capture... populated areas, why exactly now have russian forces opened a new front and is there a threat of capturing kharkiv itself? our journalist andriy borys talked about this with george baros, an expert of the american institute for the study of war. mr. baros, the latest report of the institute for the study of war states that the russians' offensive in the kharkiv region is aimed at restraining and dispersing ukrainian troops. please explain what it is about? we believe that this is essentially a big one.

over the weekend, their forces opened up a new front near kharkiv in the north—east, pushing closer towards000 people have fled the region amid heavy fighting. as ukrainian troops push back, the white house says it's working with allies to get more patriot defence systems into the country. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest.

he'sjoined me from kharkiv, just in front of the shopping centre which was attacked today. that there are at least 16 people missing before it used to be 11. now it is 16. we know also that five people are dead, but there may be other people inside of the shopping center, because what the mayor said is that at the moment of the explosion, where about 200 people inside of it. so this is why there are still operations that are ongoing in terms of searching for people that weren't inside of the buildings. we saw some firefighters that were inside of the building with lights, with water cannons trying to find any potential survivors, but also trying to find any people that might be under the rubble. and frankly, there's little chance that anyone survived if anyone is still in the building. what are people been telling you about how they manage with these kinds of attacks going on quite regularly now? yes. in a sense, it's been more than two years than the war. a full scale invasion of ukraine was started. this area was already bombed before it was bombed in the first months of

there for a long time, now the situation in all areas of the front remains extremely complex and dynamic, but we can see that now in the kharkiv direction measures to stabilize the situation and additional forces and means directed there, and what is happening in the kupyan direction, as far as it is felt on this part of the front, we are for... now we will talk with our guests, viktor petrovich joins us, he is a soldier of the 77th separate airmobile brigade, which is currently operating in the kupinsky direction, mr. viktor, i congratulate you, i am glad to see and hear, if you can hear me now, good evening, i can hear you well, i would like to start our conversation first of all with a collection for your brigade, now we will ask our directors to show a qr code that the audience can use in order to provide support financial support for your brigade, as i understand, it is primarily for automotive equipment, on rap means, now they tell me that now the code will appear, and it can be used to support your brigade, in particular, i will personally transfer a little money before the broadcast to at least buy something faster, an

region, and an important message from the head of the kharkiv regional military administration sina gubov. consequently, the gray zone and the fronte in the kharkiv region have increased, the russian military is deliberately trying to stretch it, attacking in small groups in new directions. direct speech, the head of the kharkiv military regional administration. our enemy soldiers in those directions have been holding back about 15 enemy units for the last time. attacks, the situation is quite difficult, but absolutely all enemy attacks are repelled, there is an increase in the gray zone, an increase in the front line, because the enemy is deliberately trying to stretch them, attacking in small groups in new directions. the situation is difficult, according to the head of the kharkiv regional military administration, but it is fully controlled by the soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine. well, in the meantime, we are adding otar dovzhenko, creative director of lvivsky, to ether media form. mr. otare, welcome to the airwaves. glory to ukraine. hello everybody. let's talk about the forum, shall we? every year, madiyaniks try to g

today in the program is the verdict with serhii rudenko, a new front in the kharkiv region.the russians have tactical success in the gray zone near vovchansk. how did the enemy manage to penetrate our defenses and is there a threat of a major breakthrough. preparation for a protracted war. instead of shoigu, mired in corruption scandals, putin appointed civilian technocrat bilousov as minister of defense. what has changed in the russian olympus of power. reformatting in... one of the president's favorites has lost an influential position in the cabinet of ministers, as evidenced by the resignation of kubrakov and plans to dismember the president's office. restoration. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. in the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine and the world and about our victory. the russians are storming the kharkiv region, the fortification of the front, for which oleksandr kubrakov was dismissed. we will talk about this and other things in the next section. hours with a politici

he'sjoining me from kharkiv, just in front of the shopping centre which was attacked today.r you manage to get inside after the attack. were they looking for survivors at that point? we know that five but — for survivors at that point? we know that five but there _ for survivors at that point? we know that five but there may _ for survivors at that point? we know that five but there may be _ for survivors at that point? we know that five but there may be other - that five but there may be other people inside the shopping centre because what the mayor has said is that at the moment of the explosion, there were 100 people inside it. so this is an operation that is ongoing in terms of searching for people that are inside. firefighters were inside of the building with water cannons trying to find any potential survivors but also trying to find any people who might be in the rubble, and if anyone has survived and is still in the building. find and is still in the building. and what have _ and is still in the building. and what have people been telling you about how the money for t

but as nick schifrin reports, in north-east ukraine's kharkiv, the front is fragile. : along try to hold the line. this is the kharkiv region where ukraine long ago pushed russia out. now, it needs reinforcements to hold russia back. just 2.5 miles from russia, the center has been ripped apart. a ukrainian soldier fighting in the city sends us videos of russian shelling and russian troops on the cities tour edge. he says, with the help of drone attacks on russian tanks today, they push russian troops back but he fears russia could take the city. >> the situation is very dire. for the sixth day in a row, the enemy has been parting with all possible munitions, rockets, artillery, and bombs. >> he is the regional administrator. he says that offensive line's built in other areas including trenches and antitank dragon's teeth are not as robust. >> after the d occupation in september of 2020 two, military and engineers built defensive lines but because we are so close to the russian border and because of the constant fighting and shelling, perhaps we were not as successful i

that is, we understand that now the situation is difficult almost along the entire front line, but speaking of kharkivn particular, of the battles for vovchansk, there is already an official communication from our general staff. so, the situation remains difficult in kharkiv oblast and is changing dynamically, i am quoting the general staff now. military operations are being conducted in the directions of pylna lukyantsi, pylna hlyboke, and pylna with an oil-bearing wall, bugruvatka. the enemy is carrying out assaults in the directions of strelech hlyboke. deep oleaginous tubers wall staritsa platenivka tyche. during the day , the enemy carried out 22 assault actions in those directions. of them, 14 are still ongoing. well, there are battles for the border town of vovchansk. the enemy used significant forces to conduct the offensive in the composition of up to five battalions and does not count with his own losses at the moment, the enemy has tactical success - our general staff informs. well, there is already a reaction from the study institute. war regarding the events that are currently taking plac