kovalev further on our broadcast andriy kovalev press officer of the 112th territorial defense brigade of the armed forces of ukraine candidate of political sciences congratulations, glory to ukraine, friends, glory to the heroes, mr. andrii, i would like to discuss with you the latest innovation , in particular, the laws passed by the verkhovna rada, which concern the fact that the military will now be tested for alcohol and drugs in any place and on vacation and when they are at home, and fined for it a lot more than it was before. if before there was 285 tax-free minimum for drinking alcohol, now it is as much as 2,000. how do the military perceive this innovation? well, i don't know how the military restrains it. that in principle i support despite everything, there are armed forces, there are other defense forces of ukraine, and there must be discipline discipline above all in order to understand that we will be able to defeat the enemy only when there is discipline in our own ranks of our armed forces it is still unclear how the law itself will be implemented, because you know, as a person who once worked in peaceful life in the verkhovna rada, i understand that there are many legislative initiatives and it is not a stupid thing to express, so to speak, an initiative to adopt the law, but the most important, the most valuable thing is how this law will be implemented in practice, it is clear that there are obviously problems, there are people who like to drink, and also the armed forces or other defense forces of ukraine - this is the growth of society as well as in society there is such a certain ailment , it is just as obvious that someone can abuse it in the armed forces, that's why it's clear that if the law is aimed at strengthening and improving discipline, it's a good initiative . andriy well, we heard the statement of putin's spokesman piskov who noted that the goal is to keep its own priorities. but the goals have changed somewhat, that is, now it is not only the protection of russian speakers in donbass and luhansk oblast, but also in the luhansk oblast of donetsk, but also in zaporizhzhia and kherson oblasts, and in this part i have questions for example, we have repeatedly heard theses from our e-e military and directly from defense soldiers and military experts that even now our special operations forces are present on the territory of the left bank, which has been conducted there for a long time reconnaissance work is being carried out in this direction and the groundwork is being prepared for the occupation of the left bank, and in fact the russian army is represented there quite minimally, only some posts there are defensive structures, and they have moved much further there, beyond the 30-kilometer zone from the dnieper, and i still have the same question will they defend these newly captured territories of the kherson region of the zaporozhye-zaporizh region, or are they already ready to retreat somewhere there to the isthmus directly to the crimea ? actors, when the commander of the occupying russian troops in ukraine, uh, suroviking, reported to the crowd that uh, the russian army was retreating to pre- prepared positions, and, well, you know, it somehow reminded me of the steps and uniforms of the bureau during the second world war, the red army. i, too, never they were retreating , she retreated to the wounded prepared position , and here by the way, in this address, surovikin said that the left bank, they say, is better strategically protected, well, even a ukrainian schoolboy in the seventh grade knows that in this situation the right bank of the dnieper is dominant because it is higher than the left bank of the dnieper and it is clear that our artillery has taken control of the left bank of the dnieper and is shooting at it and just as the russian occupiers have retreated for many kilometers just to they built some intricate defensive structures there on the left bank of the dnieper, it didn't help and they were forced to retreat uh, really in the left bank kherson oblast in zaporizhzhia, we daily record the facts of the russian desertions of the daily briefing of the general staff , we are reporting reports, in particular, from our intelligence that various units in different numbers are leaving their positions and retreating, in particular , they are also retreating to the temporarily occupied crimea, thinking that they will be safer there. by the way er, for some time the desertion of these units was simply ignored by the russian command, but now they don’t ignore it, now they shoot all their deserters very often when among these deserters er, they do n't consider former russian russian prisoners to be people at all and simply shoot them, exterminate them, so i want to say that ukrainian crimea will never be safe for them, and i am convinced that very soon we will see a ukrainian counteroffensive, we will see er- e liberation of ukrainian crimea and if the russian occupation flees to e there will be no peace for them there, what? thank you andriy for the opportunity to communicate andriy kovalev officer of the 11th brigade of territorial defense of the armed forces of ukraine, candidate for political science and the broadcast continues. the countries of the european union have agreed on the ninth package of sanctions against russia, the czech presidency of the council of the eu says on twitter, as the media reports, the written procedure for agreeing sanctions will be completed by noon today, i.e. friday, in addition to a new list of 200 russians subject to sanctions. restrictions against three russian banks, additional export restrictions for dual-purpose goods, and in addition, the european union wants to prepare measures to complicate russia's access to drones ivan usyk, an expert in the international economy, joins our morning broadcast. we welcome you , ivan - we are glad to see the audience. well, with your help, let's try to evaluate this ninth package of sanctions . by passports, restrictions against three russian banks, er, this is on the swift line, separate yes dir