scenarios, what is the aggressor going to do on this topic, we will talk with our guest - this is leonid polyakov deputy minister of defense of ukraine and now adviser to the director of the national institute of strategic studies, mr. leonid, i congratulate you. good evening, mr. serhiy. good evening. express first question. how are you now ? evaluate the general situation on the front line, especially against the background of the statement of this fake general shoigu, who says that the special operation is going according to plan, and the slowdown is due to the fact that they apparently do not want to cause damage to the civilian population, if you evaluated otaki's statements of racists, which statements in the first place first of all, they indicate that the kremlin regime needs to somehow calm down the internal audience of those cheering patriots and indifferents who support its policy. and this support may be primarily when there are some reports about offensive successes when there are practically no such successes. this leads to disappointment and the emergence of unnecessary questions f