maksym zhorin maksym we congratulate you i congratulate you please tell us about the captured commanders the azov regiment was taken from the occupied donbas to the territory of the russian federation, is it known now where are they where are they in what conditions are they in the fact is that this information let's try this answer, this information is confirmed by some of our sources, but so far, it is officially difficult to confirm because, well, first of all, this is due to the fact that communication with the russian federation is so with the russian authorities, and in principle there is almost no reason to confirm from this side it is quite difficult here, but the russian side has already done such simple things, and unfortunately, according to some of my personal sources, there is also confirmation that part of the administration, including azov and the marines, was taken to the territory of the russian maxim federation, this is impossible and it is good for our soldiers because there is at least no death penalty on the territory of the russian federation. what kind of verdict or court or any other procedure is there in the territory of the given dpr lpr they basically have no status in the world because they are not recognized by absolutely anyone and any decisions in these territories mean absolutely nothing on the other hand, he judged the russian federation . if they want to do it, they will still have some status, but for some reason i think i am almost convinced that if this is really the case, if it is true that part of the management of the command staff was taken to the territory of the russian federation, then it is more likely everything has to do with the fact that the fsb people are planning to work with them. there are some plans, apparently they want to recruit someone from them. they probably want to start forcing some javanese people, because it's been a long time since our heroes are under control but until now, it was not possible to make even a normal video in them, because the azov people, even in the video in captivity, behave decently and it plays more, i would say in favor of ukraine than in russia, even taking into account that it is for a domestic audience of the russian federation, i think that if this really happened, then most likely it is connected with the fact that the russians have a desire to force them to make some statements or videos at a press conference. of ukrainian fighters in azovstal, iryna vereshchuk , the minister of the temporarily occupied territories is no longer engaged in the exchange of prisoners, the sbu and gurmo deal with the main directorate of intelligence, how effective is the work of those people, is it possible to give an assessment with the sbu and gurmo? regarding the exchange of prisoners , well, for the most part, it is the gur that deals with this the process is progressing now at the moment we can talk about already several successful body exchanges this was one of the first points from which all other exchanges should start this victory is taking place over the exchange of the wounded and i hope that in the near future we will also be able to reach some result in this direction and this will speak first of all about the level of our guru's work and, in principle, the prospects for further exchange, but all the exchanges that you see now that are taking place and not only exchanges and when ukrainians are taken away without exchanging attacks, this is mostly now, of course, the work of the officers of the main intelligence department of azov, are they exchanged or returned to ukraine? perspective, we have to wait for the decision of the so-called court, the so-called ordlo of the dnr of the lnr, will it happen sooner or at all, it is quite difficult to talk about the prospect of the nearest exchange in time now, it is quite difficult to predict absolutely absolutely what is going on in those sick heads, it is quite difficult to imagine how they will go in principle, all these judicial processes are, of course, absurd and they have nothing to do with them, because they violate uh, absolutely all international human rights uh, but this is not about law, it's not about people, it's not about values, it's unrecognized territories with terrorists and criminal authorities, therefore, of course, they can do absolutely anything. at the moment, uh, i think that the process of returning azov citizens will be quite difficult , because we perfectly understand the value for the russian federation of these people, which they will receive for quite a long time . to receive them and , er, to fill the target, well, including if it is about exchange, because i am a very, very revealing moment, but sometimes i am also there sometimes. it has something to do with exchange processes, so i can tell you i can confidently say that one of the biggest difficulties in exchanging with the russians, either bodies or live people, is that sometimes it is necessary to explain to the russians that they need their people, the bodies of their fallen soldiers, their officers , because sometimes they frankly do not understand why they need them at all. that is, we value life in completely different ways, as we value our people in different ways, and this is the biggest difficulty. there are prospects. i hope that little by little we will bring absolutely everyone home, but we also have to to understand that it will definitely be the most difficult with the people of azov, the last release of tyra, which everyone expected , and well, we understand that negotiations were conducted, work was carried out on this, and this is already a result. therefore, this release adds optimism in general and confidence in the negotiation process and success and operations with the azov people are completely different processes, they do not intersect and are not connected in any way, therefore, these are separate parallel stories, but definitely such and such communication. it is happening that such things are happening. this is of course positive. but i will say so it's best that any negotiations with the russian federation are influenced by strong positions. talks on any topics maxim, you were in the zaporizhzhia direction until recently and you remain there. what is the situation there? today we talked about the fact that the enemy is activating and accumulating equipment and manpower in the area of ​​vasilivka, is there a possibility of an offensive there? advancing towards zaporizhzhia, there are 40 km left, please. yes, including me, i am now in the zaporizhzhia region, our unit continues to carry out all combat tasks here, and as for the enemy, it will accumulate in some places, but i will say frankly that now i do not see any prospects for the enemy in this direction in the near future, believe me, they will think exclusively about defense and defense, and maybe in some cases even about a retreat, but definitely not about an offensive with the forces that the enemy now has here, because of all the recent events including yesterday, there were battles here for half a day, so the enemy has forces now for some kind of wide offensive or even a partially wide one. well, i don’t see it here now, but all this is temporary because, again, everything can change if some more units are added here fresh, newer ones, but i think something about them, we will manage here too, ukraine will be able to resume peace negotiations with russia with a strengthened position after the counteroffensive in some places at the end of august last. negotiations are now the same as what i said a little earlier . i am sure that any effective negotiations can only take place after victory on the battlefield. russians do not understand any other language than force, so if we want strong positions in the negotiations, we must destroy the personnel as much as possible every day and aviation technology, everything that the russians have, and in order to be able to talk with them from a normal strong position already at the negotiating table. thank you maksymcommander of the azov regiment , senior lieutenant of the national guard of ukraine congratulations congratulations thank you for your participation and at the end of our this block we wanted to show one such interesting video to st. petersburg it appeared on the network literally today the statue of the president of russia vladimir putin in the image of the roman emperor octavian augustus was fired at by artists with a paintball gun auctioneers this is how a man with a paintball gun on a motorcycle drove up to the statue located on the facade of the europa shopping center in the petrograd district of the city with a paintball anniversary and fired artists who call themselves the committee of socialist republicans thus, they celebrated the end of the st. petersburg international economic forum, the artists called their actions an exercise in anti-imperialism in the activity, it is necessary, it is free, ok, at the economic forum in st. petersburg , vladimir putin himself spoke, there w

maksym zhorin p maksym glory to ukraine glad to see you thank you for participating in to the heroes program, it is nice to see you, but i would like to clarify that i am the commander of azov in the 16th and 17th years, an ex-commander, well, a commander at that time, you were a commander when hostilities took place in the east of ukraine, you defended mariupol, as well. so, as of the morning of june 13 the russians control 70% of north donetsk, the head of the luhansk regional military-civilian administration, serhii gaidai, says about this, about 500 people remain at the nitrogen plant, of which 40 are children of the industrial zone, shelling enemy large-caliber artillery the day before in their in the evening address, volodymyr zelenskyi also spoke about the struggle of the ukrainian military for severodonetsk, luhansk region. let's listen to how the president of ukraine characterizes the current situation on the eastern front. the key tactical goal of the occupiers has not changed . lysychansk, bakhmut slovyansk, etc., the russian army is trying to establish reserve forces in donbas, but what kind of reserves can they have now? will try to throw into battle poorly trained conscripts and those who were gathered at the expense of hidden mobilization of russian generals consider their people simply as cannon fodder that they need to ensure an advantage in numbers in the number of manpower in the number of military equipment. so this is the opinion and assessment of the situation from the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine p. maksym how do you assess the current situation around severodonetsk well, and the prospects of its capture by the russian occupiers because we are talking about two-thirds of the city which, unfortunately, are now controlled by the occupiers for me. this is a difficult question. the fact is that i myself was born in luhansk oblast and spent my entire childhood and adolescence there. i was born in a border city, it is right next to north donetsk, and it was captured even earlier e- as for the situation , i definitely follow it, even though it takes part in hostilities in another direction, and i can say that the situation is, to put it mildly, very difficult for us , the fact is that hmm, despite all the bravery , despite this bravery of ukrainian soldiers who defend luhansk oblast. the fact is that they are really trying to bombard us with russian meat and equipment, and no one there is counting them, and that is why it is extremely difficult in this regard, because the forces are not commen

maksym zhorin, ex-commander of the azov regiment maksym, we congratulate you glory to ukraine glory to the case when congratulations are not only congratulations, this is a real congratulations and in fact a huge victory and we are glad that the azov boys are back, the same about them now we'll talk a little more about it. can we ask you about some, well, i don't know the details of the exchange or understanding of the condition of our boys, how they were in captivity, or are they slowly starting to tell what they experienced? well, first of all, we must say what really this is already the second stage of the return , it began with the exchange of the bodies of the dead, and now it is also in the process, but the first exchange of the wounded is definitely very important and so revealing, what we were able to bring home there are 100, more than 140 soldiers, who are wounded wounded and now they are already safe now they are already there most of them are in hospitals regarding their condition so really there are several people there in a serious condition and this is primarily there with burns eh but they are already in specialized medical institutions i am already helping them. most of the others are in a stable condition of medium severity, the boys are recovering little by little . but i think that here in the territory under the control of ukraine, their recovery will be many times faster . it is interesting to say that there are even those among them who are already asking to be put on strict duty in order to return to the front, but of course we are joking, but it’s okay to injure them, talk about it, you need to heal and get yourself in order, i’m just curious by what logic the russians give us our soldiers in particular, well, that is, we see that it is unlikely that uh, among these people there are uh, well-known people from the media , including azov people, yes, that is, in theirs. a little bit on a different principle the fact is that in this exchange there are only injuries uh, there are uh, and we were talking about the wounded. therefore, there was no selection based on position or rank or unit, it was an exchange of all the wounded, it was very important to understand what is the priority - these are those who need to be provided with medical care, because we were well aware that in that territory no one would normally be able to provide them with this medical care ; moreover, these are those for whom it hurts more than anything else, and those are the ones we fought for as a priority. so they are already in e- they already got them there will be a few more stages to return, it is necessary to understand that now we will definitely not take everyone and we are also very well aware of the fact that, well, if we talk about the commanders and not only the commanders of azov, but also the commanders of other units, then these people will be taken away the hardest, it will be the longest process, but nevertheless step by step, i think that we will be able to take away some or all of it, it is very important that we are currently working on taking away from captivity, for example, all the women who are currently being held under the control of the russian federation. tell me anything laska medic bird is not among those released yesterday no, she is not among those released, but i hope that in the near future we will also see her together with other women who defended the city of mariupol maksima eh, do the guys tell us anything about how they were kept or fed or provided with some kind of first aid medical care and how it was, medical care was provided, but well, i think you understand that it is medical care at the level of simply supporting life and no more details about receiving it there, for now we will not be there much to tell because the process of negotiations is still difficult. we have to take many people away from there, and there are many things that affect this process. we also need to realize that the process of negotiations is affected even by events at the front and every day these negotiations are like from the very beginning it is necessary to start depending on what is happening today at the front because the russians understand that this is not their only opportunity where they can still say something under some conditions because they know that it is a huge price for us. they know that for us wounded and alive, even bodies - it is extremely important that we will always do absolutely everything to take them away, and the russians, including this, use it, but there are a huge number of things that affect these negotiations every day, and our successes affect this, including even lost territories when this happens, they also affect the negotiation process. therefore, it is not a simple story of maxim or an understanding of who exactly our fighters were exchanged for, and who is a priority . for example, the russians used to have an understanding of what they were interested in. for them, there is a reserve of information about the fact that they are ready to give almost anyone to the kadyrovs . well, we also perfectly understand the priorities of the russian federation, therefore, such cadres as, e.e., pilots, such cadres, officers, e.e. we are not in a hurry to give them either , we are not in a hurry to give them because we understand that the most difficult stages are ahead of us, when we will have to take our commanders from there, that is why in this process we also do not accept all the conditions of the russians, this is a complicated story in which each sometimes there is a struggle for the lists, for their confirmation , for the number of who will be in them, but ukraine is also in this plan, if only the patronage service of azov knew how to speak, it is now uh-uh, let's say it is co- opted . managed to exchange and return, in fact, i read and read about the difficulties of this work, it’s hard to even imagine, tell me a little more, maybe we can help with something, the excellent service of azov is really very actively participating now, er, in in order to identify as soon as possible all the bodies that we can take from mariupol and the purchased territories in order to identify them so that their relatives can pick them up as soon as possible and that all this happened er happened quickly and correctly this is really what i will tell you well it's difficult even for me. it's a very difficult story, so much. well, to put it mildly . hmmm, one of the most difficult in general. it can be both moral and physical, and there are also needs for them. there are social networks of the patronage service. if there is a desire to help them so me and them we will all be grateful because these people do extraordinary things, they sometimes spend the night in morgues for several days, they work all day long with what they give us. and this sometimes just stand up, it 's not even the bodies, eh. well, this is a very difficult story, and all these people are as volunteers, they just work, they don't help, because today it is very important for all of us. thank you, maksymk, the commander of the azov regiment, was in touch with us. in fact, what among them are the defenders of azov and er, the fighters of the azov regiment? contact us petro andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of the city of mariupol , these two stories are absolutely inseparable from each other petro, we congratulate you glory to ukraine well, first of all , what is known at all about everyday life about life in the city of mariupol to you from perhaps those who still remain there and are trying to keep in touch with reality. well, increasingly, life in mariupol is becoming so agro-technical, what kind of surrealism , in fact, because everything is done there by the occupiers, what they invent something every day, well, for example, it has not become known about the final order, how the demolition of the buildings will take place. first of all, people have no place to store either things or furniture that were left in the houses, and this burden of responsibility is transferred by the

home, but most likely it will definitely happen not medvedchuk thank you maksym thank you for joining our program this was maksym zhorinthe former commander of the azov regiment, and we will wait for the release of the azov citizens from captivity, and our conversation with kostyantyn mashivets we continue further and talk about weapons, weapons that are waiting in ukraine the length of the front in ukraine is 2,450 km, of which 1,105 km are active combat operations in separate directions, the armed forces of ukraine have switched to a counter-offensive, valery zuluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, announced this, he called on the united states of america to provide ukraine with more 155-caliber artillery systems, the military says that for a counter-offensive now the ukrainian army lacks exactly the heavy weapons promised by the party, mykhailo podolyak, aide to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, said today how many heavy weapons the country needs weapons to end the war and knock out the russians 1,000 155-caliber howitzers, 300 salvo missile systems, 500 tanks, 2011, milit

maksym zhorin, he was the commander of the azov regiment in 16-17 years, now he is near zaporizhzhia . maksym, i congratulate you. somewhere they are trying to move forward, this is what is happening counteroffensive in the south ah , i would like you to tell me more about the situation in zaporizhzhia region from what you know specifically in the military, please in zaporizhzhia in the direction of a-a, our situation is as follows at the moment, we are mostly engaged in arranging positions that have already been able to capture er or knock out the enemy from there or force him to leave, but also in some narrow areas er, we even continue to advance with good news, i can i think you should be the first to inform me that today we were even able to take another number of prisoners . unfortunately, these are denerites, not russians, but the prisoner fund. today, we increased a little. please tell me what policy the enemy is pursuing. today in the occupied territories we see, let's say that if we are talking about the big cities of the zaporizhia region, let's say melitopol , berdyansk, the enemy is already trying to work with the population there, some educational processes are trying to be organized, but i wonder if the enemy continues to loot people in captivity, in hostages, do you have such information. no matter what they try to show on the front, what do they do or their education or some other things? time will definitely be engaged in there. this is robbery of people, looting, kidnapping, torture - these are the invaders who came here with just such a motor , they came here with the goal of destroying and profiting from aa, capturing the territory, well, in no case is it possible be distracted and even take seriously any statements that they are going to rebuild something there, start some processes , etc. from training or from some other things, all this is complete nonsense, they have never been able to do any of these processes in russia during all this time, etc. -e do a all the more so in the occupied territories, it won't work in them, and, and, and, they don't have such a goal. all they do is robbing and torturing people. maxim, i would like you to tell me about the needs that the army has today. well, i'm talking specifically about your unit, where are you, in which you are fighting, what are the needs? today i am not talking about big , there are some big needs, weapons, artillery, armored vehicles . problems are possible they would be satisfied. well, i think it's not a secret for anyone, because today the army provides us with basic things. i'm never going to complain about the provision there and things like that, but the fact is that there are really a lot of why are we currently supported by volunteers and certainly one of the largest such razhodniks in general. what we have today are cars that burn almost every day from the work of enemy artillery and drones, civilian quadcopters with which we we use it in order to scout in order not to do it with our feet and not to expose our soldiers to danger, they are also constantly either shot down or put down, so these are the things that we constantly need, which we feel the need for , and mostly the main ones we have everything to fight and defend the country. and yesterday i spoke about the fact that the residents of kherson and kherson oblast should leave the region if possible, because ukrainian troops are going to the counteroffensive, there will be battles for certain national points, as well as battles for kherson if possible, it is better to leave now. maybe even the territory of the occupied crimea from there. just somehow leave this territory, or in the zaporizhzhia region , there is this same need for those who will leave. and is it possible today for the residents of the zaporizhzhia region to leave the territory, understanding that there are battles the ukrainian army will continue to advance and these battles will pose a threat to the lives of local residents, please, this is really a very difficult moment for us, as for the ukrainian military, which consists in the fact that there, unlike the russians, we we cannot use such tactics as they do by simply destroying the population points and going there to the ruins because unlike the russians, these are our native cities where our loved ones live, where we are our native streets, and therefore we have to develop more complex operations in order to squeeze out the enemy in order to to save our native cities but nevertheless, i would still recommend that you definitely leave the occupied territories, because the danger is especially those near the front line. it is extremely high, therefore that this is literally a war, so if there is such an opportunity, and in the zaporizhzhia region, even in the occupied territories, such an opportunity exists at the moment, then it is necessary to take advantage of it and there temporarily until we return these territories, at least , i would still recommend it too you leave mr. maksymrful resistance movement is also active in the kherson region, in the zaporizhzhia region, well, in the kherson region, every day there are some stickers, ukrainian flags, some inscriptions on the floor, on the walls of houses, russians always remind us that we next to the armed forces, next to the partisans, you are in danger, we will destroy you. please tell me how powerful this movement is in the zaporizhzhia region and how much the local population is involved in it, and this resistance of the local population to the occupier, which is very important in fact, and what was perhaps unexpected for the occupiers themselves in these he is powerful and what he is fueled by, so to speak, i will tell you this in general one of our ukrainian super-weapons uh, it is the ukrainians themselves, because absolutely in all the occupied territories, even in the territory of donetsk and the luhansk region has an extremely extensive network of people who are ready to act and commit acts in the tempo