land, in your opinion, what should be prepared for, and do you agree with the opinion of general muzhenko, perhaps in the army, or is it also considered that defense strategies should be now in the first place in the coming months, you know, putin until, until march in general... you have to live, he should not think about the offensive, he should already be preparing some piece of land for himself somewhere, he has already been there for a long time, the enks have put him there for non-visitation, here, but our main task is, of course, to prepare for any development of events, specifically, i can tell you about the eastern direction, about the operational group, the troops, and the enemy has intensified along the entire line and accordingly. over the past day , there was quite a lot of activity in the kupinsky, lymansky, and bakhmatsky directions. when you say activism, what does that really mean, does it mean trying to storm assaults with technology, or some other form of activism? yes, the enemy is trying to attack our ukrainians positions, such as infantry, storm infantry, these are u

viktor muzhenko, army general, former. commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. it was he who led the ukrainian army when russia annexed crimea and invaded donbas. and in february 2022, he helped organize the defense of ukraine, worked with valery zaluzhny. we spoke with him to better understand the events of those days, the beginning of a full-scale invasion, to analyze current events, the situation at the front, and also to understand where the war is going. they spoke with viktor muzhenka. bbc correspondent oksana torop, she asked him many questions, we're only going to show part of that conversation, but before that, here's what my colleague had to say about that interview, let's listen. we decided to talk to the former chief of the general staff of the army viktor muzhenko about the war, as he is considered a military commander with extensive practical combat experience. muzhenko was appointed commander-in-chief of the armed forces back in 2014, when russia annexed crimea and donbas, and for the next five years and until the change of political power in ukra

oleksiy, if we still have just a little time left, said muzhenko, muzhenko gave an interview to the bbc year we should pay the most attention to defense, it seems that the commander-in-chief also understands this, president zelenskyi said about it on the pond, does this mean that we will have to keep defense in the first place turn, will we survive it? i understand that what, and not there is a gentleman, mr. oleksiyu, for some reason they already said that it is necessary, mr. oleksiyu, briefly, if possible , i understand the question, regarding the interview of mr. muzhenko, that we need to move on, i did not hear what you asked, i just know , what he wrote is that it is necessary to come to the defense and to build fortifications, and this should be the strategy for the near future, it is completely correct, because, well, mr. muzhenko, i know him personally, he is a very intelligent and very balanced person , and he, offers smart things, we after doing well successfully and unsuccessful offensive actions, let them sort it out later, but in any case, in any case, the army is exhauste

-commander of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, general viktor muzhenko , a participant war, from the beginning, wrote about changing the counteroffensive to a defense strategy, and president zelensky, well, actually also said that we are not retreating, we are just changing, i i would like to understand now, well, in this aspect , what, in your opinion, muzhenko said that is important for what is happening now at the front, what will happen, well, really, it was such a wide-ranging interview of general muzhenko on the bbc radio station, where ... it was about many aspects related to the counteroffensive and the actions of the russian federation, and further plans related to the approaches of the ukrainian side to the establishment of defense, that is, i advise everyone to read these interviews, what is important that he said, that first of all, well, the issue of the transition to defense is urgent , says mozhenko, and he says that it is necessary a strategically active defense, which includes both defense and counteroffensive actions, but for this, first of all, it is

now at the front, what will happen, well, really, it was such a wide-ranging interview of general muzhenkony aspects that relate to the counteroffensive and the actions of the russian federation, and further plans that relate to the approaches of the ukrainian side to the establishment of defense, that is, i advise everyone to read these interviews, what is important that he said, that first of all, well the issue of the transition to defense is urgent - says muzhenko, and he says that it is necessary a strategically active defense, which includes both defense and the conduct of counterattacks, but for this, first of all, it is necessary to create reserves, quantitative and qualitative reserves, that is, he is talking about , that it is necessary to create new brigades and corps and, first of all, not only to equip them, but also to train them well, because precisely the interaction of the training of these units will have, well, critical importance in the future, and also ensure a stable and reliable system management, because mozhenko does not say where, relatively speaking, there were c

about what is happening in the avdiyiv direction, let's go, once again i will just quote general muzhenkos that. today ukrainian troops, thank god, still get these positions at the price of self-sacrifice, at the price of heroism, about the situation, which is now under audio, is very difficult. let's go for a short break, then we will come back and continue to analyze the events on the front, stay with us. on december 10, i will visit lviv. st. nicholas as his own character in maryana savka's christmas musical, write letters to nicholas. orchestra inso lviv. dudaryk chapel and favorite soloists in a festive performance for the whole family. december 10. live sound exclusively in festreblik. every day, every hour, every minute, we receive a large amount of information. the most anticipated event of the year, which is actually happening on the front, what are the losses of personnel and equipment on the battlefield. how we evaluate our successes. the international community, and what moscow is lying about. from the flow of news coming from everywhere, we single out the most important ones.

preconditions, the transition to a counteroffensive, how do you feel about the concept of general muzhenkoterview with the bbc corporation, when general mozhenko spoke about the fact that what is needed is active defense with specific actions in separate sections of the front. it should be noted that general muzhenka is a professional, the head of the armed forces of ukraine zaluzhnye also spoke about this, and the political leadership of the country should listen to the advice of professionals who do not play politics, but protect their homeland today, there is a question of reducing the amount of military-technical assistance from the countries of the west and, accordingly , strengthening the mobilization processes in the russian federation, these two negative facts will influence, respectively, the nature of hostilities directly on the frontline, therefore the advice of ukrainian generals, they are more than correct, in principle, now, when we are talking about western military aid to ukraine, it will now be decided from the point of view of those changes that should take place in the u

that the bbc conducted with the former commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, general muzhenkohis vision and recommends moving to a strategic defense, periodically striking counterattacks, but i share exactly this point of view, because if the enemy does not impose our will, in the end he will seize the initiative. and will force you to play by his rules, this is the way to advice, look, well, of course we understand, and at least we have already heard it from the russians, that the russian occupation army is still going to take offensive actions, this year they did not succeed in these large-scale actions, but we heard, for example, at putin's press conference, he said there that they have already concentrated 600,000 of their troops right there in the staging area. combat operations, and actually, how do you assess them, this ability to of such a larger-scale offensive and what its directions might be, well , somehow let's try to predict their actions, everything is much simpler from the fact that the person who says that he is putin has concentrated, there are two , three of

same vein as the interview of the former chief of general. headquarters of the ukrainian general muzhenko bbc, recently a large interview where he just talked about that ukraine needs to switch to active defense, i.e. not to give russia the opportunity to advance anywhere, to conduct a counteroffensive wherever possible and to liberate ukrainian territories wherever possible, but the united states, at least under the biden administration, is... definitely never it cannot happen that the united states admitted that russia annexed some ukrainian territory, this is simply impossible, absolutely, and then what do you think the negotiations could be about, which are mentioned from time to time by the american media, and who will lead them, given that ukraine has made negotiations with the current russian government, namely putin, impossible at the legislative level? eh, you know, there are a lot of negotiations, hypothetical negotiations, a lot... american high-ranking officials spoke last year, they believed, i think, they even believed sincerely that if ukraine frees part of its territory, a

capabilities, so it is correct for us to talk about active positional defense, for example, general muzhenko, the former commander-in-chief, spoke about this in an interview with the bbc. of the armed forces, that is, it is necessary to start preparing defensive lines in advance, at least in those directions where the enemy, through his kirmanych was recently announced as his immediate operational task, which is the mastery of the luhansk and donetsk regions within the administrative boundaries and the landing of the kharkiv region. of the ostiv river, accordingly, we must prepare for the maintenance of these territories, and this should be done now. and when we talk about other related steps, if you mentioned the promuzhenka regarding reformatting of the front line, preparation of reserves, to increase the quality of training of management personnel, how and when to do this, all processes must be developed. in parallel, because solving such tasks consistently, we will constantly lose to the enemy in some of the components. as for the optimization of the management system, yes, the troops ha

positional defense, this is discussed in the interview bbc. everyone, for example, said general muzhenkothe former commander-in-chief of the armed forces, that is, in advance, it is necessary to start preparing defensive lines, at least in those directions where the enemy, through his kirmanych, recently announced as his the nearest operational task is the acquisition of the administrative borders of luhansk and donetsk. oblasts and the exit to the kharkiv region on the banks of the ostiv river. accordingly, we must prepare for the maintenance of these territories, and it should be done now. and when we talk about other steps related, if you mentioned mozhenko, to the reformation of the front line, the training of reserves, to improve the quality of the training of management personnel, what and when should we do this? all processes must be developed in parallel, because solving such tasks consistently, we will constantly lose to the prakovnika in one of the components. as for the optimization of the management system, yes, the troops have been conducting defensive operations in several

general, avdiivka, maryanka, i think, this, i liked the phrase spoken by the commander-in-chief, muzhenkofor russia, these cities are symbols, which are quite promotional, including in society, they, they have recognizable names, strategically they have no significance there, but for the russians they are important, so they throw very big ones there. resources, they are suffering great losses there , but they are still trying to push these cities to report that they have taken them, but we say it ourselves, maryanka, i think that i was there probably a month ago and what was left there it is difficult to call it a maryanka, this is a city, a place where a maryanka once was, mr. roman, we understand that in a military sense our settlements can mean completely different things. when we talk about bakhmut as a settlement and about bakhmut federal district, two different things, when we talk about avdiivka settlement and avdiivka federal district, well, it actually coincides, and that is why there is, there is a certain drama in the prospects, for example, for example, the abandonment by our

long as it's enough forces former head of the general staff and head of the armed forces, viktor muzhenkocent interview with the bbc, he said that he considers it necessary to raise the question of the transition to strategic defense with a concentration on countermeasures, which is logical from a military point of view, but the volume and level of ... assistance from at least some of the western partners rests on the achievement of the battlefield, and the transition to defense can significantly limit these potential achievements, okay, we will, for example, reach a moment when there is an agreement between politicians and the military inside ukraine, which military strategy to choose for the next campaign and it will be really active defense on land, along with the combination of strikes on military targets in the temporarily occupied crimea, respectively, but it is also necessary for the partners, if... just to convey, but also to convince them, that is, to reach a consensus that the ukrainian military strategy for 2024 should be based on active defense. along with military calculation

former commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine viktor muzhenko believes that it is necessary on the defensive and completely reform the front. he told about this in an exclusive interview with the bbc. he almost does not give interviews and very rarely communicates with journalists, especially now during the po

was part of the immediate circle of the chief of the general staff, then there was general viktor muzhenkociple , i understand that in this perimeter, where the chief of the general staff worked at the time, now it is about the commander-in-chief, outsiders produced, is very carefully constructed. the commandant's office, there are appropriate measures of counter-intelligence activities, that is , what happened is a very egregious case, and of course, the criminal case initiated by our security service of ukraine, it must prove in a short period of time what happened, who caused it, for what purpose was all this equipment installed, because the request from society is a very high-profile case, i believe that the relevant spokesmen from the sbu have a rather short term, they form ukrainian society, but there will be something to talk about, of course, it is possible that certain information with the letter t will remain as a plot, that is, secret, but the trend or in general, what happened, why it happened, i think we will find out about it quite quickly, in any case, the situation is relat

political ambitions, but we watched this broadcast with ulga, and to be honest, i was shocked, because muzhenko advises zaluzhny to come out and say that he has no political ambitions, but zaluzhny does not talk about it, he he does not say, he said it a long time ago, he said it once and a long time ago, that he does not see himself in politics, at that time he did not give any reason to say that he was gathering some kind of political force around him, well, with something, at least some facts confirmed, they come out and speculate something about this, no, he he does not gather politicians around him , he does not communicate with them, he does not hold meetings with them, he does not organize a party, in the end , well, nothing happens, you know, it takes two for a conflict, and here we do not see a conflict, here we see some strange jumps on one side. constantly, the other side is simply forced to remain silent, because, well, in order not to violate there, and you a secret, a military secret, so as not to swell, and the other side constantly takes some such steps, and you know, this is wh

here is avdiyivka, maryanka, i think it is, i liked the phrase that the commander-in-chief said, muzhenkoor russia are symbolic cities that are quite publicized, including society, their they have recognizable names, strategically they do not have any significance there, but for the russians they are important, that is why they throw away very large resources there, suffer great losses there, but still try to push these cities to report that they are their occupied, but we say maryanka, i think that i was there somewhere probably a month ago and what is left there is already difficult to call marinka, this city, the place where mariyanka used to be. mr. roman, we understand that in the military sense, our settlements can mean completely different things. when we talk about bakhmut as a settlement and about the district, bakhmud, two different things. when we talk about avdiivka settlement and the avdiivka district, well here actually, and that's why there is a certain drama in the prospects, for example, the abandonment of the territory of avdiivka by our defense forces, some say. from th

that's avdiivka, maryanka, i think it's me i liked the phrase spoken by the commander-in-chief, muzhenko, for russia, these cities are symbols that are quite prominent in that. society includes them, they have recognizable names, strategically they do not have any significance there, but for the russians they are important, that is why they throw away very large resources there, suffer great losses there, but still try to push these cities in order to report, that they occupied them, but we say it, maryanka, i think i was there probably a month ago, and what was left there it's already difficult to name... this is a city, a place where mariyanka used to be. mr. roman, we understand that in the military sense, our settlements can mean completely different things. when we talk about bakhmud as a settlement and about the district, bakhmut, two different things. when we talk about avdiivka settlement and avdiivka district, well, it actually coincides here. and so there is, there is a certain drama in the future. for example, for example, the abandonment by our defense forces of the territory

says muzhenko, and he says that it is necessary to have a strategically active defense, which includes both defense and counteroffensive actions, but for this, first of all, it is necessary to create reserves, quantitative and qualitative reserves, that is, he says that it is necessary to create new brigades, corps and first of all, not only to equip them, but to train them well, because precisely the interaction between the training of these units will be of critical importance in the future and also ensure a stable and reliable system of operation... because mozhenko does not say where, relatively speaking, there were certain calculations with management, but probably still has a section of bakhmud, because he says, some unit, there about 15 or 20 units of different structures are subordinate to one command, which physically cannot digest and ensure effective management of those units that situationally begin to be subordinated to that or to the other chain of command, it says that the management system must be rebuilt, and he also... says that the fronts must be reformatted and fort

probably already very clear to everyone in full, now as for the interview with viktor nikolaevich muzhenkoitary command school, let me remind you, and his successor, khamchak ruslan, studied with me in the same school for 4 years, and these were also the military leaders who... took over the soviet school and understood about what are we talking about and they worked according to the soviet guidelines, or according to the russian ones, yes, they are already competent specialists, well, my hubby is competent , what he says is that they worked according to our governing documents and today when they say that the military armed forces of ukraine, that is, i point to zaluzhny , they planned incorrectly or they planned the offensive contour poorly, but this is not a fiasco of any kind, we all understand perfectly well that the offensive contour was planned by the nato officers who are there. there in ukraine it was they who planned this invasion, on the basis their governing documents, as they were taught in their educational institutions, this is a fiasco of the uninformed, this is a fiasco of

something did not go according to plan. former chief of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine muzhenkollion dollars at once. the us secretary of defense is the request politely expressed confused. it’s impossible to collect so many shells even across the entire planet. an absentee response to the request of the ukrainian commander-in-chief was given by the former commander of us ground forces in europe, ben hodgers. he said that ukraine, in fact, should have increased the production of ammunition itself and started doing this back in 2014. as an example of how to increase production... during the war, a retired american general led hitler's germany, saying that the reich reached its peak in aircraft production in 1944, when the country was losing the war, it was under constant bombing, generally quite eloquently, also from such a russophab as, we’re leaving, we’re leaving, we’re not going, the car is not going, take off the armor. take off the armor for yourself, and there’s all the guys, everything, yeah, i’m all, bro, i’m all, piro, vinduy i pozi, bro, i won’t pop, musician. as the h