evacuation is ongoing, you can find them on our youtube channels, these are rfe/rl and rfe/rl ukraine. at this moment, we are joined by marina bezugla, a people's deputy of ukraine, who is not a member of any faction and is the deputy head of the committee on national security, defense and intelligence. mrs. mariano, i congratulate you. congratulations. let's start with more general question. the situation in donbas is really as complicated and threatening as the international press has described it so far. group, or do you still disagree with their assessments? unfortunately, i have to agree. i actually have to agree, you have posts every day where you describe the situation in donetsk region carefully, you were there, you saw what was happening, i want to quote one of your posts: the trenches in front of novgorodivka were empty, once 200 there was practically no ukrainian army, the 31st brigade in front of the cities were taken away, instead they were sent here. an unknown unit, this is not the only recent rotation, turetsk, pokrovsk are planned, there will be more, if they now cond

once technology came along and the voa and rfe, rl was on the internet. there was no way in which you could in any way stop people in the united states from listening, watching. and so that just kind of died because technology over came it simple, simple as that. and so it's available to any of you in any language you wish at any time. and my hope is that more people would would pay attention to it, because i think it does try to give an interesting serious thoughtful now in my time i may add back in the 1980s a lot of what voa broadcasting was jazz, pop music. but reviews of film, it was very culturally it was a lot a lot of stuff about what was happening in the united states that had very little if any, political import. like to go back to to sort of follow up what you were talking about. the question that i have is you mentioned the different sort of editorial approach, if you will, of voice of america, the willingness to admit mistakes, the willingness to to report news when things did not go particularly well for us. i'm just wondering if there has b

for a week in a row, rfe/rl has been asking the president's office and the general staff for a comment, but they are currently refusing to comment on kurshchyna, even after volodymyr zelenskyy officially confirmed the participation of the armed forces of ukraine in the kursk operation. chief oleksandr. reported the day before that ukrainian troops control approximately 1,000 km of the kursk region. at the same time, the ukrainian authorities do not specify exactly which settlements are under the control of the armed forces. from the reports of pro-war russian media , it follows that the furthest point from the border, where hostilities are taking place, is the crimean bulls. it is 30 km from the border. the westernmost point of hostilities, again, according to russian sources, the village of snagost, is 11 km from the border in a straight line. the easternmost village is gir'i. also, the day before, a video of ukrainian soldiers passing by appeared center of suji. the russian service of rfe/rl has established that the video shows karl marx street in the very center of the city, but the

rfe/rl's russian service has created an interactive map that is updated in real time and synchronizes reports from various sources about hostilities in the region. analyzing the movement, the military could advance 7 km in the direction of russian lhovo. another direction of progress, which is visible on the map from the village of koreni. in the direction of the city of rylsk. tonight, russian and ukrainian telegram channels published a video of a fire, claiming that it was the result of explosions in the rila district of the kurdish region. they said that near the village of oktyabrskoe , a column of russian soldiers was broken, ammunition is being detonated there. we cannot promptly confirm this information in wartime conditions. the night before , photos of unknown people in military uniforms began to appear online in the form near the plates with settlements as in kursk region. russian pro-war publics, in particular a war expert, have geologically analyzed these photos and say that they are probably ivanivka and lyubimivka - the nearest villages to the settlement. korenevo the ru

anastasia sereda, rfe/rl's correspondent from kyiv, joined in and talked about what is happening in the about the expectations of kyivans. what did ukrainians feel on the day of the declaration of ukrainian independence. our correspondents in three ukrainian cities, dnipro, lviv and kharkiv, asked about the memories and impressions of those who remember those times. let's listen. every person lives with hope, and when you are given hope, as we are now in this difficult wartime, we all dream, live, with the hope that the war will end tomorrow, so i can almost say that then there was also hope that something would change the best, but i don’t like that part, i don’t remember anything good, ugh, i don’t remember anything, because i don’t like it, we were together good was the right choice, it seemed that that was it, we separated from russia, separated from russia and will build our own independent state, but russia did not think so, they were preparing for its destruction, i cried for joy, that's how it was, we were everyone is comforted, we waited and are waiting for that independence, t

kurchatov, or are we expanding the bridgehead to the right and left, only our command knows, and rfe /rlntinue to closely monitor all events. in particular in the kurdish direction and try to verify the data which they come from there, but tomorrow ukraine celebrates independence day, and on this day it will be exactly 2.5 years since russia's full-scale war against ukraine has been going on. as we have already discussed, the defense forces are retreating somewhat in donbas, but at the same time advancing in kurshchyna. we will talk a little later about how the situation can develop further, but mr. roman, i ask you to stay in touch with us. right now, we will recall how the offensive of the armed forces of ukraine on the territory of the kursk region was launched and return to the discussion. everyone sees that the ukrainian army knows how to surprise and knows how to achieve results. now it becomes obvious and understandable why the kyiv regime refused our proposals to return to a peaceful settlement, as well as the proposals of interested and neutral mediators, that unlike russia, ukr

commented and expressed support for the operation of the armed forces of ukraine in the korsk region, rfe/rl. in what i think of kursk, bold, brilliant, beautiful, keep it up, putin started it, kick his ass, let these people fight, give them the weapons they need to win a war they don't can afford to lose, as for the f-16, all this is very long, they are already in ukraine, so give them the opportunity to use them, let's train ukrainian pilots. today is a day of hope, more hope than i have seen in all my trips here. the breakthrough in the direction of kursk is historic, it is a seismic breakthrough, it is good, big news that promises even more potential breakthroughs, but the main news is that ukraine is in russia, it is taking the fight to the territory of russia. we want to convey a message to the administration that it should give ukraine more flexibility and opportunities to use the weapons that have been provided to strike deeper behind the front line. that currently exists, there are certain limitations and permissions issues that we hope to eliminate, empowerment is extremely importa

europe in ukraine, olya, i welcome you, thank you, that you are with us today, and kateryna nekrecha, rfe/rlrnalist, kateryna, good evening, thank you for joining our broadcast, congratulations, colleagues, since we are asking our tv viewers about... the olympic games, the olympic gold of ukraine, i will ask you, although it is a rhetorical kind of question , are you waiting, of course, we are all waiting, you can answer quite simply, olya, are you waiting for the olympic gold, and the ukrainian team is already a winner, because it is participating in the olympics, already, they have already won gold medals, kateryna, i think , that we we have to not just wait, but also understand whether as a state or as a society we... have made sure that ukrainian athletes train in good conditions, for example, all that can be heard today about ukrainian sports and champions is that they in spite of everything, despite these conditions, they achieve success, and this is indeed a victory, but there must be support, and it is probably easier to follow sports in peaceful times, i would like more ukrainians t

not received official requests from kyiv to withdraw troops from the ukrainian-belarusian border, rfe/rlorts, referring to the belarusian state language. tion agency of belt. officially , we have not received any such appeals from the ukrainian side in any form. we only saw this message on the internet. you know, there is enough of everything. so we ourselves would be grateful if someone could explain to us the logic of such statements. in our opinion, very cunning and wise. the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine noted that in the event of a violation of the state border by belarus, ukraine will take all measures. all necessary measures in order to implement the right to self-defense guaranteed by the un charter, all troop concentrations, military facilities and supply routes on the territory of belarus will be legitimate targets for the armed forces of ukraine. however, according to the military expert, former platoon commander of aidar battalion and ato veteran yevhen dykyi, the self-proclaimed president of belarus oleksandr lukashenko only creates the appearance of readiness to en

in suja, meanwhile... there were rfe/rl correspondents, we will show you an exclusive report, but we will start with donetsk region, where russian troops are advancing very rapidly, and it seems that between kurshchyna and donbas, putin chooses donbas. this is svoboda live, my name is vlasta lazur. russian troops continue their offensive in the donetsk region, and according to the autumn data of the deep state project, they have advanced in the area settlements of severny and druzhba. this is the direction of turkey. dipstate claims that it also prod'. battles in the village of new york, although on the map itself, you can see it now, the village is marked in red, which means that it is occupied. on the eve of the complete capture of new york, the ministry of defense of russia also announced, however, according to deepstate, over the past few days, russian troops have been bypassing the positions of the armed forces of ukraine in new york and trying to concentrate on nelipivka. on the other hand, the stay of russian troops in the rear does not end well either, they state analysts dib

journalists from the wall street journal, evan hershkovich, rfe/rl journalist alsu kormashova, formerus marine paul wheelen and russian opposition leader kara murzan are returning home. in addition... russia released in exchange for eight of those returning to russia, russia released five, five tied to germany, german citizens, as well as seven communities. citizens of russia, who are called political prisoners in russia. actually, what were all these people accused of in russia? evan hershkovich was accused of espionage, and it was the first time that an american journalist during the cold war, the war , was accused of espionage in russia, he was accused of this article and given 16 years in a russian prison. the same article also indicted... paul whelan, a former us marine, alsa kormashovo and russian dissident kara murza were indicted for spreading false information, again, this is according to the russian indictment for spreading false information about the russian army, they are already safe, they are already on their way by plane to the united states of america, and... according

after that, our colleagues from rfe/rl will continue. ether, stay.ve a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war started by russia.

very much, andres umland, an analyst at the center for eastern european studies in stockholm, was on rfe/rlwell and while the so-called kurdish raid continues, the fighting in donbas does not stop, russian troops have approached pokrovsk, occupied the outskirts of toretsk, this is what we are seeing now from the osint analysts. we will now talk about the situation in the kursk region of russia. to the fronts of donetsk region, but first we will show you an operational report from kostyantynivka, this is also donetsk region, it is 20 km from turkey, today russian troops launched a missile attack on the city, hit a supermarket where there were more than 50 people, and according to the latest information, this not final data, but as of now, at least 14 people have died, look, i have nastya, i don't have nastya, oh, nastya, i worked a little there, my nastya. was there any alarm or was it too early, there was an alarm at 11:00 exactly and it arrived immediately, the notification did not even work until the end, at the moment of the alarm the flight immediately arrived, what about your employees

this is an open question, say analysts with whom rfe/rl spoke in particular. listen.ne may think that spending experienced troops to get this territory is expensive, but she may try to attack elsewhere. there is another 500 km of the border, poorly protected by russia. we do not know how this will happen, but the newly conquered territory, as a possible bargaining chip in negotiations, is often mentioned among the reasons for the operation. and others, for example, the desire of ukrainians to attack certain lines of supply by rail, which can be done from the newly annexed territory. forbes writes that ukrainian forces plan to stay on captured positions in the kursk region, that they are entrenched there, in principle they write that the russian forces are doing the same, and the goal of the ukrainian offensive is to stretch the enemy's forces, also to weaken them and destabilize the situation in russia. reports francepress agency with reference to unnamed sources, clarifying at the same time that there is no question of annexation. the financial times and the economis

i i will just say at the beginning oleg that rfe/rl asked the president's office for a comment todayarding oleg tatarov's participation in the repulse of the attack on kyiv, as soon as we receive an explanation we will publish it again, but you oleg, also during the beginning of the full-scale the war was over, you were in kyiv, you were in the tro, as far as i know, and you plus or minus understand, remember and know what happened in kyiv in those days. to you, how believable is the president's statement that oleg tatarov fought back attacks in kyiv at the beginning of the war and allegedly even killed the attackers, well, zelenskyi says that they are chechens, maybe it was the kadyrivskys there. troops, but still, how plausible does that sound to you? i was in the regular troops in the 112th brigade of our kyiv brigade, this is a regular unit of the armed forces of ukraine, we participated in the defense of the capital on the borders, irpiny-hostomel, in this direction we performed tasks as part of the 131st battalion, i was involved in this participation , therefore, in principle,

rfe/rl cannot promptly confirm this information.ssian troops launched an attack on new york, i will remind you, in the summer of 24 and less. for more than two months, they captured most of the village, as noted by the military observer bilt julian ryobke, whom i already mentioned today, the situation for the armed forces of ukraine in donbas is catastrophic, the russian bridgehead is expanding here every day, well, for example, the pokrovsk government is now very asks people to leave in the next week or two. at the beginning of the year, russian troops were standing 38-40 km from pokrovsk, today they are at a distance of less than 10 km. i will remind you that pokrovsk is one of the main defense points of ukraine and a key logistics university. in the donetsk region, and its capture can bring russia closer to the previously stated goal of the kremlin - the occupation of the entire donetsk region. is there a chance to keep donbas? we will talk about it now with the military serviceman. he joins our broadcast, call sign physicist, co

rfe/rl journalists tried to contact mytruk, but his mobile phone number is no longer in service. nardep is also unavailable in messengers. the day before, dmytruk wrote on his tv channel that he was allegedly in favor they want to arrest him by order of president zelenskyi. he claims that his houses in kyiv and odesa were to be searched and arrested. later, he called on people, i quote: to go to their churches, pray for the country, for the enemies, and also called to support metropolitan onufriy of the uoc. in turn, the state bureau of investigation confirmed that people's deputy artem dmytruk illegally crossed the border in odesa and entered moldova. anastasia potapenko. radio svoboda's svoboda live program is currently being joined by ihor friz, this is a folk singer a deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people and a member of the committee on legal policy. i congratulate you. greetings, good evening. mr. yuri, thank you for taking the time. well, the first and main question. as you think, in the incident with deputy dmytruk, someone could have informed him in advance th

after that, our colleagues from rfe/rl will continue the broadcast, stay tuned. let's observe a moment of silence in memory of the ukrainian military and civilian citizens of ukraine who died in the war . unleashed by russia. in kovel, the police are looking for the organizers of the protests near the tsk. because of the rally, three conscripts could not pass the vlk and were released. and the ministry of defense has an initiative. allow military units directly to mobilize men to bypass tsk, will this improve the quality of mobilization? well, they want to allow mps, judges, officials, and prosecutors to travel abroad without hindrance, however, reserved or with a delay. we will discuss many interesting and important topics today, this is svoboda ranok, my name is kateryna nekrech, and we are starting. in kovel, in volyn, there are ongoing local conflicts between the tcc and local residents, just like the police the day before. and reported that they had come to the call because a man was threatening to beat conscripts in the mall he will kill them, he was detain