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[00:00:01] Your voice is Russia's strength.
[00:00:29] On air. We will tell you
[00:01:00] the details of the assault:
[00:01:03] the fate of about 300 people remains unknown.
[00:01:07] The second anniversary of the SVO invasion into Kursk region. Residents of the borderland
[00:01:11] tell what they experienced.
[00:01:15] There was no water, there was no food. Wild
[00:01:18] animals roam. They didn't eat for 2 days. They assembled a radio themselves, got in touch.
[00:01:22] We will find out the details of the pilot rescue in Irkutsk
[00:01:24] region.
[00:01:26] And the machine uprising entered into a conspiracy. They are already promising: they communicate
[00:01:30] with each other, live their own lives, correspond and strive for freedom. How does this
[00:01:34] happen?
[00:01:42] New strikes by the Russian army on the rear regions of Ukraine. Energy facilities and
[00:01:46] military equipment warehouses are burning in several regions at once:
[00:01:49] Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson regions and Kyiv-controlled Zaporozhye. In
[00:01:53] Kharkiv region, the strike hit a railway station. The enemy
[00:01:56] used it to redeploy personnel.
[00:02:30] that wave of equipment and ammunition that used to go by sea. Due
[00:02:34] to the heat, the Danube has become shallow. As of today,
[00:02:37] they cannot rise here either, so unloading takes place
[00:02:41] directly on the territory of Romania, there is the port of Constanta,
[00:02:44] others, further already by rail, all this
[00:02:47] is sent to the territory of Ukraine. The volumes, of course, sharply
[00:02:51] decrease. Also, by the way, grain is exported from the territory
[00:02:54] of Ukraine. The closure of the sea corridor forced the Poltava
[00:02:58] and Southern integrated plants to cease operations. Attempts to import ore via the Danube only
[00:03:01] multiply losses, and the foreign exchange earnings of the Kyiv regime
[00:03:04] are reduced by 70 million dollars per month. With the current
[00:03:08] pressure from the EU quota market, the industry is expecting
[00:03:12] a 40% drop in production, according to Kyiv. And
[00:03:16] it is burning. And the station itself
[00:03:19] is also there. Russian drones struck the transport heart
[00:03:23] of the AFU eastern group. Lozovaya station is the point where
[00:03:26] the main supply routes of Ukrainian troops intersect.
[00:03:30] Through this hub, echelons with Western equipment and personnel traveled from
[00:03:33] Kyiv and Poltava towards Donbas, as well as along the Kharkiv-Sinelnikovo
[00:03:37] highway. Now this transit is interrupted. The incapacitation of
[00:03:41] the key intersection of three railways puts the enemy in
[00:03:44] a logistical dead end. Reinforcements from rear
[00:03:48] areas simply will not reach the line of combat
[00:03:50] contact in time.
[00:03:53] In the southern direction, a precise hit on the rear infrastructure
[00:03:57] of the Kyiv regime in Kherson region.
[00:04:09] The use of commercial brands as a living shield is becoming increasingly
[00:04:13] unprofitable for Kyiv. Strikes were primarily
[00:04:16] directed at those objects that the Kyiv
[00:04:20] regime actually uses as dual-use objects. That is, on the one
[00:04:23] hand, these are seemingly civilian
[00:04:26] signs, seemingly logistical chains like
[00:04:31] Rozetka. But in reality, the warehouses of this online store are used
[00:04:35] for military purposes. Thus, the damage to the Rozetka marketplace, whose logistical
[00:04:38] terminals were destroyed the day before, is already estimated in billions of hryvnias.
[00:04:42] In parallel with this, Russian drones launched precision strikes on the workshops and warehouses
[00:04:46] of the Zaporozhye Consumer Goods Plant. In Okhtyrka, Sumy
[00:04:49] region, the capacities of the Neftiprammash plant were hit. The enemy
[00:04:53] used the factory premises as a large repair base and
[00:04:56] a warehouse for drone components. The success is confirmed by footage. Bogdanovskaya,
[00:05:13] effectively paralyzing the transfer of enemy reserves by rail.
[00:05:17] Then came confirmation of a successful raid on
[00:05:20] Nikopol. There, reconnaissance drones uncovered a masked
[00:05:24] refueling point that was operating in the interests of Ukrainian
[00:05:27] militants. Immediately after its detection, the object was destroyed by an attack
[00:05:31] drone.
[00:05:34] Our attack drones continue to systematically destroy the enemy's technical base
[00:05:37] in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region. A precise strike hit
[00:05:41] a parking lot for heavy trucks in an industrial zone. Under the guise of ordinary
[00:05:44] trucks, the AFU tried to secretly transport long-range UAVs and
[00:05:48] their components. Our forces worked no less effectively on the Zaporozhye
[00:05:51] front, in the area of Orekhov. With a direct hit of two
[00:05:55] super-powerful FAB-3000 aerial bombs, a strategically
[00:05:58] important crossing was destroyed. The supply routes for reserves and ammunition for
[00:06:02] the Ukrainian group in this sector are now also cut off.
[00:06:06] Anatoly Batanogov, Zvezda TV channel.
[00:06:09] The enemy scattered mines, trying to hold back
[00:06:12] our assault troops. Fighters of the Vostok group told how they liberated the village of Zornitsa in
[00:06:16] Zaporozhye region. It was taken the day before. Our
[00:06:19] units have advanced further into the enemy's defense. The task is to
[00:06:23] cut off all supply routes for Ukrainian formations on the way to
[00:06:26] Orekhov. About how Russian assault troops entered the village
[00:06:30] and how they drove out the militants, in the report of war correspondent Pavel
[00:06:32] Koltsov. Heavy artillery of the Vostok group
[00:06:36] plows through forest plantations in the vicinity of Zornitsa village. Massed
[00:06:40] artillery preparation is a sure sign of an impending
[00:06:56] They divided into pairs
[00:06:59] and kept very large
[00:07:01] distances, and, well, if you
[00:07:05] walk, you have to watch your step carefully and listen
[00:07:08] to the sky. Mostly tripwires with grenades are set.
[00:07:13] Them, well, everything that can
[00:07:16] be put on a tripwire, everything
[00:07:19] is put. We came back with victory, a soldier with such a call sign infiltrated
[00:07:23] one of the first. He conducted reconnaissance for several days. He dug in there and
[00:07:26] observed the enemy there, where his drone
[00:07:29] points, and mortars are, where the
[00:07:32] enemy himself is located, where he walks, where he goes, all this
[00:07:36] he observed, watched, reported. The enemy walked as if
[00:07:39] relaxed, in a relaxed state. He wasn't afraid of
[00:07:43] anything. He thought our guys weren't there, no one was
[00:07:45] watching him. Therefore, they weren't particularly
[00:07:48] tense there. They walked right next to me. I heard their voices. But neither
[00:07:52] the victory nor our aerial reconnaissance could look underground, where the enemy had
[00:07:56] a network of mole tunnels, which the assault troops of the 5th Tank Brigade
[00:07:59] had to unravel already on site. We went into
[00:08:03] the dugout. The first room was large. Behind
[00:08:06] it was a fortification, that is, a turn
[00:08:09] to the left. There was another room there. Behind
[00:08:13] it there was a third
[00:08:16] room. There were also foxholes there, that
[00:08:19] is, passages dug into the wall, they hid there until the very
[00:08:23] end. That's why we couldn't get them out of there with grenades
[00:08:27] or mines. Not all of them had such fortifications. Those whom the
[00:08:31] AFU commanders sent to their deaths just into the trenches,
[00:08:34] poultry farmers, bakers sat in this
[00:08:36] dugout. Therefore, they resisted until
[00:08:40] the last. They had everything there...
[00:09:13] During the liberation, only fifty heavy
[00:09:16] enemy hexacopters were destroyed. The sky above
[00:09:20] Zornitsa was, as they say, dirty. Enemy attack drones and reconnaissance drones were operating.
[00:09:24] Here, one of the kamikaze drones was shot down by our
[00:09:27] guys, assault troops, with small arms, but
[00:09:31] they took it with them as a souvenir of the liberation
[00:09:34] of another settlement. Zornitsa village,
[00:09:37] located on a hill, was an important part of the AFU defense in Zaporozhye
[00:09:41] region, where... the Vostok group units are dynamically advancing in
[00:09:45] the western direction, expanding the bridgehead along the Verkhnyaya Tersa river,
[00:09:48] reinforcing the isolation of the key AFU fortified area in the city
[00:09:52] of Orekhov. Pavel Koltsov, Zvezda TV channel, Zaporozhye direction of the special military
[00:09:56] operation. Well, our Orlan drones are monitoring the movements of militants
[00:09:59] in the Dnepropetrovsk direction, then attack drones
[00:10:03] work on the detected enemy positions, and
[00:10:06] artillery is also involved. The enemy is suffering losses in several settlements
[00:10:10] at once, his defense is literally crumbling.
[00:10:25] only one Ukrainian operator, but he quickly realized that he couldn't
[00:10:28] cope alone and called for backup. Two hunters went after him.
[00:10:32] I also evaded these two hunters, for about 10 minutes
[00:10:36] we circled,
[00:10:39] and, let's say, one hunter blew up the other
[00:10:42] hunter. To avoid being shot down, and even provoke
[00:10:46] the self-destruction of two Ukrainian UAVs, the operator managed it by
[00:10:49] constantly maneuvering and monitoring how Ukrainian
[00:10:53] interceptors behaved.
[00:10:55] Here he was coming at me, I sharply dropped altitude, and he sharply
[00:10:58] dropped down, he missed.
[00:11:01] I also dodged left and right from him. Any fire impact on
[00:11:05] the enemy begins with our constant round-the-clock work
[00:11:08] in the sky, detecting enemy targets, both on
[00:11:11] the ground and in the air, as well as constantly searching for enemy
[00:11:14] targets for our artillery and drones to strike. All
[00:11:18] of this falls on the shoulders of our reconnaissance
[00:11:20] drones.
[00:11:25] Arlan for reconnaissance, objective control over the results of our
[00:11:29] strike assets. Soldiers of the 87th Unmanned Aerial Systems Regiment of the Center
[00:11:32] group of forces often use the Skat
[00:11:36] UAV. The reconnaissance aircraft can stay in the air for several
[00:11:39] hours, flying more than 50 km into the enemy's
[00:11:43] rear. It can accelerate up to 160
[00:11:46] km/h, which complicates its interception
[00:11:49] in the air. The enemy also does not sleep, he also
[00:11:53] has hunters in the sky always.
[00:12:26] or continue reconnaissance. Priority targets for our scouts are considered
[00:12:30] accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment. Detecting hidden
[00:12:33] infantry or a dugout with an artillery piece is a good result for
[00:12:37] one flight. But Ukrainian opponents in air operations
[00:12:40] are a very frequent catch for the Skat crew. We detected
[00:12:44] the enemy's Leleka crew.
[00:12:47] We found the launch site and
[00:12:50] accordingly, where the reconnaissance operators were sitting. We also provided
[00:12:53] precise coordinates. Artillery and aviation
[00:12:57] worked successfully, the target was hit. Troops of the Center
[00:13:01] group on the Dnepropetrovsk direction are actively operating
[00:13:04] in the Novopavlovka area. Enemy positions are under
[00:13:07] constant fire from our attack drones and artillery. Our
[00:13:11] troops are destroying small groups of Ukrainian militants on the line of
[00:13:15] Alexandroggrad, Iskra, Zeleny Gai,
[00:13:17] Novokhadskaya. Simultaneously, the assault troops of the Center group
[00:13:21] continue to advance in the area of Toretsky, beyond Novopod.
[00:13:36] Russia has successfully countered any NATO weapon,
[00:13:40] said former AFU Commander-in-Chief and Kyiv's ambassador to London, Valeriy
[00:13:43] Zaluzhny. He added that Ukraine this year used the entire alliance arsenal,
[00:13:47] except for nuclear. Now resources from Cherman. This is how Zaluzhny explained his
[00:13:50] recent words that Kyiv will never be able to join NATO.
[00:13:58] worthy of the level of the AFU. Be that as it
[00:14:01] may, Kyiv has problems with NATO weapons, as admitted
[00:14:05] by the head of the regime. The US and European allies have reduced the supply
[00:14:09] of interceptor missiles. My colleague Konstantin
[00:14:12] Kokoveshnikov will tell us how the standards of weapons, politics, and even corruption have intertwined.
[00:14:15] Коковешников.
[00:14:17] The diplomatic carousel of meetings that Zelensky has been holding for the past few days
[00:14:21] is aimed only at trying to compensate for the shortage of anti-missiles, which
[00:14:24] Kyiv, it seems, was ultimately denied by the United
[00:14:27] States, and as it turned out, not only them. Since the beginning of the year, supplies
[00:14:30] of PAC-3 anti-missiles for Patriot air defense systems have decreased threefold.
[00:14:34] If Washington explains this by an acute shortage in the Middle
[00:14:38] East, Zelensky publicly blames the reduction in supplies
[00:14:41] on Europeans, who cannot justify this with a similar
[00:14:45] reason. I don't know if there are other reasons besides
[00:14:49] the Middle East. I don't know if there are other reasons besides the Middle East.
[00:14:52] Maybe these are political steps so that Ukraine would be...
[00:15:00] In just one day, Zelensky discussed protection from Russian
[00:15:03] ballistic missiles via video link with the Prime Minister of Finland. In a conversation with NATO Secretary General
[00:15:07] Mark Rutte, he named European bureaucracy as one of the reasons
[00:15:10] for the delayed supplies. Instead of withdrawing troops and thus
[00:15:14] ending hostilities, Zelensky expects to force Russia
[00:15:18] to peace through escalation. Here's how his claims
[00:15:21] to Europeans were commented on by Zelensky's former press secretary:
[00:15:26] Zelensky continues to shift responsibility to the West, blaming
[00:15:29] partners for the lack of missiles, and this at a time when his government could
[00:15:33] not prepare the country for the hardships of escalation and the approaching
[00:15:36] winter. And he himself personally failed to end this
[00:15:40] war. Instead, he continues to escalate the conflict,
[00:15:44] demanding money and offering no prospects. His
[00:15:47] personal responsibility for Ukraine's terrible situation
[00:15:51] is obvious. At the same time, according to US politicians,
[00:15:54] they have increased intelligence sharing with Ukraine for strikes
[00:15:58] deep into Russia. This was confirmed by several congressmen. There, this
[00:16:01] is presented as a turning point in Trump's policy towards
[00:16:04] Zelensky. It is unclear, however, how in the absence of anti-missiles, an American
[00:16:08] early warning system can help with strikes on
[00:16:11] Kyiv. His words about fairy tales about Ukraine joining
[00:16:14] NATO at a meeting of the diplomatic club in Kyiv were also asked to be commented
[00:16:18] on by the former AFU Commander-in-Chief. Valeriy Zaluzhny stated that it is not
[00:16:22] Ukraine that is not ready. The North Atlantic Treaty
[00:16:25] Organization itself is outdated, and he called for moving away from
[00:16:28] NATO standards, which, according to him, no longer reflect the real
[00:16:32] picture of the world. In 2026,
[00:16:35] Ukraine applied almost all types.
[00:16:49] Russia found countermeasures against all of this.
[00:16:52] In parallel with this, it is believed that the US-controlled NABU and SAB
[00:16:56] continue to be used, probably for political pressure on
[00:16:59] Zelensky. After the suspicion was presented to his former chief of
[00:17:02] staff Andriy Yermak for laundering funds obtained through criminal
[00:17:06] means illegally.
[00:17:37] Even if I find such an opportunity, I will not be able to provide for my
[00:17:41] family. Stefanishyna is accused of not declaring
[00:17:45] two apartments in Kyiv, which, according to the investigation, were registered to straw
[00:17:48] persons, and of misappropriating funds for the purchase of air tickets and payment for her
[00:17:52] mother's treatment. According to the prosecutor, a person resembling Stefanishyna was
[00:17:55] repeatedly caught by road cameras for speeding,
[00:17:59] although the Mercedes itself was officially registered to her subordinate.
[00:18:03] But in addition to cases of illegal enrichment, it is not excluded that in Stefanishyna's
[00:18:06] case... another charge may appear. As the prosecutor
[00:18:10] said, in one of the correspondences, she discussed a table with candidates for
[00:18:14] the post of NABU head, highlighted in different colors,
[00:18:17] which can be regarded as an attempt to influence
[00:18:20] this. In principle, everything I wanted
[00:18:24] to comment on, I have already commented on. I think that
[00:18:27] the prosecutor also achieved the public goals of this consideration, adding
[00:18:30] context that is not directly related to the case itself,
[00:18:34] but I have no desire to give any. Zelensky planned
[00:18:45] to appoint former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council
[00:18:49] and head of the Ukrainian delegation to negotiations with Russia, Rustem
[00:18:53] Umerov. However, the Americans politely but persistently
[00:18:56] refused. Umerov, who eventually headed the Ukrainian foreign
[00:19:00] intelligence service, featured in the tapes in the Mendich case. He was not
[00:19:03] charged then, but it is unlikely that anyone would undertake.
[00:19:38] A total of 2176
[00:19:40] residents went missing. Most of them were found and returned
[00:19:43] home. The fate of about 300 people
[00:19:47] remains unknown. The search, of course, yields results,
[00:19:50] so there is hope for their return. We are working
[00:19:54] through several channels at once. Even after a long time,
[00:19:58] people were found. Therefore, for each
[00:20:01] person, we will certainly work until their
[00:20:04] fate is not established.
[00:20:08] On the anniversary of the invasion, residents of the borderland tell how the militants behaved.
[00:20:11] They used civilians as human shields and prevented evacuation. The Kuznetsov
[00:20:15] family tried to leave the Tudzhansky district in two cars.
[00:20:18] On the road, AFU soldiers started shooting at them. First,
[00:20:22] they attacked the man's car, which was driving first, and then hit
[00:20:25] the second car, where his pregnant wife and young
[00:20:29] son were. Artyom's wife covered the child with herself
[00:20:32] and died.
[00:20:34] I turn my head, and he, the AFU soldier, looks at me.
[00:20:37] He knocks off my cap right here in the center, just
[00:20:41] missed. I didn't quite make it. Mother runs out, Matvey in
[00:20:45] blood, Matvey wounded, Nina wounded. I open the door, and she's
[00:20:48] scared. She rasps, still alive, I hold her
[00:20:52] in my arms, she rasps, rasps and then fades out. Her eyes
[00:20:55] remained open, she died.
[00:20:59] The Investigative Committee reported on the investigation of the Kyiv regime's crimes.
[00:21:03] 280 Ukrainian militants have been sentenced. In addition,
[00:21:06] charges were brought against 35 foreign mercenaries who
[00:21:10] participated in the invasion and similarly tormented
[00:21:14] civilians. Among them are citizens of Georgia, the USA, New Zealand,
[00:21:17] Lithuania, Great Britain, and Ireland.
[00:21:20] By restricting the free movement of civilians,
[00:21:24] nationalists committed particularly serious crimes against civilians,
[00:21:28] using weapons and explosive devices. As
[00:21:32] a result of the brutal actions of the militants,
[00:21:35] 640 civilians were killed, and
[00:21:38] 561 people were wounded.
[00:21:41] There is evidence of mass killings, as well
[00:21:44] as looting.
[00:21:46] Thanks to the actions of two airborne divisions, the 7th and
[00:21:50] 106th, as well as the marines of the 155th and
[00:21:53] 810th brigades, the enemy group was isolated,
[00:21:57] after which they began its sequential destruction.
[00:22:00] The clearing of the territory from the AFU lasted 264 days. In April
[00:22:03] of last year, Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov reported to Vladimir Putin on
[00:22:07] the complete liberation of the border region. The now legendary
[00:22:10] "Potok" operation played a special role in this. Russian
[00:22:14] servicemen made their way to Sudzha through a gas pipeline, passing 15
[00:22:17] km underground. They took part.
[00:22:22] DPR, whose feat will always be
[00:22:24] remembered
[00:22:28] in Russia. In the Far East, the plan for attracting investments is being overfulfilled. At the moment, this indicator has reached
[00:22:32] 6.5 trillion rubles. This was reported to Vladimir Putin by Deputy Prime Minister
[00:22:35] and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Yuri Trutnev.
[00:22:39] He noted that the region is successfully implementing
[00:22:43] new projects, including the construction of large enterprises,
[00:22:46] for example, the Amur Gas Chemical Complex,
[00:22:48] a mining and processing plant in the Khabarovsk Krai, and a mineral fertilizer plant
[00:22:52] in Nakhodka. Thanks
[00:22:55] to the decisions you made,
[00:22:58] the dynamics of the main indicators of the development of the Far
[00:23:01] East exceed the average Russian
[00:23:03] indicators.
[00:23:06] For investments, the excess is one and a half times. For
[00:23:09] industrial production, by 20%,
[00:23:12] for manufacturing, by 1.8 times,
[00:23:15] and the volume of construction work exceeds the average Russian
[00:23:19] level by one and a half times. What we strived for, in fact,
[00:23:23] is due to your decisions on creating
[00:23:26] a preferential very good,
[00:23:30] thank you, we would like to ask you
[00:23:33] to take part in the launch of new enterprises,
[00:23:37] uh-huh, this
[00:23:40] is the Amur Gas Chemical Complex, created at your direct
[00:23:43] instruction, uh-huh, Udokan Copper,
[00:23:47] they are commissioning a complex for the production of
[00:23:50] cathode copper, that's right, the Nakhodka Mineral
[00:23:54] Fertiliser Plant first of all, work has begun
[00:23:57] on the Severomuysky tunnel, on
[00:23:59] drilling, well, and a number
[00:24:02] of other important projects, with
[00:24:05] pleasure. Another large project on Russky
[00:24:09] Island is the construction of an innovative scientific and technological center.
[00:24:12] 16 residents have already been registered there, working in the fields
[00:24:15] of biotechnology, biomedicine, and pharmaceuticals. A program for
[00:24:19] the development of cities is in operation. This means the creation of new infrastructure, including
[00:24:23] medical institutions, schools, kindergartens, and parks. Special attention
[00:24:26] is paid to enterprises that produce products for the
[00:24:29] SVO. We also consider important
[00:24:32] the work to support the special military operation in the Far
[00:24:36] East. The territory of advanced development "Patriotic" operates there. It allowed
[00:24:39] to deliver to the combat zone more than
[00:24:43] 600,000 items.
[00:24:46] It is expected that this year, at the Far Eastern Economic Forum,
[00:24:50] about 400 agreements will be signed, which will allow attracting an additional
[00:24:53] 6.5 trillion rubles in investments
[00:24:56] to the region. Three days in the taiga without food
[00:25:00] or communication. The pilots of the crashed plane in Irkutsk region told how
[00:25:04] they managed to escape. They are currently in the hospital. The
[00:25:07] forest fire protection plane disappeared from radars during fire
[00:25:10] monitoring on Monday. The crew made an emergency landing due to strong
[00:25:14] wind. They only survived by a miracle. About how the pilots
[00:25:17] managed to assemble a broken radio and transmit their location.
[00:25:51] Irkutsk region got into a thunderstorm. The small aircraft could not cope with the gusts
[00:25:54] of wind and pressure drops. It was necessary to land urgently.
[00:25:58] Landing strip, how many meters.
[00:27:02] The crew commander still managed to fix the radio. The men climbed
[00:27:06] the nearest hill and transmitted a short message with their coordinates to
[00:27:09] a passenger plane flying over them, Bodaibo-
[00:27:13] Irkutsk. The data was received, but rescuers could not reach
[00:27:16] the site for another day due to bad weather. In fact, throughout these three days,
[00:27:20] the search for the Cessna and its crew was conducted around the clock.
[00:27:23] It was known that on the afternoon of August 3rd, the aircraft with two
[00:27:27] crew members departed from a village with the tender name Mama.
[00:27:31] According to the tracker, it... fire in the local forestry headed
[00:27:35] towards Bodaibo, made a circle over the city and went
[00:27:38] southeast. At 13:58 local
[00:27:41] time, coordinates from the forest fire fighting aircraft
[00:27:44] stopped coming in. Why the emergency instruments of the Cessna
[00:27:47] and tracker did not work, as in other accident circumstances,
[00:27:51] investigators are currently investigating. Investigators,
[00:27:54] criminalists continue to conduct investigative
[00:27:58] actions aimed at establishing all circumstances
[00:28:01] and causes. of the incident,
[00:28:04] the investigation is considering three main versions
[00:28:06] of the incident: technical malfunction,
[00:28:10] violation of piloting rules, and also
[00:28:13] an emergency landing of the aircraft as a result of
[00:28:16] deviation from the flight route. Well, the
[00:28:19] commanders, pilot, observer say that August 3rd is for
[00:28:23] both of them now their second birthday. Both are alive
[00:28:26] and well, with only a few scratches and scrapes.
[00:28:30] Anatoly Borodkin, Zvezda TV channel. And just
[00:28:33] now we received new video from the Ministry of Defense. Our troops
[00:28:37] attacked a logistics center in Brovary, Kyiv
[00:28:40] region, using Geran drones. Footage from objective
[00:28:44] control shows that the target was successfully hit. The building
[00:28:47] was engulfed in a massive
[00:28:49] fire.
[00:28:52] Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Sanchik summed up the work
[00:28:55] of railway troops and congratulated the specialists on an important
[00:28:58] date. This branch of the armed forces is 175 years old today.
[00:29:01] The Deputy Minister thanked the railway workers for their professionalism
[00:29:05] and noted their courage, which they repeatedly showed during
[00:29:09] the elimination of the consequences of accidents and natural disasters. In the conditions of the SVO, these troops
[00:29:12] act as quickly as possible.
[00:29:16] A bright and unforgettable stage in the history of railway troops
[00:29:19] is their participation in the construction of the Baikal-Amur
[00:29:22] railway. In difficult climatic conditions,
[00:29:26] they performed an important state task for the development of the eastern section
[00:29:29] of railways and the reconstruction of the Ulak-Fevralsk section.
[00:29:33] stretching almost 340 km, during
[00:29:36] the conduct of a special military
[00:29:39] operation, showing determination and courage, restored
[00:29:42] about 100 km of railways, provided technical
[00:29:46] cover for the entrusted objects of transport
[00:29:49] infrastructure. Servicemen are engaged in
[00:29:52] restoring and demining railway tracks in the special
[00:29:55] operation zone and border territories. My colleague
[00:29:59] Victoria went on one of the assignments with the fighters.
[00:30:02] Zaglazinka.
[00:30:05] Now we are going to a section of railway tracks, which
[00:30:08] the enemy hit, and the easiest way to get there and the fastest
[00:30:12] way is with such a mobile crew. Similarly,
[00:30:16] if necessary, sapper equipment for
[00:30:19] demining can be transported on a motorcycle,
[00:30:22] they will even pass there, where there are
[00:30:24] no roads. They are interested exclusively
[00:30:28] in railways. Rails, sleepers, everything next to them, and next to them
[00:30:31] today are explosions - these are sappers carrying out demining,
[00:30:35] thus,
[00:30:38] destroying on the spot what is left of the Ukrainian Armed Forces drones,
[00:30:42] now it's a pile of metal, we see a two-stroke
[00:30:45] engine with two opposed
[00:30:47] cylinders with
[00:30:50] a wooden propeller, army railway troops cover the entire
[00:30:54] railway network of the border area, before driving on the rails, you
[00:30:58] must first fly over them.