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00:00:17News on Zvezda. Mikhail Rezhitov in the studio. Hello, powerful explosions in Kyiv,
00:00:21smoke for kilometers, glow of fires over the capital of Ukraine.
00:00:25And so, after the hits, warehouses are burning in the suburban Sofievskaya
00:00:28Borschagovka. Literally two kilometers from the notoriously known
00:00:31torture house of the
00:00:32Ukrainian Armed Forces.
00:00:39Protests against power outages began in the city itself in Obolon in
00:00:43the Zhytomyr metro area, residents are blocking roads, demanding the return of
00:00:46light, water, heating. There has been no electricity for
00:00:50five days now. Utility services warn that frosts are coming soon,
00:00:53the situation will worsen critically. It was loud tonight in
00:00:56Dnepropetrovsk, judging by the neon flashes, part of it... Russian
00:01:04troops are developing an offensive in Kharkiv region, the North group
00:01:08is driving the enemy out of Dementievka and Malye
00:01:11Prokhody. Our fighters
00:01:14liberated two days earlier. The assault on each settlement
00:01:18into the enemy's rear in advance.
00:01:21A fighter with the call sign Kzyr tells how in the summer he spent a whole
00:01:24month near the enemy in the area of the Reznikovsky cauldron. Together
00:01:28with his partner, he cleared a network of observation strongholds
00:01:31and eliminated several militants. Most often, scouts move
00:01:35at night or in conditions of poor visibility. For greater stealth, they
00:01:39use anti-drone blankets and other means of camouflage. They
00:01:42allow them to get close to the enemy and even capture
00:01:45prisoners.
00:01:47Two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were captured, after
00:01:51working with them, enemy positions were
00:01:54identified, a phone,
00:01:57documents, everything was found on them.
00:02:00They said how the enemy enters, how the enemy is deployed, how many, what
00:02:03quantity, during missions, scouts use
00:02:07captured drones, the enemy takes them for their own and does not touch them,
00:02:11this helps our fighters gather necessary information, and if necessary,
00:02:15destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, dropping
00:02:17ammunition on them.
00:02:20Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov congratulated servicemen and veterans on
00:02:23Military Intelligence Day. He noted that these fighters show high
00:02:27professionalism, courage and endurance, successfully solving
00:02:30responsible tasks in the zone of a special military operation and
00:02:33preventing threats to national security.
00:02:36The most distinguished scouts were awarded departmental and state
00:02:40awards. The ceremonies took place, among other things, on the front line, for example, in
00:02:43Dnepropetrovsk region, where the Center group of forces is operating. The command
00:02:47thanked the personnel for their courage.
00:02:50I will add, modern military intelligence officers, without exaggeration,
00:02:53can be called universal soldiers. They master all
00:02:56advanced methods of warfare and constantly hone their skills
00:03:00at specialized training grounds. The training program includes in-depth
00:03:04tactical fire training, conducting reconnaissance and
00:03:07sabotage activities, separate attention is paid to drone
00:03:10control and countering enemy UAVs. These skills
00:03:14are successfully applied by scouts in the SMO zone.
00:03:18In the Kramatorsk direction, our fighters are breaking through the enemy's defenses and
00:03:21advancing from Shakhovo towards Rayskoe. In
00:03:24Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the central part
00:03:28of the city are under serious threat of semi-encirclement. In both
00:03:31sections, UAV crews of the southern group of forces provide
00:03:34support to their advancing units. Thus, they
00:03:38discovered and destroyed a Humvee armored fighting vehicle camouflaged in
00:03:41a forest belt and two drone control points. Also, as
00:03:44a result of a series of successful attacks, a group of
00:03:47militants and an ammunition depot with a supply
00:03:50of shells for a multiple launch rocket system were eliminated.
00:03:54Advancement in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group. Far Easterners took more
00:03:58advantageous positions in the areas.
00:05:00confidently advancing deep into enemy defenses, cutting off
00:05:03logistics routes and strengthening the isolation of the Orekhovsky fortified area
00:05:06of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Our next broadcast is at 8:00. All
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00:09:04news. The floor to Alexey
00:09:06Koshkin.
00:09:16Colleagues, greetings. So, the coalition of the willing, if
00:09:20you remember such a one, announced the date of new exercises.
00:09:23The maneuvers will begin on November 9. 2800
00:09:27military personnel from 10 European countries will practice coordination
00:09:30of future actions in Ukraine at a Polish training ground.
00:09:33And the instigators
00:09:36of the demonstrative maneuvers are Britain and France, but the military
00:09:40games can be shattered by reality, both
00:09:43physical and political. The coalition of the willing still
00:09:47believes that Ukraine's security must be built with
00:09:50weapons. Therefore, the exercises will test the mechanisms
00:09:53for controlling combined forces. In fact, this
00:09:57can be called a rehearsal for occupation. The coalition
00:10:00of the willing is going to set up military camps in Ukraine and
00:10:04surround them with equipment and weapons, but they will protect
00:10:07themselves, not Ukraine, although
00:10:10this will be declared as for...
00:10:12civil society, this is the same model that NATO
00:10:16tested in Afghanistan. Also,
00:10:18the British plan to practice the ability to interact and effectively
00:10:22function as part of a single, multinational
00:10:26group, again not a word about protecting and helping
00:10:29the people of Ukraine. In parallel with the Polish
00:10:33maneuvers, naval exercises will be held in Istanbul. There they will
00:10:36practice mine clearance of the water area. In the future, this
00:10:39should ensure Europe a safe resumption of commercial
00:10:43shipping in the ports of Ukraine. In general, the maneuvers
00:10:46should show that Great Britain, France and others
00:10:50are intensifying efforts, preparing for the moment when in
00:10:53Ukraine.
00:11:01And, as the Kingdom's Minister of Defense said, this is not a hypothetical plan, but a real force ready to come to Ukraine's aid as soon as hostilities
00:11:04cease. Exactly the same thing was done by the British and Americans in
00:11:08post-war Germany in '45, they set up
00:11:11camps, organized their administrations and forced
00:11:14the surviving Germans to restore
00:11:17the economy. The difference is that many people have already
00:11:20fled Ukraine. The Maidan stood for
00:11:23visa-free travel, so... that Ukrainians prefer to love their homeland
00:11:27from afar and sitting on benefits, what
00:11:30kind of true Ukrainian will go back
00:11:33to work, but Europe has two ways to implement
00:11:37the brilliant plans of the coalition of the willing: the first is to
00:11:40scandalously push the fattened Ukrainian refugees
00:11:43home and to work, the second is to kill two birds
00:11:47with one stone, by sending hordes of legal and
00:11:51illegal migrants from Africa and the East to our doorstep. This is a real way
00:11:55to liberate European territories from rioters and
00:11:58turn Mohammed into
00:12:01the most popular name not only in London and Paris, but in
00:12:04Kyiv. Russia, of course, is categorically
00:12:07against the deployment of any coalition troops in Ukraine,
00:12:10and separately for humanitarian reasons, we do not like
00:12:14the European craving for neo-colonialism in territories
00:12:17neighboring us. Ukraine, however, itself very much wanted to become
00:12:21a colony and a brothel of Europe, but it did not seem
00:12:25to intend to turn into a concentration camp, although judging by
00:12:27recent events, no one is even thinking of asking Ukrainians if
00:12:30they want to become slaves,
00:12:34colleagues, that's for sure, Alexey, thank you, we'll see you in
00:12:37an hour, about the properties of the smell of chocolate, what
00:12:40else the world press writes about, Roman Shchukin will tell.
00:12:53On the day of the midterm elections. Congress Donald Trump signed
00:12:56a proclamation declaring the solar system,
00:13:00space beyond Earth, the heritage
00:13:03of all people. As follows from the document published on the White
00:13:07House website, it confirms the US intention to play
00:13:10a leading role in the exploration and development of space, including
00:13:14the creation of permanent infrastructure there. Trump
00:13:17also announced plans to return to the moon by
00:13:202028 to lay the foundation
00:13:24there for...
00:13:55disclosed information to journalists about the operation in the US against Iran and
00:13:59the conflict in Ukraine. He failed
00:14:02four polygraph tests and eventually confessed
00:14:05to the deed. The State Duma, together with
00:14:08the Ministry of Justice, is developing a bill that will
00:14:11clarify the concept of traditional values. As
00:14:15TASS reports, the document, in particular, may refer to such
00:14:19concepts as respect for elders and youngsters, historical
00:14:22memory and patriotism. According to
00:14:25the head of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Nina
00:14:28Ostanina, deputies long doubted the need for such
00:14:32a law, but over time it became clear that
00:14:35it was still necessary to clarify. At the same time, according
00:14:38to Ostanina, the state should start with
00:14:42education, since fines
00:14:45and prohibitions alone will not help stop offenses.
00:14:48Chocolate can increase strength and even
00:14:51endurance with its smell alone, according to...
00:14:57scientists at the University of Malaya conducted an experiment:
00:15:0023 healthy men with at least 2
00:15:03years of strength training experience exercised in the gym
00:15:06on an empty stomach. The aroma of dark chocolate allowed them
00:15:10to perform an average of 18 more repetitions during
00:15:14leg extensions than in the control group. The smell of
00:15:17milk chocolate gave an increase of about nine
00:15:20repetitions. However, the authors of the study warn against hasty conclusions,
00:15:25saying that only one exercise was tested on
00:15:29one small group, so a placebo effect is not ruled out,
00:15:32therefore, the conclusion will now have to be checked
00:15:36on larger ones...
00:15:50Kyiv raised a fuss, a Russian bomb hit
00:15:54a supposedly underground gymnasium, but some
00:15:57time before that, a concerned local military blogger publicly
00:16:01said that there was no school there, that the equipped
00:16:04basement housed the police and p
00:16:14His words interested our intelligence officers, they began
00:16:17to find out what kind of interesting house that was,
00:16:21perhaps the blogger only confirmed what our
00:16:23specialists had already found out through other
00:16:27channels. No one can say for sure: secrecy is
00:16:30a distinctive feature of the work of the Main Intelligence Directorate
00:16:34of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, and today
00:16:37its employees have a professional holiday. We will congratulate
00:16:40the intelligence officers today together with military historian
00:16:43and writer Alexander Kolpakidi.
00:16:47Good morning, glad
00:16:48to see you,
00:16:52well, let's clarify with dates and generally when a service that can be called
00:16:56analogous to the modern
00:16:59service of the Main Intelligence Directorate
00:17:01appeared in Russia. In general, intelligence
00:17:05has existed since ancient times, there is a lot in the Bible.
00:17:31The only thing is that in Leningrad, on Nevsky, he stands next to Kutuzov, but
00:17:35in general, no one knows him.
00:17:37He did a lot for the army in general, for the victory in the first
00:17:41Patriotic War, in particular, he created both intelligence and
00:17:44military counterintelligence. Under whose jurisdiction was military intelligence then?
00:17:48It was subordinate first directly to the Ministry of War,
00:17:51and then it was his personal office as Minister of War,
00:17:55and so, well, three people
00:17:58headed it during the war, one of them Zakrevsky later became a very
00:18:02prominent minister and official under
00:18:05Nicholas I...
00:19:07transmitting a mass of information having very
00:19:10serious agents in Paris, and then
00:19:14already on the eve of the war, he went to Stockholm, fulfilled
00:19:17the task there, returned, participated in the war, then became
00:19:21Minister of War, he is one of the key figures of the Nikolaev era,
00:19:24so this, that is, intelligence
00:19:27initially in Russia was such an elite one,
00:19:30then after the end of the Napoleonic
00:19:34campaigns, there was some period when everything seemed to be
00:19:37quite good, quiet, calm, Russia
00:19:41secured its place as a superpower, we somehow
00:19:44all think that only the Soviet Union was a superpower, but in fact,
00:19:48after 1915, the Russian Empire was also
00:19:51a superpower, and for some time it
00:19:54dragged on in such a not very highly developed
00:19:58state, but already in the sixties, the Crimean
00:20:01War, the exacerbation of this hostility
00:20:05around Russia, it again began to
00:20:07intensify, and military agents were sent
00:20:11everywhere, well, they are still there, they are called military attachés, you know,
00:20:15I don't want to interrupt you, but we have so many questions, and we would
00:20:19like to understand what happened to this service, to
00:20:22military intelligence after the revolution, yes, after the revolution, strictly
00:20:26speaking, and if political intelligence,
00:20:30what Naryshkin now heads the SVR, it,
00:20:33of course,
00:20:35by Bolshevik concepts was...
00:20:50even if they did nothing wrong, but they were not trusted, but here it happened
00:20:54differently, officers were generally trusted, because many officers went
00:20:57back and forth, and moreover, we celebrate
00:21:00the fifth of November
00:21:041918, this anniversary, and what happened,
00:21:08a schedule was adopted in the field headquarters, and who headed
00:21:12the field headquarters, it was headed by
00:21:14tsarist generals, who themselves in their time, well,
00:21:17Kostyaev, Bonch-Bruevich themselves in their time had something to do with
00:21:21military intelligence, in general it must be said that in the Civil War,
00:21:25no one ever talks about it, many generals, commanders
00:21:28on both sides were
00:21:32former intelligence officers, obviously this is due to the fact that
00:21:35intelligence officers are passionate, they
00:21:38are active, they are, well, more lively, so to speak,
00:21:42well, they have a lot of brains in their heads and so on,
00:21:45they are very patriotic, here
00:21:48two collided... the
00:22:24worst, as
00:22:26they used to say
00:22:30in Soviet times, no, they spent a lot of money, but not
00:22:34the strongest, let's say, yes, then Soviet intelligence from
00:22:37the very beginning had a powerful trump card, so from the very
00:22:41beginning, already from the late twenties, it became the strongest intelligence
00:22:45in the world, let's talk about this in more detail in the twenties of the last century at the
00:22:48head of military intelligence.
00:22:58He created a system for training and selecting intelligence officers,
00:23:01nothing similar existed in the world, schemes for
00:23:04illegals were carefully worked out, from clothing and mannerisms
00:23:07to the ability to charm and elicit information from
00:23:10a foreigner. Already in the thirties, Berzin began
00:23:13to prepare a system of partisan detachments. Among the great illegals
00:23:17of that era was Richard Sorge.
00:23:50intelligence, watch this episode and the next two on our
00:23:53channel right today at 11:20. What
00:23:57is the uniqueness of Berzin's method? Well,
00:24:00Berzin was an old underground worker, he literally
00:24:03from childhood was a partisan in the forests, he was
00:24:06a green brother, sat in prison, was an illegal, that
00:24:09is, he, by the way, never went abroad before the revolution,
00:24:13but nevertheless he was an illegal, lived under false
00:24:16documents, knew, well, knew all the rules of conspiracy.
00:24:20Therefore, by the way, before him two intelligence chiefs were also
00:24:23Latvians, yes, by the way, one of them is completely unknown,
00:24:27Zeibot, he played an even bigger role, well, and Berzin, of course,
00:24:31relied on professional revolutionaries like himself, he recruited them,
00:24:34they didn't need much training, they had already gone through this school
00:24:38of the underground, they knew how to behave during interrogation, how to escape
00:24:41surveillance, how to transport documents, how to make
00:24:45a false bottom in a suitcase, in a mirror, and so on, that is, there was a whole science, they
00:24:49were already experienced.
00:25:20Communist Party, where hundreds of thousands of people, listen, well, Communist Party, Communist Party, but
00:25:23Soviet intelligence officers penetrated the highest circles
00:25:27of society, into the political elite, how did they manage this, for example,
00:25:31in America, yes, there was a special apparatus in the Communist Party,
00:25:33there were three people, not knowing each other, they
00:25:37recruited such people, they tracked who
00:25:40among those applying could potentially
00:25:44get into some government agencies,
00:25:46met with them and said, comrade, you don't need to...
00:25:50"Do you want to work in the most dangerous sector of the struggle?"
00:25:54"I do," so they took note of him, if he really made a career,
00:25:57he was passed on to intelligence, thus they helped us a lot,
00:26:01I must say.
00:26:32exceptions were ideological communists, that is, it wasn't some
00:26:36random person, oh no, there was one, the most
00:26:39useless one, who asked for money, he was given money, and characteristically, this
00:26:43was an emigrant from Russia, while the rest, these locals, born
00:26:47and raised here, they themselves, in general, the joke
00:26:50was that during the war they refused to take
00:26:53money and tried to give money themselves, well, to those officers
00:26:57they met with, saying, "You have Stalingrad, such horrors,
00:27:01we watch the chronicles."
00:27:39He was nominated for the Nobel Prize 15 times, but since the Nobel
00:27:43Committee knew that he had very big disagreements with the FBI,
00:27:47he was almost jailed, he was never awarded the Nobel Prize, but he has
00:27:50all the awards he could possibly get in physics, except for the
00:27:54Nobel Prize, and some were even executed, and after
00:27:58the war, of course, a lot changed, because technologies
00:28:01intensified.
00:28:32there were 14 brigades of special forces alone, a huge number
00:28:35of special forces companies, more than 22 thousand people, that is,
00:28:39it was a whole state within a state, no wonder under
00:28:42General Ivashutin, this was a real empire within the country,
00:28:46and but it was a superpower, a superpower, there was only
00:28:49one competitor, the United States of America, so to resist,
00:28:53it was necessary to have similar intelligence, now
00:28:56a new, right now as we speak, a new
00:29:00revolution in intelligence, these big
00:29:03data, this cyber intelligence, information warfare, new
00:29:07departments, new directions are being created and so on, young people who are
00:29:11technically gifted, who can count beyond ten,
00:29:14they are recruited there, they start to create these new
00:29:18directions there, because now, of course, this
00:29:22last war has shown that technologies have changed, yes,
00:29:26but to predict this was, never once did any intelligence officers
00:29:29fully predict what would happen, war always shows, no
00:29:33generals were prepared for any war, so now,
00:29:36of course, there is another breakthrough, comparable to the breakthrough that
00:29:39occurred at the beginning of the Cold War. And we once again congratulate our military
00:29:43intelligence officers on their professional holiday, wish them health
00:29:47and good luck. Thank you very much. The history of the best
00:29:50military intelligence in the world was told to us by special services historian
00:29:53and writer Alexander Kolpakidi. Well, after the news
00:29:57broadcast, we will tell you when Montenegro will become a member
00:30:00of the European Union. Thank you!
00:30:19News on Zvezda. Mikhail Rezhitov in the studio. Hello. Russian
00:30:22troops are developing an offensive in Kharkiv region. The North group
00:30:26is driving the enemy out of Dementievka and Malye Prokhody. Our
00:30:30fighters are entering these villages from Alisovka, liberated
00:30:32two days earlier. The assault on each settlement is prepared by reconnaissance groups,
00:30:36which advance into the enemy's rear. A fighter with the call sign
00:30:39Kyzyr tells how he spent a whole month in the summer near the enemy in
00:30:43the area of the Reznyakovsky cauldron. Together with his partner, he cleared a network
00:30:46of observation strongholds, eliminated several militants.
00:30:50Most often, scouts move at night or in conditions of poor
00:30:53visibility. For greater stealth, they use anti-drone blankets and
00:30:57other means of camouflage.