The assault did not stop, they started climbing already on foot, that is, some kind of beha is coming, there, conditionally , at some boundary there, 500 per m per kilometer , the Landing Party lands and they continue to move to the side, they are different there method with small arms, there with artillery ammunition, resets are simply dismantled. Our last task was that we had to go out into the field, and when we saw them under the raincoats , you dont crawl, its such a job. And you can meet them in the field itself even in the fall of 2023, when it became clear that they are still moving in active defense along the entire front line, president Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the military and officials to accelerate the construction of defensive fortifications in all main directions. Kadmin allocated for this almost uah 800 million. After 3 months, the ukrainian troops left avdiivka and, as the command reported at the time, went to advance under. Prepared positions, however, according to the military and experts, in reality it was not quite so, and ukraine has problems with fortifications. The commander of the direction reported the fighters have entered new lines of defense, they are building, lets call it, not without taftology, there are engineering and fortification structures, new defenses, why now, why after leaving avdiivka, where the defense, already. When avdiivka was burning, when avdiivka was starting to be a critical place, why was this not mentioned in advance, why do we not have individual units, individual people, we had a very Wonderful Campaign there, when people are recruited there for armor, for salary, well , for a postponement, more precisely, there to dig defenses, and they were engaged in this, but our infantry storms, repels, fights, and also has to dig for itself. Engineering and fortification structures, well, many soldiers shared their thoughts with us, the state of affairs there, both engineers and infantry, that is, our defense leaves much to be desired, certainly not everywhere there are responsible comprigs, combatants, praise and honor to those who think ahead, who dig, look for opportunities, build up, think through all this defense, protect their fighters. And there are frankly unscrupulous people who ignore all this, that is, all this becomes a consequence, the cost of the lives of our fighters, this should not be, it is a problem that must be solved, because the most precious thing we have is our fighters, who should be protected, cherished, valued their lives. Western osin analyst Clement Molin notes, that the defense line behind avdiivka is still insufficiently prepared, because the main fortifications are 17 km from the city. However, the defensive line runs through the river and lakes, and this makes it a natural obstacle. In general, according to the analyst, the donbas defense line of the Ukrainian Armed forces, it is marked in yellow on the map, is more complex than the russian sorovikin line, and consists of wellfortified systems separated by fields, where the elements of the Defense System are less than a kilometer apart. Each such fort can be defended from all sides to advance. Must be taken all of them, any engineering, it s not perfect, and never guarantees 100 survival of the personnel, but you have to get out of there certain things, yes, there are drones that can bring this fpv directly into the dugout, this is for the same if the entrance to the dugout is being built with the letter double g, so if it is made in a straight line, well, i congratulate you, well, you are a nominee. For the darwin award, well, you are either idiots yourself, or you have not been taught, that is, there are moments, the second is, of course, concrete and dugouts this is a very good story, why. Because if a wooden roof, then you can see the heat, and the russian fp has drones that are directly equipped with thermal imagers, sensitive, they see us and directly cover us, this is a big problem, why i know a lot of people who , being in the battles for steppove bay, they just got the usual frostbite, because physically they couldnt even melt the corn, because they were afraid that it would fly. This is the second, the third is the saturation with mine means of our lines with normal minefields. Ukrainian Prime MinisterDenys Shmigal announced at the beginning of march that this year the construction of defense the cabinet of ministers allocated a record 20 billion uah. They will be distributed among all regions, including border and kyiv regions. 3 billion will be received by the ministry of defense, the rest will be transferred to regional administrations. According to him, a coordination headquarters has been created. In which the ova, the general staff and the ministry of defense work together. Since last year, both the ministry of defense and the general staff had quite enough funds at their disposal to build reliable defensive fortifications on the first and second lines, whether it was done, that is the question, actually, it lies within the limits of the general staff and the ministry of defense, we cannot communicate it publicly, civilians do not have access to all elements of this report. Accordingly, from the side , from its side, the cabinet of ministers has allocated, is allocating sufficient funds, to date we only have the fact of the transfer, well, that the funds were allocated, it was said that they would be allocated there to the regional councils, to the militarycivilian administration, although it is very strange, in we have engineering troops, we have an army, which must have the means, give the fighters the means, give them tractors, the ability to dig. To build a defense and they will do their job, we chose a more bureaucratic way, that is, we will hand it over to the regional councils, there are tenders, here are all the contracts, and here is all the trouble that will drag on again, we have to dig and mine, pour concrete already today and now, because the russians are advancing, we see at what pace, with what force, people really want it to be on. The first line of defense, to be the very first line, but think soberly, if the enemy there took this line, then there would be nothing behind him, and the defense could just be there penetrated at a considerable depth, in fact it is not a single line of defense, as some would like to see it, it is a whole system dotted on the relief over. A large territory, where there are a lot of various fortifications, some of them existed even before, the main part began their , their construction began approximately in december last year, even before the withdrawal from avdiivka took place. Was it possible to do it earlier, was it possible to do Something Like the russian line, well , maybe not in this form, but possible. Mm, you will understand correctly, if in all of donetsk, luhansk and the autonomous republic of crimea, which is occupied, i. E. In this occupied part of ukraine, you cannot find cement, because all the cement and concrete is directed to the construction of those lines, it was in the spring of 2023, in in the 22nd year, for some reason, we focused on the construction of roads, and not on the construction of defense structures, but defense structures, that is , they must always be there, must be the second and third lines. Because there is no problem that you will lose the landing there, who needs it, but you have to go to the border, and those lines should primarily protect the soldier, and not as sometimes happens, that the second or third line is up to the waist, yes, and the soldier would roll there, and during the battle he still has to think about how to dig in, well, into the ground. Volyn ukraines border with belarus, according to military analysts, is one of the potentially dangerous areas. The russian army can go on the offensive here to cut ukraines logistical corridor, the supply of weapons and ammunition from the west. Protection and defense of the state border in this direction is echeloned, that is, not literally concentrated near the state border, it is stretched over a fairly large distance to the rear of the site from here we can observe an antitank ditch to prevent the passage of enemy heavy equipment, antitank barricades of the tetraider type, as they are popularly called dragons teeth, are installed. A fence to prevent the penetration of both sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the enemy, er, as well as any manpower, the enemy, which can be used for a possible probable offensive in this area. A concrete wall for kilometers, thorny wire with electric current, in this place, in a relatively calm environment , the fortifications of the first fullscale war are being actively built. We are now directly on the ukrainianbelarusian border. There is already the territory of belarus behind my back, as you can see, there is already a border post painted in the colors of the belarusian flag, and the Ukrainian Border guards have dug a huge antitank ditch here, which is wider and deeper than usual, besides , the groundwater level is very high here, so the water has risen and this will create additional obstacles in the case offensive, for example, against. Probably, the main obstacle in the way of a possible russian offensive is the topography of the ukrainian forest, the forested area and the swamp are a serious natural obstacle. The section is quite difficult to pass, er, first of all, as for the enemys manpower, i am already silent about the enemys heavy equipment, that is, if any offensive actions are carried out here, it is also disadvantageous for the enemy, the cost is high, the consumption of resources is for carrying out offensive actions, er, so here, well, the following are the most likely directions this is the action of small sabotage and reconnaissance groups, but we are currently observing a lull, that is , we are not observing a major escalation of the conflict in this area, the areas are mined , they are mined not in one row, in several rows, so they are accordingly installed as antitank , as well as antipersonnel mineexplosive barriers, in addition, towers with thermal imaging cameras are installed everywhere, the range is one. Up to 10 km, all together they control more than 200 km of the border, remote Video Surveillance systems are installed, multisensor cameras allow us to carry out roundtheclock Video Surveillance of the border area, directly behind the state border line and the adjacent territory of the neighboring state, they are powered by solar batteries, accordingly also in. We have starlinks that allow us to transmit images, images from video cameras to we are transferred to the Duty Officers of the Border Division and also to the management of the border detachment, i. E. From these positions we can control the video camera, accordingly monitor the situation and conduct Video Surveillance of the site. Here in volyn, such cameras are installed along the entire ukrainianbelarusian border, and what is important, they react. On the move and have the function of capturing and escorting the target around the clock, it is also possible to see the border units of the republic of belarus, but, well, on contact that we, well, they are not moving accordingly in connection with the beginning of a fullscale invasion and with the maintenance of russian aggression federation by the republic of belarus in connection with their policy, our border outfits, respectively, on their territories feel themselves. Calm down, but the belarusian Border Guards try to avoid both direct eye contact and any other contacts when our Border Guards meet, they try to go to the areas of their responsibility so as not to see us. We are now driving along the border with russia, it is about 3 km away, we have to go fast, as we have already seen. There are several inversion traces in the sky russian planes fly directly to the border and launch drones over ukrainian settlements. Point the situation at the border in kharkiv oblast it is difficult to call it peaceful, artillery, mortars, and aviation of the russian army are always working here. Border villages are broken, but despite this, Ukrainian Border guards from the steel border brigade are constantly strengthening their positions. Moreover, they try to make them not only convenient. For defense, but also comfortable for life. At first glance, it seems that i am walking on a regular landing, in fact, i have a real underground city under my feet, which stretches for 3 km. Logs in three rolls, sprinkled with earth on top for camouflage, light, hot water, sewage, dugouts and, of course, loopholes in order to directly fight. The most important thing is that it is safe here, the wood axis, these rolls, they allow you to withstand a direct hit of 152 m. Trench projectile, so it is safe here, and it is safe for the local population, because we have completely withdrawn all our units from populated areas. The steel border brigade has been here for seven months, before that it fought in the bakhmut direction. When we arrived at this part of the front, there were just trenches. At first , they didnt even believe what could be done, there was an idea when well, they started planning it. They started earthworks, first with an excavator , then when they started to receive them, they realized that we were on the right path and it was necessary to do it, especially when the enemy began to use artillery and mortars, the personnel did not even have to say, they dug into the ground like crazy very quickly, that this is necessary, this is security, in the conditions of a defensive battle, this is one of the first things that must be done, fortifications and engineering structures. Huh, because, well, its one thing to dig, but to lead a defensive battle, then you need to be underground, necessarily. It was decided not to wait for some state program , to do everything with our own hands to create comfortable conditions. Here we are now at one of the positions of our brigade, where in principle all the necessary conditions have been created so that people can rest and. Behave themselves, wash, wash, eat, and we constantly rotate, people who return from combat shifts, there they are on the direct line of contact, they they stay from one to five days, then they return here, put themselves in order, and well, in principle, this allows us to maintain such a morale and fighting spirit of our servicemen. This is a hot meal for the staff, what are you preparing for lunch today, pickled kipshom, salad, everything is being prepared, okay , maybe, oh, cool, when we came in, there was water on the floor, there was dampness, humidity, well, we decided that in such conditions we should cook , eat, we didnt like it, they sewed up the walls, made ventilation, everyone. This is actually an illustration of what for Ukrainian Border guards cover the trenches with planks, thats how much the earth crumbles, its practically higher than a generation here, its very difficult to walk, and of course, in the event of some serious hostilities, it will greatly hinder. Except that there are no assaults, oh these meat assaults that are on the line. Collision, in principle , the situation is the same as in the combat zone , that is, here we also have, as an example, repeated attempts to attack the drg, and now, in principle, the main task of the guys who are directly on the state border is to detect them in a timely manner and the destruction of drg groups. We have a crazy system of combating drones, the first line detects, the second, third, fourth in. Carries out suppression, we have quite powerful antidrone and antidrone weapons, and antidrone guns are also very good. Our unit has the highest number of such indicators for destroying enemy drones, more or less i will say that not only are they destroyed, we manage to land them, flash them, reequip them and we use them again. As a boomerang on the enemys positions, conducting continuous observation, yes, with periodic fire damage to the enemy, the introduction of fire on the prohibition, this is constantly carried out , this is, well, how long have i been on the territory of russia, yes , if they start shelling you or something, we fire, we will say in response according to their fire points, mortars , machine gun calculations, with tanks, grenade launchers , for some units the main of. Of the most favorite targets in this area are enemy observation complexes by moore, moore m, moore p, today for two months this year, and for these two months we have already destroyed 15 murums, on average, the cost of one such observation complex is from 50 to 70 thousand dollars, the cost of one fpv drone is 250300 , that is , you can see that the proportionality is enough. Big and for us such a good, powerful, fat target, why even the same cambrig does not have normal Construction Equipment to build defense lines, why do you have to run . To that farmer, to ask him for that tractor, that we have to constantly turn to the authorities for help, we have to rebuild the system so that our engineering parts are so filled with equipment, so that they simply did not want to take it on balance, so that there were enough buildings, sorry for the same biton, we need to concentrate a strategic resource, and now it is Construction Equipment in the hands of the military, so let it be the level of the corps, let it be and the level is possible. Of an engineer battalion in some brigades, but this is now a necessity, well, an actual necessity, you need to dig lines, and when we talk about the third and second lines, it is still there within the range of artillery, but you can work at night, im sorry, but i saw how the russians built their line under fire in may, when our rear literally tried to. Hinder them, demolished whole positions, at night they built again, well, thats all, and it wasnt any persians, it was just a simple, ordinary stroybat , well, maybe, well, im against aping russian practices, but maybe our National Commanders need to think about why the russians do it, but we dont. The russian army does not stop trying to break through the front line, having a serious advantage in people, ammunition and equipment. Until military aid from the western allies did not arrive, solid, deeply echeloned defense along the entire front line and the state border with russia and belarus becomes one of the main factors in the war, this is the minimum that the armed forces of ukraine need for the successful introduction of hostilities. My name is igor loginov, these were donbas realities, see you soon. See this week in the program. Court control with tet