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the ukrainian program is broadcast from washington voice of america service time time. i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations. the united states will be able to allocate only one package of military aid to ukraine until the end of the year. before december 30 , they will exhaust all available financing to replenish their own stocks. this is about it. in the letter of us deputy secretary of defense michael mccord to congress, which was made available to journalists. it is critical that congress act without delay on the administration's request for additional funding, mccord writes. it is in our national interest and our help is vital, so that ukraine continues its struggle for freedom, and russia continues to suffer defeats in ukraine. meanwhile, senators have not yet managed to reach a compromise on the issues of the southern border of the united states, without which the republicans. refuse to consider the request

for additional funding for ukraine and israel. john kirby, a representative of the us national security council, said that the white house is also participating in the negotiations, which lasted all weekend, but could not comment on their progress. meanwhile, sen. republican lynzi graham said in an interview sunday that lawmakers are not even close to an agreement, and it will not be resolved until the end of next year. the state department also appealed to the congress to approve additional funding for ukraine. us secretary anthony blinken during the signing ceremony of the defense cooperation agreement between the united states and finland. this agreement should strengthen bilateral relations and enable the presence and training of american troops on the territory of finland. us secretary of state anthony blinkin emphasized: finland's story serves as a reminder of why it is so important that we everyone continued to support ukraine. at the same time , finland's minister of foreign affairs elina valtenen assured ukraine's support. is a key priority for her

country. we now have a network of defense cooperation agreements that stretch from northern to southern europe, from the north sea to the black sea, and ensure the security and stability of nations across the continent, and together we also support ukraine. american aid is critically important for ukraine to build its own ability to stand on its feet in the military, economic and democratic dimensions to ensure that putin's war of aggression remains a strategic defeat. we will continue to work with congress to approve president biden's request for the additional funding that is vital to this outcome. finland, as no one knows, what is at stake for ukraine. in 1939 , the finns also faced a russian invasion, and proved that a free people can put up an incredibly powerful and persistent resistance.

by attacking ukraine, russia made a monumental strategic mistake, continued strong support for ukraine remains a key priority for us. the eu made a historic decision to start negotiations on ukraine's accession. we will advance agreements on long-term military and financial support to ukraine as soon as possible. after all, ukraine is not only fighting for its sovereignty. more about the importance and timeliness of the agreement on defense cooperation between the united states and finland, putin's threatening rhetoric regarding helsinki and russian provocations on the border. let's talk with my colleague myroslava gongadze, who has just returned from finland and is currently joining the broadcast from warsaw. myroslav, hello, what exactly does the signing of this agreement between. states and

finland, and why are they taking such a step now? the fact is that, as we know, finland joined nato this year, and in fact, it was a very... difficult process, because the public opinion in finland, due to the fact that they maintained such a neutral, neutral position towards russia and did not join nato during this entire period of time, after the second world war, public opinion was not only changed in connection with russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, and now, in addition to joining nato, finland is signing this special agreement, now. it must be said that the united states, as secretary blinkin stated, has these agreements with most of the countries in eastern europe, specifically, it is now finland, lithuania, latvia, estonia, poland, bulgaria,

hungary, slovakia, all of these countries have special, special bilateral agreement with the united states, that this bilateral agreement provides, it provides the ability... to use the bases without interference, as well as other structural structural subdivisions, structures on the territory of this situation , it is on the territory of finland, well, it is clear to other countries, the united states, and help in case of need, and finland today declares that they do not need the support, help of the united states, they do not need to the united states defended their territory, they are ready, they ... not militarily, but such an agreement will simply simplify the process in the event of aggression. yulia myroslav, you actually just returned from finland and were on the border with russia. we know that finland has an extremely long border with russia. against the background of the latest provocations, how seriously do they treat potential threats from russia, and how

do they assess their readiness? well, in fact, this potential threat appeared, the understanding of this potential threat appeared precisely after the full-scale invasion of ukraine. and now finland is very serious about what is happening. we know that two weeks ago they closed, completely closed all transit points, crossing points of russia, finland with russia, and literally on december 14, finland decided to try to open again two two checkpoints at one of them, i visited, and i must say that this checkpoint, which is located not far from st. petersburg, is... to the so-called second capital of russia, it was open for only 24 hours, and the finns immediately saw again a large flow of immigrants and were forced to close this

border, i spoke with the management of the customs of the customs of finland, and this is what they told me at the headquarters of the finnish. border agency. russia is using immigration as part of a hybrid war to spy on us. so a few weeks ago we closed all checkpoints on the border with russia. however, we have now decided to open two border crossings, the ones that are probably most needed for legal traffic. but we immediately saw that this phenomenon of illegal migration continues, so we have to close the crossing points again, and now they are closed, all of them. by the middle of january next year, the situation will have to be reassessed by then and we have to make new decisions, because if we don't make any decisions, then the checkpoints will reopen and there are several options, we can open them if we see that it is possible,

or we can continue this situation when they are all closed, or we can open one, two or more. myroslav, we have literally a minute left, russian leader vladimir putin last week made... a series of statements that the west allegedly dragged finland into nato, warned of problems. tell me, does helsinki perceive this as a direct threat? unfortunately, the connection with myroslava gongadze was interrupted. let me remind you that my colleague miroslava gongadze was in touch from warsaw. we talked about the new defense agreement between the united states and finland, which the two countries signed today in washington, and in particular. during the signing , secretary of state anthony blinkin once again emphasized why the example of finland shows how important it is for the united states and europe to support ukraine. we continue the release. the un refugee agency called for continued support for displaced persons from ukraine, as the security situation

prevents many of them from returning home. at the same time, the un emphasizes its importance financial support of local communities that receive immigrants. ukraine's neighbor moldova received the largest number of immigrants. per capita, about 1.5 million people since the beginning of the full-scale war. currently , almost 100,000 refugees from ukraine live there, and local volunteers feel the decline in support for refugees, details. in the plot of the women from kisheneva doma есть дома. vira rashkovska's family has been separated for a year and a half. three sisters, vera, nadia and lyubov, together with their daughters, nieces and grandchildren, left ukraine, their brothers and sons remained at home in odessa. women and children live in chisinau , moldova, in a building that used to be a school for children with autism. vera says that she was impressed by the support of the locals, which even saved her life. hospital with bilateral pneumonia, everything was free, i didn’t pay a penny, i

even wanted to give them chocolate, but the nurses refused, vera’s granddaughter amina says that she feels happy, and daughter maryna says that sometimes she meets other ukrainians, but the family misses at home, in the cell, it hurts a lot, i 'm being honest, it hurts a lot, it hurts a lot, me i lived there for many years, i didn't work anymore, i just had to live, but now... at my age, i was forced to run away, but we were lucky that we were welcomed so warmly, we met very kind people here, as if they were family. like the rashkovsky family , more than 15 million ukrainians sought salvation from the war in moldova. this is only a small part of the refugees. and they keep coming? yes, they arrive and arrive. minister of internal affairs. adrian efros headed the crisis management center during the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine.

when the war began, no one was prepared to meet such a large flow of refugees, and the problem was not only to let them in, but what to do with them next? they need shelter, they need food, shelter and so on. although the number of refugees from ukraine has dwindled since the start of the full-scale war, efros says that about 100,000 displaced people still live in moldova, which is almost 5% of the country's total population. so the demand is still very high and we have this pendulum movement of refugees to european countries and back. on dozens of centers for immigrants appeared all over moldova. one of the poorest countries in europe accepted the largest number of ukrainians per capita on the continent, in the center where the moldovan film studio once operated, the non-profit organization moldova

for peace still continues to distribute basic necessities to ukrainians. now people are starting to think that there are no more refugees in moldova, but this is a myth, because ukrainian refugees are already integrated into society, they already have jobs, rye, so it is very difficult to distinguish a group of refugees. charitable organization tudor arnaut shows a warehouse where last winter there was a lot of winter clothes for children, this year the situation is difficult, he says. some big donors are already leaving moldova, and now it is getting harder and harder to find donors who could support the warehouse to keep it running. us ambassador to moldova kent losdon says the international community should not ignore calls for help. we are absolutely committed to helping moldova do everything it can to

take care of refugees. the united states provided about 123 million dollars specifically for refugees here in moldova, to support the efforts of the international community. women and children living in the autism center say they want to return home and no longer need help from moldova, they just need the war to end. shynkarenko, karla bab, voice of america. the journalists of the tv channel soustnoye have established the identity of the russian military man who was found in the basement of more than 300 residents of yagidnoy, chernihiv region, for almost a month in the spring of 2022. it was possible to find an officer with the call sign "klon" with the help of artificial intelligence programs and thanks to the memories of local residents who forever remembered the faces of those who... them in inhumane conditions. details from ksenia turkova. the team of the ukrainian

public television channel has been investigating russian war crimes since the first months of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine. in july 22, journalists came to the village of yagidna, chernihiv region, which became known to the whole world for keeping hundreds of residents in the basement. they decided to find out who exactly gave the orders. who tormented, tortured and condemned the death of civilians and people they said that the soldiers from this regiment were subordinate to two officers, and they remembered the callsigns, one was a spider, he was... senior in rank, but he communicated less with civilians, and they said that he was more adequate, that is, he , if he reacted better to people, was more gentle , one can even say so, if one can say so at all, about those who received people in such conditions, but klyon, he mostly solved all the issues, and well, here he is they called

him the chief among those who, in principle , gave all instructions and through whom people were in such conditions. for almost a month, the russians kept more than 300 people in the basement of death , among whom there were both elderly people and babies, the youngest at that time was one and a half months old, more than 10 people died, and those who survived forever remembered the faces of their tormentors. residents of yagidny recognized the maple in the video from the concert of the russian singer yulia checherina. we started checking first of all with the help of artificial intelligence, with people search programs. tried to find his social networks and we couldn't, it took several weeks, we are different programs used, everything was in vain, first of all, there was an image, well, it’s a man in a hat, it’s winter, and it’s related to social networks, that is , it can’t be said that there was a very high quality, and therefore, obviously, artificial intelligence is not worked it took months to establish the identity of the military man, as a result

, journalists simply started writing to russian military men under various legends. to ask if they know such a person, and our legends worked, that is, the head of the military song and dance orchestra, somehow, anton sholokhov, this is the central military district, which includes the 228th regiment, he responded to the message, thinking that we were russian volunteers, and indicated the phone number of this soldier and his name, simeon, and the people of yagi remembered that this was actually klyona, one of the russian soldiers who were in yagi'. was calling either semyon or stepan, that is, it also coincided, having a number and a name, we have already established his full surname , his father's name, where did he find his social pages on social networks and, accordingly , the photos that were shown to the people of yagidnia and the people of yagidnia recognized him, he even yes it is he 100% he, well, he is, yes, he is red-haired,

for me personally the most valuable thing is freedom and... the way people were deprived of this freedom and in general of any human rights, ordinary, elementary, it shocked me so much and i was struck that it was such, something very personal, but i wanted to find those people who dared to do such a thing. journalists hope that one day klon will bear responsibility for the crimes committed. they know that he is still fighting in the occupied territories, which means that he can be captured if... that is not happens, there is hope that he can go abroad, and interpol will work there and hand over the war criminal to ukraine. do you really believe that he will be punished? i believe and how can it be otherwise? it's not enough to just not believe in it and to realize that what we experienced is what we all experience, and it

will remain unpunished, well, it's much harder to live with it. with the belief that these people will definitely be punished, and in the end, the ukrainian state is doing everything to document these war crimes and hand them over first of all to ukrainian courts, and then to international courts. ksenia turkova, voice of america. recently, the international olympic committee decided to allow competing at the olympics. in paris to athletes from russia and belarus in neutral status. in kyiv, such a decision was called irresponsible and stated that russian athletes bear part of the responsibility for the deaths of ukrainians. as a result of the russian war in ukraine , more than 300 ukrainian athletes and coaches died. more than 3,000 athletes are fighting in the ranks of the armed forces. our next story is about ruslan piskovo from

with the call sign varyag, the silver world champion in kickboxing, who went to war in february 2022 and died. this spring, my colleagues andrii hetman and dmytro kolchinskyi asked what their relatives and coaches think about the admission of russian athletes to the olympics. in this kyiv sports hall , there are medals of ruslan piskovy, he is a silver kickboxing world champion, a finalist of the european championship, a six-time champion of ukraine. and here is his photo, only not from the competition, but from the front line. the photo was taken shortly before his death. the way to new cups and championships ranks interrupted. large-scale invasion of 2022, ruslan told his parents that he would defend the homeland, i tried to talk to him and my father, he even, even, i would say yes... he got angry with me and my dad, that what are you doing to me, i am an adult, and i i have the right, and you can no longer tell me whether to sit here or go there, i

myself know what i will do, yes, he said so, as the man said, that i am a warrior and i must defend our homeland, i have to go to war, ruslan had no military experience, he went to war with his father, who was already defending country, the only thing i asked for... that if they take you, that you be together, that it will be more peaceful for me, that you teach him what he doesn't know, he was very smiling, mom, that's all, i'm going for the war, that is, we already have everything, my dad and i are together. in the first days of the invasion , they defended kyiv, then they were both transferred to the east, yes, near kievomskaya prospect, we were standing there, there was 72 in front of us, then they were transferred to the kharkiv direction, then from kharkiv. came for rehabilitation, then our company went to belogorevka, v belogoryevka again rotates, bangs, in one

platoon in one department, i was the commander of his department, there was a grenade launcher in the voryaks, although he did not serve in the army, but he very quickly mastered all these weapons, worked with machine guns, shot with an automatic rifle from the rp. in the first battle, father and son went together to the gunnery, we were on the offensive, well, we tried , there was the ninety-second brigade, then we were standing with it there in rakovo, in my opinion, there was a village . in memory, oops, you can hear the fragments,

bow your head lower than before, the guys asked me why i take him on the way out, well, he was still there, i say that you take him with you all the time, and i... because i feel confident in him reliable, well, all the boys there are reliable, but somehow, when he is next to me, i feel so much calmer, because, for example, in belogorevka, they didn't just put us in the same exit, well, they say that you can't send the father or son of relatives there there is a bunch of fucks, or it comes out in one place, well, we were in kharkov for six months walked the son tried to call as soon as they left the positions, he immediately moms , everything is fine with us, let’s rest, i

’ll call you, a new place of adventure, talker, say hello, moms, mom, i’m on tv, you’re in a hat, you in a hat, you ate, pika pies, it's good, the man is working, on conscience, ruslan died on april 18, all morning. said that in the night melee, a bullet hit my head, i was waiting for the door to open, and he

was like always, mom, papul, hello, he always hugged us, turned me over like, like some kind of toy. comrades in sports are honored ruslan. all performances of our club, all performances of our sportsmen of our club, all in honor of him, in memory, all fighters. we go to all tournaments with a flag depicting ruslan, the name of the club. the coach is sure that new championship awards would be waiting for ruslan. he had such an aggressive fighting style . basically, he ended all his fights early for coffee. at such a young age of 21, there are a lot of titles. if the hall in kyiv works, then more than 340 other sports... arenas are destroyed, for according to the head of the national olympic committee and former minister of sports vadym gutsaita, among such buildings is a swimming pool in dnipro. bronze medalist of the european

junior championship. maria dychenko was just training when a russian rocket hit the building on august 15. we heard the first explosion , we didn't understand what it was at first, then the second explosion was very loud, very loud, our whole room lit up, our friend ran up to us, told us to go down to the basement immediately, we ran to the basement, and when we ran was the third explosion. eh, and when we were sitting in the basement, there was a fourth explosion, it was very scary, we were emotional, i can't put it into words. at the same time, russian athletes are preparing for competitions in the usual conditions, without the threat of shelling, international federations decide whether to allow them to compete, and the international olympic committee is in favor of inviting russian athletes to the olympics in paris next year in a neutral status, i.e. without an anthem and without a flag. we

leave. has the right to invite individual neutral athletes with russian passport, which means that they, the russian olympic committee, will not play any role. representatives of ukraine call on the moc not to allow russian athletes to compete at all, they say that this should be done both for ethical reasons, since they represent the country of the aggressor, and out of a sense of justice, because it was the actions of their country that put ukrainian athletes in impossible conditions, more than three . of our athletes went to defend our homeland, 332 athletes, coaches, all those specialists who worked in in our field of sports, have already been killed in the war, and those who train in the middle of the country, there are air raids every day, rockets fly every day, every day there are breaks with training, with competitions, with everything, and at the same time, the russians are quietly preparing , and the belarusians

are calm. sleep in their homes, live peacefully, without any air worries. under the pressure of ukrainian athletes and public opinion, international federations abandoned the mandatory handshake of ukrainian and russian athletes, but only after the scandal with fencer olga harlan, who even under the threat of disqualification refused to shake hands with the russian athlete. at the same time , the international olympic committee told you... that russian athletes do not support the war, but this rule is not followed either. russian fan smirnova, who lost to harlan, published a photo with the symbols of the russian army. now, thanks to the decision of international federations, ukrainian and russian athletes are competing again. ruslana's coach believes that this is unacceptable. no, i'll give you an example, i left i, for example, go to the world cup, and we have a russian in that corner, i can't.

keep or with them in the canteen, well, i can't vouch for myself, i'm speaking honestly, and for my students too, because i already have five guys from the hall who studied here, five boys died from the hall, and now the next generations of ukrainian athletes are brought up by the example of ruslan , he trained children, i think everyone who knows trusyk, they will all say that he is the person who always had a smile, and he never wanted anyone to be dissatisfied, ruslan. reached the maximum both in sports and in the army, that's how he will be remembered, both as a champion and as a defender. andriy hetman, voice of america. download the voice of america mobile application. the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos, and

listen to podcasts at. voice of america ukrainian service. and that's the end of it. thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian. see you tomorrow, all the best, take care. pope! we are searching. 17-year-old denys smirnov from odessa. the boy disappeared on st. nicholas day , december 6. i know that he was in the hospital and voluntarily left it around 12 o'clock in the afternoon. the boy never returned home and no one knows where he is now. the police say that denys has never run away from home before and they really hope for your help. so, pay attention to the photo: denys smirnov looks a little older.