what the guys say, what they need, they need to be given it, and then they will have the first and the opportunity to effectively perform the combat task, well, the second will be no less possible, there will be an understanding that they are cared for and heard, that is, and if a boy with a damaged back from the 14th year receives a body armor of 13 kg, and he realizes that there is nothing in it, he cannot perform combat tasks, put it in the closet and go to the salary, he buys himself from guys like me what he needs, well, if there are other guys there, that's it... well, there's also myself the emotional component, well, a person thinks , well, this is how it works, and now i have to go for it, it shouldn’t be like that, that is, yes, i’m just sergey, i know that your borne gels are really in demand among the military and they want to buy yours bulletproof vests, because they are lighter, they provide the necessary level of protection, but the ministry of defense does not purchase your bulletproof vests from time to time precisely because, probably, they do not meet the requirements for new ones, which for...

in my opinion, products, which we transferred, developed the technical conditions were presented to the ministry of defense, they were for special operations forces, everything that is available on the website of the ministry of defense, almost all of which are written as special property, equipment, unloading systems, clothing, we donated to the ministry of defense , just for the special operations forces and... and besides the fact that it was donated, it was almost never, well, it was never purchased on a large scale, massively by the ministry of defense, here because at some points we did not want to accept participation in this whole bureaucratic history, it was incomprehensible to me, and well, in principle, i will probably never take part in it in the future, and everything that is purchased from me, it is purchased by the boys at their own expense, or somewhere with charitable organizations, or somewhere in rare cases military units, when...

the commander understands that this is exactly what he needs, and he has the opportunity to carry out this procurement quickly there, i will tell you, the question is not that there are any moments in the ministry of defense itself, the main question is in ago, that this elevator is missing, for example, i developed something effective, for example, some armored element there, which will critically help us in this war, but i simply do not have a mechanism to put it on the flow and so that... the state i bought it for the guys so that they don't buy with their own money, this mechanism is not available at the moment, maybe it will appear later, there is a bureau of public procurement, there is another story or an office, i don't know, everything will be there, everything is declared there, ok , but now at the moment, for example, i have a lot a good armored element, but it could save someone's life and health, but i ca n't, i can't even imagine for myself what kind of mechanism would be transparent, i say transparent, so that i could come and offer you a union.

. with someone, so that you will not be looked at, as my late grandmother used to say, like a ram to a new gate, but for you to speak, say, this is really necessary, this is such a weight, this is such a story, well, i do not have such a mechanism now, no then only i have, not all manufacturers, i think that there are no manufacturers, such a mechanism manufacturers of drones, there is no such mechanism for manufacturers of other equipment, it's all as if, well, we still live with some thrust moments, and on the side we have an enemy, too, with landing moments, but we need it now critically. to develop a system where all these initiatives, if it is really useful , can really help them find their implementation, because in fact we will work for victory, create something new, something that will speed up this victory and reduce losses, reduce its price . mr. serhiu, in fact, again, i still have a lot of questions for the next conversations with you, i will remind our viewers that it was serhiy minnyaluk, the founder and head of the well-known company welmet, which... produces high-quality and

competitive body armor for our military, we hope that about those problems , which he said, the presence of such an elevator for the promotion of work, which really helps soldiers on the battlefield, such elevators will be created due to changes in the approaches of the ministry of defense to work with our private companies, it is very we hope, so i think we have concluded that we have a significant potential in our companies, the question is how to scale it, to ensure... synergies between developers, the military and the customers themselves, so this is an extremely important trend, and i think that it will be implemented in a positive direction, so stay tuned to the espresso channel, where there will be a lot of interesting news and information.

you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time. my name is maria ulyanovska. congratulations. us president joe biden signed a decree on... additional restrictions against companies that help russia buy military goods to circumvent sanctions, the white house reports. economic measures include financial institutions such as banks, payment system operators, as well as their subsidiaries, which conducted transactions or provided services related to russia's military industry. the government has created a powerful new tool against the russian war machine - says us treasury secretary janet yellen. this decree also will allow to fight with... with companies in third countries that help russia circumvent the sanctions of the united states and its partners. today's action underscores the need for financial institutions around the world to ensure that they do not facilitate activities that support russia's military actions, and it also allows them to take steps to protect themselves from exploitation

by russian procurement networks, said us secretary of state anthony blinken. in addition, on friday, the japanese government announced its readiness to transfer missiles for patriot air defense systems. combined states. this is done in order for them to replenish their stocks, which they previously transferred to ukraine. the us president 's national security adviser, jake sullivan, welcomed this decision and said that it will contribute to the security of japan and peace and stability in the indo-pacific region. the japanese government also approved a record defense budget for 2024. this is due to the tense security environment in the indo-pacific region and against the background of china's naval dominance in the pacific and indian. oceans meanwhile , the press service of the air command is in ukraine forces reports that the armed forces destroyed three russian su-34 fighter-bombers in the southern direction. according to the military , it is about carriers of aerial bombs and rockets that shelled the kherson region.

oleksiy danilov, secretary of the nsdc, noted that the hunt for these russian fighter jets had been going on for a very long time. but yuriy ignat, the spokesman of the air force of the ukrainian armed forces, said that these are one of the newest aircraft. armed with the russian army, they cost at least 50 million dollars - he said. russian side about technical loss is not reported. however , the american general, former director of the cia, david petraeus, commented on these losses in the russian aviation to my colleague andriy boris. this is a very encouraging development. this shows that air defense on the ukrainian side is quite effective. the su-34 is an advanced russian fighter. the loss of such a number in one battle is a very serious setback for the russians and a significant achievement for the ukrainian side. in addition, the netherlands is preparing the first 18 f-16 fighters for transfer to ukraine. about this was stated by prime minister mark rutte after a conversation with volodymyr zelenskyi. the supply

of f-16s is one of the most important elements of the agreements on military support for ukraine. this letter confirms the netherlands' unwavering commitment to providing military support to ukraine. the support it needs to respond to ongoing russian aggression, rutte wrote in the social network x. in november of this year, the netherlands sent its f-16s to romania so that ukrainian pilots and personnel could train there. in addition to the netherlands, american f-16 fighters production for ukraine, denmark, norway and belgium also promise to provide. russia's full-scale war deprived millions of ukrainians of their basic rights, including the right to free access to health care. in almost two years of full-scale russian war, the russian military has carried out more than 100, 1100 attacks on ukrainian medical facilities. systematic attacks on ukrainian hospitals and medical personnel are part of russia's warfare methodology. they were included in the list of more than

hundreds of thousands of recorded war crimes that are being investigated in ukraine. my colleague oleksiy kovalenko learned more about this. russian forces are attacking the ukrainian health care system. to strengthen its control over the population in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. this was the conclusion reached by the report of doctors for human rights and their partner organizations. we see that since the start of the full-scale invasion in february 2022, over 1,100 attacks on ukrainian healthcare facilities have been registered in ukraine, and this is truly incredibly worrying. we see that doctors and other medical workers work in really difficult conditions. together with doctors for human rights, the organization iwitness to atrocities insecurity inside and the media initiative for human rights investigated russia's actions on the occupied ukrainian territories. russia has systematically targeted health care, using it as a means of suppressing resistance in the occupied territories

of ukraine and as a means of strengthening control over the population. this includes the use of hospitals by the russian military for non-medical purposes. the requirement for a forced change of citizenship, known as passportization and threats of persecution of medical workers. targeted attacks on medical institutions and medical workers have become one of the elements of the russian war strategy , says lyubov smochy, co-author of the report. from the media initiative for human rights, these attacks on health care, they are targeted, that is, russia is trying, the russian military, they know that they are attacking medical facilities, that they are attacking ambulances , in these hospitals that have been attacked , there were identification marks, large enough to be seen, russian occupying forces use the population's need for health services to force people to receive them. passports in some cases described in the report, the occupation authorities opened administrative centers for issuing

russian passports directly on the territory of hospitals. it also prohibited medical workers from providing assistance to those who do not have a russian passport or an application for one . we use the term passporting to describe what we observe in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. what is required to have russian citizenship. in order to gain access to medical care, as a result, people who need medical services are forced to either obtain a russian passport or refuse medical care. insecurity inside notes that the methods used by russia against the ukrainian medical system are not unique, they have seen it in other countries as well. we have seen the massive use of explosive weapons against civilian infrastructure in ukraine, sometimes on an unprecedented scale. but this is nothing new, we have seen in syria, in yemen, in khartoum, in sudan, as well as in other

conflicts in the occupied territories, we have also seen the restriction of access to medicine by the conditions of having a passport. the doctors for human rights report emphasizes the illegal use of medical facilities by the occupying power for non-medical purposes, as well as the brutal treatment of medical workers in the occupied territories , can be qualified as cases of war crimes, and the practice of restricting access. to medical care or forcing a person to change citizenship, could potentially be considered a crime against humanity. russian forces purposefully and indiscriminately attack the ukrainian health care system, which became part of a wider attack against the population and infrastructure. there is sufficient basis to argue that these attacks constitute war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity. organizations involved in writing the report call on all investigative bodies, both ukrainian and international, to

prioritize the investigation and prosecution of russian attacks on the health care system. there remains an urgent need to ensure responsibility for violation of international humanitarian law regarding health care, for which complete impunity prevailed in ukraine and in the world to this day. the media initiative for human rights emphasizes that the first verdicts at the national level have already been handed down. in particular, in the case against the russian military, which fired at the trostanets hospital in the sumy region from tanks. documented cases of attacks should also be considered at the international level, the organization is confident. well, at the international level, it is of course the international criminal court that can take all these into account documented cases of attacks on health care and prosecute the russian federation for these crimes committed on the territory of ukraine . and what concerns medical institutions, medical workers and

health care in general. along with the daily increase in the number of russian war crimes against ukrainians, the number of documented attacks against the ukrainian health care system is constantly increasing. the report of doctors for human rights, another addition to the evidence base of ukrainian and international prosecutors on the way to bringing criminals to justice. oleksiy kovalenko, dmytro savchuk, voice of america. such aggressive behavior of russia and belarus in the neighboring countries of eastern europe, in ukraine, forced the neighboring countries of eastern europe, such as estonia, to significantly strengthen the security of their borders. the head of voice of america in eastern europe, myroslava gongadze, visited estonia's border with russia and will tell how the country is preparing for a possible invasion. a few years ago, the border between estonia and russia was not clear. identification, but when russia invaded ukraine and occupied crimea in 2014

year, estonia decided to build a complex border infrastructure, with surveillance cameras and other high-tech equipment. pavo mixon, head of the pisa border patrol, says the region's landscape of hills, forests, lakes and marshes makes it difficult for border guards to work. today we can reach everyone. previously, there was no such possibility, even the border guards did not know where the border was. behind this fence is russia. the situation here is calm so far, the border guards say, but they emphasize. what should always be ready for any possible provocations. the other day, estonia completed the construction of a total of 40 kilometers of fence along the southern border with russia. we build patrol roads and a fence we call a delay fence. he won't be able to stop anyone, but he will catch criminals. and the patrol road allows

you to get to any necessary point. of course, we are still waiting for technical equipment. the fence will be equipped with cameras. estonia's border protection is difficult due to the proximity of numerous power plants that are vulnerable to potential threats. the country's interior minister, lauri ljaamets, says estonia is dealing with hybrid attacks. we have hybrid attacks, school bomb threats, damage to pipelines in our sea, but no border incidents. here , the situation is different in... they have had incidents at the border for more than a year, we have not. estonian officials are also taking measures to protect against a possible influx of illegal migrants into their territory, as happened in poland and finland, which forced the finns to close their 1300-kilometer border with russia. we have been living with

this for years, our neighbors are under migration attack, migrants from belarus, now we have a situation, pressure on... the border. the situation on the estonian border is stable, but it can change at any moment, and we must be ready to ensure the security of the entire european union. the estonian authorities confirm their aim to create a border infrastructure to ensure round-the-clock and 24-hour monitoring and rapid response to any signs of unrest. gongadze, voice of america, estonia. but thousands of ukrainian refugees settled in the countries of eastern europe, because with the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion , ukrainians left mainly for neighboring countries with a similar culture. many ukrainian refugees also ended up in moldova. more than 100,000 ukrainians live there. and for some, this country has already become a new home.

details in the report by karl babb and yuriy mamona. it was some divine plan, i don't know what happened, but we fell in love with moldova. olena prysiazhniuk, together with parents and daughters, left ukraine on the first day of the war, leaving almost everything they had at home, the family stayed in neighboring moldova. i started buying things one by one, first one spoon, one cup, then something else, and so i began to create a space for the children to call home. olena says she decided to settle in chişinău because of friendly people from... culture, although romanian is the official language in moldova, many here also speak russian and ukrainian. the ukrainian language is everywhere here, because ukrainians are the third ethnic group in moldova by population. before the war , more than 170,000 ukrainians lived in moldova. after february 24, 2022 , more than 100 thousand residents of ukraine temporarily moved here, seeking

refuge from the war. ukrainian culture is presented here in its full spectrum, in chisinau. many ukrainian festivals and concerts are held, they need to be integrated, but of course, their soul, their heart is near ukraine, of course, they want to feel their native language, native culture, and such events help them feel at home. ukrainian human rights defenders, such as dmytro lekartsev, they say that the moldovan government has created favorable conditions for ukrainian refugees to become part of moldovan society as soon as possible, helping ukrainians with work, housing and education. moldovans were incredible, it's a small country with a big heart, and that's absolutely true. us ambassador kent loxton says that he saw with his own eyes, when russia invaded ukraine, moldovans started helping ukrainians with everything they could, with food, transport and housing. to date, 95% of the 100,000 refugees

sheltered by moldovans live mainly in their homes, entire families. and what the international community is doing now is trying to help the republic of moldova integrate these people, because they will be here for some time. the un refugee agency estimated that moldova needed $427 million this year to support ukrainian refugees, although the un and other humanitarian organizations received only half of that amount from international donors. olena prysiazhnyuk works three jobs to provide for her family, she is the main one. working for a british ngo called hope four, it helps moldovans distribute aid and provides advice to other ukrainian refugees. i feel i owe a debt of gratitude. her daughters study at a russian-speaking school, tanya plays the drums, sofia prefers the guitar, and her daughters also learn romanian. yes, i really like

being here, the people here are very kind and everyone helps. i forgot my travel card. the one sitting next to me paid for me and kept the change for herself. very kind people here, thank you for that. recently, olena went to ukraine, she says, she wanted to take the most valuable belongings of the family. it was not money, not clothes, no, just one bag with letters, paintings and photographs. however, olena sees her immediate future in moldova, she says, from here she can do more for ukraine. it doesn't matter where you live, the most important thing is what you do for your country, and i can proudly say that now i have two homes, both in ukraine and in moldova, because my heart, both with ukraine and with moldova. elena and her girls keep dream journals to focus on their goals for their new home, sharing photos and notes about places they

want to see and what they want to do as they write this new chapter in their lives. yuri mimon, karlabab, voice of america. thousands of ukrainian refugees have also settled in the united kingdom, but among the numerous celebrities who support ukraine, ukraine and its members. of the royal family , godmother of king charles ii, india hicks. she came to ukraine for the first time in april last year. then the woman visited the newly released bucha and has been coming to ukraine ever since to personally accompany the delivery of humanitarian aid. with india hicks in iryna solomko and pavlo cheryakhov spoke in new york. india hicks is a famous and successful businesswoman and a member of the british royal family. before the start of the full-scale invasion, she talks about... she didn't know much, but in the very first days of the great war she went to poland to help ukrainian refugees. a few weeks later, she crossed the ukrainian border for the first time in her life and went to the liberated

buchi. it was amazing, i have never seen a devastated city, i have never seen people who have lost everything. there i met anna, she is 87 years, she has no family, she had nowhere to go, her house is gone, she lived in the church, and we met the saint. church, when his house was bombed, he told the residents: come with me, and they all lived in the basement of the church and did not come out, because every time someone tried to do so, a sniper was working. india hicks is a member of the royal family, her grandfather , lord louismanbatten, was the uncle of prince philip, the husband of elizabeth ii. and the last governor general of india. mautbaten died in a terrorist attack that was organized by the irish republican army. great britain. and the royal family has been supporting ukraine and the refugees since the first days of the full-scale invasion. in england , they really felt that ukraine was part of europe, that's why they were so horrified by all this.

great britain was horrified to see this happening so close, that this terrorist putin was able to invade and do it so close to us all. hicks herself is a man of the world. the house where the family lives is located in the bahamas. islands repeatedly. became victims of hurricanes, helping neighbors, who lost everything during hurricane dorian, became hicks' first volunteer project. during this work, she joined the team of the global empowerment mission charitable foundation. this organization was one of the first to respond to the trouble that came to ukraine. its founder, michael caponi, immediately flew to poland and organized help for refugees. for three weeks, i watched what the organization was doing, but something inside me... was stirring, and finally, in the third week, i realized, i can't not be there, i don't want to be just a member of the board, i want to be there, on the spot, so i called

michael and asked if i could come, would i be useful, and he said, come, and the hicks, who had seen the effects of terrible hurricanes, tornadoes and fires before, saw the effects of war for the first time. it's scary, because it 's not even the climate, it's one person who thinks... that will enslave the whole country, it also opened my eyes to another level of understanding what it's like to be a refugee, these are people who just crossed the border, they were put in buses and they had no idea where they were going at all and it was just heartbreaking. the organization has begun provide refugees with housing, as well as everything they need: warm clothes, bed linen, food, phone cards. volunteers are now carrying boxes with humanitarian aid to frontline and free villages. and town, india accompanied them several times. we carry huge trucks with generators, blankets for the winter, clothes, water, of course, they are a target for the russians,

so... we have to reload them closer to the front-line area onto minibuses, which then go to where help is needed. we receive relevant information from community leaders or priests. we know who needs what, who needs help, who needs animal feed, so we hope that all needs are met. during these almost two years of war, she visited the kherson, kharkiv , and donetsk regions, on the last trip she even took her three sons. it's important to me that they understand what i'm doing, and on this last trip we were right next to the border, we could see russia, and we went down into these bunkers, i hadn't done that before, and there were people from the community who live there , because there is too much on earth it is dangerous, so they live underground, again this resilience of ukrainians, and they were with these christmas tree garlands so that there would be light, and we brought them generators, and just this presence of light gives them hope.

the middle son of india, amory flindwood, admits that at first he was afraid to go to a country where there is a war, but over time he came to love ukraine and its people, and moriy is a cinematographer by education and filmed the work of volunteers during the trip. we visited several villages along the front line that were recently liberated, i would really like to to go back and film something about one of the ukrainians, i became very friendly with him, this is vitaly, one of the waves. which delivers aid to the affected and liberated areas. recently, he was injured during an outing. he is a very interesting person. these trips to hot spots changed my life. i have a connection with these people because of the emotions we experienced. hicks says the organization's mission in ukraine is expanding. for example, there is a separate program for creating windows. they also began to support farmers in the frontline and

liberated territories. we are currently hiring farmers to grow wheat that we can then process and package to then provide to people who need it, it's a complete cycle. hicks says volunteer work changed her life and is changing the lives of ordinary ukrainians affected by the war. she proudly says that the same 87-year-old woman from buchi, who lost her house and so impressed the british woman, has returned home. india found an opportunity to rebuild her house and even visited her in buchi. from new york irena solomko, pavlo terikhov, voice america. it was a story about how members of the royal family support ukraine. and we move on to our last topic for today. already this sunday, all of ukraine will celebrate christmas eve for the first time according to the new church calendar. before christmas, in washington , amateur artist iryna shymenko paints christmas tree decorations and donates the proceeds to the ukrainian army. everyone has to do something

to win, we believe. together with her , ivanna pidborska and vyacheslav filyushkin created christmas toys. we dip the paint and put a dot. christmas tree decorations in winter, easter eggs in the spring. this is how maryland resident iryna shemenko spends the evening after work. the next stage is to wipe off this paint with a napkin, and you choose what color you want. when she draws, iryna always listens to the news from ukraine, although she has been living in the united states for 10 years. relatives stay at home in cherkasy to know what is happening, and i draw to calm down more or less from the news, that is, this is your kind of anti-stress, yes, who is not affected by it now, now everyone is worried about how it will all end, rather already , terrible

that... who are in russia, do not understand this, it is probably like this in everyone's family. and who do you have there? i have two native sisters, aunts, in simferopol. it will also be hot there now, you are already worried about their lives, we are completely ignored, that is, i don’t communicate, i can’t, and no one communicates with me, i don’t know what will happen next, i can’t imagine, iryna doesn’t a professional artist, she works as a kindergarten teacher during the day.