of the territorial defense forces , but the rank of instructor means that it is not an instructor, my task is to save, help, treat, not only, let's say, not only physically, but also morally, and simply to be a spiritual support for the team, for the personnel. in june 2023, at the base of the 103rd brigade. created a medical company, the command decided to appoint tatiana, the head nurse, near the front line in the basement, equipped a medical reception room, a 25-bed inpatient unit and an evacuation department, and here is an evacuation department deals with evacuation, interception, leaves, works with more injured people and a medical department, which treats both our guys who are not... visiting the hospital with

somatic diseases, and we accept from all brigades, we have such a concept as acuborotrauma, work against the backdrop of artillery shelling, sometimes 12 or even 20 soldiers have to be received at the stabilization point at once, such moments feel like hell, ms. tetiana admits. i'm happy when we don't have work, if we don't have work, then no earlier guys, well, our evacuation teams are silent that they are not transporting anyone , there is no need to leave for some kind of interception, no help is needed, which means there are no wounded , our chat is silent about the fact that there are two hundred, an hour after applying the tourniquet, the wounded soldier needs to be brought to the hospital, but in the conditions of hostilities this is not always realistic. evacuation is prolonged, 3-4 hours is great, 6-8 hours, unfortunately, and sometimes longer.

and everything depends on the medic of the battalion, first, everything depends on the military and from his sisterhood. ms. tetiana calls medical colleagues her second family. i went to war because i believe that someone in the family must go to war. it's either dad, or mom, or children, god forbid. that is why it happened that i went to war. after the victory , the sergeant. shevchenko plans to return to work in the lviv city council, because she knows that she can be useful to her community. kateryna oliynyk, nazar melnyk, espresso tv channel. congratulations, voice of america in ukrainian and our program chas time are on the air. my name is ostap yarish the ukrainian air force destroyed

the large russian amphibious ship novocherkassk, which was stationed in the port of feodosia. according to reports, the boarded ship could have been unmanned rocket launchers that russia uses to strike ukrainian cities. the spokesman of the air force of ukraine, yuriy ignat, confirmed that the military knew about the place and time of the ship's stay, as well as about the cargo on board. yuriy ignat said this in a comment to myroslavtse. commander of the air force. already officially thanked everyone involved in this special operation, as well as pilots of the air force tactical aviation brigade. the strike was carried out by aircraft adapted to the cruise missiles that we have today, which were handed over to us by our partners. it was these missiles, we do not detail the number of these missiles and the number of aircraft that participated in the operation, but it was these missiles that struck the occupiers, the ship novocherkask. not just perform such. because the area

is still protected by russian anti-aircraft, there is no need to make any guesses that it is somehow weak there, everything happens thanks to competent coordinated actions of all defense forces, well-planned operations and , accordingly, tactical techniques used by our pilots when carrying out such strikes, well, it is obvious that our services had information about the location, time of stay of the ship, about the cargo that was there, and also about the systems of anti-aircraft defense, which also protect this region, so the operation is really difficult , and it is not the first time, well, as with the cruiser moscow, in the end, it was also an extremely difficult operation, because sinking such a ship is quite difficult, it has its own powerful pepo, that's why we manage to get better and better, more and more often to deliver such filigree strikes, high-precision strikes. and the enemy

is losing little by little the black sea fleet and its influence in the black sea. according to some specific information, this ship was carrying an iranian one. can you confirm that this particular ship had iranian drones, and possibly others, other munitions or technology? i also saw this information in the mass media , first of all, maybe the intelligence will tell more later, what the nature of the cargo was, there is no concrete information, but it cannot be ruled out that iranian drones were transported, as well as... supplies for artillery systems and other ammunition that russia receives from friendly countries. as we know, russia uses various sites for launching attack uavs, such as primorsky-akhtarsk, an area in the krasnodar territory, as well as the chauda training ground,

cape chauda, ​​balaklava district. to date, wastelands have been recorded from there, well, also the nascent bilbyk, well, we see that... that the southern coast of crimea, in particular, it is also used for launching strikes by shaheds, so it is quite likely that it could also transport, this ship is intended for the transportation of equipment, personnel, as well as various cargoes of a military nature. after the attack on the russian ship, the minister of defense of great britain grand chap said: it is wrong to think that the war in ukraine has come to a dead end, because in the last four months in... destroyed 20% of the russian black sea fleet. in the commentary of voice of america, commander of the naval forces of ukraine oleksiy neishpa added: thanks to the operations of the armed forces, the military capability of the russian black sea fleet has significantly decreased. now the ships

of the black sea fleet, which are in teatus, understand that they are also the objects of attack by the armed forces of ukraine, including at this point, at this base point. that's why i think. that they should also understand that there is no more place for them there, of course it is theirs, we will watch it, the dear ship with the flag of the russian federation for the armed forces of ukraine is a military target, so they will all be destroyed or hit as soon as we can them get, amphibious ships are also ships, ships of our caliber, this is one of the priority goals for the armed forces, infectious ships have been used. already got rid of three large amphibious ships in the crimea, but in almost two years of war they lost ships. this is the comment of the commander of

the naval forces of ukraine. and about what the situation is like in other parts of the front, in particular around marinka, and how important operations in crimea are for ukraine. iryna solomko asked oleksiy danilov, secretary of the national security and defense council. which one now the situation is at a hotter point. and accordingly, yesterday the russians announced that they had taken maryanka, does this information still correspond to reality? maryanka is located, part of marinka is under the control of the armed forces of ukraine, this is the desire of the russians to capture this settlement, and if we call things as they are, here. what was left of the settlement, they actually completely destroyed maryanka, not a single house, not a single intact structure on the territory of this settlement. in general, how you are currently evaluating ukraine's counteroffensive, but time has already passed and you can probably draw

some conclusions. of course, we would like to have a much better situation regarding the territorial situation, the situation regarding the liberation of our territories, but keep in mind that... parallel to this process, there were very big events and very important events on the black sea, that is what concerns the situation related to the black sea, 20% of the fleet of the russian federation is no longer there, and these are not some charlatans who have 5-10, 20, 30 people there, these are also huge ships, huge the warships we sent where we sent on the 13th. on april 22 , the famous flagship of the black sea fleet to moscow, today what happened tonight is vivid, therefore confirmation that our military has an understanding of the crimea issue, for us it is extremely, extremely important, just like all

our other territories, someone wants have a great desire for us to give up our territories, i want to explain to everyone that we have a constitution of our... ukraine, which clearly established the territories of our country, which are recognized around the world, and i don't know any political figures who would think that we cannot fulfill the constitution of our country. the expectations that the ukrainians had, for example, and the statements of the same head of intelligence that we will be there in the crimea in the summer, was that a mistake, do you think? unfortunately, society was overheated, information was overheated, it must be admitted, but i emphasize once again that we are in a state of war, if there were textbooks, relatively speaking, for every day of waging war, then there would be... a lot maybe it's easier to make certain mistakes or certain things, the main thing is that they should not

be fatal, but i can say that we definitely did not have any fatal mistakes, and god forbid there will not be any, and we will definitely move towards victory, if there was someone who did not want it, but in this context, can it be considered as part of this psorossian information about the fact that elections are to be held in ukraine and that, in principle, the government will be illegitimate, this is one of the elements . which the russian federation is beginning to apply, that is it is a challenge for us, but keep in mind that when you have a war going on, holding elections on the territory of the country during the war is an extremely difficult task. all the same, international partners of ukraine, do they understand this, or are they putting pressure on ukraine to hold these elections? i have not heard any official statement from any institution that would say that we need to hold elections urgently. if somewhere on the sidelines some things are started. i emphasize once again, we are for maximum publicity in certain things, because publicity -

it is primarily a responsibility. newrs wrote that putin is ready for negotiations, this is also part of this fso, in your opinion, but i don’t know if these are such concrete signals that the russian authorities send and, accordingly, how the ukrainian authorities evaluate them , for which negotiations putin is not ready, but putin makes these statements deliberately, but not putin himself, but... his entourage in order to reduce support for our country, but they launch such fakes that it is allegedly ready for which negotiations, you know the clear position of our president, that is 10 points of volodymyr zelenskyi's peace formula, read it carefully, it's all written there, the german media talked about the plans, but the russians still don't retreat, but advance more and more until 2026, to seize there and practically create a new one. russia and about which they dreamed back in 2014, that is, in your

opinion, again, assessing and having intelligence information, whether russia has the potential for this and such plans, accordingly, plans to destroy our country in russia are , they are known to everyone, these are the tasks that putin set for himself, because they have other plans in relation to our country, there have never been others, as you said at the beginning of our conversation, yes, war is difficult, it is... but surely in the conditions of a reduction in the supply of weapons and or military aid, it is even more difficult to conduct it, what is the current situation, i can't tell you the exact figures, the only thing i can say is that we are grateful to all the countries that help us, as for the situation with the supply of certain means of destruction, there is a different situation, but i am more than sure that next year it will not be worse than in this year, wait. all january, when , after all, the american legislators will vote to support ukraine, if this does not

happen, does ukraine still have a plan b? firstly, we are more than sure that it will happen, because it is about responsibility, it is about understanding, it is about many processes taking place in the world. if we talk about plan b, and american experts are probably talking about it, for example, this is one of those ways, it is still an increase. own weapons and talked a lot about this common there production between the united states and ukraine, respectively, this is both a projectile and a howitzer, and drones, and, that is, how do you currently assess what was done by ukraine, we have our achievements today, i want to say that we are not let's graze the rear in this matter, what concerns the creation of joint enterprises, what concerns joint production, this process does not stand. in place, it moves and moves very, very fast, even when we are talking with you, i know for sure, i have

information about what is going on in certain countries around the world , weapons production processes are taking place together with our manufacturers, and such a country is not one, there are already several such countries, where our employees, where employees of all countries participate in the joint production of those components. those necessary things that we need for the front, for victory. this was a conversation between iryna solomko and oleksiy danilov, you can also watch it on our youtube channel. we will continue. with other stories, as of the end of 2023, russia has committed at least 115,000 war crimes in ukraine, at least this is the total number of cases initiated in ukraine, how progress has been made this year in achieving justice for the victims of these crimes and bringing the culprits to justice, oleksiy kovalenko learned. every day, the ukrainian authorities record

about 160 war crimes committed by russian troops on the territory. of ukraine. for each of them, violations of the laws of war, shelling, kidnapping, torture, shooting of civilians and sexual violence. experts note that the number of cases continues to grow, and justice can be achieved take long years. it is extremely unfortunate that these crimes continue, as reflected in the thousands of new war crimes cases that the attorney general's office has uncovered over the past few months, and the number continues to grow. the sad reality is that... these cases are so numerous and serious, eventually there will be accountability for committing these crimes. responsibility for war crimes and the establishment of justice, a task on which the leadership of ukraine is constantly focusing its attention. establish the complete truth about the crimes of the occupiers on our independent ukrainian land is a fundamental

prerequisite for bringing russia itself to full responsibility. for aggression and for terror, we must do everything for this, for justice, and i am grateful to those of you who are approaching this day, this very time, such an important time of justice. thousands of russian war crimes committed in ukraine are already being investigated in ukrainian and international courts, and the cases against russia's leadership, in particular its president volodymyr, are attracting the most attention of the world community putin internationally, he has already been recognized as an accused war criminal, according to an arrest warrant issued by the international criminal court on allegations that putin was personally involved in the deportation of thousands of children from ukraine, which is a war crime under international law. this is the first time in the history of a judge of an international criminal court or any other court that it is necessary to issue

an arrest warrant against a leader or a high-ranking official of a country that is a permanent member of the un security council, a country that is supposed to protect the un charter, so this an apolitical and fact-based investigation conducted by my office that will stand the test of time. the arrest warrant does not mean that putin will be arrested in the near future, however, experts emphasize, this does not reduce the historical importance of the decision of the international criminal court. putin is accused of abducting children, which is a very, very serious crime, a serious war crime, and he was not charged. in crimes against humanity, but they could, and this is significant, i would say that it is more than symbolic, it means that putin's world has become much smaller, than he was before, now there are many countries where he cannot go, in fact, these are the countries that have signed the roman statute, and there are over a hundred of them. the child deportation case is not the only case being investigated by the international criminal court,

which could potentially lead to new arrest warrants against putin and russia's top leadership, and no less attention. community has allocated 2023 to a case that the international criminal court cannot consider, namely the investigation and prosecution of russia for the crime of aggression against ukraine. there is a group of states that are working on plans to hold russia accountable, about 38 countries, and they meet every two months in different locations. there are two different visions, one vision is that it should be an international tribunal, because... there was a terrible crime against the ukrainian people, a crime of aggression against ukraine, as well as against the world order. the international center for criminal prosecution for the crime of aggression against ukraine, which was opened this year in the gaa , is called a harbinger of the tribunal over russia. the new center will contribute to the collection, systematization and preparation of data for a potential

international trial on charges of aggression against ukraine by russia. this is one of the first steps towards attraction. everyone is responsible, there is still no agreement on what the tribunal should look like. there is now more unity between the ukrainian government and a group of western states led by liechtenstein, as well as strong support from the baltic states and some other european states, and there are another 20-23 countries from other parts of the world that have spoken out in support of the tribunal called for zelenskyi, none of the representatives of the group of seven were supported. this offer. the us supported an internationalized hybrid tribunal. this means that ukrainian courts will receive assistance to create an internationalized court to try the crime of aggression. the ukrainian authorities have once insisted that such a tribunal should be fully international, any hybrid version of the tribunal, including the one proposed by the us, will not be able to achieve the goal of holding the russian leadership

accountable for the crime of aggression through immunity of the country's leaders. there may be various other ways, the problem is that we need to create an international tribunal, and in this we are at a dead end. this is not a regional issue, it is a question of the stability of europe, it concerns the borders of each. countries, if you are going to create an instrument of deterrence, it is international criminal law that is needed. the us has traditionally not supported any international prosecution of the crime of aggression for decades, but experts say that may change over time. in the office of the us attorney general admit, europe has not seen such a number of war crimes since the second world war. in the two years since the full-scale, unprovoked aggression on february 24, 2022, we have all seen russian forces commit crimes of the greatest magnitude compared to any military conflict

since world war ii. in 2023 , the international legal system recognized putin as an indicted war criminal and began laying the groundwork for prosecuting russia's leadership for the crime of aggression, and the hardest job is to achieve justice for millions of victims of crimes of russian aggression and war crimes. ahead. oleksiy kovalenko, dmytro savchuk, voice of america, washington. our next story is about daniel hryhorchuk, an american of ukrainian origin. his book about the revolution of dignity was banned in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. the russian occupiers recognized her as an extremist and ordered her to be removed from the library. iryna shynkarenko and iryna matviychuk spoke with the author and learned how he reacts to the banning of his book. daniel hryhorchuk,

professor emeritus of medicine at the university of illinois, who spent his whole life dealing with issues of epidemics and toxicology, discovered his talent for writing after retirement. over the past 10 years, he has written three novels, the second of which is myth and madness, describing the romantic story of ukrainian teenagers during the revolution of dignity. when hryhorchuk found out that his book was banned by the russians, he was filled with pride. i was certainly not surprised, because our book, because the book tells about the history of the maidan, and russia is trying to erase that history, because russia is a totalitarian state, as you know, i think the writer george said it best. as in his book 1984, this is a state where war is peace, slavery, freedom, lies, this is true

, to tell the truth, i am even a little proud that they banned my book, i had a plus, because i believe there was truth in the book they wanted to ban. hryhorchuk was born in champaign, illinois. and lives in chicago, he spent his whole life among the local ukrainian community, is a member of the stratum, graduated from a ukrainian school, back in the soviet visited ukraine several times and was even arrested, and at that time i was very interested, interested in the movement of the sixties, i had the opportunity to meet with dissidents in kyiv, and i was arrested for that, it happened that... in the 1970s , it was in kyiv, i met with dissidents , er, they arrested me in lviv, and i was then

, they probably followed me, and i was overcharged then in lviv, and they brought me to court, they said that i was , i forget the exact word, but bourgeois, political activist, something like that, and i was forbidden to go back to of the soviet union. the ban on entering the soviet union did not last long for him. in the 80s, hryhorchuk was invited to ukraine, when they needed his knowledge and experience as a toxicologist with knowledge of the ukrainian language. then in 1989 there was an epidemic of adupation in children in chernivtsi. the governor of chernivtsi region asked foreign doctors whether anyone can help with this epidemic. he was looking for a doctor who is a toxicologist, epidemiologist, and knows the ukrainian language, there are very few of them in the world outside the borders of ukraine, so i met with them

then in canada. and they invited me back. later, epidemiologist hryhorchuk assisted the ukrainian ministry of health in conducting a ukrainian-american study of thyroid cancer after the chernobyl accident. the writer recalls that he never trusted the soviet government and was happy for ukrainian independence. this, i can see what a terrible system it is. people are all afraid, afraid, even my family was afraid to talk to me. chased everywhere, there were microphones everywhere, it was, i think, a terrible terror, not for me, but for the people who lived there then, i was, i was very happy when ukraine became free, not only me, but all of us here in america, all over the world. danialya hryhorchuk is currently writing her fourth book, the main theme of which is reconciliation during the war. this is a novel by a ukrainian writer, a little older.

age, who lives in venice, and he is trying to reconcile with his daughter, who lives in russia and left her ukrainian roots, i describe there the moments that really happened during the war, for example in bucha, i started writing even before the war, i wrote first only about the ukrainian writer and... his daughter, but when the war started, it all happened against the background of the war and the pandemic. daniel hryhorchuk does not see the prospect of reconciliation between ukrainians and russians, at least until the decline of russia. he believes in the victory of ukraine and that russia is doomed to collapse, he says, this is what happens to all countries that sow terror. iryna matviychuk, iryna shynkarenko, kostyantyn golubchyk. voice of america. and

we finish the issue of the story about how volunteers collect holiday packages for ukrainian defenders who meet these christmas holidays away from their relatives. lesya bakalets met with volunteers in kyiv. many christmas trees, ukrainian flags and greetings for the armed forces of ukraine. children in the kyiv regional center. i draw ukrainian snowmen who help the armed forces. nine-year-old anna bruslynovska and her friends make special candles for soldiers in the trenches. it is necessary to wind cardboard on this wick, and pour the cart. and

then... after school, schoolchildren go to the center to make holiday gifts for the ukrainian military, they, as well as their teachers have been volunteering since russia launched a full-scale invasion of ukraine. we have children of idps, displaced persons, there are children whose parents are currently fighting at the front, so they understand all this, and they draw and do it with great desire. we have already purchased high heels, chemical heaters for the defenders, and we will put these pictures, postcards, greeting cards in there, and all this was transferred, not removed, children's postcards are put in holiday packages together with sweets, says volunteer kateryna yakymovych, head public the organization of warriors, which supports the ukrainian military in various ways, is cool at the forefront, because you don't need to pour out of the jar, you have portioned honey.

it is not enough to send one big bag of candy to the breed. kateryna says it is important that each soldier receives a personal gift, she has already sent more than a thousand. as one of the commanders of the third regiment said: in the midst of this horror, this is such a cool moral support. the arm women now initiative sends a female winter army to the front line for free... i'm tired. in the ministry defense, unfortunately, there is no separate form that was provided for women. now in donbas , the minus feels like -15, and we are making every effort to provide for our girls, defenders, who are on the front lines. volunteers pack 150 sets of uniforms. the set includes warm winter pants, a warm jacket. now we ordered more thermal underwear and warm sweaters from...