on the air from washington, the ukrainian voice of america program chas time, i'm yuliya yarmolenko, congratulations, the russians are trying to ... live the air defense systems of ukraine, and this only emphasizes how important it is that congress approves the request for additional funding for ukraine as soon as possible. this is how the white house commented on the next russian missile attacks on kyiv, kharkiv and pavlograd, which took the lives of at least nine people. according to military reports, ukrainian air defense forces shot down 21 of the 41st missiles. council representative us national security advisor john kirby said that the ukrainians are forced to make difficult decisions about which anti-missile missiles. to use, and which to save

for another day, so that this does not happen, we need american help and american leadership. this is what the russians have been trying to do since the beginning of the winter months, this is an attempt to bring more and more suffering to ukrainians, trying to break their will, their backbone. these are attacks on civilian infrastructure, residential buildings and terrain, and putin has done this before. we don't see much change. along of this front line from east to south. neither side has made much progress. we do not see a serious push by the russians for a ground offensive. i do not rule out that they can continue to try when the ground hardens. what they are doing now is trying to exhaust ukrainian air defense systems. and the air defense systems were quite effective. they repelled many attacks. obviously, they cannot contain all attacks. that is why it is so important that we receive additional fin'. as i emphasized earlier.

ukrainians are forced to make difficult decisions about which missiles to use and which to save for another day. and the russians know it. we saw how they began to attack ukraine's defense and industrial base more, which again leads to a decrease in the ability of ukrainians to defend themselves over time. this just highlights how important it is that we get this additional funding for ukraine. minister austin held another contact group, in which today we... brought about 50 countries that are trying to contribute to support ukraine, all they are waiting for our leadership, everyone wants to know where we will be on this issue in a couple of months. us secretary of defense lloyd austin urged allies to provide ukraine with more air defense systems and interceptors, opening another virtual meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine. it was the first rammstein, as a result of which the usa could not declare another peace. weapons, because

aid funding is stuck in congress. what does this mean for the future format and support of ukraine, with what results the meeting ended. let's talk about this with my colleague ostap yarysh, who is currently joining the broadcast with the pentagon. ostape, hello, the white house is still emphasizing today that russia looks like this, trying to wear out ukrainian air defense. do allies have a solution to prevent this, especially at a time when american aid is on hold? indeed , it was not clear until the end of the first meeting of this year whether the secretary of defense of the united states loydossky would be able to participate in it, let me remind you, he recently underwent an operation in connection with the treatment of cancer, he joined this meeting from home, it generally took place virtually, and tepriva is really not only in the white house talking about this tactic that russia uses to exhaust ukrainian anti-aircraft systems of defense, the pentagon is also talking about it, celeste wallender mentioned it. assistant secretary

of defense of the united states for international security, she said that indeed, although russia is trying to disperse ukrainian air defense forces in cities, attacking civilians objects, but also on the contact line. according to the estimates of the russian pentoog, this cannot be done, since ukraine still effectively uses the capabilities it has to repel russian attacks. however, not only the lack of ammunition for anti-aircraft defense was talked about today, yuli also talked about the fact that ukraine lacks ammunition for artillery. conduct effective combat operations on the battlefield, and celeste wallender said that indeed ukraine raised this issue today, they clearly stated that the armed forces of ukraine have a problem with this, it needs to be solved, and they say in the pentagon, it was important to actually hear these testimonies from the ukrainian side in order to find ways to solve this issue, let's listen. we heard a message from the ukrainian government. from the ukrainian

ministry of defense and their general staff that they are concerned because they believe that the units do not have the supplies and ammunition that they need, and that is one of the reasons why... we are focusing on the need to answer questions from congress so that they were able to move forward with it decision on additional financing. so that 's been part of the conversation, and we need to hear that from the ukrainians so that we as a coalition can look at what we're buying, where can we increase production, how can we meet those demands faster? yes, that was part of the conversation. also. that nato countries are signing contracts for the supply of more artillery ammunition in order to replenish their own warehouses and also to be able to help ukraine with ammunition, in particular for artillery,

we are talking about more than 200 thousand ammunition 155-millimeter caliber, which ukraine also uses on the battlefield, jen saltmer told about it in more detail, about these agreements, let's listen. we have just awarded $1.2 billion worth of contracts to purchase hundreds of thousands of 155mm artillery pieces . this shows that nato's proven joint procurement framework is delivering results. russia's war in ukraine has become a battle for munitions, so it is important that allies replenish their own stockpiles as we continue to support. the increase in ammunition production is absolute necessary so that we can continue to provide support to ukraine. so far we 've been using our stockpiles, but with the munitions consumption that we 're seeing in ukraine and the needs that we're seeing to continue to support ukraine, we need to ramp up production, and that's exactly

what nato allies are doing. ostape, what other priority issues did the ramstein participants discuss today, what were the actual results of this meeting? absolutely, you know, every meeting in the armshtein format, various issues are discussed at it, of course, it was about ukraine's urgent needs on the battlefield , as well as long-term needs that allies can provide, they also talked about the situation on the battlefield, in particular , they mentioned in the pentagon that they paid attention to ukraine's successful attacks on russia's black sea fleet, to the successful downing of russian planes, we saw these news recently, of course yulia was also mentioned about the formation of new coalitions with... or in the united states department of defense, that germany will lead a coalition of armored vehicles that will help ukraine to expand these capabilities, latvia took over the presidency of the coalition to provide drones for ukraine, including. in addition, of course, yulia was also mentioned about how the training

of ukrainian pilots for the f-16 is progressing and about how what is being done to ensure that ukraine can receive these aircraft in the near future, in particular by preparing its infrastructure, all these things, julia definitely. in addition to the points we have already discussed, this was also discussed today in the virtual meeting. ostape, literally 30 seconds, or worried the pentagon, that at a time when american leadership in aid to ukraine is in question, this may also shake the transatlantic unity in support of ukraine. yulia, i asked this question today, in short, the pentagon says that no, they are not worried, and they are sure that the allies will continue to steadfastly support ukraine, even when there are delays in funding from the united states. states, as an example, cite the fact that in recent months , allies such as great britain, estonia, other european countries have announced allocation of new aid packages for ukraine and additional funding, it is about billions of dollars, the pentagon says, so there is concern about how allies will support ukraine further. these

messages are important, thank you very much, ostap, my colleague ostap yarysh was on the phone from the pentagon. no. haley or donald trump? such a choice is facing the republicans of new hampshire, where the primary party elections are held today. after more than 50% of iowa republicans chose donald as their presidential candidate last week trump, the former president hopes to cement that advantage in new hampshire as well. meanwhile, former south carolina gov. nikki haley's campaign hopes to close the gap. what significance will the results of a small state have for the presidential campaign. who do voters of ukrainian origin choose? let's talk about all this with my colleague iryna solomko, who joins the broadcast from the state capital of concord. hello irina, what are the features of primemarries in new hampshire and what is the significance of the results of party elections in this state for the 2024 us presidential race

as a whole? congratulations julia, everyone wants to win in new hampshire, because there is such an opinion that the candidate who wins here, respectively , then he cannot... win in the national primaries, respectively, and become the final candidate from such and such a constituency or from republicans or democrats, respectively. this time in this cycle, after all, they choose a candidate from... republicans, and in principle it is expected that, well , that is, for the residents of the state themselves, it is very an honorable mission, they are very proud of it and it motivates them to come to the precinct, we were here this morning at least in the city of concord, where we are in the state capital, and the precinct opens at 7 o'clock, i know in manchester, a place that is near the city, they open at 6 o'clock and there were already people here and we managed to talk to a few, they said that they are really motivated, they want to show an example to the whole country that... actually, it's very important to participate in primers that this is an equally important part democracy, and that in the principle of fighting, and

called on everyone to go and continue to do it, and the secretary of state, he basically predicted the day before that, according to his estimates, the turnout should be about 70% of all voters, and also, for example, we we are at a polling station in the center of the city, here according to the moderator, with whom we managed to communicate, in fact it is like this... the leader, if you look at the ukrainian categories in this way , this is the leader of the polling station, so he said that 2.5 were registered somewhere thousands of voters, and they expect that somewhere like at least half of them will come to the polling station , they say that there could be more if it were a full-fledged primary, if there were not only a candidate from the republicans, but also from the democrats, and that is why we are watching how now a small a pause, because usually people vote in the morning, yes before work, because i will remind you that... today is a working day, and accordingly , there will be such a greater activation somewhere after four, so we

continue to be at the polling station and will continue to monitor , how the events will take place further, iryna, you have already told me about how you have been working in this one of the precincts since the very morning, with which mood voters go to the polls, and whether nika gale has a chance to reduce the gap to donald trump in new hampshire. you know, julie, obviously that was definitely her goal, because... like i said, it's very important to still win in this first state, and we've talked to a few of her supporters, so it's just one of those , who after he voted, he took this sign, which means support for niki haley was standing at the entrance to the precinct and was basically rooting for her, so he was just saying that he was impressed, he was at a lot of events with her, and he was impressed with the number of events that she held, and according to journalists , at least some of the local media that they've put out that in the... over there in the last few weeks she's done 200 events, that's several events a day, she 's been extremely active, as has

donald trump actually, because a also the last two weeks there, that is, especially the last week, he had a rally every day, gathered his supporters a lot and in principle actively campaigned, and at the polling stations we saw supporters of both candidates, i will tell you honestly, the representatives who voted for nikki haley were more open to communication, it is not only republicans, it is ... donald trump, who would say it openly, but we managed to do it and now you can hear, respectively, a republican, yes, who supported donald trump and, respectively , a republican who supports nicky haley. i know a lot of people don't like him for some reason, but... not everyone has someone will like it and that's what makes us different. i just think he's good for us right now, and

my main reason is that after 9/11, he lived in new york when there was a terrorist attack, so i think he's the best for the job, for the united states. plus, he is a good businessman. i voted for nikki haley, i hesitated. because i would like to see someone less controversial than mr. trump, even though i like trump's politics. he did good things when he was in office. i didn't vote for him because of him family values, and because of the way he treats people, but his policies were good and he stood up strongly for the united states, which i don't think is being done now. that being said, i think nicky gayle is a more moderate personality. i think she will make every effort to bring back... with voters also of ukrainian

origin, who are they voting for and why? yes, yulia, you know, the community in manchester is not very big, of ukrainians, we were told, somewhere around 100 families, that is, it is true you can multiply by three, there is a ukrainian church, it is a community center, we managed to communicate so far only with supporters of donald trump. but it was interesting because just there his statements may be a little bit controversial in the context of ukraine, but they believe that actually, they know what to expect from donald trump, they saw how decisive he was. when he was prezi, when he was president, and when , for example, comparing with the same barack obama, when he gave lethal weapons to ukraine, so they remember it all, they believe that he will be a more effective president and that he will help solve, that is , they basically believe in the promises that trump has made that he will end the war quickly, and now you can hear their argument for that. he

has already said more than once, this matter will be over in two or three days, well, what else... do some people think that he will give the country, say: give your eastern ukraine, and there will be peace, but i think otherwise, i think , that trump, as he looks at putin, he looks at him, and he says: "you know what, i don't have to i can blame zelensky for anything, but i can blame putin that we'll finish with your, with your gas, with your heating, we 'll bankrupt you, economically, get out of ukraine. it's interesting, of course, the opinion of an american of ukrainian origin. thank you iryna, literally in a few hours we will have the results of the primaries in new hampshire and tomorrow we will summarize the results of these

elections on the new hampshire connection was my colleague iryna solomko. several dozen western experts, investors and former officials signed a letter about the importance of confiscating frozen russian assets on the eve of a hearing in one of the us senate committees devoted to this issue. according to the american media, the administration of us president joe biden supports legislation that would allow ukraine to transfer about 300 billion dollars from the frozen assets of the russian central bank. the group of seven should also discuss this issue in february. however, what exactly will they decide and what is the role of the usa, my colleague natalka churikova. spoke to the older one lawyer yulia ziskina of the together for ukraine organization. there are reports in the press that the group of seven countries are going to decide something about russian assets at a meeting in february. we still don't know the details of this decision, but we can see that this case is starting to move. so what do you

expect and what do you think should be done? i think these are two different questions, what i expect and what needs to be done. i'll start with what needs to be done. i believe that this decision should have been made a long time ago. we are very far behind. ukraine needs this money were a year ago and even earlier. so, in my opinion, a specific decision should be made regarding the confiscation of russian sovereign assets that are frozen in western jurisdictions. first of all, in the countries of the group of seven and in belgium. the main part of the money from what is known is in belgium. therefore, i hope that in february the g7 will agree on a plan to advance confiscation. this should be a multilateral step agreed upon by western countries. and according to my feelings, we are moving in this direction. i've been working on this theme for about a year now and i'm curious to see how much the tone has changed. in the beginning, we heard that it

was impossible, that it was illegal, that it would never happen. there have been a lot of misconceptions , but in recent months... the conversation and the tone has completely changed, instead of debating whether to do it, we hear okay, but how do we do it, so now western governments and the group of seven are discussing how best to approach this we are now seeing small steps in this direction with the use of profits from russian assets, which are planned to be transferred to ukraine. is this the first step to confiscation of all assets? not necessarily. i think that if they say that you can use the profit accumulated from these assets, and it is legal, then it means that it is also legal to use the fixed capital. according to estimates, the profit from russian assets will amount to about 3 billion dollars a year. this is nothing at all, but the usa and the eu together give 5 billion a month to support the work of the government of ukraine.

this is just to keep its economy afloat. so, income from russian assets is far from... not enough, the smy group should move further and implement a full confiscation ukraine declares that it wants to receive the entire amount of russian assets for reconstruction and compensation, but is there a legal basis for this? of course, according to international law, russia owes this money to ukraine. russia started an illegal war of aggression against ukraine. she committed numerous war crimes, that's not up for debate, that was. recognized by the un, it has been recognized by the international criminal court and many other bodies, or does the confiscation decision have to be made by some court because the russians they say it's illegal. if there is no judgment in this case. we already have the decision of the international criminal court. more than

a year and a half ago , the international court issued preliminary decisions obliging russia to stop the war of aggression. she didn't, so that creates a legal basis for countermeasures. the countermeasures themselves, such as confiscation, do not require a court decision. what are the risks, why the group. one of the biggest talking points is that this will destabilize the euro. however, there are many different ones experts, economists, lawyers have repeatedly proved and explained that this is not a real threat, and this is because if the sema group takes this step together, then those who will be afraid to keep their money in the currencies of these countries will not have other means of livelihood. there are no other reserve currencies in the world that could simultaneously replace the us dollar, the euro, the pound sterling and the japanese yen, which together make up approximately 89% of the world's reserve

currencies, meaning that countries that would theoretically fear confiscation of their assets, more there is nowhere to invest, except for the chinese currency, but it seems to me that this is not very realistic. so the asset freeze does not pose any additional appreciable risk to the dollar or euro. you already mentioned that the main part of this frozen money is in belgium. what is the role of the united states, why is it so important for the united states to take steps toward confiscation? other countries count on the leadership of the united states, so it is. at every panel at the many conferences in europe and other jurisdictions i've been to, the first question i always get is this. what what does the united states do, what does the united states think? the us is estimated to have about 8 billion in russian assets, far less than the roughly 220 billion in europe.

however, the us is leading the way and setting an example for other jurisdictions. it takes a brave country willing to take the lead and show other countries that this is actually legal and the right thing to do. everyone is waiting for the us to take the lead. and this is the end of the story about 13-year-old maksym brovchenko, a boy who is inspired by space, draws pictures and wrote a book planet a is about people with autism. a talented boy with special features, considering the autistic spectrum, had to leave berdyansk, which was occupied by the russians, together with his mother. now the family lives in zaporizhzhia. he dreams the most. in order for ukraine to win, he was able to return to his native city. our colleagues eva myronova and oleksandr oliynyk, who met maxim, say: the boy started talking

about the coming of a big war six months before the full-scale invasion of russia. this story continues. we were in kyiv for more than six months, and we just went to look at the military store and max says: sell me an rpg, the seller. we were so surprised, he says, you know, there will be such a terrible war that i need an rpg. the fact that maksym is a special boy, mother oksana, a psychologist by profession, realized when her son was six months old. he did not do the actions that children should at six months, he fixed everything, just by looking, i had no doubt about the year, he started talking that he was not yet a year old, he started talking and talking. you're non-stop, just while he 's awake, he's talking, well, it's the same, there's one thing one of the signs. from childhood, max was only interested in facts and science, not fairy tales. he did not

play with toys, but collected them. after eight years, the boy became interested in space and began to draw it. because i am inspired by the stars, the night sky, the moon and so on. because space is interesting. well, at first i painted with pastels, but... after i tried to rub them, i got mazolines, and i came to paints. in addition to his mother, the person who helped the autistic boy adapt to life, the adult autistic american bill peters. before the start of the full-scale war, he spent a year and a half in the brovchenko family, helping maxim to adjust to life. he became his friend, just a friend, he was walking everywhere, they went together with the children, to school there too... he spent time together, he got to know the children, but there was nothing special, he just lived, he was a good

person , it changed... it was very nice with him, thanks to him i made new friends, maksym tells my mother, he talked about the onset of the great war long before it began, so he asked a military store in kyiv to sell him weapons, and somehow from that moment he became so anxious, he was very, well , constantly repeating, there will be a terrible war, the war is coming, at the beginning of december he stopped sleeping normally, he started... waking up at night there will be screams, well, there will be a terrible war, in fact, i never wanted a war, but unfortunately, it happened. on february 26, russian troops entered berdyansk, armored personnel carriers drove by, they drove past every house and shouted that everyone should go home, we heard shots, because well

of course, all three of us... we prayed together, we have such a canopy at home, and we are under the canopy so that we can hear what is happening, because, well, to understand at least how, well, what to do, well, what to do with the brovchenko family became evident after max's first walk through the occupied city. one day we were walking down the street and their convoy was walking, their convoy was walking two in black and two in military uniform, and max, we compared, and max unexpectedly. for me she said: uncle, when already, well, he spoke in russian then, well, he says: "uncle, when you already die." the mother understood with her son, which says that he thinks it is dangerous to remain in the occupation. with the help of a local doctor, under the influence of sleeping pills and sedatives, oksana took her son through three dozen russian checkpoints. yes, he woke up right at our checkpoint, but at the controlled one, he woke up. and our

boys came in, they were all crying, and max woke up and said: are these ours or the rashists, all on the bus, i say, my god, the boys are smiling, they say, and their, their, mother and son left their native berdyansk with with two shoulder pads, where they put all their lives in hometown maxim and his mother have been living in zaporizhzhia for almost a year and a half, the 12-year-old boy has many of his own art exhibitions and a written book. planet a, about the world of people with autism. in the future, i would like for us to win, for me to return home, for everything that was destroyed to be rebuilt, for everyone to live in peace and tranquility, for there to be no more war. eva myronova, oleksandr oliynyk, for voice of america from the zaporizhzhia region. from time to time, he began

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