people to protect people. the first and most important task of the federal government is to protect its citizens. we are not doing this under president biden. we only have a tiny, you know, razor thin majority. in fact, there is now a one-vote majority in the house of representatives. our majority is small. we only have one chamber, but we are trying to use every ounce of leverage to ensure that this problem is solved. i've had a long conversation with ... former president trump about this issue, and he gets it, he gets it. president trump wants to provide security of the country. president trump is someone who has spoken before others about border security. he was bogged down on this, as you remember , on building the wall, because he saw this disaster, he knew that if we didn't get control of this, we were going to be in this situation, and that's why president trump used his executive powers. he used

his executive power to bring this system under control. president biden reflexively did the opposite, and that is what caused this crisis. almost a week ago near belgorod russian il-76 military plane crashed. the russian federation claims that there were ukrainian prisoners of war on board, who were brought in for exchange. ukraine reported. that the exchange of prisoners was indeed planned, but she could not confirm whether ukrainians were on board the plane. the country has launched an investigation into the incident. ukrainian human rights commissioner dmytro lubinets told maria ulyanovska about the details of what he considers russia's information campaign, and what was found out about the fate of ukrainian prisoners of war? when did it happen at all for me, there was jevue, a one-to-one match with trage. in volenivka, and there, and there

, there was an attempt to launch an information campaign against our state using, using the factor of prisoners of war, so when this happened, the russians themselves released videos and photos, which we analyzed, based on which i made assumptions, that this disaster was meant... to discredit the military aid that ukraine receives every day. as for the bodies of prisoners of war, if they were actually on board, they would were definitely next to the wreckage, and it was definitely used by the russian federation, filmed, showed a video, against the ukrainian authorities, an hour after the plane crashed there, already the speaker... thinks, makes

statements, and pay attention to whom they are addressing: the united states and germany. the united states, the country in the first place for providing military aid, germany is the second. therefore, for me personally, it is clear why it was done. we await the results of a transparent, comprehensive, international investigation. is there any information about what happened to these pows, where are they now? in what condition are they? there is no information, again, in order to receive information, we need the desire of the russian side to provide such information, or the desire of international partners to put pressure on the russian side and demand explanations from them, demand from them access to our citizens who are in captivity, unfortunately , i constantly record the facts that between'.

the people's committee of the red cross does not fully fulfill its mandate, does not demand anything from the russians, at least according to the information which i have, on the one hand, it shows our openness, we are not afraid to conduct an investigation, we demand this investigation, what will the russians do, in my opinion, they will not let anyone in, they will hide everything, they will say that ukraine is to blame for everything and it will continue will continue this mantra. about ukraine's responsibility for the murders of ukrainian citizens, without any evidence. we watched an interview with the commissioner for human rights of ukraine, dmytro lubinets. see the full version of the interview in our following programs. she received 36 points out of a possible 100 ukraine in the corruption perception index for 2023 . this is three points more than every year. now ukraine occupies 104 mi. among 180 countries.

since the revolution of dignity, ukraine has added a total of 11 points. this is the largest increase among the countries that currently have the status of eu candidates. point to the following key steps: intensifying arrests and investigations of top corruption cases, developing a state anti-corruption program and conducting most procurements in a transparent manner, but ukraine still lags behind the indicators of eu members. at the same time, over the past six months in a number of high-profile corruption scandals took place in ukraine. how does this affect corruption perception ratings? andriy borovyk spoke on the air of the voice of america briefing program. they clearly influence, but it is impossible to say that any one negative or positive anti-corruption case will greatly affect the results of the country, because here the approach of a comprehensive assessment is taken

, all the information that is possible for the last two years, in this case, the latest information that was taken into account, these were the events there, let's say from the beginning of september last year, that is, all of them things that happened after that... they will already affect the next index of acceptance of corruption, and is it good or bad that we talk about anti-corruption cases, and worse, when investigative journalists talk about them and there is no reaction from politicians or law enforcement agencies, and when these cases are reported by the law enforcement officers themselves, or journalists expose them and there is an immediate reaction : the political dismissal of someone, or what i like more legally in the form of a criminal investigation, then i do not think that such cases are they harm the country only show that we react to those pains and those problems that arise in us. for the second time in the last 10 years, we gained plus three points, but in general, in 10 years, we advanced by 11 points, that is, on average, by one point per year, which is not as fast as we would like. we have identified three priorities for ourselves, the first is the strengthening

of anti-corruption institutions, that is, we need more detectives, more prosecutors, and more judges of the anti-corruption court, some of these competitions are already taking place. secondly, it is necessary to find resources for to support the country internally, i mean the assets of the arrested corrupt officials , they must be effectively managed, and thirdly, in order to make sure and remove any potential criticism from ukraine's skeptics abroad, this is to carry out a reform accounting chamber and audit service, which are the main bodies responsible for control of budget expenditures and control in the field of public procurement. these are the three things that can actually be done in a year, not what to start doing, but to do, and thus, me i think that we will rise in the rating much higher. president biden said tuesday that

he has decided how to respond to the drone strike that killed us service members in jordan. in a conversation with journalists on the white lawn. therefore, before the pre-election trip to florida , biden did not specify exactly what the decision was, which was made after consultation with white house advisers. he said the united states did not need a wider war in the middle east, echoing the main sentiment of comments by other officials that the u.s. the states do not want a war with iran. more than three decades have passed since the us closed its... military base in the philippines, but due to fears of china's expanding influence, manila is once again giving the us military access to facilities across the country. voice of america correspondent bill gala visited one of these military bases in the philippines, says iryna shinkarenko.

the camilo osias naval base in the northern philippines makes a modest impression. the rusty zanitka is the only visible weapon in a lightly manned base. however soon. the us will improve this airstrip, and can also transfer troops and weapons here. it is one of nine facilities to which the us will have access under the enhanced defense cooperation agreement between washington and manila. the new facilities, announced in april , are located near taiwan and the south china sea, key points of confrontation with china. camilo osias has a special strategic importance. it is located near taiwan. this worries the local governor, manuel. who fears that his province will become military purpose. 10 hours after the attack on america's pearl harbor, japan attacked us, mainly because there were us troops. i think it will happen again if

there are foreign powers in our midst. the philippines was under us control for decades until independence in 1946. the last permanent american base there was eliminated. in the early 1990s amid internal opposition in the philippines. the new arrangement does not restore a permanent us presence. according to philippine officials, attention is focused on acceleration of the military. we have improved our military but it is never enough, it is never enough because of our territorial issues with china. philippine vessels have increasingly come under pressure from china, which is expanding its influence in the south china sea, and some in manila see the us military presence as a deterrent to beijing. the first island line is very important, though, and the first island line is taiwan and the philippines. so with the return of american troops in the philippines, it becomes a problem for them. china

criticized the deal, saying it violated philippine sovereignty, manila disagreed. this is a kind of propaganda that they conduct to present what we do with evil intent. it is important for us that we benefit from this. outside of camilo osias, few residents know the... advantages or disadvantages of a small base that could soon play a major role in asia's security. iryna shynkarenko, white halo, voice of america, santa ana, philippines. tactical medicine doctor richard came to donbass from california. in february 2023, he joined to the second international legion. the daily task is to pick up the wounded from the front line and provide them with pre-hospital first

aid. the californian told our kyiv correspondents anna kostyuchenko and pavlo sukhodolsky why he decided to help ukraine. richard, a 36-year-old californian with the call sign california , has been serving as a tactical medic in donbas since february 2023. of the second international legion. according to richard, he served as a paramedic in the us armed forces for six years. after serving for 10 years, he worked as a salesman at grocery store in california. russia's full-scale aggression prompted him to help on the battlefield in ukraine. i sincerely believe that if russia wins in ukraine, it will not stop. this war will not only be a problem for ukraine, it will become a problem for the whole world. richard's task on combat duty in donbas is to pick up a wounded

soldier from the front line and provide him with first pre-hospital aid. there are so many injuries that there is a constant lack of medical supplies - says the doctor. we definitely need more turnstiles because they are very fast expire, as do life jackets. volunteers bring us, but we use everything faster than we get new ones. every day richard has to deal with the horrors of war. the worst injury i have seen is decapitation, a part of the head from the chin to the top was simply missing. in general , there are many shrapnel and bullet wounds, as well as contusions. in the summer of 2023. a medic from california suffered a concussion while rescuing the wounded in ukraine. there were

four of us in position and the artillery began to work on us. the shell fell very close to us, causing us to fall. we were all concussed by the force of the explosion. the american has already gotten used to life in donbas. in his free time , he likes to go grocery shopping because it helps him to distract himself. from his native california, richard brought luk as a talisman, but it is not him who takes the position, but a real machine gun, because picking up the wounded sometimes has to fail. anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolskyi for voice of america from donetsk region. our next story is about how a girl with down syndrome, who was abandoned in a ukrainian shelter 14 years ago, became a hollywood actress. sofia sanchez starred in several series and in the new

part of the american fantasy film "hunger games". sofia not only acts, she actively advocates for the rights of people with down syndrome. with khrystyna shevchenko, sofia shared her thoughts about the war in ukraine, as well as what she would like to ask her parents who left her. i feel different, but i think it's okay to be different, it's just different, it's not scary, it's great when you 're great, because being different can change the world. the most difficult thing about being in the vuva is that

she's scared hungry and worried and doesn't know who her parents were and she was crying. we had to practice for me to scream like i was scared please ah that was my scream i 've never screamed in real life sorry neighbors sophia is not a nervous person she's not nervous were you nervous? wasn't i nervous? i wasn't nervous when mom wasn't with me, what did i say? i said what i said. sophia, do you want

me to go with you or do you want me to stay here with the other moms, whatever you said, i want to. to go out with your friends, and they say it's taken off and i she did it and she wow congrats to my beautiful daughter. i'm from ukraine, and my biological parents were so scared of my down syndrome that they were afraid... to have a daughter, they couldn't solve it. yes, they left me in the cradle, along with other children. in fact, we

never intended to adopt a child. we have three biological children, all boys. my third son, joaquin, was born and... down, and it was a surprise to us. so when he was born, we decided to find out everything you can talk about this syndrome. during the study of down syndrome, we learned that in other countries many children are abandoned at birth because of their disability. it struck me. i started donating money to help these children find a family. as i was doing this, i came across a photo of all these babies. and i saw this photo of sophia. and i was just drawn to this photo, i felt drawn to it, it became clear to me that i was spending money to help her find family, and i thought, why don't we become this family, we flew to ukraine. we were able

to bring her home when she was... about 16 months old, but by then she was in an orphanage, her hair was cut off, her head was very flat from lying down a lot, she couldn't sit up on her own , she really did not know how to feed herself, for example. it was very difficult because she was not getting the care that any child needs, especially a child with a disability who needs special attention i remember how lonely and scared i was, i was shocked that i had no parents. i guess i really just miss my parents. "she adopted

me to be part of the family, yes i have three brothers, two dogs and one cat. i came to the united states of america and this is my home now. please god, i want them were safe, god, please. save my people. i was sad, and that's because i want them to be able to stop fighting. and be able to just do their own dreams so they can be away from the russians, my people are dying, but i just don't want them to be left alone, i want them

to be proud and safe. we discussed it, we know your parents' names. the names were on the original birth certificate. biological parents are those who gave birth to you. and i think that one day it's our dream to go back to ukraine and maybe find them and meet them and tell them that it's wonderful and everything is fine, because i'm sure that deep down they're going through this. yes, i could talk to them and tell them i'm doing great and have a big family but we still miss you and i think i want to ask. yes, she wants to ask them, like, what were you afraid of? and what was wrong, why were you so

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billion. under the contract for mines. who is to blame for the projectile famine? over the next hour, we will talk about this and other things with our two guests, general serhiy kryvonos and politician oleg rybachuk. in the second part of our program, which will start in exactly one hour, we will have people's deputies of ukraine mykyta poturaev, victoria syumar and yaroslav zhelezniak. however , before we start our big talk, let's watch a video of how the circle is. the occupiers were defeated by the fighters of the 63rd separate mechanized brigade, let's see.

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of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces