period of invasion, so they are now , well, let’s see, that is, also, it is clear that the manufacturer takes into account, let’s say this, and the feedback that gives the front, and the best results are always given by the front, and it is important to understand that part of the big weapon that gives into ukraine from nato training grounds, it is ineffective, there is a big myth that nato weapons are all effective, not turkish and not nato and many other things, what other weapons are we testing in ukraine on... i repeat, because we have turned into the largest technology testing ground. unfortunately, that's a good thing works in texas somewhere on a training ground, in a real war with the russians, in which objectively the best electronic warfare in the world and many others, unfortunately, there are good practices, but it does not work, yes, so it is important to understand what is important to understand that manufacturers must receive feedback from us, because we have the greatest expertise, only our enemy has such expertise on weapons, and we... we must also

successfully and correctly put this expertise on the geopolitical table negotiations, this expertise to emphasize our subjectivity , to emphasize that we are not just, you know, natives there who are ready to thank for mirrors and beads, but we are a country that holds the front and holds the war for virtually the entire western world on us, and in return we demand we ask with gratitude, of course for previous help, but we ask because time is sensitive. we ask that you provide us with important high-quality weapons as soon as possible, which we will give feedback to the manufacturers. thank you very much, maria berlinska was on radio svoboda, we were talking about a new kind of troops in the zso, and precisely about the drones that were brought out in separate vixens. thank you very much. thank you. director of the international agency for atomic energy magate raphael grosrossi is visiting the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today. it was occupied by the russians. troops at the beginning of

a large-scale war. the director of magat says he wants to check whether the plant can function with old nuclear fuel, which is several years old. he also wants to check how the armed forces work with only half of full-time employees. the day before , grossiy said that hundreds of ukrainian specialists russian troops are not allowed to enter the nuclear plant after they refused to sign a contract with rosatom, which took over the administration of the occupied military base. kyiv says about 400 specialists who are not allowed to enter the nuclear plant. zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest in europe, but now six of its reactors are shut down, - says magate. we are on the front lines of this war. we have now successfully crossed the front line and are on our way to the headquarters of the magat after the fourth visit to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where we paid an important visit, checking its current condition, as well as the condition of its security there is no room for complacency,

raphael grossi wrote on his page on the x social network after visiting the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, what problems have gathered around the occupied nuclear power plant and what are their causes, see in the material. shortage of personnel, expiration of the fuel life, the situation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is icy. such theses about the situation in zas were used by the general director of the magat, raphael grossi, during his visit to kyiv. on february 6 , grossi discussed security at the military base with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, already on february 7 he visited the station, which is under the occupation of russia , on the agenda is the solution of technical issues that will make it possible to be sure of the safety of the station, for example, the issue of the exploitation of nuclear fuel, the term of its exploitation has expired and now the problem has arisen, if the fuel cannot be exploited further, then how unload and store, about the main problems of the stations and plans for visas to the power plant. he said

during a meeting with the minister of energy of ukraine herman galushchenko. in addition to political positions, which are well known, there are objective ones technical issues that need to be addressed regardless of whose side you 're on. so i think the russians are more responsible because they control the station. there is also the personnel issue that your colleague mentioned. this is a situation where the station works with very... but what is the reason for the worsening of this situation? at the end of january , the kremlin media, citing the press service of the armed forces, reported that in order to ensure security, from february 1, access to the station for personnel who did not sign a contract with the russian management company rosatom will be blocked we are talking about hundreds of specialists. the press service also emphasized that the as is allegedly equipped with the necessary equipment. levels, although

experts of the ministry of education and culture reported that currently 45 employees work in the russian management company naz, 940 applications are under consideration, for comparison before the beginning. of the full-scale invasion, about 11,500 employees worked at the armed forces. earlier , ukrainian intelligence claimed that russia was pressuring zaporizhia jsc workers and forcing them to obtain russian passports and sign a contract with rosatom. general director magate confirmed the unprecedented psychological pressure on employees. among the constant risks for stations is also its mining by the russian army. in january , raphael grossi reported that in the buffer zone between mines again appeared in the outer and inner fences. according to him, they were removed in november 2023, because the presence of mines on such an object does not meet the safety standards of the ministry of defense. the permanent representative of russia in vienna reacted to these statements. this is

a normal means of protecting the station from attacks. mines along the perimeter of the military base are dangerous only for rats, crows and saboteurs. rafael grossi has already visited zs. the visit took place. without incident, there he met with representatives of russia, who illegally took over the station and now run it, then ceo magat will go to moscow to meet with russian officials. olga armyanyshina, radio liberty. well, let's talk about the situation at the armed forces in more detail. next, with us on rfe/rl hryhoriy plachkov, head of the state nuclear regulation inspection of ukraine for 2017-21. mr. grigory, i congratulate you, i congratulate you. and tell me, please, how much the problem of not allowing about 400 employees of the station to their workplaces is a serious one, because of their refusal to sign contracts with rosat, and how

can a lack of personnel in general threaten as? well , look, the person who manages the nuclear power unit, who has the right to switch, conduct switching at... the power unit, he has been training for 9 to 10 years, he is a licensed personnel, in accordance with our current legislation, all people who are responsible for nuclear and radiation safety must be licensed in accordance with our legislation, unfortunately, as of today, both management and regulatory control over the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been lost by our state, therefore to me, as a former manager. the government does not understand how some other personnel who do not have a license are allowed there, licenses are issued for three years, we know that the occupation will already be longer on march 4, it will be up to two years, so it is very difficult to answer how many

licensed personnel are left at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and that's all the people who are responsible for... nuclear and radiation safety, their moral and psychological state, it is very important, because the human factor in work in such conditions should not be forgotten, because in the history of mankind there were three such rather unpleasant events, this is also the accident on trimal island, this is also the accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant, this is the accident at fukushima daiichi, so it depends very much on the people who are responsible for the licensed specialists who are responsible for nuclear and radiation safety in such conditions many. director magate raphael grossi also said he was concerned about the issue of old nuclear fuel. you, as a specialist , can explain what is the threat in this, that maybe i would not say that it is old nuclear

fuel, we know that nuclear there was a small mistake, to date five nuclear power units are in a state of cold shutdown , one the power unit is in a state of hot shutdown, because this power unit, which is at minimum power levels, is necessary for heating the city of the satellite, as well as for the technological needs of the station itself, well, it is very difficult to answer this question, because for this you need more detailed information, in what condition the assemblies are, what the aggressor country did in the active zones of the reactor. therefore , there is a terminal storage facility at the nuclear power plant, so i think that there is still a question of deregistration of fuel cassettes, so i think that the general director of mgt is more concerned about what is happening with the fuel, because some

power units were at capacity, then they stopped, some power units were then put into a hot stop state, so i think... that's it these issues of safe operation of the fuel and safe operation of the active zones of the reactor are of great concern to rafael grossi, because the assemblies themselves are one of the safety barriers at the nuclear power plant, and you have already mentioned that the presence of unlicensed personnel on the territory of the nuclear power plant is very dangerous, there is a video of the russian military on its territory, it is certain that they are also inside the station, what is the danger in this, well, look, this is a nuclear power unit and a nuclear power plant - very complicated, it is very complex dangerous object, there are

systems important for safety, such as, for example, diesel generators, we know that the station switched to backup power quite many times, from other lines, from 330 kv power lines, 750 kv lines were destroyed there , therefore finding military personnel who do not respond. for the physical protection of such objects, these are quite big risks, because they can create either non-design or extra-design events at zas, and therefore the detonation of auxiliary equipment and equipment that is responsible for safety is not only the active zone of the reactor, but also other equipment, this is very, very important, there is still the issue of cooling, because after... after the dam of the kokhov reservoir was destroyed and the kokhov

reservoir itself was destroyed, the nuclear power plant remained on a single basin, coolers for all nuclear, all six nuclear power units, so i say, not only the cores are important for safety, but also the auxiliary equipment and the equipment that is important for safety, it's also important to not make a disaster on zaporizhia. nuclear power plants. the plant was occupied a week after the russian full-scale invasion, do you think that russia achieved the occupation of the nuclear plant itself, the reactors, as you have already noted, they are shut down, the plant does not produce energy in the amount, perhaps in the amount that could be exported. what has russia achieved in your opinion? in my opinion, the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is used by a disrespectful aggressor country as such a tool

to blackmail the entire civilized world and everyone who understands nuclear and radiation security, they manipulate information from the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, keeping the civilized world in such tension that if something goes wrong, we will make some events there and there will be non-design or with... design events that can bring disaster to the ecology not only to our state, and all other and neighboring states with which there is a common border. secondly, secondly, i think they really, in law, failed to switch the nuclear power plant to the needs of occupied crimea or the occupied luhansk and donetsk regions, so i say, i i think... that they are holding our employees hostage first of all, so i think

this is such a powerful tool of blackmail of the world community, uh, very briefly, if you have information about whether the employees of the station were offered russian citizenship, yes indeed, this administration, which is located at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant, is constantly incomprehensible to the administrator, it puts pressure on the staff so that... ukrainian licensed personnel transfer or sign contracts with rosadam or receive received citizen citizenship of the russian federation and it really is such a case , thank you very very much , hryhoriy plachko, the head of the state inspection of nuclear regulation, was with us on radio liberty from 5:21 p.m., thank you. well, svoboda live says goodbye until tomorrow, don't forget to subscribe to radio svoboda's social network. now! there are discounts on acc long 15%

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ox saves lives. 12-year-old andrii myroshnychenko and svyatoslav volchasty and 14-year-old anatoly ilyashenko. all these boys disappeared in the temporarily occupied territories of the kherson region, and no one knows where they are now. so i really hope for your help. first of all, i am addressing the residents of the temporarily occupied territories of kherson. i know that ukrainian tv channels are not broadcasting in your country now, but i hope that maybe you are watching this program on social networks, so i really ask you to look carefully at the faces of the children. andriy moroshnychenko. he turned 12 last december . the boy looks his age, he thin and has light blond hair.

he was last seen in february 23 on the left bank of the kherson region in the village of velikiy. sviatoslav elchastny, he will be 13 years old in march, he is of medium build and has blond hair. the boy disappeared in february 22 of the year in the territory of heniche district of kherson region, which was occupied almost from the first days of the war. and this is anatoly ilyashenko. he turned 14 at the end of last year . the boy is thin, has dark hair and brown eyes. he looks maybe a little older than his age age tolu was last seen in the village of baltazarivka, this is the chaplin district of the kherson region, which was also occupied almost at the beginning of the full-scale war. if suddenly someone has information about ... the whereabouts of andriy, svyatoslav or anatoly, or maybe just saw these guys somewhere, let us know right away, even a small piece of information can be very important.

you can call the magnolia child tracing service at any time of the day by dialing the short number 11630. calls from all ukrainian mobile operators are free. if suddenly you if you are in the temporarily occupied territory and cannot call, write. to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram, or look for us on facebook. i have told you the stories of just three children who disappeared due to a full-scale russian invasion. in general, since the beginning of the war, we have already received several thousand appeals for help in the search. of course, the vast majority of children were found and now everything is fine with them. but, unfortunately, the fate of many still remains unknown. everyone can help find them. believe me, everything minute. time can be decisive: go to the website of the magnolia children's search service in the missing children of ukraine section. here you can view all the photos of the missing. perhaps

you will recognize someone and eventually help find them. at the same time , children are also disappearing in territories controlled by ukraine. as the experience of the magnolia child tracing service shows. the vast majority of them are teenagers. we talked about this topic with a psychologist and gathered a lot. tips for parents that can prevent a child from suddenly running away from home. one one of them is the importance of involving children in solving family issues. involve the child in the development of the family budget, in solving some problematic issues, because sometimes we make some decisions, and these decisions are difficult, difficult, we ourselves are very worried and worried about it, and the child is only informed about the result, and he perceives it as personal image well, for example, the child was expecting a new phone, but due to some family events, we don't have money for it, and instead of explaining, in order to make a decision together with the child, how

and in what we can save and when we can still save up money for that new phone, we simply bring to her this idea that there will be no phone, as then we are perceived, well, as an enemy, who just wants to destroy the whole peaceful life of the child, break all the dreams and so on, and if she knew all about... and if she participated in the discussion, and if her voice was important and she could say, let's save a little here , here i am ready to give up something for the sake of it, she would felt complicity in the family budget, in planning, felt that she was important, and what could be better in life than feeling important.

on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, chas time, i'm maria prus, congratulations. the vote on the aid package for ukraine in the us senate will take place in the coming hours. senate democrats say aid to ukraine and partners will come up for a vote either way, with or without a border deal. formerly republicans said they would not vote for a bipartisan deal on tougher immigration policies. we will discuss with kateryna lisunova, our congress correspondent, whether it is possible to expect the progress of the bill on additional funding for assistance to ukraine today in the congress. katya, hello. tell me, please, what is the situation in the senate now, what are the legislators saying, is there agreement among them? in general , the voting started literally an hour

ago, it has almost ended, and it looks like the first version of the draft law the border with the border agreement failed during this vote, but here it is also worth noting that this is a procedural vote, in fact it is not a vote on the draft law itself, but only, if it is approved, begins consideration of this draft bill, i.e.... debates and amendments , but noted that the main news today, as you rightly noted, was the fact that the leader of the majority in the senate , schumer, announced that he would put two bills to the vote: one is assistance to partners, in particular ukraine and the border agreement, and another the bill, if the border agreement is not voted on, it will be purely a bill to help partners, ukraine, israel and taiwan. i will note that in general, chuck schumer... admonishes the senators to vote for the first bill with the border agreement, i suggest you listen to his statement today.

republicans said they could not vote for aid to ukraine without a border. now they say that they cannot vote for ukraine along with the border, so today i give them a choice. first, i will put to the vote a bill that includes border reforms that republicans have been demanding for months. and if republicans block the border bill , i will give them the opportunity later today to vote on a relief package without border reform. in general, this document is not very good. will vary, it will have significant funding for ukraine, israel, civilians in gaza and the pacific region. in turn, the leader of the republicans, mitch mcconnell , said yesterday that the republicans will definitely block the aid package together with the border, but regarding a separate aid package for partners, in particular, to ukraine, mitch mcconnell did not give clear comments today, he only noted that the security of the united states of america and

issues in general are important to the united states. america does not end at the border of the united states of america. i suggest listening to his statement today. as our colleagues recognize, this border agreement has no chance of becoming law. i would like to say that the border crisis is not the only challenge that the president's failures have presented to us. there is no doubt that the delay in responding to tehran's aggression inspired moscow as well. russian forces that iran and its proxies benefited directly from president biden's hesitancy when they went full-scale invading ukraine, and under such circumstances the senate must understand our responsibilities. kaziya, well, in the event of the adoption of any bill in the senate, it then moves to the house of representatives. tell me if there are enough votes there.

currently, the speaker of the house of representatives is the chairman. the republican, mike johnson, has been the loudest and most consistent opponent of the overall package deal with the border deal. regarding the question of the withdrawal of ukraine separately for a vote or a package of assistance to partners together with ukraine separately for a vote, then mike johnson is in no hurry. in particular, yesterday, commenting on this issue to the american media, he noted that more time is needed to consider the issue of ukraine. in his opinion, the biden administration. provide more information about a clear strategy on the issue of ukraine, as well as more information about the checks that are being conducted and the strengthening of these checks, the aid that comes to kyiv. but here it is worth noting that only these questions do not end consideration of aid to ukraine and the delay in consideration of aid to ukraine, it is also worth noting the far-right wing of the republicans, who demand to stop any aid to ukraine

in principle. i spoke yesterday with republican senator ron johnson , who also holds this point of view, and he believes in particular that ukraine will not win this war, and it is necessary to stop supplying ukraine with weapons as soon as possible in order to stop the war itself and, so to speak , to force two sides to negotiations. i suggest you listen to his comment, which he gave yesterday i'm in the senate right now. we are strangely evil. putin will not lose this war , he has four times the population , he has the economy, he will not lose this war, you have to accept this reality, every day more and more ukraine is being destroyed, more ukrainians are dying, so i believe that our strategy has to do everything possible to get putin to come to the negotiating table and negotiate an end to this war, that's what i wanted to see, not

to throw fuel on the fire with... hope that ukraine can somehow win. in conclusion, it is worth simply noting that everything now depends on the outcome of the vote in the senate itself, of the good news for ukraine, in the senate both packages that chuck schumer, the leader of the majority in the senate democrat, will bring to the vote today both of these packages, both of these draft laws have particular aid to ukraine. therefore, in both cases, even if the first case, for example. will fail, then they will proceed to another consideration, which will also include aid to ukraine. at the same time, how will this vote end and whether this individual will be supported aid package to ukraine and partners, in particular the republicans, we will monitor and inform our viewers first. of course, katia, thank you very much, it was kateryna visinova's voice of america congress coin. former us president donald trump did not...