the aggressive russian government does not have us as an interlocutor. we are not a subject of negotiations for them. for them, ukraine does not make sense for existence. therefore , it was clear from the very beginning that the only way for us to stay alive is to defend ourselves. and this is the message that we bring today to the whole world, including to the holy father. but still, this is not his first such statement, i remember you before this. vala, that you will try to meet with him and talk with him about this, as they say face to face, did you succeed you should do it, because this is a completely different level, probably communication, this is how we met, are meeting and will continue to meet, because indeed our church today has a special mission, we are the voice not only of the greek-catholic church, but of the entire ukrainian people, the voice not only in front of the apostolic capital, but in front of the world public, so we will continue to do this tirelessly. to do in the name of our sick,

but unconquered people. on sunday, march 10 , archbishop of new york cardinal timothy dolan together with svyatoslav shevchuk held a joint service in the largest catholic church in the usa, st. patrick's cathedral in new york. speaking, his beatitude sviatoslav spoke about the hope and indomitability of the ukrainian people, and also urged them not to give up and presented the cardinal with a piece of a drone that was shot down near his residence and the cathedral of the ugc in kyiv. this is a very important sign of the unity of all catholics in america, and for us it is an opportunity to convey the truth about ukraine not only to the ukrainian community, which, by the way, was present here today in large numbers, but also to the wider american community. audience, we were told that 6 million people watched this liturgy live, which means that his eminence, timothy, gave the highest platform from which to shake. by the conscience of american

catholics and all people of good will. so, we tried to do this, to convey this message that ukraine is wounded, but not conquered, that ukraine is exhausted, obviously, because the war is exhausting us all, but ukraine will never kneel down, will never surrender, and i think that this message is more than ever now strength and hope, hope for victory, flew away from new york. to the whole world, you gave a part of the drone , yes, well, that is, two rolls of the drone and an easter egg, that's how the idea came about, today, let's say, the ukrainian community in america and its catholics of the latin rite are in the period of great fasting, and this is a journey, this is such a spiritual journey from christ, crucifixion and death to resurrection, to new life, to great joy, and here are these two symbols, ee these pieces ee... of those drones that

were shot down right above our cathedral in kyiv, they really are such a visible sign those nails that once pierced the body of christ, and today these nails pierce the body of christ, crucified in the body of the ukrainian people, and indeed those drones, those fragments could have killed us, but they could not do it, because the lord god is with us , and today... the main word of this liturgy was the word about hope, and hope leads us from the crucifixion to the resurrection. i told the cardinal one such story, which he promised to take as material for his easter sermon, our psychologists who helped us organize the program healing the wounds of war, they showed such and such a model, or such a slide, a girl with an easter egg: standing in front of a russian tank,

a ray of light comes out of that easter egg, which the tank breaks into pieces, this is the power of christian faith and prayer, which ukrainians are capable of today to defeat the brutal russian power, but this power is only human, and with us is the power of god, and this is the meaning of christian hope. the broadcast of this joint service was watched by more than 6 million people, iryna solomko asked about the expressions of the faithful. this service of god and also the sermon, especially of his holiness during the service, it does not just make an impression, but i think, first of all, it is a very great testimony of the life of our people, and which his holiness tried to convey, and also it is a testimony of hope, hope for each of us, hope for those who are in ukraine and for...

those who are here because we have, as you know, over 40,000 ukrainian immigrants in new york right now, refugees who came seeking asylum here, so i think such... prayer of faith, hope and love - this is the most important thing for our spiritual life and for our everyday life. saw how many people there were, and how many americans there were, and everyone heard that everyone was praying for the victory of ukraine, i hope not for the white flag, as the pope said , so i think that all such actions, they are very necessary for ukraine , to support ukraine, to support our army. meanwhile, hungarian prime minister viktor orbán , after meeting with donald trump in florida , said that he would not give a penny to the ukrainian-russian war, if he

is elected, of course. according to orbán, it is will hasten the end of the war, he himself supports the aspirations of his longtime ally trump to return to the white house. let's talk about this meeting in more detail. with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan. hello, bohdan. orbán's meeting with trump was closed, but is it known what the politicians discussed and why the hungarian prime minister came to the usa in general. this meeting was largely private. about what was discussed in the conversations with donald trump and the prime minister of hungary viktor orbán. we know from official. statements of representatives of mr. trump, where it is not actually mentioned that the issue of ukraine was discussed, but the ukrainian aspect of this conversation, and actually the quotes that are given in the reports,

the statements that mr. orbán repeated in an interview with hungarian television on sunday evening, we only know from the mouth of the hungarian prime minister himself, so on... it remains only to trust that this is exactly what trump said to orbán, and that these words are not twisted in some way. bohdan, we know that viktor orban has repeatedly expressed his affection for the russian president, and has met with him with him after a full scale invasion. at the same time, donald trump has also repeatedly publicly admired the russian president. summarizing this meeting with trump, orbán said that the vision of the american politician allegedly coincided. with the interests of hungary, can this visit be considered a sign of affection between the two politicians and an investment in the future? and donald trump often spoke favorably of hungarian prime minister viktor orbán, though at least once,

confusing him with the head of turkey, it seems, in addition, orbán himself and the hungarian government. who is largely isolated in europe and also has obvious friction with the administration in washington, wants to show that he is not isolated, the hungarian prime minister, the hungarian foreign minister, who accompanied mr. orbán on the trip to florida, made every effort to emphasize that they , that hungary, the hungarian leader has... a lot of friends in the united states, and this is obviously an investment, because let's not forget that not only is donald trump now campaigning for the presidency, but also in there is actually an election campaign in europe, and mr. orbán, as the leader of hungary and

the leader, representative of one of the parties that are called nationalist or far-right and authoritarian, he is competing. in order for his party, as well as allied parties in other european countries, to win as many seats as possible in the european parliament in the elections to the european parliament in the summer, in order to then influence the appointment of, say, officials in the executive body of the european union and influence in general on the policy of the european union, obviously trying to change it, because mr. orbán still effectively leaves... well, perhaps the loneliest voice in the eu. bohdan, during this interview, orban also stated that europe will not be able to finance all of ukraine's needs without american support. we know that the eu is actively increasing its defense capabilities now, is there potential in this?

well, this is the opinion of mr. orbán, his opinion often goes against what we hear from other european leaders, despite his opposition, the european union recently approved. one of the largest financing programs of ukraine by 50 billion euros for several years, and let's not forget that in addition to the european union, these... the european power supporting ukraine is also, for example, great britain, norway, other countries, in addition to the eu states, and in general they are twice as much , almost twice as much as the united states is currently giving aid to ukraine, and is very seriously trying to increase the production of ammunition, which ukraine so desperately needs, and the high representative recently spoke about this. on issues of security and foreign policy. peace

more is not a given. unfortunately, the war on our borders and the aggression of russia brought an urgent sense of the need to strengthen our defense industry. at first the war was fueled by the previous supplies, and now we are moving to an industrial production war, because the war has been going on for two years. it seems that it will not end soon, there is a need to increase production capacity. bohdan, we know that viktor orbán entered hungarian politics as an anti-soviet politician. why has his position changed so much that he has now become a pro-russian politician in hungary. well, that's probably a lot a long story about viktor orbán's change history, but i think that when talking about the basis or reasons for his actually anti-ukrainian and pro-moscow views, practically everything he says about... er , the russian war against ukraine coincides with what is declared in the kremlin, that

ukraine cannot defend itself, that ukraine must actually capitulate and surrender to the mercy of russia, this is also heard from the kremlin. as for the reasons, two are probably the most obvious. one is economic. hungary cooperates very closely with russia. despite the war, hungary obtained exemptions from... from the sanctions regime of the european union and, unlike other countries, buys gas, buys russian oil, signed with russia and continues to implement huge projects for the construction of a nuclear power plant in hungary, a huge multibillion-dollar project, and there are also more ominous notes , which sometimes appear in mr. orbán, namely what some historians may call... revanchism, that is, some hints of mr. orbán about the historical greatness

of hungary, about the injustice of the loss of territories that hungary suffered after the first world war, in the conditions when russia is now raising the issue of the redistribution of borders in europe , the forcible redistribution of borders in europe, such hints from the hungarian leadership and in particular from mr. orbán look... quite ominous and are viewed with caution not only in ukraine, but and in such countries as romania, for example, slovakia and others. thank you bohdan, i will remind you that bohdan tsyupan told us about the details of the meeting between the prime minister of hungary viktor orban and donald trump. meanwhile, monday at headquarters nato in brussels officially hung the flag of sweden. last week, the country joined nato, becoming the 32nd member of the alliance. at the same time, more than 90,000 military personnel from all nato countries are currently undergoing the largest

military exercise in the history of the alliance, resilient defender 2024. these exercises should promote cooperation between states on the battlefield and strengthen the ability to resist any aggression or provocation from russia, says from the training ground myroslava gongadze. on march 7 , sweden officially joined the nato alliance as the 32nd ally. last week, the minister of foreign... affairs ulf kristerson and foreign minister tobias bollström visited washington to finalize the accession process. the acceptance of sweden into the alliance takes place against the background of the largest nato exercises. statfast defender 2024 since the cold war. sweden's membership in nato will strengthen the alliance , vice admiral douglas perry, commander of the joint forces command in norfolk, told the voice of america during the nato exercise statfest deventer in poland. sweden has a phenomenal military and has been a

nato partner of the united states for many years, but was not a nato ally. they provide incredible opportunities. they are a northern nation, their defense industry will strengthen the united states and the nato alliance. with sweden joining the alliance, nato has gained a significant presence in the baltic sea, a key oil trade route for russia and the base of one of its fleets. in northern poland, not far from the european union's border with russia's kaliningrad region, troops from various countries are maneuvering along the wirtula river and performing other tasks. these military exercises are intended to translate. ability of different nato countries to cooperate in conditions close to real combat. after russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, nato recognized russia as the most significant and direct security threat in europe. assistant chief of staff of the nato operational command gunnar brutner emphasized that the message of the exercise is clear: nato is ready to defend every

country in the alliance. nato is preparing for two threats: russia and terrorist threats. what you see here is countering the potential russian threat. we take this very seriously. in fact, it is the driving force for our scenarios, but i must say that we are a defense organization, we are preparing to defend the alliance. according to nato, the military exercise combines land, air, sea, cyber and space operations to strengthen civil-military cooperation. this is the dragon exercise, one of the 14 that are carried out as part of stetfast defender. in essence, it is a training of all the possibilities that we have. all countries have come together to improve these capabilities. preparations for nato's statfast defender 2024 exercise began three years ago, in response to aggressive behavior of russia in the region. russia's behavior over the past few years with its invasion of ukraine is an incredible

challenge for the security of european allies. so we have to demonstrate every day our... readiness, our willingness to defend our land, and that 's what we do every day, working in the high seas, the arctic and the atlantic, to demonstrate our readiness and deter any potential adversaries. the largest nato exercise in the 21st century began in january 2024 and will continue in various locations in europe and north america until may sweden, which initially joined as an invited party, will complete the training as a whole. a good member of nato. myroslava gongadze, richka wirtula, poland. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians affected by russian aggression will be able to submit applications to the international register of damages already in april. this was reported by the ministry of justice of ukraine. they will begin with the registration of applications from people who first of all lost their homes. russia can and should compensate for the damage caused.

andriy kostin, the prosecutor general of ukraine, believes so. no one has. no doubt the understanding that it is the aggressor country that must compensate all those who suffered, there is also no doubt, the understanding that there are only those sovereign assets that are seized now, ee, that no one can say now whether russia will agree to compensation after the war, no one knows this either, but there are seized assets that can be used, everything is clear here as well, further on... unfortunately, a political discussion is starting about how to do it, what risks may arise, we understand this discussion, and we understand that there may be different options, how this money will be used to compensate all the victims and to rebuild

ukraine, meanwhile, not only in europe there is now... the discussion about the options for using frozen sovereign assets in the united states is also very active now in the congress it is considered the so-called ripo ect, bill that provides for the possible use of the frozen assets of the russian federation, so there is a feeling that we are getting closer to that, let's say, the point when... a certain decision will be made, it will be confiscation, well it is difficult to say whether this will be the use of these frozen assets as, well, for example, guarantees, and for this funds will be received, which will then be transferred to the ukrainian state,

or, for example, to the register of losses, yes, that is, to the international compensation mechanism. which is also already working in the hague, because ee it is very important, because already in april of this year we expect the first applications of our victims to the register of losses, and in order for the register of losses and then the compensation commission, which will also be this next element of this compensation mechanism, which will decide who to compensate and how much, so that they can compensate the necessary ones. funds, and these funds should be precisely those that will be received at the expense of seized sovereign assets. of the russian federation, so in principle, the system is clear, when this will happen, i think we are on the way to making a decision to download

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greetings, good evening, my name is myroslava barchuk, this is a self-titled program, a joint

project of espresso tv channel and ukrainian pen. today we will talk about a cultural project that caused a scandal that is still raging in ukrainian networks, this is a musical called "ti romantika", this is such a musical album, which... tells about the history of the shot revival and, in general, about this history of ukraine from the 17th to the 37th years, that is, this is such a musical-historical project. why are there such different assessments from masterpiece to profanity, why do we hear such opposing assessments and what does this public debate signal? today i invited e. lyuba yakemchuk, a poet, a screenwriter, to the conversation, she is, by the way, a researcher of the life and work of mykhailo semenko, the poet of the executed revival, i congratulate you, lyuba

, i congratulate you, myroslava, and... and the poet, philologist, the teacher of ukrainian literature, halyna kruk, will join us later, she is currently abroad, but she will join the conversation later, because she also has her own opinion and assessment regarding this cultural project, so there is such a creative association of moore, these are young people people who promote ukrainian literature in their own way, they actually... in this project, which i am talking about, as i said, in 17 different compositions, in 17 different tracks , they talk about historical events and about the poets of the shot revival, and the way out the album you are romantic actually caused such an absolute storm in ukrainian social networks and

in general in the cultural environment, that's what you see.

houses are driven, broken, at a kurbasa wedding, a witness was married, i need to collect money so that the theater does not sit here and listen, i will water the kobzar just to simplify the new generation, well, try to stop it. so, i deliberately chose the track lyuba, which is dedicated to mykhailo semenko, because... i'm interested to know how you perceive, in fact, this kind of aesthetics and such an approach, such optics as did you accept this project and in particular this track about semenko? well, i saw it in the news, i didn't see that there was a wave, such a discussion, started there in the evening on facebook, i sometimes fall out of facebook there, but i saw it in the news in the news, and at first i was happy with this news, and i

opened the video and... well, i didn't get the beginning, i started scrolling and saw this, this is actually this passage, and i thought that this is the audacity shown there, the audacity of the sumenka, it is appropriate for the interpretation of his poetry, yes and because he was such a hooligan, defiant, of course, this is a modern interpretation, that is, in such terms, in such words it could not have been then, but even i am okay with that. here, but, this phrase immediately struck me very much: i am poetry, it’s simple, ah-ah, and they, at some point i thought, and now they are doing with us what semenko did back then, with writers, such a symbolic tolka, semenko, who broke in, already having, by the way, one book, also in such a symbolic style,

who broke into... literature and declared that he was burning his kabzar, he did such revolution of literature and began to write futuristic poetry, i thought that they were doing something like that, but paying attention to the aesthetic level of these texts, that is, in general , i am talking about this whole opera, rap opera, this is how they describe it, although there may be a lot of hip-hop, there is also recitative, just some kind of reading, ah in... from this context, ah, well, it does not reach semenko, because he was a person who had an education, who was educated in poetry, which understood the literary process in which it came, and these guys, girls, from muru, they, in my opinion, did not understand what kind of literary process they got into.