one of the possible scenarios, as one of the possible scenarios - an attempt to organize stabilization on the front line by means of a certain non-indirect agreement on a situational cease -fire, because in american circles, in particular among american analysts, this idea is heard quite actively already, and this not actually the last meeting between president zelenskyi and biden, before next week they will have another meeting at the summit of the group ... and there will probably be signed a bilateral security agreement, what are the prospects of this meeting and this agreement? eh, this agreement will definitely not be any alternative to nato membership, which is not on the agenda, this is another very important recent statement in biden's interview a few days ago, and these are puzzles of the same picture: on the one hand, no drastic measures are taken in terms of providing ukraine with real... security guarantees, because

the bilateral agreement will not, according to previous plans, provide for any real active participation of the american contingent in hostilities on the side of ukraine in this war, it is obvious, on the other hand, ukraine is not given prospects, is not given an invitation to receive such guarantees within the framework of nato membership, while there is a very cautious history with... support with the attitude of the american administration to the peace summit, which they provide support by sending a delegate not of the level that the ukrainian side expected, so i have no particular expectations from the bilateral agreement with the united states, it will repeat the logic of the agreements that were signed with france, great britain, germany, the only thing that can differ and will differ significantly is that the volumes... of their orders for the benefit

of ukraine and the support of ukraine in the american, in the american-ukrainian agreement, these volumes will naturally be expected to be much larger than currently foreseen in agreements with others, with european, in particular, partners. you said that the united states does not foresee the deployment of its military on the territory of ukraine, and here i want to add that today politico wrote that biden has already refuses to send even american instructors to ukraine. emmanuel macron allegedly spoke to him on the phone about this, and biden denied it because of the alleged possibility of escalation, how can you explain such a position, especially against the background of the fact that the united states allows at least partial strikes on the territory of russia? i explain this position in such a way that the attitude and perception and goals of the american side in the short term, at least in the perspective, differ here from the goals and tasks of the ukrainian side, and now , unfortunately, it is becoming... publicly already understood and

provokes certain, already public, public conversations on this topic. from the point of view of the united states, the main task is to localize this conflict as much as possible, to leave it within the limits of the ukrainian-russian confrontation, and at the same time to try to reduce the level of intensity of hostilities, that is, as an absolute priority, this does not include an immediate report without alternatives. ukrainian territory, because for the american side and, by the way, for the european partners too , there were unfulfilled expectations last year regarding the counteroffensive and, accordingly, it was hyperbolized disappointment with his results, precisely because of unreasonably high expectations, and now the key for them is to act so cautiously that it seems completely counterproductive from the ukrainian side, because american instructors, as well as french or german... will in no way be able to add

degree and escalation to the current conflict. ms. maria, thank you for your thoughts, this was maria zolkina, head of the regional security and conflict research department of the ilko foundation for democratic initiatives curly thank you. the european commission provided a positive verbal evaluation of the european integration reforms of ukraine. this was reported by the spokeswoman of the european commission. anna pissonero, according to her, ukraine has fulfilled the requirements mentioned in the report of the european commission last november. therefore, it now meets the necessary criteria in the areas of anti-corruption, control over political lobbying, transparency of the wealth of officials and ensuring the rights of national minorities, which were necessary for the start of negotiations on joining the european union, the spokeswoman of the european commission noted. a positive verbal evaluation from moldova was also given to the department. eu member states now have to decide what will be... the further

framework for negotiations, but when will they start? it is known that ukraine and the european union hope to start official negotiations on accession by the end of june. it is important to be in time, because from july 1 i will be presiding. the eu council will include hungary, which has repeatedly questioned ukraine's future membership in the eu. at the same time, precisely because of hungary's objections, the representatives of the eu countries were unable to agree on recommendations for the start of negotiations on ukraine's accession to the european union. he told about it the european diplomat was not named to interfax ukraine. discussions are supposed to continue next week. we talk about this further with maria ionova, people's deputy of ukraine from european solidarity. and a member of the committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary cooperation, who joins our broadcast. mrs. maria, good evening to you. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. today, hungary once again blocked the approval of recommendations on the start of negotiations on the country's accession to the european union. the formal reason is this

insufficient implementation of recommendations on ensuring the rights of national minorities, and what is the informal reason? well, i guess i will start with the fact that, after all, the overall position of the commission was positive, it is expected, yes, and just today's assessment, it was so verbal at the request of the representatives of the eu member states, because we know that the discussion continues at the level of ambassadors and, let's say, at the level of ambassadors , the approval of such a negotiating framework, and it was precisely this assessment of the european commission that aimed to convince hungary itself. because ukraine has fulfilled all the conditions and recommendations, but you and i know the long-standing position of hungary, which, unfortunately, is guided by, and - let's put it this way, the recommendations of the russian federation are more important to it than other

eu member states. and we already know with you that when, this problem was also in march, when the european commission reported that it was enough to fulfill the conditions, hungary anyway. let's put it this way, she made every effort to find some reasons, but today's press conference and briefing are just the representatives of the european the commission was in order that there would be no such formal grounds for hungary, the fact is that the ball is now in the court of the member states, and they should actually approve this framework before the meeting of the general affairs council on june 25, that is, we anyway, we expect that before... a possible change in hungary's position, i think it will change after the pan-european elections, which are now, you know, just this weekend, going to take place, and maybe there will be a change in the position, so i think that precisely the result of the elections to the european parliament will have a big impact

the importance of what will be the majority, you and i know how in other countries of the european union there is such caution and, let's say, support for right-left-radical forces, which, unfortunately, are also supported by the russian federation, so we we will return to this issue after the results to the european parliament. well, from july 1 , hungary will preside over the eu council, if this decision on the start of accession negotiations is not adopted by the end of june, as the parties hope, then when there will be an opportunity to return to this issue, should in general, for the period of hungary's presidency , we should hope for some decisions, or should we postpone any prospect. progress in this matter, we, you and i remember, in fact, that such political signals have also begun regarding depriving hungary of its presidency in the eu, and i think that

the european union has enough mechanisms and arguments that would lead to that hungary still adequately adheres to those rules and internal procedures. which exist in the european union and thanks to these procedures and decisions just are hungary became a member of the european union, because it adhered to all that, but you and i know for how many years, unfortunately, the european union also did not fully respond to the undemocratic transformations that took place inside hungary, this by the way, it applies not only to the parliament, not only to the elections, it also applies to the media, you and i remember, that is... this indicates how important it is to respond immediately and adequately to those violations that, if not according to those values ​​and principles that were defended by that another country upon its accession to the european union, and you and i know that the issue of national minorities, well, it is not even an issue

of the last year, you always know that hungarians will find some point, that they do not like something there, and we proceed from our state interests , hungary on... now not the countries of the european union clearly have, there are also the interests of the european union and let's say so, to note and talk with hungary, because i will repeat it again. there are mechanisms that can put hungary in the same place. in the context of european integration, there is one more important issue that i want to discuss with you: english will become one of the languages ​​of international communication in ukraine, such a status is provided for by the law that was passed by the verkhovna rada the other day. what do the people of kyiv think about this law, about the english language? we asked people on the streets of the city, and let's hear what they told us? do ukrainians need to know english? of course it is necessary, you need to know the language, that is... human development, the more languages ​​a person knows, the better, so of course it is very necessary for work

it is necessary, because those who know the english language are paid more money, it is worth it not only to ukrainians, to everyone, now almost all vacancies that have a good salary require english from the b2 level and above, in our country even at the university there was a working day and there were a lot of different companies, when we approached them, they asked: what is our specialty, we are in chinese philology, she says, we study chinese, and so on, and what about your english, well, like, i was always in favor of english, and if it will be to advance at all levels, it’s cool, i generally support it, but it was necessary to support the ukrainian language more, much more, because you know, i’m abroad all the time and i regret to note that a lot of russian, yes, a good initiative, i i think you should learn english. "that 's right, that's right, i'm against

forcing them to be calm somewhere, it's necessary gradually, and everything will be fine, and as for cinemas, if they will play english films, it will be with subtitles, it will be very good, but i've also heard , what they want, well, more like i think it is bad to reduce the dubbing of ukrainian cinema. first, develop ukrainian-language cinema, only then you can additionally develop english-language cinema. ms. maria, as we hear, the majority, the majority of respondents still support this law on the english language, what this document gives to ukraine, how can you explain what the practical results will be for ukrainians? well, let's be honest, i'm sure that not all our citizens know the rules of this draft law in detail, but please tell me what the rules are, exactly. it sounds, you know, the name is always very good, but when we come to the content,

there is a question, again, no one is against the english language, but it seems to me that now we need to prioritize which language is the most important for us, which is the ukrainian language, because now this is the question security, you and i have also heard from young people, and well, there are a lot of opinions in the context of the fact that there is too much in russian, we should also speak honestly about this and... it seems to me that just when compensation for dubbing cinemas is coming, especially which will be dubbed in english, and i would like you know, so that we such programs of such mild ukrainization should nevertheless give more priority and promote the ukrainian language, you know that this draft law has been discussed for a year, and we were often told that it is... a question of european integration, but the first mik: in no state of the country of the european union there are no special

laws regarding the english language, well , this is simply not true, and that is why we have such a law and there are no such, well, let's say, requirements for this draft law to be adopted, and well, we tried anyway to defend ukrainian films, ukrainian film dubbing and film distribution. and i also believe that the society actively participated in the discussion of this and were able to remove this more dangerous provision from the draft law, and this is the most important thing, but you and i know that we have less than a minute left, i just want to say that there is only 10% , this law provides that films in english will be shown in cinemas, and if tickets for them are not sold there, the state will compensate, that is, you think that this norm is dangerous, very in short, literally... 30 seconds, i will repeat my opinion once again, knowing the english language and

i would really like ukrainians to speak english more, because we are on the way to the european union and nato, but first of all the priorities, our this faction advocated that prioritization, and if there are any extra, as they say, funds and programs went more to the ukrainian language, we should feel this time with you, when after all , the prioritization should be in the ukrainian language, believe me. committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary affairs cooperation svoboda live will be back on the air on monday, like our episodes and subscribe to radio svoboda's social media. before meeting.

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we are looking for two sisters, liana and nelya kopalenko from kharkiv region. lianna... turned 14 years old, anela is now 16. in these photo cards , the girls are clearly younger, but i really hope that this will not hinder their search. information about the disappearance of the sisters came back in june 2022 from the border town of vovchansk, when it was occupied by the russians. almost two years have passed since then, but during this time there was no news about the kapalenko sisters. maybe. even then, nelya telyana was taken to territory not controlled by ukraine or even to russia, so it is very important to know even the smallest details of their disappearance. if anyone has seen the girls or has any information about them, please call the magnolia children's hotline at short number 11630. calls from all ukrainian mobile operators are free

of charge. if it is suddenly not possible to call, write to the chatbot of the search service. children in telegram. i also want to tell you the story of 13-year-old sofiyka storozhuk, who also disappeared in the kharkiv region. the child was last seen in the city of kupyansk, which was under occupation until september 2022. information about the disappearance of the girl appeared when the soldiers of the armed forces liberated kharkiv oblast. but where could sofiyka be now? it is not known. perhaps the child is also on territories not controlled by ukraine. i hope that with your help we will be able to find the girl. let's take another look at the photo of 13-year-old sofia. she has blond hair, thin lips and an oval face. if suddenly someone has seen the child or knows where he may be now, call us immediately on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 11630. and i would like to ask for

a moment of your attention, this is 15-year-old ivan bastryukov. the boy also disappeared in the city of kupyansk, but back in august 2022, about a month before the liberation of the city from russian ivan looks 15 years old. he has an oval face, dark blond hair and brown eyes. if anyone suddenly saw the boy or knows where he might be now, call us immediately on the magnolia children's search hotline at the short number 11630. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free. let me remind you, if suddenly there is no connection or an opportunity to call, write to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram. and now. as for the territories controlled by ukraine and a more or less peaceful life, unfortunately, here children also disappear, and, as the experience of the children's search service shows, the vast majority of them are teenagers, who often just

run away. we talked about this topic with a psychologist and collected a lot of tips for parents that can definitely prevent a child from suddenly running away from home. tell the child who he can turn to in case of need? of course, ideally it could be you, the one she should turn to when she feels the need, but sometimes you may not be available, you may be at work, busy with other things affairs, and what to do then? agree on this in advance, think together with the child to whom he can also turn, maybe it will be someone else, an adult from the family, maybe it will be one of the teachers, or the school psychologist. in addition, agree on an anti-crisis plan with the child, how to act when he... gets into a situation that could be a threat, and if it happened on the street, where to run, how to call for help, how to take a taxi and get home, and the child must have money for this

taxi, that is, work through the anti-crisis plan before the smallest details, and the more detailed it is, the more likely it is to work, and the more likely you are to save a child from some serious danger, we've created a resource where you can... report any crime against a child in in any city, at any time, just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop ua. congratulations, the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time program is on the air, i and the host oleksiy kovalenko. us president joe biden during

meeting with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, announced a new $225 million aid package. he apologized for the weeks of uncertainty over the delay in passing a bill to help ukraine in congress. the announced package is already the sixth within the framework of the new financing. will include air defense missiles, stinger anti-tank missiles, howitzers, armored vehicles and a wide range of spare parts and equipment. i apologize for the initial weeks of funding uncertainty. we had problems with the approval of the draft law necessary for obtaining funds. some of our very conservative members were in favor of... supporting it, but we finally did it. and since then, including today, i have announced six significant funding packages. today , i'm also signing an additional

$225 million package to help you restore the power grid. after the passage of the national security bill, which was a political decision, we were able to do all this. and the way you stood, how you held the defense of kharkiv, you still once proven that the people... will stand and never surrender and i assure you, the united states will be with you, as i have said throughout this debate, i will continue to say it, the united states stands with you, you are a bulwark against the aggression that is taking place , we 're bound to be there, so i 'm looking forward to discussing our steps forward with you in detail, but we're still fully engaged. thank you very much, mr. president, first of all, thank you very much for

your great support. to you, your administration, me express gratitude on behalf of all ukrainians for your military support, financial support, humanitarian, and of course, this is very important, and our meeting here is very symbolic, it is very important that you stay with us, this bipartisan support of the congress, it is very important that in this the unity of the united states of america, all the american people remained with ukraine, as it was during the second world war, how the united states helped save human lives. save europe and we count on your continued support and we stand shoulder to shoulder with you. ukraine will not agree to territorial concessions to end the war, president volodymyr zelenskyi said during his speech before the french national assembly. he noted that ukraine believes in its victory, just like the allied troops during the second world war.

our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan followed zelenskyi's speech, the reaction of french legislators and the help that ukraine received from france. bohdan, congratulations, bohdan, what did you hear in zelenskyi's speech before the french legislators? how did they perceive the words of the ukrainian president? i, in fact, and everyone, in particular, are present in the hall of the french parliament, and this is the majority of deputies, in the absence of far-left and far-right parties, which obviously do not receive help from ukraine, or have some other problems, such as the opposition to the government of emmanuel macron , but the ukrainian president was received very warmly in the hall, and he actually on the one hand said the obvious that europe, unfortunately, is no longer a continent of peace, it is obvious, but against the background of these huge and such touching ceremonies that are taking place these

days in france, commemorating... the 10th anniversary of the landing of the anti-hitler coalition in normandy, it sounds particularly convincing, and also the comparison of the ukrainian president, the remark that russia is now behaving the way nazi germany behaved, conquering, conquering the neighborhood , the same way president putin behaves like hitler, said the ukrainian president, and just like hitler, russia will not stop at ... some lines drawn there, and that is why he said: we need peace fair, victory is needed, and the world is helping ukraine for this, and in particular, the ukrainian president

recalled such help as in the form of planes, french mirage planes, which yesterday flew over the ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the landing of the allies in normandy. parliamentarians in france, i am sure, i am sure that the day will come when ukraine will be able to see in its skies the same planes as we saw yesterday in the skies of normandy, your combat aviation, brilliant fighters, which under the control of ukrainian pilots will prove that.. europe is stronger, stronger than the evil that dared to threaten europe. now, as 80 years ago, we can prove it: the power of our unity, the power of alliance, the power of our common ideals. bohdan, you actually mentioned mirage planes, and the french president, as we remember, announced that they would train

ukrainian pilots and... hand over 2000 mirage planes, do you know any details about this, about this assistance and the time frame? literally as soon as journalists asked this of the french president at a press conference in paris, and emmanuel macron provided some details, he in particular, he said that literally these days, in fact immediately, france is starting to train ukrainian aviation technicians and pilots so that they can use planes, fighters, french mirage 2000 fighters, which france promises to provide to ukraine, how many such planes will be given to ukraine, emmanuel macron did not want to say, he said that, first of all, there is no need for this, because now it is sincere.