that a political agreement was reached that russian frozen assets frozen in western countries should be used to help ukraine, it was emphasized that now it is not about confiscating these russian assets, which are estimated at approximately 300 billion dollars, it is about issuing a loan for ukraine , which will be... serviced by the proceeds of a $50 billion loan by the end of this year, which will be serviced by the proceeds of these frozen assets, which will remain immobilized, this is how the representatives of great britain and germany spoke about it here in italy today. we

had a very productive series of meetings today, particularly on ukraine, where i discussed with my colleagues a major package of support for ukraine, which will be financed by the proceeds of frozen russian assets. this is something that i, personally, and great britain have personally advocated and led for some time. so it's very positive to see it close to the finish line. it will make a big difference, and it shows that the group of seven completely united and does everything.

in terms of weapons, as well as in terms of investments in the reconstruction of energy infrastructure. bohdan is busy, and this is what a productive day looks like today, what can we expect from the g7 summit tomorrow? actually, tomorrow is also a busy day, but ukrainian issues were the main focus today. on the agenda, for tomorrow, i see, for example, this is on the first place, this is the issue of migration, very serious. very painful, largely a question for italy, as a country in the south of the european continent, very close to africa, in fact to asia, the pacific region and economic security, this is another topic, then artificial intelligence and energy, issues of africa and the mediterranean, pope francis will notably participate in these discussions. i emphasize that this is the first time that the head

of the roman catholic church will take part in the meetings of the seven, as well as guests from a number of other countries, leading states, such as , in particular, india and turkey and others. bohdan, we will be waiting for information from you tomorrow, we will meet in the broadcasts and the briefing and the chat time, and to summarize, definitely yours. for ukraine , the group of seven summit. my colleague bohdan tsyupin was in contact with italy. meanwhile , the 23rd meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine, the so-called ramstein format, took place in brussels on thursday. representatives of about fifty countries took part in the meeting. argentina joined for the first time. once again, the focus of this meeting was on strengthening ukrainian air defense, but did the meeting bring concrete results? we will talk about this with our pentagon correspondent ostap yarysh. ostape, hello.

congratulations yulia. it has been a long time since the ramstein meeting ended with any big practical announcements. any results this time? well, we know that if there are announcements, as a rule, they are made before the ramstein-style meeting or a few days in advance, because such meetings are usually attended by allies, we know, there are 50 countries, you are right , this time is the first time argentina also joined. so, these countries, the defense ministers of these countries, they coordinate their plans and support. in the future, they will create a road map of actions and a plan for ukraine these actions for the next month, because we know that these meetings take place every month. so, yulia, this time they again talked about strengthening ukrainian air defense, laidosin said this, speaking at the results of this meeting that took place in brussels, he thanked the countries that are taking the lead in this regard and said that the netherlands is now leading the effort from finding and assembling a system. for ukraine, and

the netherlands themselves, we also know, they will add certain components to this system, which will later be transferred to ukraine. also, lloyd austin remarked that italy before'. another sempt system, often referred to as essentially a patriot counterpart, which is also quite effective at taking down serious targets and defense, air defense. loydostin also noted the efforts of sweden, which, as we recall, announced a fairly large-scale unified aid package, which included aircraft, aircraft that can observe and engage in aerial reconnaissance, which in turn will also strengthen ukrainian forces against air defense , what was being said now, lloyd austin was also saying about the fact that the topic of drones and the development of this, these capabilities and means on the part of the ukrainian army were touched upon, britain, in particular, is involved in this issue too, well, of course, they coordinated with yuliu regarding the long-term perspective, long-term

plans to support ukraine. we know that allies usually talk about plans and their efforts to strengthen their own production in order to help ukraine in the coming months and years as well. ostape, we have heard about the help of other partners from the point of view of air defense, but what about the additional patriot system from the united states itself, because the day before , a number of american media spoke about the fact that the united states was preparing to announce the transfer of an additional battery to ukraine. yule , this was certainly the first question that was put to lloyd austin, when and if the united states even plans to transfer an additional patriot system from its own stockpile, because indeed we hear calls from the pentagon. allies to step up these efforts, however, we do not see action from the united states itself at this time. you correctly mentioned that there were publications in mass media the day before information, in particular the new york times, the associated press wrote that the united states is preparing to transfer such a system to ukraine from its own stocks, we know that the united states

has so far transferred only one patriot battery to ukraine. this is what was said in media reports that now the usa can probably hand over the system that was on defense to ukraine. troops on rotation in poland, and in fact many expected that announcement to be made today, either during a ramstein-style meeting or during a meeting between joe biden and wladimir zelenskyi, which you and bohdan just talked about, but we did not hear these announcements yulia, and when lloyd austin was asked what the situation was, he said that today he has nothing to complain about, but he emphasized that they are working on it and air defense systems remain for... regarding the patriots, air defense has been at the top of my agenda for a long time, and month after month, you've heard me stress the importance of providing ukraine

with additional air defense. you know we already gave them the patriot system, but not only that. i, president biden, jack salevan, and anthony blinken spent a lot of time. a number of capabilities that ukraine needs, and they need interceptions to complement the patriot system. i have no announcement regarding the patriot system today, i can tell you that i continue to work on it and am in constant contact with my ukrainian counterpart and we will do our best. to make sure they have the capacity they need and that we deliver them as quickly as possible. i have seen the reports in the press and what i will tell you is this that our provision of patriot systems to poland will not change. i know this has been part of previous messages, but

there is no change in the provisioning of our patriot systems. we will do everything possible to ensure that ukraine gets what it needs. we are going to encourage others, we plan to work with others. to give ukraine what it needs as soon as possible. ostaps in the white house previously admitted that the delay in approving aid financing put ukraine in a very difficult situation, so it is now trying to speed up the delivery of this aid. is it for according to austin and brown, does this already change the situation in favor of ukraine on the front line? they really talked about the situation on the battlefield, in particular in the kharkiv region, they say that the aid that comes from the united states really helps the ukrainian troops to defend themselves against russian attacks, too. requires the permission we have seen from the united states to strike russian territory. and yet, answering the question of our voice of america journalist, karl babb, who was present today in brussels. and actually, what is the situation on the battlefield? charles brown, the chairman of the united states' joint chiefs of staff, said that despite the challenges

that ukraine is currently facing, it should not be forgotten that russia is paying a very high price for its offensive and that since the full-scale invasion, russia's losses have been killed and wounded. estimates that the us has 350,000 troops, let's hear about the situation on the battlefield from general charles brown. if we remember the course. conflict, what the ukrainians were able to do, they returned more than 50% of the territory that was initially captured by the russians. simultaneously the help of this contact group enables them to defend themselves. and i already said about the defensive lines, the ukrainians were able to hold the defensive lines, but what we are not talking about is the amount of exhaustion that the ukrainians are able to inflict on the russians, despite the numerical superiority of the russians. the way the russians have lost personnel as well as weapons is quite dramatic in terms of numbers. and ukraine has done a better job of maintaining these lines and continues to do so. thank you ostap,

my colleague ostap yarysh was in touch with the pentagon. and at the beginning of the issue we talked about that the united states and ukraine signed a long-term security agreement on the sidelines of the group of seven summit. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi, speaking at a press conference, in particular thanked the united states for remaining a leader in supporting ukraine, and he emphasized the importance of american aid and american leadership. i thank both president biden and other leaders who from the very beginning of putin's invasion began to support us, based on their values, based on their voice people, their peoples, and without the people it is impossible, and i am sure that this people chooses its leaders and presidents. and it seems to me that no matter who the people choose, first of all, it seems to me

that everything depends on the unity within this or that state, and if the people are with us, then any leader will also be with us in this struggle for freedom. you are watching as we continue: thousands of people have taken to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi in recent weeks to protest against the new law on foreign agents, which critics have compared to a similar russian legislation. the law has already entered into force, but the protesters promise to continue their demonstrations until the parliamentary elections in october. details in the story of oleksiy kovalenko and henry ridgeval. this is david katsarava, well-known. georgia, he participated in a protest against the law on foreign

agents in mid-may. he says that during the detention he was brutally beaten five times, the injuries received require surgical intervention. he was later released and no charges were filed. he tells voa that the protests must continue, and he will join them in the coming days. now our reality has changed and so have we. must continue to fight. georgia changed and changed its vector towards russia. we have to fight to the end, because otherwise, if we stop, if we get scared and stay at home, it will be the end of free georgia. the new law requires any organization that receives more than 20% of its funding from abroad to register as a foreign agent. critics compare it with similar russian legislation. frieden anzhia is one of the georgian legislators who under... got the law. it makes no sense why

the state budget should be transparent, but any funding from foreign sources should not be transparent in the same way. the european union warns that the law is not compatible with georgia's aspirations for eu membership. the us has imposed sanctions against some georgian lawmakers. the law has already entered into force, but its opponents emphasize that this is only the first battle. we have elections in october. these protests will continue until then, and our goal will be the same as 30 years ago, to effect a fundamental change, and that fundamental change is to remove a government which is the accomplice of the enemy of our sovereignty and the enemy of our liberty at home. protesters say they will not give up. even though the law is already in place, we continue to protest because we want europe to see our approach and support us. there is a good chance that they will also try to rig

the election results and we should be ready to take action if that happens. surveys conducted before the adoption of the law on foreigners agents show that about 80% of georgians support eu membership. the protests, which were initially provoked by the law on foreign agents, turned into anti-government demonstrations. the question is whether that will be enough to change georgia's future direction when voters go to the polls this october. oleksiy kovalenko, henry ridgevel, voice of america. and a little election campaign in the usa. if you ask the candidates for the presidency of the united states, which of them is more religious? most likely, each of them will consider himself. voice of america correspondent carolyn prysuti tried to find out how us president joe

biden and former president donald trump feel about matters of faith, says yerena matviychuk. donald trump's political rallies are like going to church for some, my faith in jesus is very important, i know there is a leader donald trump who has been president before and who did a great job when he was in office, he will come back and restore those values, will restore piety in office and in our country. the former president does not avoid statements on religious topics. his words resonate with evangelicals and conservative christians. we have christians in our schools, in our military, in our government. tomas izbal sells souvenirs at election events. god, guns and trump is probably the best selling t-shirt of the last two or three years. however, donald trump himself is not very similar to the average conservative christian. the former president, twice divorced, was found guilty of falsifying business documents

related to the payment of money to a porn actress with whom he allegedly had sex. some observers believe that donald trump ... uses trials to compare himself to jesus christ, who in the christian tradition died for the sins of the world. trump has been using it for borrowing lately. we have seen him say: i am being blamed for you. this is the king james bible. he does not attend church regularly, but on his true social platform, he advertises and sells bibles. according to an associated press poll, out of every ten white evangelical christians. eight voted for trump in the last presidential election, while, according to pew research center polls, black protestants prefer biden. on saturdays, evenings or sundays, president joe biden traditionally attends catholic services, usually in the state of de laver, where his home is, or in the washington area of ​​georgetown, near the white house.

his supporters love it. he went to an all-boys catholic school and takes his catholicism quite seriously. he speaks my language. in 2021, joe biden, the second us catholic president, and us first lady jill biden, met with the pope in the vatican. pope francis then told biden that he could continue to receive holy communion, despite his views that a woman has the right to an abortion. biden's position on abortion rights makes it difficult for some catholics to support him. during the last election, some polls in the us showed that catholics across the country were split 50.50 between trump and biden. in fact, the number one issue is the issue of abortion. i was disgusted to see joe biden proclaiming himself a catholic and not standing up for the unborn citizens of our country. when biden talks about religion, he talks about inclusiveness,

equal rights for all people in society. on this, in particular, he focused his speech during the national prayer breakfast. a universal message of hope, of the joy of love, whether you are a christian, a jew, a hindu, a muslim, a buddhist, or of any other faith, or perhaps no faith at all, this is a message to all of us as people who is here on this earth, first of all, to take care of each other. in general, if joe biden practices his faith in a traditional way, then donald trump claims that... that god is present in his life. yaryna matviychuk, carolyn pressutty, voice of america. and finally , in our program, we return to the main topic of the g7 summit day. we know that the united states and ukraine

have signed a bilateral security agreement, and presidents joe biden and volodymyr zelenskyi held a joint press conference. let's summarize. on this day again with my colleague bohdan tsyupin, who is in touch from italy. bohdan, thanks for joining again. the press conference continued during the time when our broadcast continued, but you still managed to hear the main theses. what did you hear from the words that came from president biden, from president zelensky and about this bilateral agreement, but also about other details that were agreed upon during their meeting today. i would say that the most important thing that came out of the statements, particularly from the american president, is... that both the events today and the documents signed here in italy indicate that the united states, together with its allies, has taken on... himself the commitment not to withdraw from aid to ukraine, and for example the german chancellor said that it is obvious that the intentions of russian

president vladimir putin are to wait with the hope that the event will exhaust or exhaust the sources of aid to ukraine, and in connection an agreement on this finance is hereby announced. the aid mechanism for ukraine is very important, also about these security agreements, the agreement with the united states is already the 17th when it comes to ukraine's international agreements of this plan, these are the majority of countries that committed themselves last summer in vilnius about 25 of them will sign such long-term agreements that will. to help ukraine defend itself against russia, and the ukrainian president said that this is a historical issue. bohdan, we know that this year

is an election year, now the united states is starting, the presidential campaign is already underway, should we expect that in the coming months, what is possible, this was the last year at such an international level, and once again talk about all the details aid to ukraine. join forces, or it looks like there will be more opportunities continue this dialogue? yuli, of course, there will be opportunities, and it seems to me that we, journalists, should be careful, predicting what will happen next, let's say, how the war will return, the russian war against ukraine, what will be the results of the election campaigns that are currently burning, you can say. as in the united states, where us president joe biden is returning from italy to campaign in france,

the election campaign suddenly but predictably flared up sharply after president macron announced early elections. in the uk, rishi sunak, the prime minister is fighting to keep the conservatives in office in germany, questions about the government's credibility, but pay attention. on such, for example, despite the fact that in, let's take germany, about which we may have talked less, despite the fact that in germany in the eastern lands, extreme populists, the pro-russian alternative party for germany, strengthened its position, but most of all in the last european elections, who consider it a referendum, the christian democratic union of germany, an opposition party, got the most votes stands firmly in support of ukraine, that is, to predict that it will definitely be difficult, but the support of ukraine continues. bohdan, thank you very much. bohdan tsyupin was in touch from

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today in verdict with serhii rudenko, the coalition of fighter jets, air defense and anti-russian sanctions, the leaders of the g7 in italy discuss support for ukraine, how will they use the proceeds from frozen russian assets? f-16s on... the ukrainian armed forces are preparing

the ukrainian skies for american planes, clearing crimea from enemy air defense. what prospects for the de-occupation of the peninsula do the new western weapons open? panic on the russian currency market: the usa blocked dollar and euro trading on the moscow stock exchange. the dollar's cash rate jumped to 100 rubles. will western sanctions lead to the rest. the collapse of the russian economy. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy ordenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next hour , we talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. let's talk about the current situation at the front, about the f-16s that

are supposed to arrive in ukraine. about a number of today's international meetings where the future support of ukraine was decided. we will talk about all this with general serhiy kryvonos, people's deputy of ukraine ivana klympush tsintsadze, and our colleague, journalist roman tsimbalyuk. however, before starting our big conversation, let's watch a video of how ukrainian fighters attacked the enemy's concentration in vovchansk. the defenders struck with four high-precision bombs, let's watch this enchanting video.