used to come through pipelines, russia's profits from gas trade have fallen so seriously that the giant promising russian company gazprom is now unprofitable. gazprom will suffer billions in losses, and this is a serious blow to russia. so these sanctions are directed against liquefied gas for the first time. russia is now trying to use other technologies in order to sell gas in liquefied form to third countries, in particular to asia, so in the end europeans also buy liquefied russian gas, but these sanctions in the 14th set are aimed precisely at not to allow the transportation or resale of this liquefied gas, and also interesting are the restrictions for ships that... help

russia sell, in particular, oil against the so -called russian shadow fleet. bohdan, thank you for these explanations. bohdan tsyupin, our european correspondent, was in touch. the government of ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for combating human trafficking, but it is making significant efforts to do so. this is stated in the annual state report. united states department of state on global trafficking in persons. the report was presented united states secretary of state anthony blinken. the state department noted kyiv's efforts to investigate cases of human trafficking and cooperation with european partners. expect a full-scale invasion of russia. at the same time, the authors of the report note that the ukrainian government did not meet all minimum standards in several key areas and indicate that corruption, especially in the police and the existing system still had

problems that hindered the fight against human trafficking in ukraine. with the beginning of a full-scale invasion of russian the narrative about anti-semitic ukrainians did not work as effectively as the kremlin had hoped - say experts at a conference in washington. soon this myth was replaced by another. russia began to spread propaganda about the ukrainian government, which supposedly persecutes christians. natalia will talk about whether these messages had an impact in the united states. churikova. even before the invasion of ukraine, russian president vladimir putin stated that his goal was to fight the benders, that he wanted to de-nazify ukraine. we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of ukraine. such an image of ukrainians gave him hope that the west would not support ukraine, would not provide it with weapons, but he tried to...

make people believe that the nazis would elect a jew as president, even the powerful russian propaganda machine could not. in 2022, he specifically said that he was sending troops to get rid of the bandera people, but people in the west didn't understand who they were, these bandera people, and they turned it into the nazis, but we understand. not only ethnic ukrainians, but also ukrainians came to defend ukraine's struggle for independence jews well, the main thing that we tell at all the sites where we take part is that the ukrainians are very loyal, about dying. to

other minorities in the country, ukraine today is perhaps the safest place for jews, except for russian attacks, unfortunately, you can walk in a tipi in kiev, odesa, for example, it is not very recommended to do this in paris or brussels. ukraine is a very safe place. as a result, says boris loshkin, american jewish organizations sided with ukraine. all jewish organizations in the united states without exception absolutely pro-ukrainian. they support ukraine's struggle for freedom, for a free ukraine, and none of them have ever, in recent years , neglected any questions about whether there are ukrainians and nazis, as it is in russian legends. the president of the jewish

confederation of ukraine and the grandson of the leader of the oun, stepan bandera, also found themselves nearby in the struggle for the future of ukraine. and the fact that here too from the jewish community in ukraine. boris loshkin supported this initiative, it is very important, so it turns out that it is necessary that ukrainians, jews, come from ukraine, from kyiv, so that to explain that the reality that existed in the 1930s and 1940s is no longer there, and this reality is old relations, inter-ethnic ones, they... are preserved, preserved in diasporas, and here, that is why there are such very powerful voices in america, who continue this myth about ukrainians as nazis and anti-semites, and

such events as today are actually refuted, but russian propaganda would not be russian propaganda if it did not know how to readjust in time, he says. stephen moore, head of the ukraine freedom project. we must give credit to the russians, they very successful in terms of propaganda. they realized that the narrative that ukrainians are persecuting jews doesn't work very well with a jewish president at the head of the country, so they changed that narrative and started saying that a jewish president is persecuting christians. moore played an important role in promoting military aid to ukraine, which. recently, after months of procrastination, the us congress passed it, but it required a lot of team effort. we spent all of last fall visiting about 100 congressional offices and explaining to them that the russians are persecuting

christians, and they told us: and we thought that it was zelenskyi persecuting christians. the good news about russian propaganda is that it's a mile wide, but it's deep... people don't really know what 's going on in ukraine, and when you give them the testimony of specific people about their experiences, evangelical pastors who survived the russian torture, it has a big impact. our message is powerful because we are telling the truth, russian propaganda works, but the truth works better and must be promoted. stephen moore says that as a result because of this work, more republicans in the congress became conscious supporters of ukraine. who want not just to support ukraine, but to do everything for its victory. i say to my colleagues, senators in the congress, that an attack was made on a free democracy, if there is any nato country next, we will have

to be much more involved in this, and if we talk about it like this, then it becomes very important not just to support ukraine , namely the victory of ukraine. natalia churikova, dmytro men. konstantin, the voice of america. next, we talk about the election campaign in the usa. donald trump declares the threat of illegal voting in the upcoming elections this year, in particular from the side of migrants. to protect against possible violations, one of the cities in california plans to introduce new voter identification rules. however, iryna shinkarenko will tell how it can affect the voting process. california huntington. known in the usa as the city of surfing. in the election year, it was in the center of attention due to the requirement of the local authorities to provide a photo id in order to personally participate in the elections. merka city ​​says this reflects citizens' concerns about the integrity of voting. you can't even go to the doctor without an id card

. and the most important thing in our country is our electoral system, because everything we do is determined by politicians and those whom we appoint to positions. our life depends on who we choose. because then they will start making laws, so we want to make sure that the integrity of our elections is protected. the non-us vote is a political issue in this presidential campaign. while in arizona, donald trump accused joe biden of allowing migrants to cross the mexican border to illegally vote for him in november. someone should explain why they want this. i think it's probably the voices. there is no evidence that any significant number of non-citizens. vote in american elections. most voters confirm their identity at the polling station, but it is not officially required to show id. huntington beach city councilman dan kalmick opposes voter photo id measures and says it reflects conservative changes in its place.

the voter's id card is intended for in-person voting, but in the last election, only 15% of the city's residents voted in person. what problem are we trying to solve? the city's requirement negatively affects low-income voters, racial and ethnic minority voters, young and elderly voters, and people with disabilities. charlie zabla, an immigrant who owns a local mediterranean restaurant, believes that the requirement to have an id is not discrimination just because you're poor doesn't mean you don't have a driver's license or can't get a driver's license. tion organization working to close the social, cultural, medical and economic divide in huntington beach. its

co-founder oscar rodriguez says the law will reduce voter turnout in low- income communities. you're confusing people when turnout is already low, maybe because they have kids to take care of, or a person working multiple jobs, or distrusting the system, and you add an extra step, a photo id, then it confuses people and it can discourage them from ... coming to the polls and voting, the city says it's ready to fight the state over the voter photo id decision. iryna shenkarenko, jenia dulo, voice of america, huntington beach, california. and our next story is about rimusoritis, an american woman of lithuanian origin, who has been teaching the basics of first aid in ukraine for more than a year. she conducts classes for military and civilians. the woman came to ukraine for the first time in the fall of 2022 as a volunteer, and since february

last year she decided to become a medical instructor. however, it started helping ukraine much earlier, since 2014. anna kostyuchenko and pavel sohodolsky will tell more about her. we will talk about tamponade of the wound. this is one of the most important things. rimazoritis, a 36-year-old american woman of lithuanian origin from chicago, teaches the basics of medical care for the wounded at the united help ukraine international tactical medicine center in kyiv. in the early summer of 2022 , rima quit her job at a financial company and joined the charity organization blue and yellow, which helps ukraine. she first came to ukraine in september 2022. i came during the counteroffensive in kharkiv region, it was four. hymers was flown

overhead, there were a bunch of other things that gave me a real perspective on the events. after her trips to ukraine, rima returned to the usa with the mission of lobbying for the interests of ukraine. a political scientist by education in december 2022, she testified at the congress, where she talked about the events in ukraine from her own experience. however, to help. as activist and volunteer, she started in 2014, when russia annexed crimea. i started in 2014, when russia invaded crimea. we in the usa engaged in lobbying, organized protests in chicago, went to washington, talked with the employees of legislators' offices, what ukraine needed and why it was important to help ukraine back then, 10 years ago. rima's great-grandmother is from the ukrainian city of dnipro, and the rest of the family is from lithuania. in the forties of the last century , rima's family suffered from the russian invaders, she says. my lithuanian

family were refugees during world war ii and i grew up on my grandmother's stories about what life was like before russia occupied lithuania and what happened to our family? we had partisans trying to fight russia, some of our family was exiled to siberia, some were executed, and a small part of our family was able to escape to camps for displaced persons. in february 2023, rima returned to ukraine to study as a tactical medicine instructor. she received knowledge from ukrainian combat medics, a practice at stabilization points in kharkiv region and donetsk region. at that time, she became friends with british volunteer sam newey, who died on august 30 last year during the fighting in eastern ukraine. what really strengthened my desire to become a doctor was the loss of one of my very good friends. he died last year. in bakhmut. british soldier. i also lost ukrainian friends. however , he was one of my closest friends here.

currently, rima teaches medical care not only for the military, but also for civilians. former australian military volunteer michael romalis decided to attend the course, because from time to time he carries humanitarian goods to the kharkiv region near the contact line. we cooperate with the charity organization ukrainian patriot. we are engaged in humanitarian aid. we provide food packages, antiseptic kits. another visitor to the medical course is the american entrepreneur toth brokenshire. the man is originally from colorado and works in the field of financial technology. decided to develop this field in ukraine and stayed despite the war. apply a tourniquet, know where to apply it, what is an individual first aid kit, what's inside, what to do with these tools? rima was last at home in the united states last october, and says she plans to stay in ukraine and pass on her knowledge.

unfortunately, i don't think the war will end soon, i'd like to be wrong. but i think it's going to be a tough summer, but if i can do those things, it's important for me to stay and help. the activities of the center of tactical medicine, where rima teaches, are financially supported by the united help ukraine american charitable foundation. anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolskyi for the voice of america from kyiv. and we finish the issue of the story about the american volunteer who joined the foreign legion to protect ukraine. he served as a scout in the us. which infantry while fighting in the east of ukraine, the man was wounded and returned home for treatment. today, he continues to help ukrainians, meeting with congressmen and senators, but plans to return to the war. he says it needs to be finished before it starts even more. he shared his story with kateryna lisynova. for security reasons, we do not we reveal his personality. when, why and how

did you decide to leave? when the full-scale war had just begun, president zelensky created a foreign legion and asked for help from abroad. that's when i decided that i wanted to join. for about a year, i tried to implement everything, and in february 2023, i finally came to ukraine. that's when it all started. what did your family and friends say, did they try to discourage you? my family is very supportive . they do worry, but they are also proud of what i do and want to help me as much as possible. tell us more about your military experience in the united states? i had been in the marines for about eight years, i hadn't had any combat deployments, but i had done a lot of training and felt that it could be very useful in ukraine, meaning i was planning to either fight or

help train the ukrainian military. was the situation on the ground different from? what you imagined, describe your experience in ukraine. in general, everything was exactly as i expected. i knew it wouldn't be like the wars the united states had fought the last 20 years. it was supposed to be a completely different experience, but you don't really know until you see it for yourself, and it's a real eye-opener. what exactly do you mean? for example, the mission i was wounded on... 10 minutes after we started the operation, there were drones everywhere in the sky, drones everywhere, whether they were dropping munitions on people or just tracking targets, but everywhere you looked, they were there, and it was simply unexpected, if you could say so, that is, so hard to imagine until you you will see could you describe how you were injured and when you returned to

the united states. i was injured in july 2023. we were passing through a village when two drones began to circle above me: the first one dropped a mortar round behind me, and as i passed, trying to find cover, the second drone dropped a grenade near me. i lay in that field for about an hour until i was moved to safety and then waited until nightfall to be evacuated. i was in hospitals in ukraine for about three weeks, and then i was transferred to a hospital landstuhl in germany. i had a very specialized operation there, what a help... get well soon. if i'm not mistaken, you plan to return to the battlefield? yes, i would like to return either to my unit or to support in any other way either in training or working with community organizations to continue humanitarian aid. in general, i would like to do my best to help. you probably get asked this question a lot, but why? explain why you

want to return. these are the same reasons that encouraged me to join the corps. it's also the siblings, the friends i made there are some of the best i've ever had, and now i'm here and they're there, i just don't feel right at home. but you are not just at home now, you are talking and meeting with representatives of the american congress. tell me, what are the successes here? it seems that everything is going well, we have already met. our mission is to ensure that aid to ukraine continues to flow in, and that it happens urgently. the ukrainian people have a very strong will, he is...motivated, if he has the right support, he will win. how do you explain to the representatives of congress why aid to ukraine

should continue and why the united states should continue it? many people do not understand the implications of a potential russian victory. the russians will not stop there, they will go further, they will expand their borders, they will do everything possible to get more power. and then it's... so if we can do more, that would be perfect. can you end the current war so it doesn't start another one? describe these two worlds that you are between now, there in ukraine and here in the united states, how do you feel when you are there and here? when i got back home to the states i felt like i wasn't doing any good, it's like a lost feeling, the days go by slowly and you just think. how can you help? you feel lost when i was there, even if it was just coaching or helping in any way possible, it gave me a sense of purpose. what

would you like to say to the ukrainian people? i love ukraine, the people there are amazing, the people in the usa they don't know how proud the ukrainian people are, how strong they are, they are very sincere people, and i love this country very much. could you explain to everyone else? people in the world, why do you think it is important to continue providing aid to ukraine? it's a very black and white war. russia is the aggressor, what they are doing is absolutely immoral. they harm innocent people by killing women and children every day. this is a tragedy. i believe that now everyone should somehow support ukraine, and this is right. download the voice of america mobile application. addition. allows automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service, read news, watch informative programs and videos, and also

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next week, of course, today we will talk about the situation on the line combat, about what changes are already possible, what is happening in crimea, and why the russian federation continues to use civilian locations to place its military facilities, and then commits provocations, the consequences of which are the death of civilians. let's also talk about how the sea of ​​azov is used and whether we should really expect launches of calibers from there now, in addition, we will talk about the capabilities of enemy aircraft and the ability to launch cabs from them right at kharkov, or at the border of their actual characteristics for use is now the russian aviation, this will all be in the first part of our program, but i would like to note that we are preparing for extremely

important... events already tomorrow, these are events that tell us about a new page in ukraine's relations with the european union , because literally tomorrow the intergovernmental consultations begin, so regarding the accession of ukraine to the european union, this is already a substantive conversation about what conditions we must fulfill in order to join, as our future partners see it in the european circle, and we will certainly involve those... who are directly related to the process, parie, today at the meeting there they planned to adopt a resolution that would, well, at its level, fix the peace summit that took place recently and at which ukraine declared her vision of sustainable peace and the need to settle the situation in the world in general, and the second part of our program is , of course, a conversation with my colleague andrii

smoly. andrew yes, i'll join you, good evening everyone, and we'll probably start, yes, and we'll start with what we will ask you, we will start the survey, so today we traditionally ask you, and the question is as follows: do you believe that ukraine will join the european union in the next 10 years, yes or no, please vote, you can see on your screens now. phone numbers 0800 211 381, if you think so, and if you think not, then dial 0800 211 382, ​​well, actually, we will then show you the results, and we will learn them ourselves, and we will realize, understand how ukrainians believe that we join the european union, well,

at least in the near or medium term. well, i will also very much ask you to join and be active on youtube, where the live broadcast of the espresso tv channel continues, as well as an open chat in which we communicate with you, receive feedback from you and collect, perhaps even questions, answers to which you would like to hear in the near future, i emphasize once again that in the second part of ours. program with andrii smoly, we will try to reflect on the topic those events that are happening now, and this will not only apply directly to hostilities, international ones, we will touch on domestic issues, this is also important, and by the way, similarly, you can ask all questions in my social networks, go to facebook, other social network, we will write the most important questions, we will collect the most relevant questions from 21:15 from the second part of our

program. we will already answer including them. we already have a guest, this is oleksandr kovalenko, the group's military and political observer information resistance. mr. oleksandr, good evening, we are glad to see you. mr. oleksandr, well, let's start with strikes on crimea, right? the armed forces of ukraine are successively demilitarized. in fact, in crimea, we see that not only in recent days, but in recent weeks, strikes have been carried out on military targets, on air defense systems, on radar systems of occupation in the occupied crimea. what does this indicate, and should we expect, shall we say, the final demilitarization, at least, or at least of military units and systems.