because of the accession negotiations, which have no time frame at all, they can last several years, they can last more than 10 years, in some cases they have never ended, for example in the case of turkey, they have started but they have not ended, they have declared freezing, and turkey is now not close to membership in the european union, but... so this is a very, very important stage. my god, how long can this process take for ukraine as a whole and is there any possible clear list of obligations or requirements that ukraine must perform for this? there is a list, and the ukrainian government has it, and in particular, today at the meeting in luxembourg, it is clear that the parties agreed on the procedure, the order of the conversations, and this also covers the adaptation or coordination,

for example, of the ukrainian judicial system, the judicial system to the european one. ukraine, as a member of the european union, will recognize all the laws of the european union and all the regulations that will apply to many areas of life, starting from, i don't know, there are sockets and chargers for phones, and ending with how, for example, they will be able to... act or trade a ukrainian agricultural producer, how agriculture, trade in ukrainian agricultural products will be regulated in the european union, which herbicides, pesticides or poisonous chemicals ukrainian farmers will or will not have the right to use, and so on and so forth, access to the common market, access to the possibility of free movement in the eu , employment, it will all require.

many things are being talked about a lot now, for example, about the fight against corruption, or a system that would reduce the influence of oligarchs on the government in ukraine, which was previously called very serious, until recently, a serious problem for the country, but on the ukrainian side, they believe that they can go through this path faster, faster than some countries, for example, croatia, the last country that joined the eu from the application in 2003 to... the entry in 2004 in 2013, so this 10 years have passed, the ukrainians want to do it faster, as, for example, sweden and finland did it in 1995, having passed this way in just about three years, the ukrainian representative was very optimistic today. this is truly a historic moment for my state. the whole country is united supports this decision. indeed, this is a very

serious milestone on the way to ukraine's future membership in the european union, but also for ukraine's future development. only two years ago, on june 23, 2022 , the european union declared that it would support ukraine as long as it was needed. and now this is the first fulfilled promise. ukraine has begun the accession process, while a full-scale war is raging on our territory. we will continue reforms. 90% of ukrainians will support it. all by 2030, and be sure that ukraine is very capable to achieve results quickly, so if the european commission is ready, we can do it faster. bohdan, what obstacles can there be on this path, and do all the countries of the european union share that optimism about ukraine's future membership, which. we

heard from the eu leadership today that there will be a lot of obstacles and issues that need to be resolved. i have already mentioned, for example, agriculture, and we know that poland, neighboring ukraine, the state, other countries have very big problems with the import of ukrainian grain, other agricultural products, and let's not forget, for example, iceland - a country that once served. application for joining the european union, failed to join the eu, due to the fact that no agreement was reached, in particular on the issue of distribution of fishing grounds, countries such as switzerland and norway also applied for joining the eu, but then, later changed their minds, that is, there are a lot of problems, a lot of questions, not to mention the problems. not that hungary,

which has been actually opposing it lately everything related to ukrainian euro-atlantic integration, in particular, mentioning the problems of ethnic hungarians. in ukraine, so there are many issues, it will not be easy to solve them, it will take time. bohdan, thank you for the explanation, we will return to this topic, definitely with you. bohdan supen, our european correspondent, was in touch. the first of two scheduled presidential debates will take place in the united states this thursday. candidates' rhetoric surrounding sensitive issues for americans. in topics such as immigration and the recent indictment of former president donald trump is already gaining momentum. what to expect from the first presidential debate, yuriy mamon will tell. on thursday , americans will find out whether democratic president joe biden will use the criminal conviction of de facto

republican nominee donald trump to attack his opponent. it is not easy to call donald trump a criminal. it is about behavior and character. remember, he actually served six times. to bankruptcy, that means he's not just bad businessman, it means he defrauded the people who actually relied on him to make a living. donald trump denies all the charges and promises to appeal the verdict. while biden prepared for the upcoming debate behind closed doors, trump met with voters. last weekend , he spoke in washington and philadelphia. he made no secret of his desire to debate and at times asked his supporters what he should do when faced with... should i be tough and nasty and just say you're the worst president ever, or should i should be nice and cool and let him have his say, 50/50, be tough, the presumptive

republican presidential nominee also used saturday's rally to remind voters of his stance on illegal immigrants. and on the first day we will start the biggest operation. with internal deportation in american history , we have no choice. president biden recently imposed restrictions on processing refugee claims at the southern border, but last week he also unveiled a process that would open a path to citizenship to undocumented spouses of us citizens . during an appearance on nbc, biden's re-election campaign co-chair accused trump and republicans of supporting the status quo. the border is in trouble. and it was during the last 20-30 years in this country. in addition to emigration , both biden and trump will be asked a number of pressing questions during the first presidential debate. the debate itself will take place on june 27 and will be broadcast

on cnn. yuri mamon, veronika baldaras and glasias. voice of america. at least 187,000 ukrainians came to the united states states under the united for ukraine temporary asylum program. these are the data of the us ministry of national security as of april this year. among the people who moved to the us after the full-scale invasion of russia. sofia's family, which now lives in chicago and now dreams of returning home to chernihiv oblast after the end of the war. andriy borys will tell her story. 16-year-old sofia bolan has been playing the alta since she was six. viola is very important to me, it is part of me, part of my life. family, friends, music, this

was sofia's everyday life in chernihiv oblast, near the border with russia, until russian tanks arrived in her village on february 22. shit, i'm afraid of shelling, bombing, all that. music did not stop in her life when the question of survival arose. when we were under occupation, i didn't play that often. the war dragged on and sofia's parents decided to leave the country for the sake of their daughter's future. sofya's mother, oksana, had to come to terms with the fact that her husband would stay in ukraine. every day someone dies on the front line, someone's brother, someone's father or son, it's so terrible, i want in it was her choice to have the opportunity to get

a good education and decide for herself what to do, not what choice they left to ukrainian children in ukraine. oksana managed to find a program for moving to the states, a way from ukraine to chek. she and her daughter overcame in november of the 22nd year, it's like a trip to space, because you don't know what's there and how it's going to be, they brought with them several ... lis and precious for sophia alt. after the balans arrived, they found an apartment, oksana a job. for sofia, the main thing is that now her life is again filled with music. music fills her soul. stephen gooden, conductor of the philharmonic orchestra at the chicago merit school of music. under his guidance , sofia not only studies, but already plays in front of the public. when you see her eyes light up when she's performing, how her body moves when she's playing, in rehearsal or at an

event, when you talk to her about these things, she feels that this is her place, which can be even more unique, it's like something that just calms me down, i switch my focus from what i was worried about to what i have to play well now, and it calms me down. for sofia's sake. her mother roksana left ukraine, but for sofia herself, chicago and mered's music school are just a stop on her journey back to ukraine. because this is my homeland, where i was born and grew up. and where one day she hopes to join the fight against the russians, viola in hand. can you hold a viola and a machine gun at the same time? andriy borys, kane faraba, voice of america, chicago. more than 50,000 ukrainians

are considered missing as a result of the war. the best their relatives can hope for in such a case is that they are in captivity. but most families live with an uncertain loss, when it is not clear whether a loved one is alive or not. our last story for today is about a soldier's wife who has not known where her husband is for two years. searches, expectations and hope, maria ulyanovska will tell. he served in the army, he called me when i was sitting on a steamer, and i liked his voice so much, well, that's how something clicked, and everything, after that moment, after he told me that he liked his voice too. and he had a few more options but he

liked my voice and he didn't go for them called isa, after that day, i don't know how we felt with all our heart and soul that he was my man. natalya is the wife of a military man, i am called by her last name for security reasons. natalya has not known where her husband is or what happened to him for two years. i am asking all concerned people, maybe someone has seen him, maybe someone is with him now, maybe someone has crossed paths with him. please, give any information. after the full-scale invasion, dmitry joined the 24th separate mechanized brigade named after king danylo. just got up in the morning and said he was going. in march 2022, his unit left its

native training ground in eastern lviv region. he was in bakhmut, soledar, and on march 26 he went to his brothers to defend popasnaya in luhansk region. hold on, everything will be ukraine. on may 8, the then head of luhansk ova, serhii hayda, reported that the town was completely occupied, the city, which had a population of 20,000 before the full-scale invasion, turned into ruins, and among ukrainian defenders, it gained infamous fame. they talk about the city as a black hole and the bermuda triangle. relatives of defenders from the 24th brigade are looking for at least 180 fighters who disappeared during the defense of popasnaya. dmytro last called natalia on march 26. since april 1, he officially recognized as missing under special circumstances, everything started

as if in a fog, i don’t know what to do, where to run, where to call, everyone is giving you numbers, hotline numbers, then telegram channels started, all known hotlines, contacting the police, surrendering dna, then the description of all appeals, you already know this, you already have your own base, a personal office, there are already samples of ready-made statements that you just, well , at least there is something to push off from, you at least understand how you... what to write, because it was the beginning, it was very scary, this there was a terrible panic, because the man disappeared, how is it, where to run, who to call, what to do? according to the ministry of internal affairs, with the beginning of the russian invasion, the number of missing persons in ukraine increased fourfold, as of march 2024 , there were more than 50,000 such people. the best that

families whose relatives have disappeared can hope for at war, that they are in captivity, but... russia does not provide information about the people it holds, so the authorities have to collect this data piecemeal. on may 31, an extreme exchange of prisoners took place between russia and ukraine. in total, the countries conducted 52 exchanges. 3,210 ukrainians have already been returned from captivity. only 34 fighters from the 24th brigade. the ukrainian side explains: the exchange of prisoners by the russians is a lottery. and unfortunately, we cannot set any conditions for the russians, that we need just so much from such and such a brigade, from such and such brigades, they simply don't hear them, they don't listen to them, and besides, they believe that if

we provide some specific candidates or the names of the brigades, then they will start bargaining. because to increase the exchange price, because they will understand that it is important for us, and some concept of humanity does not work here, unfortunately, such a concept of some cynical bargaining works here. russia does not fulfill any of its obligations, does not allow international observers, does not ensure the conditions of the third geneva convention, but no punishment there is no provision for it. about a third of those who returned from captivity were considered missing, but the human rights commissioner says ukraine is unaware of most of its citizens being held captive by russia. relatives of the defenders of the 24th brigade even placed banners in lviv with their photos. in case someone comes back, recognizes the siblings and helps the families get new

information. and we laugh with the girls, we say, how will ours come... "oh, we'll get it, but we say, nothing, they'll come, then let them go, shoot, we'll start a peaceful action with minutes of silence, the families of the 24th regularly organize actions to remind about the missing defenders and those who are in russian captivity, you did to return the bodies, to bury the mothers of the sons, to bury the wives of the husbands, for the children to go to the graves of their parents, where are ours..." ukrainian authorities assume that a significant number of missing soldiers are likely to have died. however, to establish this for sure, dna matching of biological materials is required. but due to the intensity of hostilities, taking all the bodies from battlefield is unreal. if a long time passes,

then, unfortunately, it is already very difficult to do. in addition, this biological material itself degrades. that is, it is stretched by both animals and birds, and, let’s say, some, for example, when a projectile hits a person directly, well , very little can be found from this person, so it is a rather complex problem, and it is very difficult, it will take years, unfortunately, and the more time passes, the more difficult it will be to find these. biological material is required, but even a dna match is sometimes not available the final verdict. there were cases when a person was considered dead in our country, and he returned from captivity, and it is clear that the family buried someone else, not their relative. this is a question, then, for the expert institutions, why exactly they decided that it was their relative and provided

such information to their families, that is , the question of who they buried then. thus, more than 40 thousand families in ukraine live with an uncertain loss, when it is not clear whether a loved one is alive, this is a special kind of grief that does not end as long as there is hope. the evening is very bad, probably for everyone, but for such people who are looking for people, but the evening is probably the worst that can be, and in the morning you get up and think, you still have to write there, there, there. there is a meeting of some kind, because it is necessary, who, if not you, and very children, children are our everything, mine... does not let me give up that i have to, i have to find dmytro, i believe everyone with all my heart, with all

my soul, that he is alive, because it cannot be otherwise, he promised me, i have dima as he promised, he must fulfill that, my god, will help in this, our prayers still. as they say, when you pray sincerely, god hears you, i believe that god hears us too, we just have to wait. maria ulyanovska, kostyantyn golubchyk, yurii dankevich, voice of america. literally just now, the ukrainian authorities also announced that another exchange of prisoners took place today and it was possible to return to ukraine another 90 ukrainian defenders from

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was preceded by a scandal with accusations of incompetence and loss of territories, about which changes in the military leadership are announced by mp bezugla. congratulations to all viewers of the espresso tv channel. this is the verdict program. without serhii rudenko today, i will be in his place, and serhii will be back soon. and will conduct the following programs with you. today we will talk with you traditionally about the events of the day, about the most important event, probably from the point of view the history of an independent country, about the fact that ukraine is taking a huge step towards joining the european union, about the summit, we will talk about the ukrainian victory, about how the hostilities are going on now, about those threats.

that we have for our country, and about everything that worries you, worries the country, and everything that concerns ukraine and the world. traditionally, in this program we will start with, in fact, a short video about how our defenders, our warriors, destroy the russian occupiers, about how, in fact, they every day... every every minute, every hour they are trying to knock the russians out of our territory, let's see how the gur fighters destroyed the field ammunition depot of russia in the voronezh region, at night on the sites with shells, the total area of ​​which is more than 3,500 km, there was a fire with detonation, which, by the way, is still going on , let's see.

glory to ukraine, glory to our defenders, glory to all who help the army every day to destroy the occupiers on our territory. we also start our program traditionally. from a survey in which you may participate. today it sounds like this: are you satisfied with the results of the global peace summit. if so, you can take your phones, your smartphones and call 0800-211-381. if you think not, you are not satisfied with these results, call 0800, 300

2113. all your calls are free, and traditionally we continue our program of communication with guests, with experts, with people who create today's history of our country. roman bezsmertny, ukrainian politician, diplomat, former ambassador of ukraine to belarus, people's deputy of ukraine, several convocations, joins. now to our air, mr. roman, good evening, good evening, mr. roman, as you already understand, we will start with probably the most important event, this is the beginning of negotiations on the accession of ukraine to the european union, in your opinion, this is a formal date as of now,

some kind of formality, or is it really... an event of a significant scale, which will be talked about in the future, which will be studied in history textbooks for the next decade or so, this is a very important event in the history of ukraine, and it is important not only the fact that this process will take place in the conditions of russian aggression, in the conditions of the russian-ukrainian war, it is important... and the fact that it follows a scenario, and an individual one, because if we try to compare a similar order that was with other states, even with those who are now standing next to us in the queue, we will see a very significant discrepancy in terms of parameters, pace and so on. now it is important to keep in mind that in ukraine...