to be, because perhaps it will be very expensive , including the cost of human losses, and this is not ukrainian territory. well, look, i can tell you that from what i know, as of today, ukrainian losses are significantly less than during the offensive actions in the south in 2023, this i can say for sure, in terms of losses, the movement is taking place without thinking, fast heads ahead, not counting losses, if you look, the flanks are stabilized, the logistic... support lines are the same, they are under control, there is a certain air defense umbrella, it is not enough, of course, but it is not enough for all of ukraine, not to mention, we cannot bring all the air defense here, because we understand that there are risks for other places and regions and for the front and for the rear, so actually speaking, everything is happening quite a bit, by the way, absolutely, i would say yes, judiciously and quite rationally from the point of view of conducting offensive actions, and as for... i think you know,

it is probably not a secret that it is precisely in the zaporizhzhia direction to review the strategy of offensive actions, the former commander-in-chief armed forces of ukraine, general zaluzhny began just after certain, let's say, opinions and rumors began to spread in society that the losses could be really high during our attempts to conduct offensive actions in the south, so , in fact, this is what forced the military leadership to act, society is very sensitive, i... i think that in this situation they will also be listened to, and the assessment, of course, of what is happening, how the military reacts, how the people react, it, i think, is constantly monitored, and this affects because well it cannot help but have an impact, because after all, the ukrainian people are waging this war. thank you very much, oleksandr mysienko, head of the center for military legal research, we talked about the situation in kurshchyna and we talked about the situation in donbas, how it is all interconnected and how kurshchyna affects...

donbass. thank you very much. thank you. and in the meantime , relatives and friends of the ukrainian military demand the exchange of russian conscripts captured in the kursk region for the defenders of mariupol and azovstal. in particular, with such an appeal, military relatives went out on another action in zaporizhzhia. watch and listen to what they have to say. to remind everyone of the whole country. we offer to exchange prisoners from kurtsk for our guards. this is our hope for this, since we have been fighting for them for the third year, my son is 36 years old, he will be 36 in september, it has been the third year in captivity, there is no news, nothing, no calls, no letters, nothing, even we don't know exactly where they are, we don't know anything. i am the mother of a military employee,

a marine of the 503 bmp, i am waiting for a son from captivity, baptized azov, and a friend for the third year teroboron, the defenders of mariupol, all three co-conspirators came out, now they are in captivity, the son and the godfather were illegally convicted, they all received different terms, convictions, they are all in different colonies of russia. i believe that i have not been in the exchange of landlords for a long time, and therefore it is necessary to make a personal emphasis on this, i came with my mother, so we are together, this is our family, me, my mother and my brother in captivity, that's all. do not be silent, captivity kills,

there is a grain of rationality in this, because there was always a higher price for a conscript than among contract servicemen, therefore let's hope that all military personnel, defenders of the mariupol garrison, will be replaced by conscripts of the kurdish, kurdish defense. and by the way, the topic of russian conscripts who were captured in kurshchyna is extremely hot in the russian media. there they discuss, there they are indignant, they say, how come conscripts were captured, and according to the washington post, more than 250 russian conscripts were captured by ukraine, and now in russia, those who are still not afraid to speak remind that putin himself once said promised that the ostrogovik islanders would not participate in the war, and it turns out that he did not keep his promise, and for putin, the operation of the armed forces of ukraine in the kursk region is not only military, but also political significance, as

joe biden recently said, it poses a dilemma for the head of the kremlin, or dilemmas, what kind of dilemmas are these, now we will talk , volodymyr ogrysko, head of the russian research center, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, joins our broadcast. 2007-9 years, i congratulate you, i congratulate vlas, good evening, well, two weeks have passed after the start of the kurdish operation, what dilemmas remain before putin, what choice is before him? well, you know, i think that biden is right, in the sense that in the end putin has to make one of two decisions, or stubbornly continue to go to his very close. structures or to look for ways to crawl back and find some kind of solution to this conflict, because there are simply no other third options, so you see, it seems to me that

now really, if we talk about russia, the time has come for the putin regime, when... you have to draw very serious conclusions, or these conclusions will be drawn by others for those who do not make them, and therefore it seems to me that this type, which you are currently showing on the screen, now needs to think very seriously about his perspective, if he doesn't want to be eaten by his own environment, well, it seems that he thinks, please, well, he looks like he thinks. it seems that he is focused primarily on the stability of his regime, he appointed his former bodyguard to be a smoker there, and what they speak in russian on television, it looks like they don't rule out that kurshchyna will have to be sacrificed, you see, these are fantasies on the subject,

because in the russian consciousness there can be no such thing as someone daring to occupy their holy russia, well, that's the way it is. .. conjunctive dissonance is something that does not add up, well, at least, this is what the vast majority of the russian people have always thought, so putin will either have to explain that he lost and that he gave the holy russian land to a thief and fascists, but then it is difficult to explain , or to go, i repeat forward to the last... soldier, which may well be and which, it seems to me, is putin's main priority at this stage, because he maniacally wants to capture the whole of donetsk, and only after that think about some other

options, but if, you know, in fact, in the case when we sit with folded hands and do not think, what should we do, it is a passive option, so to speak. development of events, for some reason it seems so to me, i don't know that we are currently experiencing only the overture of the dramatic opera that is yet to come in kurshchyna, well therefore, all of putin's calculations and plans can fall apart at any moment, and all of his prospects on that. well, it will depend not on what he and his wards have come up with, but on what will happen next on the ukrainian-russian timeline. well, you know, putin is in no hurry, he is not afraid of the next elections there, in which he may not be elected, he is not afraid of any

riots there, because they have learned to suppress them, and in the end, no one now excludes that the war on kurshchyna may also go in such a way, you know a long phase, a war of attrition, because putin has time. unlike ukraine, and ukraine also has no guarantees from its partners that they will support ukraine as much as necessary, although they constantly say so. how long do you think the partners are ready to support the ukrainian operation in kurshchyna? well, you know, actually, i have a slightly different opinion here, it seems to me that time is not on putin's side, because first of all, this kurdish operation is a very serious slap in the face, in political terms, it is the dispelling of myths that well, putin has been very active in recent years, not even years, but decades, about invincibility and about red lines that cannot be crossed, everyone has already crossed them, uh,

that is, this is a signal to the west that this supposedly great power of putin is myth, from this point of view, putin has already lost. and he finally lost, because, you know, what is most important, they stop being afraid of him, because putin's foreign policy was built on... in the same intimidation, well, with elements of nuclear blackmail, well, there are no analogues, and we have already seen everything else, so what remains nuclear blackmail, but everyone understands that there will be no use of nuclear weapons, so putin's situation here is quite, quite bad, and with regard to our allies, you know, it seems to me that after the kurdish operation, just like the ukrainian one. society, the ukrainian army, and the western partners got a second wind, because this almost

one and a half year pause with the successes of the ukrainian army, it was such, you know, a breeding ground for those who all the time pushed us to some kind of negotiations, well , today, look how everyone on the team the negotiators went somewhere and forgot about their negotiations, and talk about the fact that some zmi are like that. in financing are possible, but i think that this is only in order to appease my political opponents, because the money will go to ukraine in a slightly more circuitous way, not directly from the budget of, say , germany itself, but through the corresponding fund, where germany will transfer the funds themselves, so i think that we have very good prospects here, next year 50 billion dollars have been fixed only for military aid, and this is a colossal amount of money, and this is not all, this is the minimum, this is the minimum amount, but it will be more, so i think that here

putin should really think not even about the riots, which you yourself mention, but about the riot in the surrounding entourage, and putin's closest entourage, because that's where rebellion can cost him not the election, but his life, uh, you, you now mean, you're alluding to the internal ones, i'm alluding to the fact that a group of people... who, who already have everything what is happening, well, you got the word, they can understand what to do next him into the abyss, well, this is not the best option, look at the statements, well, also of a well-known russian oligarch in ukraine, who was very close, and maybe even now continues to be, to putin, the despatch, it is symbolic, that is, it is not simple ... so, you know, something slipped off his tongue, such things, each of them probably thinks and stays awake more than one night

before saying something, therefore, probably, this is a certain signal of that dissatisfaction that is already breaking out on the outside, which can no longer be hidden behind some beautiful eyes words, and here are these two creatures that you have on the screen, who are just constantly and in... we have literally two minutes, but i still want to ask you, because it does not subside, i see ukrainian society, here is putin in every way he demonstrates that he has no problems in the kursk region, he went to azerbaijan, met with ilham aliyev, and many people in ukraine are indignant, but how is this, comrade, azerbaijanis are a strategic partner of ukraine, why are they so warm and brotherly , they meet putin in a friendly way, what would you say to that, what does it all mean? well, it is it means that money does not smell, but that

totalitarian rulers and regimes very quickly find a way to understanding, and this is very sad, i will tell you honestly, because after the collapse of the ussr, azerbaijan gave hope that it would turn around towards democracy and the european perspective. by the way, he was one of the members of the wang organization, well, it still formally exists, but with such approaches, i think that we will not get special results there, but gradually, gradually, this element of the totalitarian vision of the world began to gain weight, and today we understand that , unfortunately, azerbaijan is moving further and further away from those european standards, which it... seems to have dreamed of from the very beginning of its independence, and this is sad, because, you know, to become a government with others ,

well, by the leaders of countries like kimchenr or dancy or the chinese leader or the leaders of iran, well, for aliyev, in my opinion, this is not the best company he can be in. thank you very much, volodymyr. hrysko, head of the russian research center and minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, was at radio svoboda. that's all for today, i urge you to subscribe to radio liberty's internet pages until tomorrow. there are 10% discounts on motorex pills until independence day at psyllany bam and oskad pharmacies. the book women at war is a joint project of the espresso tv channel and the spirit and letter publishing house. the book is based on the reports of the presenter

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the luhansk region at once, they are nikita dyachenko, mark bakharev and vlad hristosenko. all of them from... they entered the temporarily occupied territory, which greatly complicates their search, but there is a very high hope that one of you will recognize them and provide information that will help to find nikita, mark and vlad. so, mykyta dyachenko, he is 13 years old, he disappeared in the city of happiness of the luhansk region, and nothing is known about him since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. pay attention, the guy has an oval face, dark. eyes and dark hair. we will be grateful for any information about nikita dyachenko. and this is 16-year-old mark bakherev. contact with him was lost on february 24, 2022. mark disappeared in the city of rubizhne in the north donets district of the luhansk region. and unfortunately, since then there is no news from him, with

whom and where he is is unknown, but we really hope that... the boy is alive, that everything is fine with him, and we do not stop searching for him for a day. again, due to the fact that mark disappeared in the occupation, we have very little information, and only this is his photo. but we ask you to carefully look into his face. if you know about if there is anything, call the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the number 116 30. if, for example, you are in occupation and you do not have. the ability to call, write to us on facebook, instagram or to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram. the search for eight-year-old vlad khristosenko and ... whose story we have already told you more than once in our programs, however, unfortunately, has not yet been found, so once again i ask for your maximum involvement and i really hope that with

your help we will be able to find him power or to find out at least some information about him. so, vlad hristosenko also disappeared in the luhansk region, but this photo of the boy was taken two years ago on his birthday. of course, during this time it is possible... and not radically, but the child has obviously changed, but still i ask each of you to look very carefully into his face. vlad is a very cheerful and sociable, but at the same time sensible and independent boy, and he also loves the animals he protects at home. vladyk is a kind and caring child, but unfortunately, this carefree, happy childhood ended 24 february 2022, when they started. a full scale invasion. on february 25 , the russian military entered the village of petropavlivka, where the boy lived, and almost nothing

is known about the authorities since that day. so let's do everything possible together to find vlad christosynka. it is possible that the boy is in a territory not under the control of ukraine, and at the same time it may be that he was taken to russia. it is clear that ukrainian television is not broadcast either in the occupied territories or even more so in russia, so i appeal first of all to those who can see this program in internet please look at the face of vlad khristosenko, he is 8 years old, he has brown eyes and dark blond hair, from special features, there is a small scar on his forehead, and i ask you to contact the child tracing service if you recognize vlad. indeed, even the smallest information about the boy can... help or become decisive in the search, you can inform us about vlad khristosenko by dialing the short number 116:30.

calls from all mobile operators are free. you also have the opportunity to write to the chatbot of the search service children in telegram. let's not be indifferent, and let's all together try to help find the authorities. we have created a resource through which you can report any crime. against a child in any city, at any time, just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stopcrime ua. the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time is on the air. i am natalya leonova. congratulations. we will never bow down to putin. with these words, president joe biden addressed

the participants of the convention of the democratic party, which takes place in chicago. those present in the hall chanted: "we love you joe" and thanked him for 50 years of public service. summing up his career as one of the successes of his policy, biden called ukraine's resistance to russia's aggression. our correspondent ostap yarysh works in chicago, he is joining our broadcast right now. hello, ostap. ostape, what did president biden talk about, what were the main points of his speech , and what did he actually say about ukraine? congratulations natalya. yes, indeed, we are here at the united center arena in chicago. now rehearsals are underway for the main acts, which will begin tonight. yesterday, in addition to joe biden, hilary clinton, as well as american first lady jill biden, spoke here. senators, american congressmen, including today we expect the speeches of barack and michelle obama, but let's return to the speech of joe biden, of course, he was the headliner of last night and in his speech

he focused on two aspects, on the aspect of the results of his work, on the position of president and during his 50-year career, he spoke mainly about matters of domestic politics, about reconstruction democracy, about supporting the middle class of americans, about women's reproductive rights, but he also mentioned... and about foreign policy, in particular about strengthening unions, strengthening alliances, opposing russia in europe, including. let's hear what he mentioned about ukraine, what words he said about it. no commander-in-chief should bow to a dictator the way trump bowed to putin. i have never done that, and i promise you, kamela harris will never do that, never stoop to it. we united europe to the extent that it was not united over the years, added finland and sweden to nato. 10 days before his death, henry

kissinger called and said: never since the time of napoleon has europe looked over its shoulder at russia with such horror as now. and what do you think, putin thought that he would capture kyiv in three days. three years later, ukraine is still free. we have seen footage of the stadium, it is truly full, this arena holds more than 23 thousand visitors, and joe biden also against his speech, natalya, he passed the baton to kamala garis, he called to vote for her, said that it was the best decision for his political career to choose kamalo garis as vice president and expressed confidence that, in his opinion, she would be a good president, and tim walsh would be a good

vice president. also the voters greeted here with loud applause, natalie. ostape, as you said, we see how the participants of the convention react to biden's speech, they chant and thank him. in general, how did the mood of the voters change with the entry into the race for the presidential seat of kamela harris, how charged are the democratic voters today? natalya, this is one of the main challenges of the democratic party, even a month ago there was a noticeable lack of enthusiasm within the democratic party, and indeed there was. the question is whether kamela harris and tim walls will be able to unite the americans around themselves, unite the voters around themselves and charge them with energy, charge them with the energy that they lacked so much. and indeed, i spoke yesterday with the delegates, the delegates are the representatives of the states who come to the convention to officially nominate candidates for the presidency, they express the will of the voters of their party state, so their opinion is important, they are the direct embodiment of democracy and expression.

states, so they say they are grateful to joe biden for this decision, believe that the decision was necessary, the right decision, that the party needed a change, and they say that they are very excited now to see camelo harris, the democratic presidential candidate, and thrilled to also see her partner tim walz, partner in this election, let's hear what emotions they shared. this is my third party congress, never before. i didn't feel this energy whether people were excited about kamaleg to begin with or not, it seems like everyone is rallying around her now, which breathes a lot more enthusiasm into this race. a lot of energy, a lot of hope, a lot of joy, i am very happy about it. we have so much optimism for the future, a black woman to help america get a good future, and i'm so happy for that. we have the first

african-american woman on the presidential ballot, and that's going to be a big push for young people to go out and vote, so it's more important than ever to be here. look at the survey, look at all the rallies around. you'll see the evidence out there, people are excited about this nominee, and i'm one of them. i think this will result in a higher voter turnout. people want to vote and they are excited to see. his vice president. we're thrilled for the nominee, especially now that she's chosen to run, and we're thrilled that she 's chosen governor walz as her running mate. we will go from house to house and call our people to vote for them. historically, american voters have been concerned about domestic politics. nevertheless, do they sound foreign policy issues at the congress of democrats. i know you managed to talk

to several delegates. what do they say about, in particular, us support for ukraine? natalya, not all democrats within the party are actually satisfied with kamela garis and this choice, in particular, we are talking about pro-palestinian voters, and there were really big protests yesterday under this stadium, it is reflected, issues of foreign policy are reflected at this convention, issues of support for the middle east, issues of opposition to russia including, i had the opportunity to ask delegates in the democratic party, how they want to see the policy of kamel garis and tim volez regarding ukraine, if they take him, if kamela becomes the president, timova becomes the vice president, let's hear what actions they expect, the answers actually sounded different. i think that harris and walsh should do everything in their power, what happened in the last two weeks in ukraine with going into russia, i think that...