bohdan, thank you for the detailed analysis, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin was in touch. in the usa is the month of women's contribution to world history. voice of america will continue. talk about the struggle for equal rights of women and men in the usa and in ukraine. our next story is about surgery and how women in ukraine are fighting gender discrimination in this profession. american colleagues help them in this. together they founded the searchfem initiative for communication, mentoring, psychological and legal support. maria prus knows the details. at 7 in the morning, despite another sleepless night, due to air alarms in... anastasia prystaya is preparing for a complex perineal operation in feofania hospital. she has been operating on both women and men for more than 10 years. however, her path in the profession, like many women in surgery, was not easy. they said, first of all, that surgery is really not for women, because it is physically very hard work. secondly, it was said that women are more emotionally labile, they have menstrual cycle, and all kinds of th

we will ask bohdan tsyupin, the european correspondent of the voice of america ukrainian service, about the reaction of officials in london to the possible appointment of a stalwart ambassador to great britain. bohdan, congratulations, are there already reactions to such an appointment of zaluzhny, was it expected or not, and how unusual is this news. first, regarding official reactions, official reactions. at the moment here in london i don't see, there are reports in the mass media, because apparently it's not every day that a combat general of a country at war is announced as ambassador to london, so on the one hand valery zaluzhnyi, when all the formalities you just discussed will be completed. with a specialist, obviously he will become one of, you could say, several hundred ambassadors here in london, but still the fact of the announcement that a ukrainian general will be an ambassador, yes, it attracted attention in the mass media, and it is one of the leading news this morning at the british zmi, so for now we are we are waiting for an... official reaction, despite the fact that

we talk about this in more detail with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. hello, bohdan. tell me, please, how do they react to this appointment in london? they are reacting with interest, first of all, i would say, that is, an official response, agreement from london on the appointment of valery zaluzhny as ambassador, we are still waiting, in fact, for some reasons for obstacles, there are currently no obvious ones, meanwhile, the media picked it up. at least last night right after the headline announcement, which doesn't usually happen with the appointment of some country's ambassador to london. in this case , there is great interest and many questions , for example, in general, why a combat general in the midst of a war in his country, leaves his country, changes his profession and... and what it looks like, will work in london not as a military man, but as a chief diplomat, indicate that after the actually unsuccessful ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 between the ukrainian president and the commander-in-chief, what appeared to be differences in assessm

tsyupin.gratulations, so the use of frozen russian assets for the needs of ukraine has been discussed for a long time, can it be assumed that the eu has now found a solution and what details of the plan are currently known? yes, they are long. language, we know about almost 300 billion dollars of russian state assets, mainly assets of the russian central bank, which are frozen in western countries, mainly in europe, and this money is lying, many european leaders and ukraine are also calling for it to be used, and that it would be fair for that money to go away from aggressive russia. precisely on compensation for aid to ukraine, a victim of russian aggression, and in fact, until now everything has been based on the fact that the use of the assets themselves currently seems impossible, or the ways for this have not yet been developed, instead , proposals for using the profits that come in have gained greater clarity, clearer outlines. .. from those investments, from russian ones frozen funds, a

tsyupin, who joins us from london.atulations, bohdan. bohdan, please explain what exactly the conversations are about and how the leak happened, what is the essence of this case? so, german officials, in particular the minister of defense boris pistorius actually under. they asserted the authenticity of what was made public.

bohdan tsyupin, our correspondent in europe was in touch. in the meantime , republican senator lincius graham arrived in kyiv. in particular , he met with volodymyr zelensky and representatives of the ukrainian government, as well as members of non-governmental organizations and discussed the fight against corruption in ukraine. graham repeatedly criticized the kremlin and made statements in support of kyiv. however, in february. the senator voted against additional funding for ukraine. then he referred to the position donald trump and declared that any aid to ukraine should be provided in the form of a loan. after the current visit to kyiv, linzi graham once again confirmed this position. in his opinion, the idea of ​​providing loan assistance can find support in the house of representatives, in particular, from speaker mike johnson. we would like to remind that, first of all, it depends on the speaker when and in what form this issue can be brought up for consideration. donald trump's lawyers said that the former president does not have th

bohdan, thank you very much, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin was in direct contact with us.the un, 56 states, in particular the usa, supported the statement of ukraine, in which they strongly condemned the illegitimate attempts of the russian federation to organize presidential elections of russia in the temporarily occupied territories of the international community. recognized territory of ukraine. the participants of the statement confirmed that the elections are not valid according to international law. adviser to the white house on matters of communication in the field of national security, john kirby, during a briefing on friday, stated that fair and free elections are impossible in russia. the west should categorically not recognize and fully condemn the voting in the russian presidential elections in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine, which are taking place on march 15-17. the eurasian director said this in an interview with natalia leonova programs of the international republican institute, steve nix, who has just returned from ukraine. do you know who

bohdan, thank you. thank you very much, our european correspondent, bohdan tsyupin, was in touch with the studio. you are watching, we continue the release. oblivion is worse than death - convinced lyudmila huseynova, a former civilian hostage who spent three years in sizo donetsk for her civic pro-ukrainian position. in october 2022, she was released during the exchange, and since then she has been fights with... the release of all ukrainian women with whom she was in russian captivity. it is publicity that the convinced activist helps to get illegally detained civilians out of russian captivity, so she tells their stories on all possible platforms and calls on the world to help. iryna solomko and pavlo terahov met with the activist in new york. this is a year of freedom, but it is a year of struggle for you. also, yes, because last year you said that yes, you are free, you are free, you are now in new york, you can... you can talk the truth of the world, but your girls, those women , they are now also in donetsk, but during this year, one of them managed to get out of there, this is

between the german and ukrainian military, and this scandal was investigated by bohdan tsyupin, and we are moving. further. greece is preparing to transfer security assistance to ukraine, which may include air defense equipment and anti-aircraft weapons. athens also joined the coalition of countries for training ukrainian pilots on the f-16. about how greece and russia cooperate in the field of security assistance for ukraine. the participation of greece in the training of ukrainian pilots and the desire to participate in the restoration of odessa and mariupol. spiros lampridis, the special commissioner of players in ukraine, said in an interview. to my colleague oleksiy kovalenko. what message do you want to convey to the american people and the american congress? i am the special representative of greece in ukraine and i want to say very simply: greece is with ukraine from day one. our prime minister said on the first day of the invasion: "we are on the right side of history." there is no question that we will be on the right track regarding ukraine. with our partners from the eu.