it did not come out of the ice in the dew in ukraine because of the fact that the most important thing for the command is the lives of people, and then there is another quote, it was possible to lose people and take kyiv a long time ago but we did not want to do this at the cost of human lives, that's what this can indicate well, i don't know well, in conclusion, it seems that the russians will be like this this year without sunflowers in the penza region. there was a large-scale fire in the elevator. the fire in the warehouse with sunflower seeds was extinguished all night. the premises with an area of ​​at least 1200 m² were on fire. as you can see, it was very beautiful. they report that the cause of the fire was the transformer. of course, you know, it was an accident. i remember once that one of our fellow citizens recommended the occupiers to put seeds in their pockets so that they would germinate on our land, and now

they have a shortage of seeds. and they themselves will soon be in the deficit in our territory will all remain, or it won’t remain if they leave quickly . well, on this optimistic note, i’ll end today’s column about ukraine. the world is starting to prepare for tomorrow, and tomorrow i’ll tell you everything the latest, but don't switch, our broadcast continues on april 4, the rrt concert illegally turned off the digital air ukrainian independent tv channels espresso, the fifth and direct, a petition has been registered on the website of the cabinet of ministers of ukraine, which demands that ukrainian tv channels be returned to the digital air, in order to sign the petition first you need to register, it's very simple go to the website petition came you gov.ua there go to the registration tab and enter all your data, say your

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be destroyed in ukraine. as well as representatives of nato and the european union took part in the second virtual meeting of the contact group for the coordination of defense assistance to ukraine. the first meeting of the group was held on at the american base in germany, rammstein, april 26. what were they talking about, what military aid was promised to ukraine ? attention to the fact that the

number of participants this time really increased to 47 countries, that is, 47 states of the world provide active assistance for active military assistance to ukraine and actually lloyd austin is the head of the pentagon who is the initiator of these meetings, he emphasized that this time the country could get a very clear and very urgent understanding of the state of hostilities and what are the needs of the ukrainian army, but of course this meeting ended and with very important practical things, that is, 20 countries from this meeting announced a new military aid to ukraine and this includes new artillery installations as well as anti-ship systems and also a lot of ammunition and other vehicles tanks and lloyd austin when he talked about all these new new things that will provide additional countries, he also said that he cannot list all of them, but he wants to highlight a

few of them that he considers extremely important . let's listen to today. i am especially grateful to the data that announced today that it will provide harpoon installations and missiles to help ukraine protect its coast, and i also want to thank the czech republic for their weighty assistance in particular in recent contributions in the form of combat helicopters tanks and missile systems and today several countries announced new contributions of critical artillery systems and munitions include italy greece norway and poland and let me thank great britain for their leading role in helping to coordinate security assistance and significant amounts of british equipment that continues to arrive in ukraine as for other things. that is , high mobility artillery systems and salvo fire systems to the requests voiced by the ukrainian authorities, lloyd austin said

that at this stage he does not want to comment on what stage of the process of collecting things from now on the americans are in, however, he emphasized again that without going into details, he said that the united states and ukraine military and military leaders are in constant contact yuliya this is the military aid provided by the americans and other western partners who see the end result of it themselves, are they on the lookout for these weapons or this is stopping russia's aggression at the stage it is at, is it possible to return to the borders on february 24, or is it even possible to return to the borders of 2014, you know zaroslava, this is exactly the question that was asked today in fact, they both told general marcumilia and the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, what is the ultimate goal. everything should be decided only by the ukrainian authorities, because ukraine is leading this fight now, but the united states, for its part, will continue to

do such important things, which is to strengthen ukraine's position on the field battle as well as at the negotiating table, so let's listen to what general mark milina actually said, this is a book case, presence , political leadership, in this case, president zelensky will determine the ultimate goal within more broadly, we want to continue helping ukraine to defend its state. we want to make sure that nato is united . already when the military part of the aid from the 40 billion dollar package that the us government allocated the other day will arrive in ukraine. and you know now, in fact, the white house said that president biden will begin to allocate

the military aid tranche from this package is coming soon, but we know that president biden, before leaving for the asian tour, signed a new package of military aid in the amount of 100 million dollars, and it is this aid that is already beginning to arrive in the pentagon, they assure that there are actually no shortages and interruptions from the receipt of american military aid, and such conferences how today help to better understand the needs of the ukrainian army so that the next tranches are absolutely targeted so that the ukrainians are successful in on the battlefield thank you yuliya yarmolenko was on the direct line from the white house in the first three months of the war against ukraine, russia probably suffered as many losses as the soviet union in the nine years of the war in afghanistan, according to the ministry of defense of great britain, according to the british, the russians lost in ukraine more than 15,000 manpower, which is almost twice less than the estimate of the ministry of

defense of ukraine what do these estimates say, why does british intelligence publish such figures and what was said in davos about ukraine, we will talk with our london correspondent bohdan tsyupin bohdan, why is it important that british intelligence publishes to the whole world its conclusions regarding the losses of russians in ukraine and why they are so different from the ukrainian ones? well, let's start with that. why are there such different data, and actually the information space is filled with very different numbers, as already said, ukrainians talk about more than 29,000 of dead russians and in the west, in particular, the british say that this is a figure that corresponds to the number of dead soviet soldiers in afghanistan, which exceeds 15,000. russia gives the numbers, in fact, with a huge slowing down, for example, the latest data

was released by the russian side in march at the end of march. it was only about 1,300, more than 1,300 dead russian soldiers, independent russian journalists, with the participation of, by the way, the bbc of our colleagues here in london found accurate data confirmed with the names of at least 2 russians who died it's just that they know exactly what was recorded in the local press in russia, in particular , what it's about, it's obvious that it's very, so to speak , sensitive information, and in particular british information intelligence intelligence of the british ministry of defense writes today in a message that previously data on the number of dead or rather the volume of the number of soldiers killed in wars influenced public opinion, and then in the former soviet union

it is obvious that now they will influence russia and that is why, first of all, russia is trying to keep these data under very strict control of the actual notification of the disclosure of data that is not authorized by the russian government is punished very severely in russia. bohdan british intelligence is known for its secrecy and at least until now, she rarely made public the results of her work, what changed after the invasion of russia into ukraine, after the invasion of russia into ukraine , these messages began to appear, in particular, on twitter from the intelligence service of the ministry of defense of great britain, but in general, the intelligence service has been changing its activities and the way it works for the past few years the situation is changing, let's say the speed of the spread of information on the internet

is very difficult to keep secret things that maybe someone would like to keep secret, but on the other hand more and more, even the employees of the special services understand that information is also a weapon and the publication of certain information is very important in this information struggle bohdan udavos, the world economic forum is now taking place for the first time without any representatives of russia , president volodymyr zelenskyi addressed the participants virtually and bohdan called for the introduction of new sanctions against russia, is there a sense of readiness of world economic leaders to heed the calls of the president of ukraine in world leaders they also listen to calls, they are also forced to listen and look closely at the situation in their countries, to respond to the mood of the voters, and they are also

forced to respond and act in accordance with the facts, and the facts now are that russia's war against ukraine affects the situation in the world very, very painfully and in particular, today in davos one of the leading topics was the topic of food security in the world. this is what the representative of the un food program said today at the meeting, there is only one solution to the problem of grain export from ukraine, this is ports ports in the odesa region they grow enough food to feed 400 million people now there is no such thing on the market and the only way to open the ports is to take them out by motor vehicles from ukraine is not enough motor vehicles can only take out a drop in the sea ports are the only way they must be opened within the next 60 days why? because in july-august there is another harvest, and i can also add that

in fact the first news at this gathering and the world economic forum in davos was the topic of western international sanctions against russia and how economy to work under these conditions. thanks to bohdan, our correspondent bohdan tsyupen was in direct contact with london. eight years of war in donbas and almost three months of full-scale russian invasion made ukraine one of the most mined countries in the world. how much time and money is needed to clear the territory and what operational demining is different from humanitarian lesya bakalets' story ukraine is one of the most mined countries in the world according to un estimates until february 24,

about two million ukrainians lived next to the changes for almost three months of the war, the situation has worsened tenfold in the de-occupied territories, pyrotechnics are now neutralizing hundreds of munitions per day. at the moment, natural demining works are also being carried out by additional forces working in our country on the territory of chernihiv region, more than 20,000 explosive objects have been destroyed. e columns of the aggressor that were broken up with weapons, the technique works it out so that people can return to their buildings calmly and safely, mykhailo says that for the first time in his career he is faced with such on the scale of mining, he and his team work from morning to evening without days off, he helps the pyrotechnicians, the dog sapper jack russell terrier, nicknamed patron, in these months he has already gained world popularity and received the first award from the

president of ukraine, that is, he taught him to work as a child so that he would not go anywhere cleaned well, of course, it reacts to, that is, when the metal detector is turned on, it beeps there with a certain signal, when the past, with the help of it, we start a search and find a certain ammunition or anti-tank copper the normal signal increases, the dog concentrates on it, it sees what it feels, hears, let’s say that the signal increases and when the final signal, uh, which is given by the metal detector, begins to dig, mykhailo illiv and other pyrotechnicians of the state emergency service of ukraine are now engaged in operational demining , which means that sappers come to the call to defuse munitions check the area around the next stage of demining humanitarian humanitarian demining it is long-term it is

continuous i.e. not exact final result humanitarian demining is the transfer of land to the end user, it is the corresponding security guarantees and the quality guarantee again. if we talk about other types of demining, they do not allow it, experts first investigate the territory, then step by step they clear it of explosive objects, engage in such activities can be organizations that have received a certificate from the government, for example, the ukrainian association of sappers or the international organization hella ukraine, we have been working in ukraine since 2016 in a team of 430 people who traveled from ukraine to evaluate how we can adapt our work to the current conditions. that is, we are expanding our activities in the donbas zone to the entire country, not only roads and fields are mined, but also residential premises, cars, cemeteries

, tell the emergency department, pyrotechnics, find all possible types of explosions of safe objects, bombs , artillery shells, rocket shells, mini- snares against anti-personnel mines the latter are prohibited to use according to the ottawa convention of 1997 it is not allowed to use produce sell and store anti-personnel mines the agreement was signed by 164 countries russia uses anti-personnel mines of the new type p om-3 it is particularly dangerous it bounces when its sensors show that it is near a person and explodes in 360° russia did not sign the convention, but this does not mean that it does not violate the norms of international law, we are confident in human rightwatch ukraine is a party to the agreement, and according to the agreement, the participating states are obliged to

help the country that suffered from land-based anti-personnel mines and other explosive objects of war, and ukraine needs help for that that humanitarian demining is very expensive without the support of other countries and non-profit organizations that exist with the money of donors, the country will not be able to cope with the result of billions of dollars because a square meter of cleared land in accordance with the procedures of humanitarian demining, it is humanitarian non-operational funds somewhere around 3-4 dollars, the territory that needs the procedures humanitarian demining, we estimate it as 132,000 e-e square kilometers, the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine calls the number twice as large in hailo, they say it is difficult to estimate the scale until the war is not over, but it is assumed that the entire city of

mariupol will become the largest area of ​​work. there is a formula according to which one year of war is equal to 10 years of domination in the zaber association. they say that with sufficient funding and coordinated work , it will take much less time. in ukraine , president volodymyr zelenskyi has won the respect of a significant part of american society, even sometimes they joke that if he ran for office in the presidents of the united states would have won the elections, americans print t-shirts with his image, hang posters in store windows and even sculpt clay busts of the president of ukraine about the phenomenon of zelenskyi's popularity in the usa, yuri mamon shows a collection of miniature busts of his idols abraham lincoln, barack obama is now on the same shelf with by volodymyr zelensky for the

owner of a crockery shop on broadway, it is both a hobby and a way to express one's civic position . julia creates all figurines with her own hands from clay volodymyr zelenskyi added to this collection at the beginning of the war, the president of ukraine, for her, real american heroes. i think he is so american, americans love national heroes, and he is incredibly stable and has such an incredible story. and it is precisely such stories that americans love very much. well, you understand, he suddenly became a hero. and this it was completely unexpected, no one could have predicted it. and as soon as people find out that he was originally an actor and comedian, they begin to admire him even more because it is very american history, when someone from whom it was not expected rises so high, a handmade bust of zelensky can be ordered on the internet. julie sends the money earned to help ukraine. her website also has t-shirts, portraits and posters of the ukrainian president in america. he is now for many an example of patriotism and a fighter for the freedom

of his people, in many publications in the press, zelenskyi is called the new hero of the free world, he is compared to lincoln, who at one time united the american nation with churchill of the times during the second world war, time magazine placed a photo of zelenskyi on the cover of the article zelenskyi's inner world on several pages. artur gurov, one of the activists of the together in ukraine movement, says that the phenomenon of zelenskyi in the united states does not surprise him. kyiv was under siege and his words i don't need a taxi i need ammunition this is what united people strength in people confidence in victory i think the phenomenon of our president is that he turned out to be the right person in his position this time i think he is loved here also because he gave the western world a goal, he rallied and helped to remember what the western

world is really capable of. zelensky is very popular in the usa. i live in the state of pennsylvania and i see how many americans in the state of pennsylvania respect him a lot former marines and veterans and everyone supports zelensky and this is very important for us we see what he is doing now and it is incredible americans love heroes and he definitely behaves like a hero so i am not surprised that free i like zelenskyi the jew and we are proud of it, i think that he represents our spirit, the test is whether we are walking in the history of the ability to stand up and give a cutoff. the ukrainian president was also able to unite the democrats and republicans on the capital hill. his address to the american congress was met with applause by representatives of both parties. lincoln mitchell, writer a political scientist and teacher at columbia university

explains the phenomenon of zelenskyi by what and by the fact that for americans he is an eastern european leader of a new model zelenskyi player, zelenskyi has an excellent background, the fact that he is a former actor and comedian, he has already intrigued the americans with this, he also has a set of skills that most politicians do not have. you know this cliché when they say that to be a president you have to be a bit of an actor, but it is true and zelenskyi reminds us of something in this sense the story of ronald reagan, when he was president, his advantage was in the ability to communicate with people, and zelensky also communicates very well with people and at the same time does it in a very modern way, i am sure that for americans, zelensky is a bright contrast to putin and this is another reason for his popularity in the united states. his popularity is far from accidental and he deserved it. he managed to achieve broad support for ukraine by americans on a simple human level

that her ancestors moved to america from odessa a long time ago. julia gaines found out by accident at the beginning of the war, when they became interested in their european roots, but even those new yorkers who never had relatives in ukraine felt a special connection with the ukrainian nation after the beginning of the war and its leader, who is desperately fighting for their freedom, yurii mamon yevgeny maslov, voice of america , the embroidered march took place in california last weekend, the ukrainian community in the suburbs of los angeles organized not only a demonstration of the traditional clothes of their homeland, but also a dance flashmob, as it looked, khrystyna shevchenko watched the blue and red with flowers and rhombuses, ukrainian vyshyvankas covered the central street of sunny santomonica with linen and colors on vyshyvanka day, the ukrainian diaspora decided

to show an outfit of which he is really proud. when i went to america, there was no question that i would not take the ukrainian stream down with me - this is a hutsul outfit . she even wrote a song, which she sang right there today, the most valuable gift for me, well, i say sincerely, for me, it is like this from a generation, i will give this pillow to my daughter and we will protect it as the most valuable treasure - it is the code of the nation, it is the energy invested, the love made up in every cross

, how can you not celebrate, how can you not love your culture, foreigners have immersed themselves in ukrainian culture, you can see americans in embroidered shirts and this is wonderful, i would wear it every day as a regular shirt, people me they ask about this shirt and it's great. it's an opportunity for them to hear about ukraine and the origin of this outfit. and of course, the main topic of the vyshyvanok council, as well as all meetings of the ukrainian community in los angeles county in recent months, remains war, the participants came with a march chanting anti-war slogans, come on, come on, and also showed a dance flashmob approach of dahybrakha good evening we are from ukraine, the organizers of the event say that vyshyvanka day in 2022 has become one of the

most massive in years in los angeles county in los andes and have not seen such of the number of ukrainians who celebrated vyshyvanka day, about 200 people turned out to celebrate vyshyvanka day here with a sigil on santemonika street khrystyna shevchenko bohdan shevchenko santomonica california voice of america large-scale aggression of russia against ukraine shook an unprecedented volunteer movement around the world and in ukraine, the dnipro solomiya reut car helped raise more than 100,000 uah with which an unmanned aerial vehicle was purchased, a thermal imager, bulletproof vests, tales and other things for the ukrainian military solomiya is only six years old how she got involved in volunteering in a creative way, yaroslava movchan will tell one a harry potter doll in her hands, a flute with toys, a six-year-old

resident of dnipro solomiyka reut plays after lessons and classes at the music school she visits three times a week, the girl picked up the instrument six months ago, and now she already has a repertoire with which she performs and is written about. and i saw it on instagram, there i started posting with my newspaper. that's how we saw the salt of the newspaper. she became famous after the performance on this square. she came out on easter. photos of a girl with a flute, who collects funds for the needs of the ukrainian military, spread across social networks. parents help the military we started volunteering and immediately from february 25 we joined the volunteers who made molotov cocktails

together with us solomiya made them uh and dropped money acquaintances collected boys for our defenders and we dropped money but it was small amounts we thought that we have to do something more global and we thought, can we still help? solya says i can't collect money by playing the flute for concerts, the girl collects an average of 5 thousand hryvnias in donations, and when the local press wrote about her, the income increased at the parents' charity account at the first meeting, one hundred thousand hryvnias were purchased for bulletproof vests, drones , turnstiles and first-aid kits, which were delivered to the military, and later they needed a thermal imager, when the amount was already sufficient and we brought a few more gifts, a thermal imager, five nato body armor, five nato helmets , etc.