now norway will officially call our northern neighbor exactly as the belarusians themselves call it. previously, the name was literally translated into norwegian and it sounded exactly like white russia. the minister of foreign affairs of norway, ani ken gitfeld, stated that this was done as a sign of solidarity with the belarusian democratic movement, so that the country would not be perceived as the continuation of russia , the same decision was previously made by the other scandinavian countries, sweden and denmark, in 2019 and 2021, respectively. well, such a decision should only be welcomed. world about ukraine, i'm starting to prepare for tomorrow so that i can tell you more tomorrow, don't switch now, because our broadcast continues,

of course, and the war against ukraine, the most important part of the new european sanctions is a significant reduction in the purchase of russian oil and oil products. however, european leaders were forced to compromise by making temporary exceptions for hungary, as well as slovakia and the czech republic , more about new sanctions and restrictions against russia and what they mean, let's talk with bohdan tsyupin who followed the topic and joins our broadcast from london, bohdan. i congratulate you. it was precisely the ban on the import of russian oil that the ukrainian authorities insisted on for a long time after a long process in europe . it was agreed upon, however, the ban does not apply to all oil supplies to the eu, how much will it actually be painful for russia we do not know how painful this step will be for russia. first of all, because the prices of oil and gas, in particular, of another product of russia's exports, are increasing, and the actual income to the russian

treasury is increasing, and this is very important because precisely to deprive russia of the opportunity to receive these revenues and to finance its war, its aggressive policy, this is exactly what the international community wants and this is exactly what the european union wants, because let's not forget that the eu pays about 400 billion dollars a year more than 400 billion dollars a year by purchasing russian oil and gas these are huge funds, and if the european union succeeds in reducing the import of russian oil by 90% by the end of this year, as announced in brussels, then this is, as one of the heads of the european union stated, at least a step in in the right direction leven now remains

about 10 or 11% of the southern branch of the druzhba oil pipeline which will not be subject to sanctions now, we agreed that the council will somehow return to this topic in the near future. so this is an issue that we will return to and on which we still have to work what we did today is a big step forward, why were exceptions made for hungary, the czech republic and slovakia and how is it commented in europe well, actually, not only for hungary, slovakia and the czech republic, for example, i saw today a-a reports a-a quoted the bulgarian prime minister who said that his country received a longer transition period, while e-sanctions should be in effect for 90%, as ms. universala fonderlyan said, until the end of this year e-e the bulgarian leader said for example that for his

country, for his country, this period will be until 2024 , and we heard the loudest or most objections to these oil sanctions from hungary, and the suspicion is not only that hungary is most dependent on the supply of russian oil, but also in because mr. orbán is also called one of the greatest friends of putin, the leader of russia among the leaders of european states, therefore, there are certain doubts and very serious skepticism about his statements, and when he declared that he had achieved great achievements for his of the people, as he expressed himself last night in brussels, addressing his country, which he refused, he beat it for the hungarians so that their prices for gas and oil and

fuel do not increase, as it happens in many other countries, in fact, well, this is problematic because, as he said ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, addressing the european leaders via video link yesterday, it is impossible to save one cabin on a ship if the whole ship is torpedoed , moreover, hungarian prime minister mr. orban is suspected of either knowingly or possibly without realizing it, he confuses the short-term interests or narrow interests of his government with international interests, the interests of the world and values, in particular, the values ​​of the european union, and without holding back his indignation, the current representative said this today germany, the largest country in the eu, minister of economy

movies as ministers i am referring to the oath and commitment to work for the welfare of the german people and i understand that hungarians and others have similar commitments, but one should not confuse the short-term views of one's country and the long-term observance of the principles that can to introduce names only at the international level is annoying, to put it mildly, how deep-rooted this confusion is in the case of viktor orban, who unceremoniously cares only for his own interests, my vision of the ukrainian crisis, or rather the attack of russia on ukraine in the fact that putin will not stop unless he is stopped in ukraine we have already talked a lot about oil, but this sixth package of sanctions also included other significant restrictions, what exactly do they relate to, and they talk about the sixth package of sanctions, first of all, as a package that also provides for

reduction of purchases of russian oil, but there are also other steps, the list of legal entities and individuals subject to sanctions has been expanded, and in particular, one of the most prominent messages in that list should be, as they say, the patriarch of the russian orthodox church e.e. kirill e also three more russian state mass media are banned from broadcasting on the territory of the european union e russian state media are accused of spreading e disinformation and we also know that the largest russian bank sberbank is included in the list of those e will not be able to use the e-e notification system which is part of the international system of

interbank money transfers it is not very good thank you for your detailed analysis let me remind you it was bohdan tsyupin who was following the topic joined joined us from london not only the usa and the european union but also other allies in different parts of the world are joining in the opposition to russia among those states that support ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia and new zealand today is the premier minister of this country, jacinda arden, arrived in washington and met with president joe biden, more about her visit and how new zealanders help ukraine , let's talk with yulia yarmolenko, who joins yuriy greets us from the white house, vitaya from ostape. so , what is important? we heard today from j7 de arden and jobbiden in the context of ukraine, based on the results of their meeting, both leaders issued a joint statement in which, among other things, they emphasized the fact that they

talked a lot about support for ukraine, discussed in particular their they also discussed financial humanitarian and military aid to ukraine, joint efforts to hold russia accountable and joint sanctions to prevent russia from funding its military machine the issue of blocking ukrainian ports and the importance of unblocking this issue in order for grain to reach world markets, which is also important. we heard that even before the meeting, both leaders thanked each other for how much their countries help ukraine, they emphasized that russia's war in ukraine - this is not a regional issue, this is an issue that concerns the whole world, it is a defense of the principles on which a democratic society is built, and therefore, wherever the country is, they should actually support ukraine in this struggle, many people assume that new zealand

, being on the other side of the earth, may not show great interest in the conflict, but it is not like a nation that is completely focused on observing rules and norms, as well as preserving the territorial sovereignty of states, we definitely care about what is happening to the people of ukraine our contribution, in our opinion, is significant, we not only financed humanitarian aid, the international criminal court, we made contributions to the nato trust fund, we also have people in europe, some of whom help with logistics in the relocation of military and humanitarian aid from europe, while others train ukrainian troops in great britain. this is the expertise we have and can often offer what we do not have in terms of scale . ardern, you know, also studied the topic what else does new zealand help ukraine and how does it join the efforts of its western partners against its russia, and

arden described a little what exactly new zealand is doing to help ukraine, we know that from of the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, new zealand provides humanitarian aid to ukraine, provides financial and military aid to the tune of millions of dollars, primarily in terms of aid, such as ammunition, as well as significant contributions from the point of view of humanitarian and humanitarian needs, and it is also very important that earlier this month in may, new zealand announced that it is the new zealand military that will train the ukrainian military in great britain how to use light howitzers gal-119 and again we hear what 30 of the new zealand military. they arrive in june in great britain, where about 200 ukrainian military personnel will be trained, and this program will continue until the end of july, so again we hear about the fact that the efforts with the help of ukraine are global, not only the united states, europe, but

countries such as new zealand joins these issues because they emphasize that it is in their interests, and to support the country, to support sovereignty and the international legal order, which is based on rules, is another important topic, you know followed today's briefing at the state department, knows there was a lot of talk today about ukraine, in particular about the next aid to ukraine , including the military, which we actually heard several times. the first 20 minutes of this briefing were devoted to ukraine, and the spokesperson of the state department was asked in general about the next stages of this aid to ukraine, nad pryce made several important statements and clarifications. first, he said that the aid of the united states from the beginning was aimed specifically at the needs of ukraine on the battlefield, as he said that at the beginning the focus was precisely on defense in the battle for kyiv, that is why the united states provided military aid that concentrated on anti-tank and anti-aircraft

defense, now we know that in the second stage of the war when, as kyiv said above, ukraine won the battle for kyiv now because it has been moved to the east of ukraine and there glue plays an extremely large role, we know that the howitzers that the united states has provided to ukraine over the past few weeks are 108 m-77 howitzers they play an extremely important role in repelling russian attacks in the east of ukraine, and in this context it will be achieved. they asked what to expect in the next deliveries of military aid to ukraine, he emphasized that it is now a package of 40 billion dollars, a large part of which will go specifically to military aid. said that soon new batches of new tranches of military aid will be announced and as for those systems that can be provided to ukraine , again the question was raised about whether ukraine will really get what it is asking for. and we know that the ukrainian authorities are now asking the united states to provide the

emelares multiple-launch rocket systems, and yesterday we heard from president biden that he said that the united states will not provide systems that can hit targets in russia, today we were asked to clarify this issue and said what did president biden mean that the united states is still considering the provision of various systems to ukraine. however, not price emphasized that the ukrainians are getting exactly what they need, the ukrainians need this artillery to protect their territory, the only aggressor is russia, and therefore the united states will continue to provide ukraine exactly what the ukrainians need. he also emphasized that he is convinced of the result at the end of all this, ukraine will be free, democratic and sovereign, this is also a very important message that is now coming from the state department, and

today i also paid attention to those messages about that russia is trying to impose its power and control over territories that are temporarily under the occupation of russian troops, such as kherson, and he emphasized the inadmissibility of what russia is trying to do now in these territories . thank you very much for your analysis. yuliya yarmolenko was from the white house on our airwaves, russian aggression and climate change again drew attention to energy carriers in europe. in search of a replacement for russian fuel, european countries once again talked about nuclear power plants, however, their use remains an expensive, time-consuming and highly controversial source of energy. who from america researched the topic? natalia leonova will tell you more.

until recently, no one doubted the closure of nuclear power plants in france. president emmanuel macron promised to decommission more than a dozen of the 56 reactors by 2035, but in february plans paris has changed, what our country really needs and all the conditions are there for this. this is the revival of atomic energy in france, now together with the development of green energy, macron plans to build 14 nuclear power plants in the next few years and he is not the only european leader in this choice. the government of belgium recently decided to extend the service life of two operating reactors for another 10 years, postponing plans to completely abandon nuclear energy. poland and romania are considering projects to build modern nuclear reactors. great britain also wants to build a new nuclear power plant, while many of the old nuclear power plants have already been decommissioned, of course the current

global situation, the russian war in ukraine has increased interest and forces countries to review their plans to abandon external or imported energy sources. in general, according to the international energy agency, the nuclear industry must double its capacity in order to meet existing demand and fulfill obligations regarding climate change measures in world, the european union is now under urgent pressure to find low-cost alternatives to russian oil and gas review of france by the way, the largest producer of nuclear energy in the eu embraced in brussels to include nuclear power on list of clean energy sources nuclear power needs to be seen as part of a larger big energy complex to help europe move to a carbon-free future experts say souvenirs we need a very broad range of technologies renewables will definitely lead the way wind

and solar are currently the two cheapest sources of electricity however for some countries, atomic energy is not an option. germany, which is highly dependent on russian energy carriers, did not give up the closure of three nuclear power plants by the end of this year. environmentalists believe that france should do the same. there are alternatives to nuclear energy, which is why we must invest 100% in the renewal of energy sources through human activity. nuclear is a safe energy. experts say that after the chernobyl and fukushima accidents, the nuclear industry has stepped up measures . safety, however, they are not sure whether nuclear reactors in ukraine will be able to pass the test of war in europe, fuel is needed. and although the construction of new nuclear power plants it takes less time to build them, it takes years, and later long-term decisions regarding the disposal of nuclear waste nataliya lounova lisa bryn kostyantyn golobchyk voice of america download the voice of america

mobile application the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service read news, watch informative programs and videos, and also listen to ukrainian podcasts voice of america russia has destroyed or damaged more than 100 schools, more than 500 hospitals and more than 25,000 km of roads in ukraine such canteens of the ukrainian government turned into ruins, many human dwellings and other civilian objects throughout the country were one of the regions most affected by russian shelling at the beginning of the full-scale war: chernihiv oblast , now volunteers are helping local residents to clean up the consequences of the russian invasion. anna kosyuchenko and oleksiy yakushev learned more the first street is called kosmonavtov, here we have several objects that will need to be removed, the name of this street i do not know the name of the next one

улицы яблонева these people are kyiv it artists, designers, screenwriters and representatives of other professions, but here they are volunteers, more than 50 volunteers traveled 140 km to help the residents of the village of yagidne in chernihiv oblast to remove the consequences of russian shelling, every fifth house in this village was destroyed, almost every house was destroyed by blast waves, the windows were broken and damaged the roof after the russians occupied the berry area, they settled in the surviving houses and the local residents were herded into the basement under the school, when we arrived here it was terrible because it was already a little bit wrong because it has been cleaned up a little and people have already recovered after the occupation but it was the second week after people told terrible stories about how they had been in the basement of the school since the days 62-year-old lyudmila leshchenko had been hiding since the beginning of the war with his family and neighbors in the basement from the rockets of the russian hails

every day they fired, maybe everyone said to pray and helped that they prayed, seryozha is a sorokoput who was in the homely house for even 14 hours. he was wounded by shrapnel, but the constant shelling was only the beginning of the terror that the russians committed a white burial in the village. yes, you immediately killed the white people. this is the first. what, and they will say - this is their first question, and this is what they tell everyone. they say, you banders. and she, olya, immediately says, no, we did not use benders. the ukrainians took us out, they built us . there are eight men, eight sons, at once to the side of us, let's cry, they are shouting in the end, says the woman, she persuaded the soldiers not to shoot her son, her family and other villagers, the russians drove them into the basement of the village school, that's right, it's their darling, it's freed and why did you free us, and then they they closed us down er, we were the last ones in the room, so er,

well, i didn't go after that more than once. i won't say more than once . so they spent 26 days, it was difficult for us there, and with food and water. well, here they will give disposable cups and a soup cup. what? and the second time in the evening. we cooked vermicelli there for the children. they say that mom wants to eat. well, they were more willing to eat like that at first and it was cold. there was , well, on the floor and breathing suffocatingly, there was nothing like that and with the ceiling pipe is dripping from suffocation, people began to die during the occupation period from lack of oxygen in the basement, 11 people died, six more were shot by russian soldiers, says ludmila, the armed forces of ukraine liberated the village on march 31. but ludmila is still

afraid that the occupiers may return, there is no need for them to leave, but then yes, and they didn’t come back, then they would have slept peacefully and that’s all. and that’s how we do it. well, it’s still worrying that more than half of the residents of the village, pensioners , are not able to clean up the debris from the explosions and other consequences of the russian occupation on their own, besides that many village houses need major repairs , volunteers from kyiv, dmytro kirpa, say, everything inside is crushed, they even gutted the beds for some reason, the blankets were stolen from them, well, something happened with the linen, uh, household appliances , the volunteers plan to repair so many houses in the village of berry , so many houses they can for this, we organized a charity fundraiser, so far we managed to collect 9 thousand dollars, this is enough for about 10 houses, so here we will somehow comprehensively approach this and help both with repairs and

household appliances with furniture and household items in almost every house, for some reason, i don't know, they burned sheds and stole property, that is, people , in principle, live in rural areas, they need to fix and cultivate the land in some way, and they don't even have a rake or to clean the village, volunteers they rented a tractor from a neighboring village, they say that this tractor driver is almost the only one who has left the farm equipment and other tractors and whether the villagers had any cars damaged by the russian invaders anna kostyuchenko oleksiy yakushev for the voice of the mayors chernihiv oblast, despite the full-scale war created by russia, ukrainians continue to popularize ukrainian culture in the world . the exhibition of oleg and oleksandr denisenko opened in new york. the new york times has already

written about the exhibition. the son was created together with the artists, iryna solomenko talked to them , usually in museums and exhibitions it is strictly forbidden to touch the exhibits, but ukrainian artists oleg and oleksandr denysenko, on the contrary, encourage visitors to touch their works. this is the only way to feel and understand their creativity, because all works are created in an innovative technique called non-sogography. these are paintings that need to be touched, that need to be read with the hands. this technique also has a graphic narrative, symbolism and history. the creation of these paintings is very rich in symbols and you can read them forever looking for new and new meanings for yourself, this is also the enlightenment of painting and like rembrandt they used transparent scrolls in the same way, and the father, by applying translucent layers of paint, creates the effect of airiness and aerial perspective. that is

, you have three types of art in one: sculpture , graphics and painting, father and son work together . oleksandr, a film director by profession, in a creative tandem with his father, calls himself a visionary, he is the one who inspired oleg denisenko for the development and patenting of new technology, i saw in a certain period of my father's work a phenomenon that distinguished him among all artists because of the great the masters who entered history are made not only by their imagination or craft, but also by the inertial breakthrough that they make and change the paradigm of art. i saw that he was doing something, looking for some kind of artistic expression that had never been at all, then i joined him in this search, we worked for several years and the result of this was a technique called krasography on geography, we were issued a patent for an invention that confirmed the uniqueness and revolutionary nature of this technique. oleg denysenko has been engaged in art for 15 years, working in three different

the genres of graphics, painting and relief, geography combine them and create a multidimensional part. this is the third exhibition that komitec has brought to the united states. this exhibition has a certain history, almost detective-like, because it was postponed at least three times. the exhibition is a work of successful hunting and the comedian wrote in 2014 when russia seized crimea and began an invasion of eastern ukraine 8 years later, a few days before the start of the russian full-scale invasion denysenko executed the plot already in the technique of gasography, the artists are to a large extent prophets because they feel the world in a different way and you all know the compositions that they create in one way or another well, they often come true here, such an allegory

of hutsula, who is an absolutely peaceful person, is depicted you see his coat is decorated with flowers, he even has flowers sticking out of his gun he remembers day and night he has an image of a nest with a bird on his head that is, he is a family man he is a warm man he is a man who takes care of his family and his homeland, but just in case, he is armed to the teeth, this is an allegory of the fact that the ukrainian people are peaceful, but it is better not to move us . the exhibition has a charitable purpose, we have joined the initiative of the ukrainian catholic university, humanitarian aid, the painting is called red wine and is an allegory of the true servant, it is a contribution to this fund,

and also a certain part of the funds from the sale of each object will be directed to humanitarian needs, this our big goal is forests in europe and the united states , so during them, father and son plan to teach geography techniques to students, as well as popularize ukrainian history and identity in the world from new york iryna solomko voice of america this is how we end our issue join also our daily briefings at 18 and 23:35 on youtube and facebook, it's me. thank you for being with us. peace and good night to you. see you soon.

the entire territory of donetsk region is now a battlefield. every civilian who remains in the region is a target for russians, every such blow is a cruel reminder that there are no safe places in donetsk now , evacuate, evacuation saves lives, evacuation from donetsk, unlike luhansk, is possible in any direction near the front, it is dangerous , but the exit routes are not blocked. they say that the houses are destroyed, some have broken windows, some have no windows at all, and people, worrying about their safety and their lives, are forced to move to a safer region and leave it is worth it, because the shelling will only intensify, our fighters are heroically restraining the powerful attack of the rashists