and a significant shortage of spare parts, the auto business is one of the russian industries most affected by international sanctions. the majority of importers have stopped supplying. at the end of february, according to statistics, the production of cars in russia fell almost all times in april. well, the trick did not work in russia. that the entrepreneur was going to settle for mcdonald's under the sanctions money, and oleksandr govor, a russian businessman, planned to buy this chain of restaurants pledged the property of his wife's company, but it turned out that this asset is under western sanctions , so for now the agreement on the sale of mcdonald 's will not be canceled in russia, this chain and even another chain for mcdonald's equipment, at least for now, we are all talking about the news of the economy

during the war, tomorrow see us on weekdays in the morning at eight o'clock and repeat in the evening. i'm andriyanitsky tv channel espresso together we will win on the air from washington program of the ukrainian service voice of america time time i'm yuliya yarmolenko congratulations the 104th day of the full-scale russian war against ukraine, heavy fighting is currently ongoing for severodonetsk , the situation is changing that hours in some areas in the east of ukraine, the white house says that the russians are making limited progress, so washington is working to deliver the necessary weapons to ukraine as soon as possible, meanwhile, the black sea can to become a new front of the russian war against ukraine. such opinions come from the american experts of the

former us admiral james stavridis and the expert of the royal canadian military of the second toronto institute erica morse the blockade of russian and ukrainian ports has already led to a food crisis in the world russia is doing this on purpose, the eu and the usa claim, and does brussels and washington have specific proposals to help ukraine communicate with ports and export grain, let's talk about it with bohdan tsyupin, who joins the broadcast and from london and ostap yarosh, who works in washington, colleagues of vitay bohdane in the kremlin claim that it was ukrainian mines and western sanctions against moscow, not russian warships in black the sea contributes to the food crisis and the president of the european council, charles michel, this morning gave such an answer to this thesis during a meeting of the security council that the russian diplomat left the meeting room, what is it about? i would start with such a down-to-earth example here in london in my local supermarket and in the british the capital

for about the first or second week of the russian e-e war, the russian invasion of ukraine, sunflower oil disappeared in general, e flour products such as pasta, for example, great britain in the price increased in some places by about a third, which means that for the british or residents of other fairly wealthy european countries far from ukraine, this is an inconvenience , but for such countries as certain countries in africa or asia, which depended on the import of grain, in particular from ukraine, this is not enough to eat, this is a threat of starvation and there is a lot of talk about this in the world, pointing to the specific situation in the black sea, where the russian battle fleet dominates, and the ukrainian port of mariupol on the azov sea is captured by the russians, ukrainian ports, in particular, odesa, are blocked on the black sea and

the european representative, mr. charles michel, was personally in ukraine a few months ago, he was in kyiv , and recently he was in odesa, and based on his example, based on what he saw, he himself declared in new york that russia is literally lying because he saw it as ukrainian grain cannot be exported from ukraine and the russian representative could not listen to it, he left the meeting hall, but i suggest listening to an excerpt russia alone is responsible for this food crisis, despite the kremlin's disinformation campaign of lies, i saw it with my own eyes a few weeks ago in odesa millions of tons of grain and wheat are stuck in containers and in ships due to russian warships in the black sea and due to russia's attack on transport infrastructure and these are russian tanks, russian bombs and mines prevent ukraine from sowing and

harvesting crops, the kremlin is targeting warehouses , grain theft in ukraine will increase - shifting the blame to others this is cowardice - this is pure simple propaganda let's turn to the facts the eu did not impose sanctions on agriculture in russia zero even our sanctions on russian transport are not spreads beyond the borders of the eu ostap, how do they see the situation with the blockade of ukrainian ports and the ways to solve it in washington, washington really calls what russia is doing now that it uses food as a weapon and engages in direct blackmail from which not only ukraine and many other countries around the world suffer in particular, in africa, according to the estimates of the state department, 84 commercial vessels are currently blocked in the ports of ukraine, some of them are loaded with wheat and corn and remain blocked in ukrainian ports approximately 450 seafarers and

there are currently almost 22 tons of grain in the ukrainian lake storages, according to expert estimates, if the blockade of ukrainian ports does not happen, if russia does not unblock, who is possible, international organizations such as the un or nato or other united states states, their allies and partners will have to resort to escorting commercial ships with grain from odesa, and yesterday anthony blinga , the united states secretary of state and also the secretary of agriculture of the united states tomos volka called held a meeting with representatives of agribusiness as well as with representatives of foundations and public organizations in order to discuss this situation, we will listen to what us secretary of state anthony blinken says about the current state of affairs, russian troops seized some of the most productive agricultural lands of ukraine, they planted explosives in the fields, they destroyed a vital

agricultural infrastructure, there are credible reports that russia is stealing ukrainian grain to sell it for its own profit now russia is also accumulating its food exports and all this on purpose, we know that president putin is stopping the delivery of food and is aggressively using his propaganda machine to deflect responsibility, because he hopes that in this way the world will give in to him and then give in to sanctions in other words - this is simply blackmailing bohdan's position both the usa and the european union are clear. and what specific ways to unblock ukrainian ports or at least to export grain do they see in europe? well, for example, today the british newspaper financial times e-e broadcasted its interview with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky e-e, who, answering a question about the food crisis, called on the

international community to contribute to the creation of a maritime corridor of a safe corridor from ukrainian ports on the black sea, obviously from odesa so that ukrainian grain could be exported to international markets. he said that the international community should guarantee the safety of this sea corridor without allowing it to go there warships, but at the moment it sounds at the level of ideas and discussions are going on around whether, for example, certain countries are ready to send their warships there to guarantee the safety of such a corridor and actually fight with the russians. the union's so-called lines of solidarity are the unification of the infrastructure of the transport infrastructure in the european union for the transportation of grain from ukraine by land, in particular

by rail transport, for example, to romania and further west to the mediterranean ports, etc. we also have at the level of politicians, for example , french presidents manuel macron, others raise this issue, demanding from the russian president, putin, that russia stop using food as a weapon, but as we can see, such efforts are still in particular, mr. macron did not bring results, so really ostap, we know that ukrainian politicians are calling on the west to really help unblock the ports by sending, in particular , weapons, and some experts in the united states believe that the west the partners will eventually have to intervene in the situation, as you already said, to provide escort for a merchant ship in the black sea, or is the us ready at this stage to help resolve the situation either by providing anti-ship systems or by providing an escort of cargo ships near at least this is what is being said

now at the level of experts and also at the level of legislators e- earlier, a group of 30-six ​​different experts, former diplomats and former military officials, published an appeal column where they called and talked about what else the united states and western countries can do to help ukraine, in particular, they talk about the situation in the black sea, they say that the united states , in particular, can resume training on freedom of navigation in the black sea, they also call to consider this international escort of ships from odesa and odesa in order to resume the export of ukrainian grain. as for arms supplies, in during his speech in the senate, in particular, the leader of the republican minority, senator mitchma connell, he called on the united states and the administration to provide ukraine with more powerful weapons, in particular, so that ukraine could unblock its ports. also called on other country leaders not to be afraid of any potential escalation or to stop talking about any humiliation of putin, but on the contrary, to be

clear in their statements and positions. shelling from ukrainian territory, the administration should clarify whether it will provide anti-ship missiles so that ukraine can resist the russian threats that have been faced ports of ukraine in the black sea and the vital export of ukrainian grains i am impressed putin is using the global food shortage as a weapon and we can and must help the ukrainians to do something about it, this will send a signal to partners who are hesitant that they should also provide ukraine with these vital capabilities, we will definitely keep an eye on the development of this situation bohdan ostap thank you for the communication from london was bohdan tzuping from washington ostap yarosh after three months from

the beginning in a full-scale invasion of ukrainians are learning to live in war conditions, some of those who first left their homes are already going home, others have no way to return. my colleague iryna matviychuk has collected the stories of people from different parts of ukraine who found themselves in completely different living conditions for more than three months of full-scale war in ukraine. here are these women and children displaced from of the occupied territories are forced to live in one of the shelters in lviv . anya ivashchenko from the city of dobropylla, donetsk region. the woman is tearfully grateful to the ukrainian volunteers who help them in the most difficult period of her life, if not they don't know what we should do. there are even psychologists who work with us and our children. we hoped that everything would end quickly, but it is not fast at all. we really want to go

home. our friends had work there. and now we have lost everything. i can't even imagine when we will return for even now, there is nowhere to return to in donetsk region, it is still dangerous, just like in kharkiv. where did olena ripinina's family come from with their children? according to the un, almost 7 million people were forced to leave ukraine due to the war. another 7 million are considered internally displaced. of course it is located yes yes i am trying somehow we think i want to go home but i don’t want to i also want to go to my hometown and to my hometown according to the local authorities in the lviv region there are currently half a million displaced persons nina

zelinska dared to return home from lviv to the village of potashna near buchi with her husband eduard, they hurry to their native house. hmm, they took care of it. the surviving walls are all that is left of their house sadness dissipates familiar barking rex waited for his owners text we have all arrived little nila as if in a fog remembers how they fled from the russian occupation through their garden together with their eight-year-old mother while the husband carefully cleans himself through a pile of bricks and the glass here under the rubble, she found

their granddaughter's doll, a piece of her previous life, she pressed the doll tightly to her chest like a native child. they are still hesitating where to build their future life, to return to lviv, where their son and grandchildren, should we try to live in our native village, everything looks like that, the woman says that they will not return to their native village, we will go back there as our son says, and we will listen to him and as we like . i was still thinking, and i ask him. well, what should you do? let's go back. well, he says, we will probably go back. the city of melitopol in the zaporizhzhia region was occupied by the russians on the third day after the full-scale invasion. most of the locals are forced to survive here under the laws. of the occupation authorities, the russians opened a migration office in melitopol, where you can apply for russian citizenship according to a simplified procedure. before the war

, 150,000 people lived in melitopol, according to the russian media, applications for russian citizenship have now been submitted, or they were forced to submit 3,000 people during the war in ukraine, the russian media repeatedly broadcast staged stories from the occupied territories or the war zone, locals who managed to pass on the information talk about the kidnapping of people on airplanes, mass robberies and life in fear ukraine donetsk region mariupol for many in ukraine and abroad it has become a city symbol of destruction and human suffering in the ukrainian war, however there are still people there who could not leave the city and who were able to survive next to the russian occupiers according to the ukrainian authorities for the last in three months, at least 21,000 people died in mariupol, the city is on the verge of an ecological disaster due to unsanitary conditions and a large number of dead bodies in kyiv , shelling was heard again the day before, however, the ukrainian capital

learns to live during the war in kyiv, the theater in podil resumed its work, the first three performances gathered a full hall of people - the actors say they decided to try and still play performances with a small number of actors, two or three actors, and here we are now , er, today is already the third performance of the war in country like i will now go out and show something from the other side if people are coming for sure well it's been the third month for sure we have to somehow learn to live during the war and like and live theater and cinema and cafes and everything well like don't forget about what's going on war but let's continue to live, cinemas and the national opera of kyiv also resumed their work at the end of may, according to the mayor of the capital, two thirds

of the locals who fled the war have already returned to kyiv. of the russian invasion was already more than 105 billion dollars in aid with small repairs just now replacing doors or windows repairing the roof a volunteer construction battalion is coming dobrobat organization already works in three regions and connects those who need help with volunteers who are ready to provide it for free. dobrobat says that if it weren't for the shortage of building materials and fuel, they could work non-stop, they have enough willing people - says lesya bakalets. my son has already cleaned i cried a lot because lyudmila voronina's apartment in irpen was destroyed after the occupation of the region by russian troops, she and tens of thousands of other ukrainians were left without a roof over their heads, the ukrainian government promises everything in the future

to rebuild, 1 billion uah have already been allocated, the kyiv region will receive a third, there is a program for 400 million uah for current repairs, according to which we calculate that 400 million will be enough for us for current repairs to give people the opportunity to settle in their housing under normal conditions, according to the kyiv region, it will not be enough the school of economics needs much more than 39 billion dollars to restore the destroyed housing stock . a battalion of us people can voluntarily ask for help, that is, a person can leave a message there. what is there, who can come and help me with my house, uh, and we have just people, well , there, automatically, messages are kept somewhere in telegram channels and they do not respond uh well, they help people there, you can leave an application on the website. there is also a form for volunteers, what help they

can provide. a builder with 18 years of experience, vadim lavryk, organized a brigade in sumy oblast, he says : in one and a half days, they agreed to help for free 30 people, girls, the girl rides with us and she is 21 years old, she weighs 50 kg, the poor girl has no money, i say, i don't carry two kirpuchins, don't take him, he was sitting, your kirpuchins weigh what you walk, take one ride, the girl works for technologists, that is, well , people are versatile well, everyone has gold in their hands, in total, seven thousand people have signed up for voluntary work throughout the country, so far the battalion is helping in three regions: kyiv, chernihiv , and sumy, working in teams several days a week. we left the city at seven o'clock in the morning. two hours and 25 minutes. we got to the destination city . we arrived and worked until five

o'clock in the evening. the main tasks of the volunteers are clearing debris and repairing buildings. everything is collapsing there and a person loses his home, although all you have to do is come there and put some corrugated board, that is, restore the roof, and we already have a family living in the house, if there are enough free workers, then building materials and there is no fuel, it is necessary to send workers to help in the regions, the organizers are looking for partners and collecting donations, a successful case was when we raised 200,000 euros in three days abroad in italy for a residential building that was destroyed . there is someone €10. someone €100."

oleksiy osika - voice of america for more than 100 days of the full-scale invasion, attention to the situation in ukraine began to gradually remember the heroine of our next story, olga severina and victoria bulavina

decided to remind the americans with the help of poster art that the war is still going on and ukraine still needs help los angeles they exhibit the work of artists from more than 50 countries all posters about the war in ukraine are told by oleksiy kovalenko together with a colleague from kharkiv olga severina founded the project that became more relevant than ever after february 24, you have a project called sten with ukraine with ukraine, it started a week before the start of the war and this project was organized by association of designers fourth unit, i am a representative of this organization here in los angeles, it is called fourth unit because the fourth reactor exploded in chernobyl, every day olga receives drawings from all over the world in support of ukraine , 50 countries participate in the project polish iranian polish iranian fields support not only in war but on the graphic front, the creative front is very powerful this is an iranian poster this is a

japanese poster this is a polish poster this is a turkish poster from turkey each poster has its own story for her, human life is crying from ukraine zhenya khomenko, here are men, the first days of the war, when russian tanks entered a ukrainian village, an old grandmother approached one tank driver and said why did you come to this land, this is our land, go, and he rudely answered her, grandmother, get out of here she says here take the seed put it in your pocket when you die sunflowers will grow out of you and when you die sunflowers will grow out of you these works are exhibited at various venues around the world in california posters are displayed not only in galleries, but also on the streets of los angeles. you can support a toilet. what do you know? the better america knows ukraine, its background, its history, its visualization and key symbols. how does it become part of mass

culture? an illustrator from los angeles, the author of this work, uh, children are dying, people are hiding this in the basement, it's so scary, i can't believe that this can happen now in the 21st century, you draw something and express it somehow on paper or on the screen, it makes things easier for me it was a salvation to make this poster for me ето как было спаления and olga and viktoriya both come from kharkiv in ukraine, their relatives and friends remain who refuse to go to 1.5 million, this is a city of one and a half million inhabitants, it is the second largest city in ukraine, it needs help, people who they did not go anywhere, they need humanitarian aid, there are bombardment explosions every day, the funds collected from the sale of olga and sent to kharkiv, an exhibition of posters in support of ukraine, free wedding rings will be held in major american cities in the near future

from a jewelry store, a wedding dress by a polish hostess, a virtual ceremony, the peculiarities of a wedding during the war for many ukrainians, the war itself was the impetus after many years, they finally met and got married. after all, there has been a war in ukraine since february 24. oleksiy, a journalist by profession, joined the ranks of the armed forces immediately after the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine. this is the first weekend in three months that the couple spends time together i didn't wait for the war i didn't believe the war and but i didn't tell him not to go and well of course i started to cry but well i'll be honest i wish he wasn't there i wish he was with me before the war oksana and oleksiy

worked on the same television channel, where they met four years ago, he saw a beautiful girl, well, this one was impressive, they quickly found a common language and started dating, but the wedding never came, when the war began, oleksiy told his beloved to leave for poland, and he himself remained to defend the country war is such a test of relationships and this is his act, he is very important to me by the way, while oksana was going to poland, and oleksiy was training in the armed forces of ukraine, their engagement took place. ok, but i'm taking the initiative, you see me married and you know i'm joking that our wedding began on february 24 and continues until now, the battles of the ukrainian army against russian aggression have not stopped, and even for the sake of his own wedding, my husband could not leave service on april 6, the commander of the unit where oleksiy served

agreed to let him go, but only for a few hours. oksana was still in poland, so the couple got married online and served with whom he said, you know, your wedding was better than ours, in reality, the ball in which oksana lived, she borrowed for actually a wedding dress and wedding rings were sent for free by a ukrainian jewelry store to support the zsu finals in this way. we will be given wedding rings with pleasure. the initiative of the store, which decided to give wedding rings to military spouses, was a pleasant surprise for another couple . colleagues presented these wedding rings to volodymyr right on the wedding day. he says he fell in love with maria at first sight, well, the ideal figure that i imagined all my life there,

probably since childhood, but you know, you draw a picture for yourself, there happens to be some well, here is a picture it is drawn, but over time, volodymyr says, it is not for nothing that 15 years have passed since the moment of the meeting until the moment of the declaration of the long-awaited wedding, they decided to hold a traditional ceremony, sign off, it’s just that, well, the formality is like that, for example, a wedding. i wanted, can we get married? well , i don’t know something, so i heard that i need it. do we need it? since the beginning of the war in ukraine, almost 22,000 couples have gotten married instead of luxurious white dresses and suits. dressed in traditional embroidered shirts or in camouflage anna kostyuchenko oleksiy as already for the voice of america from kyiv download the mobile application of the

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