money to fill the budget and is there a risk that there will be some non-payments at least for now, everything depends on military actions, mr. ihor answered us. in short, i have the latest news that also affects the economy and actually the possibility of selling ukrainian grain legally and not as stolen this is what russia is doing, demining ports in the black sea may take several months, the international maritime organization of the united nations said, even if mine action is started now, it will take period of up to six months, now, in addition to ships with goods, there are almost half a thousand foreign sailors in ukrainian ports, the crew of more than 80 ships, a third from the philippines, there are also many citizens of turkey, syria, azerbaijan, and the best screen for demining our ports will be the provision by partners of the necessary weapons of the armed forces of ukraine and military equipment in the region the

president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, stated this earlier, that 's all today. donate and stay with the espresso tv channel on weekdays, news of the economy during the war, i am andriyanitskyi and together we will win, congratulations on the air, the program of the ukrainian voice of america time and host ostap yarosh in the so-called dpr sentenced to death three foreigners who fought for ukraine and ended up in captured during the battles for mariupol, it is about two britons , aiden astlyan, and that napiner, as well as a citizen of morocco,

bragim sadun, pmz of ukraine, commented on the verdict, calling it a court that puts interests propaganda above the law and morality reacted to this news and the british government condemned the actions of the occupiers about this and other news from europe, let's talk with bohdan tsyupin who joins us from london of which are british citizens to what extent it has become an important topic today. this is an important topic. citizenship or in general of foreigners fighting in ukraine, er, this question was raised in the reports about the russian war in ukraine from the very beginning of this invasion, and the fact that now people who were born

in great britain are related and obviously also have british citizenship, that they are now in danger death is leading news and it is actually discussed and covered first on the official level, it is said that the ministry of foreign affairs called this decision fictitious and declare that in fact no republics does not exist and these people who put on judicial robes are not actually judges and meanwhile london declares that it is speaking about the fate of these people and makes a submission. what this actually can mean and indicate that it is obvious that moscow is russia, not some entity in the east of ukraine, but russia

is trying to create a precedent and also intimidate other potential volunteers, potential representatives of citizens of other countries that may would show a desire to fight on the side of ukraine. ukraine, the ukrainian leadership called on people from all over the world to come to their aid and fight. it is obvious that in moscow they are trying to make an example out of this in order to intimidate other potential volunteer fighters and emphasize that they were soldiers and should be with them to treat them as prisoners of war and not as criminals, now the question is only that, say commentators, in particular british journalists who are currently working in ukraine in the war zone, about whether this sentence will be whether it is possible to negotiate for

their release or exchange with the russian side , we will not follow the development of these events . and eastern europe on why is it expected to be focused? well, it is expected that the russian war in ukraine is a leading topic actually er-e it is the formation of nine eastern countries of the eastern flank of nato that was actually created after how russia started the war in ukraine in 2015 after seizing the inertia of crimea, and these countries united, let's say, united in order to coordinate their efforts, and now we are talking about serious issues, in particular, for example, there is a lot of talk about changing nato's position in eastern europe the need for this change because until now, according to the

agreements that were in the founding treaty of nato and russia, it was foreseen that on the newly created or new members of nato on the territories of those new countries in eastern europe, for example, there will be no there should be permanent bases, but now there are very loud voices that it is obvious that russia , by starting a war against ukraine, has unilaterally violated these agreements, and nato should also change its position officially, in particular, regarding the bases of permanent nato bases in eastern europe, now there are only temporary e- units that are on a rotational basis are, for example, in the baltic countries, these issues will also be raised when it comes to the fate of ukraine in the future in relation to the european union, and in particular

representatives of poland, president duda emphasized on the fact that he is one of those in europe who advocates that the next step of the european union in relation to ukraine should be to grant ukraine the status of a candidate country for membership in the european union. it is obvious that if like-minded countries in the european union unite and represent their position at the meetings in brussels, the ukrainian interest will be represented more strongly, i also want to ask briefly about this. of integration stated that there are two countries in the european union that currently do not really want to rush into such a decision. do you know which countries we are talking about? and what

are the objections? can't er be accelerated er so have membership acquisition of ukraine's membership in the european union also talks about germany in this connection but ukraine seeks its own bohdan thank you very much for your keys i will remind you because bohdan is a tsyupan joined the broadcast from london ukraine did not attack russia and is not going to do it now , the voice of america announced the strengthening of ukraine in the united states oksana markarova commenting on ukraine's promises not to attack russian territory with american missile systems himars the latest package of military aid from the united states military analysts comment will it be enough four missile launchers for ukraine at this stage, will the ukrainians respond to shelling from the territory of russia , my colleague was looking for an answer to these and other questions ekaterina lisunova details in her story in the new

package of military aid from the us, the ukrainian command places special hope on himers salvo missile systems, currently four such installations have been allocated. may mercedes are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 300 km, but in ukraine, so far , ammunition with a range of no longer than 80 km and urged not to fire at enemy positions located directly on the territory of the russian federation, in which direction and how far can kyiv respond to fire new package of american aid raised a number of important questions, the ukrainians assured us that they are not going to use these systems for strikes on the territory of russia, instead it should be determined by the ukrainian military. are doing on the territory of ukraine if they did not kill or rape

our people and children, we are different from them at the same time, according to some military experts and diplomats, if russian troops are shelling the neighboring states from their own territory, they become a legitimate russia. if there is a russian military unit that shoots ukrainians, then it is a target. it does not matter whether this target is on the territory of ukraine or in russia. if this russian artillery is firing at ukrainian military units, then it is a legitimate target for retaliatory fire. let's face it . the russians are using their territory to attack ukraine and that is why sometimes you have to take a whole range of positions where these military bases are located geographically in the country is not particularly necessary the long history of missiles to target russian territories from certain border points, for example, from chernihiv oblast or kharkiv oblast, however , hymers are primarily needed to preserve ukrainian positions, because the

ukrainian military is a fixed target for powerful russian artillery, military analysts emphasize, "all long-range systems will enable for the ukrainian forces to keep the enemy further from the contact line and to get out of the russian artillery range themselves, for example, the range of the haimarets exceeds the russian tornadoes by several kilometers so if you know where the tornado systems are located, you will place the hi-mars a little further so that they can hit the russian tornadoes so that the latter will not hit you, we need a greater distance, not because we are going to shoot somewhere in russia, but because we want our military to be as close as possible away from these orcs and for us to save every life however can only four missile systems with limited range munitions significantly affect the course of the war at this stage i would like to have many more systems than four but these systems are not currently produced by the

united states so as in the case of stingas and javelins the united states has to speed up its production to urgently fill all the needs for shipment to ukraine and at the same time have a certain reserve in warehouses but these stocks are not unlimited heimers production not so long ago was stopped now it will probably be restarted but it is not an instant process i hope that we will be able to provide ukraine with several dozen himers missile systems maybe more but four is already the beginning diplomats and military analysts claim that the russian war against ukraine has entered the phase of quantitative superiority, it is a war of artillery and military where the victory goes to the one who has more weapons and people... ukrainian troops should operate with modern military equipment so that they can receive additional supplies. currently, the russian army does not suffer excessive losses in the kyiv region the regrouping of its own forces, instead, is conducting an active offensive in the east of ukraine, according to

experts, moscow is trying to gain an advantage on the battlefield as soon as possible until ukraine received enough weapons to push back the enemy kateryna lisonova yevgeny komarov yuliya yarmolenko myroslava gongad and oleksiy usyka voice of america washington and in june, albania presides over the un security council since the beginning of full-scale russian aggression. this country has taken a proactive position in the security council, initiating resolutions and meetings. albania in ukraine , when will russia be held accountable for war crimes and when will reform of the un security council begin? iryna solomenko asked ferit hodji of the permanent representative of albania to the united nations i congratulate you, mr. ambassador in june of albania, the head of the un security council, you have already managed to hold two important events in the context of the war in ukraine. do you plan to use your presidency for even greater actualization of

the ukrainian issue ? from the point of view of a european country , it is absolutely logical for us to pay as much attention as possible to the fact that the international order was shaken. we thought that aggression was a war of a neighbor against a neighbor in in the past, unfortunately, russia has restored it all in the new century, we are convinced that considering these issues at the security council, we are not only talking about ukraine, we are talking about fundamental values, international law, the un charter, i hope that russia will bear responsibility for what has been done, you are demonstrating strong leadership on this issue among countries as well not quite a simple region, we lived under a dictatorship in the past, but we also know what we got when we became free, relations between states should be built on respect and rules that's why we ask russia how this special operation is illegal for them and for us. but

an unprovoked war is related to the law and the obligations of each country . the responsibility of russia and the military for crimes committed on the territory of ukraine, what still needs to be done within the framework of the un will achieve this goal, the truth of security, action within the limits of its powers as long as it is legal, any of the five permanent members can use we hope that the moment will come when the right of veto will not be used in situations of war or in relation to mass violations of human rights, war crimes or genocide, but this initiative must go to the permanent members themselves. we have not yet achieved this. responsibility for crimes is very important to us. at the national level, and international law is the best guarantee for small countries, therefore, in the context of the law , we have a mechanism according to which crimes committed in ukraine must be first documented when we are discussing in the security council the issue of respect for the

law and the responsibility of those who violate it, this is important because it gives authority to all those who collect data and evidence on the ground, which will one day be presented in court, it can be a court in ukraine or purely a special justice system, it can be a new mechanism that will be created in the general assembly on this matter, there are opinions, but i doubt that a special court will be authorized. after all, this requires the permission of the security council, i doubt that russia will agree to this, but i am one thing that we have to know clearly that sometimes justice is slow, but it requires filigree work that brings results, so perhaps today we can be skeptical, because unfortunately crimes are committed, but believe me, the moment will come when all this evidence will be used in court in ukraine or in other countries through universal jurisdiction, and it will be decisive a moment for justice and accountability love russia uses the security council to spread its propaganda during the

speech how successful it has been since the beginning of the war in ukraine, the security council did everything to isolate russia, we are successfully countering moscow's narrative regarding the conflict in ukraine, russia offered as an excuse or as a reason the alleged genocide in donbas, the case was presented to the international court, which said that russia's position was not justified and issued an order to immediately stop the military operation, which was never done, besides, today russia is under the toughest regime of sanctions, so what the security council was able to do is to show the world who is doing what and who is responsible for what what is happening and those 6.8 million people who were expelled from the borders of ukraine this is not a joke, this is not a movie, this is not fake news, this is not a conspiracy theory - this is reality, and this is due to the aggression of agration during the briefing on sexual violence, the president of the european council char-michel spoke with a powerful statement regarding

the food security situation, do you have ideas within the security council how to solve this problem, first things first, the facts, why there is a food shortage, russia says that it is because of sanctions, but the sanctions do not apply to these products in any way this the products are not subject to any sanctions, more than 20 million tons of grain are waiting to be exported in ukraine, but they cannot be delivered because the sea ports are blocked , so we support the efforts of the secretary general of turkey and anyone who talks to the russians yesterday, we also heard from the russian delegation that they are ready to work on this under the condition that sanctions are lifted, this once again proves that our position was true, could the un have done more to prevent a war in ukraine, if we analyze everything that the un has done so far, we should be thankfully the un initially isolated russia and by doing so told the world who is responsible for the situation the world demonstrated solidarity with

ukraine we are also trying to make the russian leaders understand where they are heading with this war everything we have seen so far the crimes and destruction of ukraine is absolutely contrary to the goals declared by russia the european union about united nato is likely to expand the image of russia is degraded the russian army is humiliated so it's time for them to really understand where they are going with this war, what is its purpose and the last question concerns the reform of the un. how do you see it? you see what needs to be done. i have been associated with the un for almost all of my diplomatic life, and it has been more than 30 years. i have seen the need for reform from the very beginning. procedures that were adopted 77 years ago, i think it is time to seriously think about what is legal and helps joy to really fulfill its mandate or is it used improperly

for the narrow political interests of those who can use i think it undermines rado security its role and trust in it the united nations is the only body where all countries are represented and we would like the united nations to be the center of all our efforts and energy to make the world a better place thank you for the conversation and we continue the release four volunteers of the international legion of territorial defense were killed in ukraine, the press service of the legion reported. last weekend , the fighters were citizens of the netherlands, germany , france and australia, according to ukrainians officials joined the international legion and thousands of americans. my colleague myroslava gongadze met matthew parker in poland. a veteran of the us army who served in iraq decided to help ukraine defend itself from russian

aggression. see his story further in the story on the way to ukraine. american veteran parker first arrives in in warsaw, the capital of poland , he is one of many volunteers from all over the world who announced to help ukrainians defeat the russian attack in the parker international region helps train the ukrainian military, i don't have any special expectations. tell me what to do , show me how many soldiers we have, show me what weapons we have, then i'll understand what i have to do now. i'm just a person in a car going to work. as a veteran with 22 years of experience says, his combat days behind now matthew considers his main task to help protect ukraine and stop the war in 2022 why are we fighting at all why haven't we reached the point when we can just sit down

and agree on all issues and agree and not fight and this applies to all of us already our society is mature enough this is for the 15th century you know with all these modern technologies and education we should have been very developed who served in bosnia iraq afghanistan and many other points the battle against russian aggression in ukraine this is the fight for civilization they say that the war began in 2014, although in fact the roots go deeper , everyone counts the beginning from 2014, but it all started not in the 14th, but long before that and even before ukraine became part of the soviet union these are old wars old arguments they are back because one generation is passing on hatred to the next it won't end there their hatred has been going on for generations i think it's very important it

's kind of a wake up call for europe they never thought history could get old like this parker believes again recalls his military skills, first at training in poland and now at the training ground in ukraine are ready to support ukraine, support the ukrainian people, our nation in the fight against terrorism and the aggression of the russian federation, support democracy in general and ukrainian democracy in particular, as well as support the ukrainian nation , volunteers came from different parts of the world, but they must meet special requirements , says the former minister of ecology and natural resources for the award of arseniy yatsenyuk, we check every candidate and can find out when a person does not meet the requirements of our military headquarters after talking with each

volunteer after reviewing each application, we , the authorities, will try to transfer these people to ukraine , we have absolutely clear and understandable requests in the age range from 30 to 40 years for this batch, in which already over 50 does not meet the age requirements, but still tried to join the international battalion carefully after studying his biography, experience and skills, the ukrainian army accepted an american veteran into its ranks to help train and develop the new international legion of myroslav gongadze bohdan aspen voice america warsaw, the famous ukrainian eco-activist pavlo vyshebaba, who previously had no combat experience , joined the armed forces of ukraine on the first day of the russian invasion and immediately found himself in his native donbas, during short breaks between combat missions, he manages to write poems and songs about the war and shoot comedy videos about the service how to create in a war zone and be a vegan in the army

, he told voice of america, the conversation took place two hours before his return from a short vacation back to donbas, a meeting with millions of views junior sergeant pavlo vyshybaba did not see his daughter at the beginning of the war, he served in the east all the time, he was able to return home to his relatives for a few days on a short vacation, i arrived a few hours earlier, i could not find a place to sit in the smaller one. i have to come up with something. i prepared this box in a flower bow and waited for them. well, i warned my wife not to be scared, but for my daughter, this is a complete surprise. to be honest, she was silent for a long time, just hugging me. it's just that they hugged me by the leg, then by the arm, then by the neck.

of course, she missed me a lot in peaceful life. pavlo is an eco-activist, an ambassador of the un development program. he signed up immediately on february 24 with his wife. we discussed everything in advance. and i am probably going to serve with my brigade. pavlo immediately got to donbas, this is his little motherland, this is the best service that can be to defend their places there. especially since before the east, many people had questions about the alleged separatism. it is very nice that i am showing the guys, although there are many people from western ukraine in my brigade, i am showing them with my simple example that we are just as patriotic people in the short breaks between military tasks. pavlo manages to write poems, each of them becomes a hit on social networks, one is dedicated to his daughter , pavlo asks her to write more about peaceful

life in the letters, just don't write to me about the war. write if there is one near you or if you hear grasshoppers and cicadas and if they crawl together, i think that poetry could become such a place of communication between the front and the body and a lot my friends, my brothers and sisters, perceive it this way, they write down my poems with their wives to express what you don’t think, because often there are simply not enough words except lyrics. pavlo and his friends record comedy videos about serving in the army, for example, a life hack. how to calm relatives, a wife is a mother or a girlfriend or some little one, you urgently fall back, put on your glasses on a patch of grass and say everything is okay, i'm here like in a sanatorium, first of all, it really helps to keep fighting spirit because you ca n't be constantly stressed well, it's a week two, then his body even gets tired, he

wants to laugh, you know, as they say, pavlo, they periodically record appeals to the rear, i explain that not everyone can and should fight and how important for the army civilians gave the call sign, the chaplain, the guys say come on, when will the next one be, break it through at the training ground only in essence they were called to the canteen just as it was lent. i arrived all dressed in black. i was still a civilian with a beard, so polite and quiet. i asked the girls in the canteen for fasting food and they decided that i was a chaplain. well, i understood it. later, when they already started to bow to me when i met with such a light bow, i also bowed to them , i think. well, maybe it’s some kind of politeness, i don’t know, it was local , it was in western ukraine, but then behind my back i heard what they were saying. and this is our brigade chaplain, and pavlo asked for fast food because for many years, a vegan in the war has only slightly adjusted

his beliefs. in the kitchen, guys immediately went to meet me. well, also, mostly thinking that i am fasting for religious beliefs, i do not impose my vegan worldviews on anyone, it's just moreover, pavlo says that it is not difficult to return to the front after vacation, he feels needed there, and he calls on civilians to live life to the fullest . ordinary human life, such simple joys, we must continue to do it olesya ruslan baidyuk voice of america, there is a shooting, the boys are just watching some of them so cool, i will watch with them now i am absolutely safe in the rear download the mobile application of the voice of america the application allows you to

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