there should be a bomb shelter, and during air raids restaurants will not work, well, normal practice on this today, everything will be back already on monday morning and with a repeat in the evening, news of the economy during the war. i am andriy yanitsky , espresso tv channel, together we will win on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, time i am yuliya yarmolenko. congratulations , today we are talking about the four months of full-scale war in ukraine, the future of western aid and meetings of world leaders in europe, but let's start with the main american topic. this day the supreme court of the united states overturned the decision in the rowwait case,

which for half a century established the constitutional right to abortion in the state . the un high commissioner for human rights michelle bichellet said that today's court decision deprives millions of women in the united states, especially those with low income , of the autonomy to make their own choices about their bodies and lives of representatives of racial and ethnic minorities , us president biden called the decision a tragic mistake and cruelty, and the leader of the republican party, mitch mcconaugh, called the abolition of row weights brave and faithful let's talk more about this with kateryna lisunova, who is currently on the call from the capitol hill katya congratulations congratulations to you yulia , first of all, tell me about this decision of the constitutional court and what it means in practice if you correctly note this decision today cancels the previous decision that was in effect for almost 50 years and actually allowed american women to have abortions across the country regardless of what state they were in. now, individual states

will be able to ban this procedure at the local level and as reported by the american media, 13 states have already launched so-called trigger laws that immediately prohibit this procedure after today's decision of the supreme court, also the american content claims that a number of other states are already ready to launch their other local legislative norms that will also strengthen and regulate this norm in general according to the results study of the sociological platform plan-planhund this decision to ban access to abortion for almost 36 million american women and this decision caused a number of different reactions between the two parties, both among republicans and democrats, and directly if the democrats claim that this will negatively affect both american doctors who will not be able to perform abortions in their states, it will also affect primarily women who will be faced with a serious choice whether to carry a child after incest or rape, as well as how

to get and get to the state in which the legislation on abortion will be softer , they will be able to do this procedure instead of the re-opening, publicists claim that this decision will give will give a chance for life to millions of unborn children who do not have their own voice i suggest you listen to today's speeches of both representatives of both leaders both democrats and republicans today the republican controlled supreme court has achieved its dark radical goal to deprive a woman of the right to make decisions about her reproductive health thanks to donald trump my chumaconol and the republican party their overwhelming majority on the supreme court american women today have less freedom than their mothers radical republicans go in your crusade to criminalize health freedoms remember in congress republicans

plan to ban abortion nationwide they can't be allowed to have a majority in congress the supreme court decision in tomos dobbs v jackson women's health organization is the most important decision in favor of life in american history by six votes against three the supreme court confirmed that the power to protect unborn life returns to the people and their elected representatives the people won the right to life was defended by those who cannot speak, finally there will be a voice, this great nation can now live according to its basic principle that all are created equal, not born equal, but were created equal katya, how do the americans themselves react to this decision, i will note that the decision in the case of ro ​​vs. veide, which was adopted in 1973, was about a woman in the state of texas who wanted to

have an abortion, but could not do it, and overcame the complaint to the supreme court, and in fact the supreme court confirmed that women have the right to an abortion and that it is up to them guarantees the 14th amendment to the constitution of the united states of america, which guarantees the right of choice and thus gives women the opportunity to have abortions, at the same time this decision divided americans into two camps that call themselves some call themselves pro- life and others call themselves pro-choice and in fact during these 50 years there was a debate between these two camps and now in the last few weeks when it became known that the previous decision could be lifted by today's decision of the supreme court the point of the supreme court the supreme court building became the location of many protests by many people from both camps, and it is expected that after today's decision the protests will only intensify, thank you everyone, we will monitor how this affects society and political attitudes, i will remind you that

my colleague kateryna lisonova was on the call from the capitol hill and we will return to ukrainian topics, on the eve of the european union made a historic decision and granted ukraine the official status of a candidate for eu membership. the issue of supporting ukraine will be one of the key issues at the summits of the group of seven, which will begin in germany this weekend and nato that will be held in spain next week. we will talk more about this with my colleague bohdan tsyupan, who is joining the broadcast from london. bohdan congratulates and so, the historic summit for ukraine ended today with an intensive discussion of another topic, the probability that europe will be left without russian gas next winter, are european leaders ready for this, bohdane , and will this issue not affect the support of ukraine, european leaders, before the possible complete cessation of russian gas supply, certainly they are still not ready but they have a lot of time,

recently the european union adopted a recommendation or a requirement according to which gas storage facilities in the european union countries must be filled to at least 80% by november. so now the europeans still have time, the europeans have an opportunity to prepare they are also preparing for the worst, because now about 40% of russian gas is from the total of all imported natural gas in the countries and the european union - this is a very large share, very quickly reorient to other sources, for example, to liquefied gas with of the middle east or gas even from the united states, which should be brought by tankers to it is obvious that time will pass, the europeans meanwhile also have very ambitious plans, they want, for example, that this crisis does not necessarily lead to a return to the

use of gas or coal, for example, or others of fossil energy sources hopes that this may even be an impetus for a faster transition to the latest renewable energy sources, but at the moment, preparations are being made for supporting ukraine. obviously, this will have an impact. but again today was the second day of the european union itself, which in particular discussed the issue of possible problems with gas, but let's not forget that on the first day of the same summit, the european perspective of ukraine was actually unanimously supported. so, at the moment , we in europe do not see any doubts about supporting ukraine, except for some not very bohdan's loud voices will be at the center of the discussion, and

once again the leaders will discuss the consequences of the russian war against ukraine to a large extent, and if we say the europeans discussed more specifically, what concerns them, namely the gas supply to europe on the european continent , the international leaders of the group of seven countries will in particular focus on the issue of the food crisis actually caused by russia not only by the blockade of ukrainian grain in ukraine, but also by the actions of the russian government itself with the supply of food products - from this country, and this is exactly what the hosts of this meeting in germany, the head of the german ministry of foreign affairs, as well as a guest from the united states , emphasized today

states because it is very important for them to prove to other countries that moscow is actually misleading the world when it claims that international sanctions are leading to problems, for example, with the rise in food prices, and that's what they said today about the food threat three years ago in there were approximately 100 million people in the world whose nutrition was at risk a year ago there were already 160 million, now another 40 or 50 million are added due to russia's aggressive war against ukraine so the combination of covid and climate change and now conflict is creating an even greater food security crisis our message as a group of seven is very clear we will not allow a russian war of aggression to plunge the world into starvation we are acting united as the world's most powerful

industrial nations we bear a special responsibility even though we did not cause this hunger crisis which is being worsened by the russian war as partners in the group of seven together with international friends we are jointly watching how russia with its cynical grain war deliberately causes food in order to destabilize the countries of the world so these questions will be heard in europe next actual week at the beginning of the week when we are expecting the american guests of president biden to the persian conti tcom of events, in particular from your reports they know that you will be present at these summits. the day before, the united states approved another package of military aid to ukraine in the

amount of 450 million dollars, which includes, among other things, four more high- mobility heimers missile systems, a senior pentagon official said on friday that the new supplies will help for ukrainians to defend themselves, in particular, in the battles for north donetsk, it is not quantity, but quality that is important here , the pentagon emphasizes in detail about american military aid to ukraine, future supplies and the ultimate goal of such support. i spoke at the white house the day before with the coordinator of strategic communication of the us national security council, john kirby, american heimer systems have arrived to ukraine, what impact do you expect they will have on the battlefield, the biggest difference between himars and high mobility missile systems is distance radius they give the ukrainians the advantage of being at a greater distance from the russian troops . while they continue to fight every day in more concentrated areas now, the united

states provides ukraine with unprecedented military aid, but still there are voices both in kyiv and in washington that say that the aid is not enough that it is not coming quickly enough, or does the administration feel that it is providing ukraine with enough weapons to really have an impact on the battlefield, even now these systems are already changing the situation on the battlefield even today, and this is what the ukrainians themselves will tell you, not only about large systems. these small arms and ammunition that they use literally every day are killed with the russians and they play a role, and we are obviously the largest donor of security assistance to ukraine among all other countries in the world. we have already allocated more than six billions actually almost 7 billion dollars initially the work of the biden administration and almost 6 billion initially the invasion a

lot of equipment is coming in and the president clearly understands that we will continue to provide this assistance and in the future, should we expect that even more himers systems will be sent to ukraine in the near future? i think you will see new deliveries of such systems as himers in future tranches, this is very likely. president biden very clearly said in zelensk that we will help them as much as we can and yes as quickly as possible, i will tell you. these weapons are arriving at a record speed, we have not seen anything like this before. this is an unprecedented speed with which security and aid are reaching the front lines of the war in ukraine in literally, supplies are coming in every day and not only from the usa we are the biggest donor but more than 40 other countries from all over the world also provide security assistance to ukraine in various forms john can you clarify the purpose of the administration providing weapons to ukraine so that they can defend themselves or

defeat the russians push them abroad win the war we are really focused on ukraine being able to continue to defend zelenskyi can determine what victory will look like for him and if the ukrainians decide that they want to win after pushing the russians into positions on february 23, the administration supports this and supports the use of weapons provided by them for counter-offensives . zelensky is the commander-in-chief of his armed forces, we respect that he has the right to determine how he is going to use these forces and how he is going to determine victory, our job is in order for him to have the tools available to

do this in the most effective way. is the administration preparing for the fact that it will be a protracted war? we are already hearing such opinions, for example, from secretary general nat stoltenberg, what are the expectations of the american side? putin decided to focus on donbas. american officials started talking almost immediately. that the struggle can drag on for a long time, we must remember that this is a part of ukraine for which ukrainians and russians will be fighting since 2014 , we tend to consider february 24 as a turning point moment and so it was, but ukrainian soldiers died, fought and died for their country even years before that. so, this is a part of the country that both armies know well and both are entrenched there. the russians are making some small progress, but it is not consistent . in the long conflict since july 9, it will be

60 days since president biden signed the law on lend-leaf for ukraine when the administration plans to make this mechanism part of the military aid program for ukraine or weapons that the united states will be sent under this program will be different from what washington is giving the ukrainians now, we certainly welcome congressional support and these additional powers to help ukraine defend itself, we are still working on this particular law and what powers it can help us transfer to ukraine in the meantime we continue to provide many materials through the authority to use equipment from our own stocks we have this opportunity the president is using it without hesitation and you will see that this flow will only continue literally for a few weeks ago congress approved an additional request for 40 billion dollars not all of the amount goes to security assistance

but a large part goes and we also have powers through the security leg initiative to ukraine and we use them constantly even last week it works like this the ministry of defense can enter into a contract for items that go directly to ukraine so we have a whole set of tools and we are open to using them all where exactly there have been reports that american intelligence has less information than it would like to have about ukrainian military operations, about human and technical losses, does the administration think this is a problem in the context of providing military aid to ukraine, i would not like an interview to discuss intelligence issues, i would only say that our relations with the armed forces of ukraine are very, very strong and we are talking with by them almost every day at various levels up to the minister of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and starting from working levels from military to military the purpose of these conversations

is to help us better understand what ukraine needs in the struggle, one of the things that we have not yet mentioned when we talked about aid and how much they receive and how quickly we transfer aid by parties precisely so that they receive the aid that is needed for the struggle that they are waging at this very moment and the ukrainians were very honest and open with us about the battles they are waging and what they need, and they were honest with the rest of the world. therefore, these conversations will continue and it is really important, i still have to ask again, we heard from minister osin and state secretary blinkin that they want ukraine has won or not so far this is the position of the administration and in every city of course we want ukraine to succeed both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table if and when it comes to that we are obviously not at this stage at the moment but we are convinced that only president zelenskyy should determine what will mean victory is his country, he is the commander-in

-chief and we respect him, unlike the russians, we consider the decision of the ukrainians who elected him president and we respect his leadership and duties one of the biggest surprises of the war in ukraine has become and how much less prepared than expected are the russian troops, as the ukrainians have repeatedly noted in the pentagon, they are using new weapons very successfully and especially creatively drones. after four months of full-scale war, experts draw conclusions about the first lessons of the great war and what they mean for the future of weapons yuriy mamon and daria diegots say in this video of the ministry of defense of ukraine from may 2, the drone rack, the tariff, the target, russian boats near the island, the snake, the turkish device purchased by ukrainians regarding the war, he became a real star after

it began in turkey. almost from a small plane they fly a relatively long distance of hundreds of kilometers they can fly on a target for 30 minutes an hour or even longer and constantly conduct observations if they can attacking targets is another matter it almost gives you an air force without a pilot in the cockpit you have your own small offensive air potential countering air and ground capabilities ukraine uses not only military drones but also civilian russia at that time according to military experts weak uses the possibilities of intercepting drones, this is, however , far from the only question regarding the strategy and tactics

of the aggressor's army, one of the typical video recordings of the beginning of the russian invasion, burning tanks and broken columns of military equipment, the russian army suffered and continues to suffer serious losses to armored vehicles , this happened not only because of drones, but also because of portable anti-tank complexes such as javelins and enlos, which are used by the ukrainians, these systems work in such a way that they hit the tank from above, on the tank's turret, in the most vulnerable place, but such anti-tank systems are quite expensive in compared to conventional firearms, however , it is not only the effectiveness of american javelins, experts say, but also the tactical mistakes of the aggressor army, such as the offensive russian tanks were actually not supported by infantry, contrary to the basic principle of conducting military operations, that is why it is too early to talk about the end of the era of tanks, and for their failure in ukraine, it is still too early to consider the expert option. i am not ready to

completely write off the tanks, but they showed a certain vulnerability in this battle, in particular, the way they were used in march, it didn’t make much sense if a circle of tanks is moving along the road and this is a known fact and not a new strategy, you create an ambush, destroy the first tank, then the last one stops. well, destroy we saw how in the 90s this tactic was effectively used in chechnya. using outdated tanks but also the most modern weapons in march, the russians announced the first launch of a hypersonic missile, the dagger of experts, however, surprised not only the facts of its use, but also a relatively simple target, the hall-missile was directed at the ammunition warehouse, however, at the beginning of the war, experts note a clear decrease in the use of

high-precision guided missiles by the russian side, according to observers, the reason is such a clear shortage of all types of weapons under sanctions, they need microchips , the stocks of which are running out, it is interesting that even we thought that in russia there are more of them but they do not have a military-industrial base to replenish these high-tech precision missile systems. now we see that rockets launch everything but with with much less accuracy, frankly speaking, sanctions work and in russia they cannot replace the chips that they do not produce, therefore they do not run out of bullets, but the guidance system necessary for many such missiles runs out russian missile strikes continue to terrorize ukrainian cities, however , experts say from the point of view of a real advantage in the so-called in the second phase of the war, which was concentrated in the east, missile strikes are still of secondary importance in the donbas war of

attrition, when there are artillery duels and positional battles, as in donbas, victory is necessary to strike faster than the enemy can replenish losses thus, a few delays in the supply of critical weapons from the west could potentially tip the scales and here, at least in the near term, russia has an advantage of about three to one in the number of conventional artillery systems available and five to one rocket systems of salvo fire, this advantage allows the aggressor's army to advance in donbas in the second phase of the war, the russians bet on possibly their main trump card artillery yuri memon darya digguts - the voice of america in san diego, california opened the ukrainian voice fundraising exhibition, where more than 140 works of ukrainian artists were presented, the proceeds from the sale of which will go to help families

affected by the war. the sad eyes of dogs in abandoned apartments, the works of the exhibition the ukrainian voice are exciting and confusing. the pictures are very scary feelings, these pictures evoke more than 140 pictures that tell the story of the war from the beginning of the invasion to the present day, collected by the kyiv photographer zhenya brodska, she moved to san diego a month ago together with her husband, each work touched her to the core personally we want to tell about the history in ukraine because many people perceive it as some kind of abstract war somewhere far away, i collected all these works during the war because, unfortunately, it is very

difficult for me to search for real photos now, although like everyone i'm rewatching but i can't share them for some reason and at some point i started to share pictures from ukrainian artists and thus when we were already on our way to san diego we had a large number of collected works here exhibited either exclusive prints of digital works or high quality photo originals next to each there is a qr-code with which you can go to the description of a specific event that inspired the artist and also see the price of the work. all funds will be transferred to specific ukrainian families . we began to get to know different families here in americans and they started bringing us money and said please take the money, we want to help you, we ask why they brought this money, don't send it to ukraine and they say we don't want to work with large funds, this money will then go away we want to help a specific family

together with the volunteer organization dream ukraine, they found 49 families in the streets of mariupol and kherson to whom the proceeds from the sale of paintings and private donations among the visitors will be handed over americans who are looking for ways to help ukraine through this unprovoked massacre and destruction and the world that just watches, i want to do something, that's why i'm here, these paintings will haunt me. funds of san diego state of california khrystyna shevchenko voice of america and that's the end of it thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian also join our broadcasts briefings at 6:00 p.m. kyiv from monday to friday. take care, dad.

we are looking for seven-year-old yehor rudenko. he is a cheerful, bright and very sociable boy who may even look a little older than his age. it so happened that when the war started, he was together with his grandmother in the village of keramik in donetsk region, look at it very close to avdiyivka, and even though the village is under the control of ukraine, there is a rash on the foothills, and there have been active hostilities almost from the beginning, there, there, the land is equal.

to show what almost any village looks like after enemy shelling, i specially came to the buchansk district of kyiv oblast, where the occupiers were also on the approach she was sitting with her grandson in the basement, and even though there was no electricity in the village, they periodically called on the phone. mother yehor, when it all started, was in mirnograd, 50 kilometers from the village of ceramics, the woman decided what you need