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. congratulations on the broadcast of the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america time time i am its host ostap yarysh russia launched a missile attack on a shopping center in kremenchuk according to the ukrainian authorities at the time of the attack there were about a thousand people inside so far it is known that at least 11 people died and 40 were injured the rest of the un secretary general said that any attack on shopping centers is extremely disgusting, in turn , us secretary of state antonia blinken said that the world is horrified by these news and said that the us will bring russia and those involved in atrocities to justice. buildings in kyiv , he said this on the sidelines of the group of seven summit, which

is currently taking place in germany, and today volodymyr zelenskyi addressed the leaders of the countries, he called on western partners to provide weapons to ukraine as soon as possible to protect against russia, in particular anti- aircraft defense systems. we will talk more about this with bohdan tsyupin, who monitors the meeting from the scene and joins us from the fields. this is where bohdan's bavaria, i congratulate you bohdan and the leaders of the group of seven issued a joint statement today in which they declared that they will support ukraine as much as it is necessary. what important results of this summit for ukraine can we talk about? already at this moment. well, as for the conclusion of the final committee of this summit, we expect it tomorrow. today, the statement you are talking about was specifically related to ukraine, and it is worth repeating. the representatives of the seven most powerful western democracies, which control about 45% of the world

economy, said today that they are ready to support ukraine for as long as it takes in order to protect it from russian aggression, and probably the most important thing . when it comes to, let's say, seven such different countries, the support of which also requires the solidarity of the entire world community, then this is precisely this unity, and it is perhaps the most important thing that manifested itself once again on at this summit, because no one could have expected that this invasion, this active phase of the russian war in ukraine, will last for the fifth month and this was emphasized today by the host of the meeting, chancellor of germany olafts, because i am a modest gender, we discuss all the issues on the agenda, especially solidarity

in supporting ukraine against of russian aggression and we understand that the policies of all our countries coincide, a positive signal is that we approve difficult decisions, we also take into account the fact that we should help ukraine as much as possible, but at the same time not to allow a major conflict between russia and nato, it is very important to act decisively and think about the requirements of the time we live in in his video message that ukraine would like this war to end by the end of this year before the winter, and this has probably become the main news of the day. it is also important that the ukrainian president is still in fact preparing for his speech even today

, he emphasized that ukraine's partners should be partners and not outside observers and reinforce their promises of help, in particular military aid, with specific actions and quick actions. that's it . when it comes to sanctions, i think that the key will be a solution that the seven countries can agree on and achieve. as for russian oil, there are now several ideas in this regard that are being worked on the so-called upper limit of the price limit for russian oil, so that russia does not receive these extra profits, they also talk about the possible introduction of a special duty on russian oil exports and, in particular, so that the money

collected with this duty goes to help ukraine , in particular, for the reconstruction of the destroyed and that what happened today in kremenchug obviously confirms the need with which ukraine is addressing the world of work, obviously a lot of funds will be needed for the reconstruction of ukraine, but before that ukraine we need help to protect, for this we need weapons and pressure, economic pressure and political pressure on russia bohdan, thank you very much for your inclusion, we will continue to monitor and communicate with you or bohdan tsyupa , our correspondent who was included from bavaria, after that i will also add that the white house security adviser from us jack salvan confirmed that the united states is preparing to transfer the latest air defense systems to ukraine, but he did not specify which ones

, according to him, the united states is now finalizing this process. we will monitor these by news. when they will necessarily inform. and about the importance of providing ukraine not only with air defense systems, but also with fighter jets, representatives of the ukrainian air force spoke with american legislators. this saturday, ukrainian aviators completed a several-day visit to washington, they met with american congressmen and senators. the day before in the us house of representatives introduced a bipartisan bill on the training of the ukrainian military on american f16tf-15 fighter jets, the authors of the bill clarify that at the moment it is not about the seeds of fighter jets, however, are calling on lawmakers to start training ukrainian aviators on modern planes right now, how long can such training take, ukrainian pilots told their colleague kateryna visunova in an exclusive comment, such planes as the f-16 f15 or fa18, and they

are essentially contemporaries of our myths and sushek e and this is the same fourth generation, that is, as airplanes they are basically quite similar, so mastering their piloting itself will not be a big problem for our e-e pilots with a lot of experience, but another business is the latest weapons systems eh the latest radars eh the latest missiles the latest western tactics to use all this good as effectively as possible in combat conditions for eh peacetime usually it takes up to a year depending on the specific aircraft and depending on previous experience in our conditions - it is a maximum of six months, we calculate, and this figure is essentially not invented by us, it is a joint forecast, together with representatives of the us air force, and the russian war in ukraine

forced the united states to send additional american troops to europe to protect the eastern flank of nato, however, the threat from russia and china forces washington to be careful not only in the east of the american continent. and from the far north, voice of america correspondent karla bab flew with the military into the arctic skies of alaska to see how does a remote us airbase work, which the pentagon planned to close recently, continues iryna matviychuk, 16 american fighter jets guard the extreme borders of the united states of alaska sometimes it accelerates faster than the speed of sound nearby the newest american stealth plane f-35 below the snowy peaks of alaska the pilot in 16 major loitraed with the call sign bond "shows the

capabilities of the american aviation for the voice of america correspondent dwarf in different parts of the world but this is the best air space on the whole planet this a national treasure, however , the american fighter jets here in alaska are not for the sake of the scenery, the military calls this place strategic airspace, from here the fighter jets can reach any point of the northern hemisphere in one flight, it is difficult to understand if you look at an extraordinary map of the world where alaska is depicted somewhere in a mountain in the corner of the map. however, if you look at the globe, it becomes immediately obvious how close we are to any point in the northern hemisphere. europe from here is just beyond the arctic ocean, russia less than 100 kilometers across the pacific ocean, asia, we are closer to the indian pacific command than those who were a few years ago .

the department of defense argued that the cost of operating and maintaining the base was too expensive because of the climate in alaska. in the end, they proposed a major reorganization of the airspace, more than florida, right here behind me in alaska. all this could be closed in an interview with voa. alaska senator dan sullivan tells how residents fairbanks, the closest city to the base , protested against the closure of the base , as did an independent commission that was created to analyze the changes proposed by the pentagon at the air force base. alaska, they calculated that this would not justify the expected savings, the commission also proved that the aylson base is very important because it has a large air range and large-scale complexes, in the end the

aylston base got a second chance. f-35 over the past six years, a total of 54 fighter bombers of the fifth generation f-25 have been added here, which formed a powerful force that is ready for battle at any time, these planes cost about 5 billion more than half a billion dollars went to the construction of new runways, hangars, fuel tanks, modernization of facilities for the accommodation of aircraft and people, so you understand, there is always something going on here, there are gaps of maybe 20 minutes when there are no planes flying here, the last two fighters arrived at the base in april of this year exactly says senator sullivan in time to counter russian provocations they are flying tu-95 bomber missions so we have to raise the f-22 to intercept these bombers cleaner than ever mid in the 80s, they also behave aggressively here, the only thing that

putin understands, the only thing that, in my opinion , sisin-ping understands in this new era of authoritarian aggression is power. in general, more than 100 fifth-generation f-35 fighters were assembled in alaska. and the f-22 is the largest base of so-called stealth aircraft in the world iryna matviychuk karla bab dmytro savchuk voice of america ukraine will also be forced to replace its planes with american ones organization of ukraine, which received a license for the purchase of goods for dual and military purposes, including weapons, i talked with the old man at length, but what other western weapons are needed in ukraine for an effective counteroffensive and when can we expect them track thank you for taking the time to join our interview the first question is, did you come here to washington? who

do you see and meet? what do you focus on in those meetings? we and part of the foundation's team have been working here for almost a week. the goal is very simple. on the one hand, we want to open representative offices in the usa, on the other hand, america is the main ally and partner in ukraine, and how reliable, accurate and correct information will circulate here in the offices. weapons, we are interested in american equipment, and here are the top world manufacturers, we now have the opportunity, if we have finances, to buy it, and we would also like to establish this cooperation, the license that is currently the fund i received a license for the purchase of goods for dual purpose and military purpose. what does it mean in practice? obtaining this permission is very

simple. we can directly buy anything that is ready to be sold to ukraine as ukraine and for which we have the funds. we are talking about negotiations as they have answer according to specific weapons manufacturers, should star ukrainians also happen to someone from uh-uh from the type from the country of adjustment well, for example, we now have an order package of about 20 million dollars for two agreements, one for armored vehicles for the other - this will not be disclosed yet, but it is related to the air, and in that and that case, it was agreed at the level of the manufacturers, at the level of our end recipients of this product and at the level e-e suppliers in accordance with their legislation and their procedures for the sale of such weapons for ukraine, is it the usa here or in other countries, are they other countries, because we first started these negotiations in march, another in may, one agreement has already been

implemented, just publicly talk about it, not how it is not reported because there are reasons for this, but i think we will fix this in the coming weeks, the other is at the stage of logistics to ukraine and the usa, we consider it a huge market for us. the funds we receive for what we can copy here with american funds within the framework of minutes of the forest or other aid packages, i.e. our task is not just to do something because we can do it, but to do what the state cannot now or the state cannot to do it effectively or it is done slowly, then we have to supplement and strengthen it, and not just do something, or something specific, what are you looking at now, if we are talking about american stocks, about american capabilities , taking into account the capacity of the fund and the readiness to provide these things, hummy armored vehicles are interesting for us

easy for us, interesting minometer artillery, first of all, 105 mm howitzers, interesting for us, military communications, harishen, night vision devices, thermal imaging optics, possible unmanned drones, possible attack drones, we take yes, very practical things, yes, one temple, for example , or one reaper is a drone, how much does it cost, if translated to stone, it can cost $ 50,000, for example, $70,000 there. and the reaper can cost millions of dollars because it is a complex , for example, and the agreement that we implemented is an air agreement worth 16.5 million dollars, and it includes both an air component and directly weapons, and it works only in a complex way, and not as a separate product that you can simply buy separately. therefore, everything that concerns trade in arms and high-tech weapons, it is a complex story, you don't buy just a tank or you don't buy just a gun, you buy

ammunition and training and maintenance, spare parts, etc., some means of navigation is possible for all of this, because only then does it reveal its potential otherwise this simply a product that is not much better than the soviet conventional tank gun, if we talk about western weapons not only like this, but you recently published the largest agreement for the purchase of 10 ukrainian drones production before others tell me a little about them how effective they are comparing with similar maybe some western models now we bought the latest version of pd2 in the best configuration with a full package of e-e with a car with the best foreign station protected control channel and video with a set of spare parts spare an engine with the best suspension with a thermal imaging camera and a daytime channel, that is, the best that the ukrainian defense industrial complex could create, we bought it 10 complexes 20 aircraft 10 nazemahs 10 cars and

this is intelligence for the long arm of the ukrainian army for points for alders for tornadoes for american aimars and other emelares that we hope to receive, you partially asked about the western systems that go to ukraine, in particular, now we see four already on there are four more on the battlefield, and it should run into the green pantogon around july. with this amount, if there is a sufficient amount of rocket ammunition, in principle, it is possible to cover a significant area of ​​the front, whatever your estimates, this is true . in aerial reconnaissance and in the presence of ammunition, which i hope we will receive from the west without limit, this will allow us to destroy enemy concentrations of troops in the rear and points of military

supply of fuel and lubricants, headquarters that is, it is the long arm of the ukrainian army in that system. which ones we had in this range. these are either the points of the points in a or tornado dashes of alder, they are exhaustive and they are not accurate enough a-a, so let there be new weapons less, but it can compensate for the losses that we have already incurred in equipment and the shortage of ammunition. in fact, we are restoring our potential , and the more we receive this equipment, the more it will become, as it were, stronger, more active , again, if we receive ammunition from with a range of up to 300 km, as well as ballistic missiles, this can significantly change the course of the war, and this is the level to which we should strive in our communication with the usa and the west

. in the east, the first priority is rocket salvo fire systems mlrs, the second priority is armored vehicles, this is bmp, armored fighting vehicles, tanks, the third priority is artillery, both towed and self-propelled, the fourth the priority is the anti-aircraft defense system, and the hungarians are gray stingers and are possible, ideally, i would like to be alone, but those systems or the list that i will announce is about what can be obtained here and now and tomorrow it will be on the battlefield at the same time as in 16- those for everything or other similar systems, this is still a medium or long-term perspective when we talk about f16 and about fighters sometimes in the united states, she emphasized that it takes a long time for ukrainians to learn to fly them in order to use them to what extent is this true and perhaps there are some signals that ukraine may receive such weapons in the near future? i

am sure that ukraine will receive american planes , whether it will be in 16-15 or 18 is not a fundamental issue for us, because any steppe is better for us everything is still in ukraine and it is enough to effectively oppose russia if we want to have planes in a year in two years in 3 years we have to start the process of mastering them now and really master it so as to reveal its potential on the battlefield - this is not an armored personnel carrier or a javelin, this is a whole complex that needs to change the consciousness of the ukrainian military, which needs to change the ground infrastructure, change the documentation, change the approaches to proving the war in the air, but we are in a situation where we want it or not. we are forced to do it because the park we have more of will not survive for a few years, because it is all soviet-russian equipment, which without russia cannot be normally maintained in a capable condition and prospects , taking into account the age, morale and potential.

that is, we will replace it anyway, we will replace it with new planes, even if they are new and used, and they must definitely be planes from the usa, since it is our main partner, and the choice of the main type of plane is about the geopolitical vector of development, neither france nor sweden are so close to ukraine and so loyal allies of the usa, so on in my opinion, the choice of a partner country here is an obvious choice of a specific type, a more technical issue that is not so critical for us, when on april 8 the russians fired at the kramatorsk railway station crowded with people, 59 people died and another 114 were injured, now arrived in san diego with a mother and daughter who were injured in the explosions in california, they will be made prostheses for free, which, according

to the doctors, will allow them to live a relatively full life about the tragic history of the family and how they were escorted from lviv, where they were treated. this is a special moment of farewell after two months in the lviv hospital next to her daughter yana nataliya stepanenko does not hold back tears ahead of the clinic in california and hope to feel the ground under her feet again high-tech prostheses provide full functioning as on their own legs, that is, they will absolutely be able to walk, move around, take care of themselves , run, dance, that is, the child will live absolutely fully. in the 19th century, the historical name was returned in 2021 in accordance with the law on

decommunization . it didn't start with us, and the market is so good, i already have a bus station, where there are electric trains, we used to go on instagram, you can see the bus station, three small shops have already been destroyed in the market, you only sell petrunka in the neighboring village, a wooden new village, there at all, one person stayed there, everything was destroyed, and my mother died there in on march 22, these shells began to fly, and she was killed later, not on the surface. on the eighth of april, natalya and her children, like hundreds of other residents of donetsk region, came to the kramatorsk station with their belongings. tanya's grandmother was mine. grandmother's son-in-law told them to go to the platform because there were five of them, the train had to be all 12. who needed

to go to khmelnytskyi, they all went out. chaem kak bi naret chai takuyu vkusny yanko i will tea i speak well stop i’m there a queue near this tent was waiting for the evacuation train from seven in the morning after 3.5 hours a russian rocket kissed the perimeter of the station with the inscription for the children 114 wounded 59 dead among them seven children started incomprehensible, as if something was whistling and flying, and this is what i saw - it was everyone who was sitting - it was all seated

at first. strongly well, i raise my legs and i don't understand. well, i don't see where they are not. i opened my eyes to something. i was close to the tile. i wanted to present myself. i didn't understand what happened. i turned around, and tanya's grandmother is lying, although she was standing seven meters away. first, it turns out that she pretended to be here yango was lying on her, she was trying to turn over from her back to her stomach, i was on her feet, and she didn't have a pair of tights, the leggings ended, she didn't have any sneakers , and yarik was sitting at the station, the police called me, he says, i do so and so, take your son, i say how i will take it but i was still lying on the platform, i was

talking to me a lot, he tore it off, he took it home, the stepanenko family was brought to lviv by a special medical train from doctors without borders , here yana and natalya underwent several stages of complex treatment, in particular, a reputation, and the boy yaroslav became their reliable guardian, that is, he probably grew up twice, that is, if he is actually 11, well, we can say that he is 22 in two months of treatment, stepanenka tried with all her might to get used to the new circumstances, i say to yana the mountain woman, don't worry, the main thing is that we are alive, you are a guardian angel, i say to меня есть что деток с этой войной, he says, too, they put themselves with hands and without legs, well, they will live and will grow, and so will you. well, it's okay. everything will be good. the girl is 11 years old and she is currently in the active period

of growth and we have already talked with prosthetists, there is a question about changing prostheses, it can be once every six months, once every eight months, once a year. that is, it will be quite often, that is, depending on how she will grow. i do not require very high-tech prosthetics in ukraine unfortunately, this is unrealistic today. for 30 years, natalya and her daughter yana have been steelworkers of a company raising funds for the creation of a large-scale rehabilitation center in lviv, so that in the future patients with such herbs could be fully put back on their feet in ukraine well, while their native new york is under fire , san diego is waiting for them, a little chudlyak yuryi dankevich for the voice of america from lviv, 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 podcasts the ukrainian service of the voice of america and this is how we end our release. join our daily briefings and its 18 on youtube and facebook. thank you for being with us. have a good night and have a calm morning, happily , the store employees came out during the alarm time, i want to use this opportunity to once again appeal to all citizens of ukraine to observe