you are watching the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, time studio nataliya leonova congratulations , the next meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine will take place on july 20 in a virtual format, according to the results of a telephone conversation between the ministers of defense of the united states and ukraine, the heads of the defense departments also discussed us aid to ukraine, in particular, a new package for 400 million dollars, at the same time , the us administration reports that iran is preparing to transfer hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles to russia, the presidential adviser on national security chief jake sullivan, in a conversation with journalists, he also assessed the entry of the russian

war against ukraine and talked about the further strategy of helping ukraine. the briefing was held on the eve of the trip of president joe biden to the countries of the middle east. we will talk about further us plans to support ukraine, as well as the prerequisites and expectations from biden's middle eastern tour. with yulia yarmolenko, who joins our studio from the white house, greetings to vitaly natalya how the white house assesses the course of the war and how they see the strategy of further support for ukraine, do you know jack sullivan emphasized several important things the day before at the briefing. first, he said that russia did not achieve any of its strategic goals, it was not able to capture kyiv and destroy the statehood and identity of ukraine. this is what jack sullivan said. russia was able to slowly gain certain territories in the east kilometer by kilometer by kilometer. of ukraine, however, the ukrainian military, as well as the

sanctions, forced russia to pay a very serious and powerful price for this, secondly, jake saliva emphasized that the support of the united states will to continue for ukraine as long as necessary, we know that president biden has repeatedly emphasized this and also the national security adviser says that in fact the united states will support kyiv to achieve its strategic goals and this is not only protection from further russian aggression but also support for the return certain territories let's listen to the direct speech now here ukrainians on the questing to be able to return part of the territory that was taken from them and to do it within the time frame that they are working on, the talks are taking place at the

military level and also at the political level, so we have a comprehensive understanding, i will not go into the details of these talks, i will only say that we believe that the fundamental goal of our strategy, so that the ukrainians are in the strongest possible positions both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table when it comes to diplomacy , also at the end of the briefing, jake sullivan drew attention to the fact that certain territorial russia's gains in ukraine have also affected russia's further ability to wage war, because russia is running out of certain types of weapons, sullivan said, which is why the kremlin is asking for help, in particular, in providing drones to iran, and this is what jake sullivan said about it. i would also like to note that when i was talking about the serious costs russia has incurred on the battlefield trying to take territory in the east at the cost of maintaining

its own weapons before i go i'll just give you one example and it i think is noteworthy our information indicates that the i government is preparing to speed up the deadline to provide russia with up to several hundred drones, in particular equipped with weapons, our information also indicates that iran is preparing to start training the russian military on these drones already at the beginning of july, it is not clear whether it has already delivered any which of these russian drones, but this is one example of how russia is looking for capabilities in countries such as iran, which before the ceasefire in yemen were also used to attack saudi arabia, so from our side we will continue to contribute to maintaining the effective defense of ukraine and help ukrainians to show that russia's attempt to erase ukraine from the world monkey will not succeed if we are evil drones and according to the

estimates of one of the military experts samelia benda and and if iran goes to transfer such drones , then this about large drones or kamikaze drones that will have an immediate effect on the battlefield for the russian edition of the washington post, citing military analysts here in washington, says that this really points to the fact that russia is running out of high-precision weapons, as jake sullivan and another british expert, mark galeotti, said at the briefing, he draws attention to the fact that it will not be about the transfer of weapons, but rather about the sale, and what is more incredible, in his opinion, is that iran is still on it will go because it is early , in fact, there is nothing to lose, but the american congressman adam kingsinger says that the united states must make sure that iran will pay a heavy price if it goes to such a

transaction, and he emphasized that iran has to cost much more than that. the benefit they receive. welcome to this potential transfer is also another important point that analysts pay attention to. if iran goes to such a transfer for such cooperation with russia, it can actually strengthen the support of ukraine and other countries, such as israel or saudi arabia . arabia, which currently remain a little aloof, and these are precisely the countries to which the president is going this evening, i believe these statements of the national security adviser were made on the eve of the middle east tour president biden, what can be expected from this trip and whether the president will discuss russia's war in ukraine with his middle eastern colleagues, do you know natalya, president biden is currently discussing the situation in ukraine and support for ukraine at any meetings he holds. does this

mean face-to-face meetings ? we also heard from jake sullivan the other day. he said that in fact all these goals of president biden in this tour coincide with the fundamental goals of the united states and regarding this region in particular, it is about the fact that the united states wants there to be fewer soldiers in this region, so that this region is less hospitable to terrorist groups, but also in the context of the war between russia and ukraine, so that in fact this region helps, in particular , in ensuring and maintaining global energy security, and we know that american observers draw attention to the fact that the president will be more than incredible to adjust saudi arabia to increase oil production in order to balance oil prices throughout the world and also, as we have already talked about it , in fact, observers also draw attention to the fact that the

president will certainly use this visit in order to actually push israel and saudi arabia to a more specific position in the context of russia's war against ukraine, so that these countries in particular support ukraine and the weapons that are in their own stocks. thank you yulia for your clarification. i will remind you that yulia yarmolenko was in direct contact with us from the white house in the united states. the united states is serious about protecting its military technologies bonnie jenkins, deputy secretary of state for arms control and international security, assured this during a telephone briefing. in particular, she expressed confidence that ukraine will ensure that american weapons do not end up in third countries. we are actively

interacting with ukraine to ensure accountability of aid provided in in the conditions of a complex conflict, the united states constantly assesses the risks of a possible transfer of american military technologies anywhere in the world we confident in the commitment of the ukrainian government to the independent protection and accounting of military equipment of american origin, without going into details, i can say that the united states is actively interacting with the government of ukraine to ensure responsibility for the provided military property and assistance in the field of security while in brussels, bonnie jenkins discussed with nato partners and the eu not only aid to ukraine but also the kremlin's rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons in june vladimir putin said that russia does not threaten the world with nuclear weapons but is ready to use it in the event of a threat to its sovereignty horse we recognize that russia is a state with nuclear weapons we also know that russia has repeatedly waved a nuclear stick in the last

few weeks unfortunately, due to russia's invasion of ukraine, we had to suspend the strategic stability negotiations that we are conducting with russia in we have mechanisms that we use to discuss nuclear weapons issues with russia, but unfortunately, due to the invasion of russia, we could not do this, so now we are focused on the important issues, namely, providing ukraine with the assistance it needs to defend its territory, and this is in addition to longer-term arms control issues that were at the center of my discussions with nato and eu partners after russia's large-scale invasion of ukraine in western countries sent out of fear that and they can become objects of military aggression if russia, then china or north korea also have a chance in the event of potential threats, voice of america correspondent karla babb regularly undergoes training on a military fighter jet took to the sky in nadalivska to see with their own eyes how the

american aviation trains, yaryna matviychuk tells, american fighter jets fly over the dalasian area near the western flank of nato bordering russia. alaska is also the closest state to china . moscow and beijing are now threatening aggression. russia has invaded ukraine, and china is threatening to seize taiwan by force, which it considers its own, this is not just a competition of a great power, this is authoritarianism, dictatorship and aggression, and alaska can play a huge role in ensuring that we are ready for this, participants in the exercises opposes the so-called 18 aggressor squadron, which plays the role of the enemy, one of the pilots of this squadron, major loy wright, with the call sign bond, invites a voice of america correspondent to board the fighter, here is canada, great britain, this year we also involve singapore, new zealand and australia

, high in the sky, a dogfight begins, a group of american f-35 against the bond group who play the role of russian gigs, we usually perform the role of russian dancing girls or north koreans high in the sky, an air battle begins a group of american f-35s against a group of bonds who play the role of russian gigs, i am doing everything possible to use the tactics of exploiting the weaknesses of our opponents as far as our technical capabilities allow, we will try to eliminate the defensive capabilities of the f-35 yury of alaska is almost three times larger than ukraine, however, only 730 live here thousands of people it's a great place for air force exercises during exercises we

fly along river valleys our opponents also fly in these valleys it's fun to look for them it's the most expensive hide and seek game the most expensive laser "we've just turned into a big flash," says one of the exercise's planners . arise in the first week of training, in the second week they are already resolved and when they go around in the third week of training, they are all already resolved, the commander of this base, a colonel, gives from berkut for 20 years of his military career flew both the f16 and the f-35 at a time when russia could drag the world into the third world war, he says

the strategic importance of the base in alaska is growing, it makes everything that happens here more real , much more relevant for the global situation, external threats are the biggest motivator for the participants of these of the teachings of karla bab iryna matviychuk dmytro savchuk voice of america the war did not end like this was the main slogan during the large-scale action that last weekend gathered thousands of people around the world in the united states large-scale rallies took place in new york, atlanta, san diego, austin , phoenix, and other large cities, in particular, in new york, hundreds of people organized a protest march from the main square of the metropolis, times square, to washington park. activists held ukrainian state flags and posters condemning the actions of the kremlin , according to their words. organizers to remind

people all over the world that russia is continuing a bloody war against ukraine, shelling cities and killing civilians. in addition to ukrainians, among the activists were people from various eastern countries in europe, in particular, georgia, kazakhstan and belarus , the consul general of ukraine in new york, oleksiy golubov, made a separate speech. according to the diplomat, ukraine will never agree to the terms of the aggressor, peace in exchange for the territory with this motto. today, the theme is the slogan of this rally, the war is not over. despite some decrease in interest in social networks in snakes, we believe that it is necessary to increase the turnover so that every american hears that the war is not over yet, we need victory, we are ready bring it to victory, we want to tell our partners and friends once again that we know how to end

this war. just give us the weapons we need, let's go . many people are talking about this habituation to war now, in particular, on ukrainian tv channels and on russian opposition tv channels. human psychology is probably arranged in such a way that you can do it here, but we are here, at least my wife tanya and i are here, which already means two more people on that scale , which is against addiction every morning and every evening. my wife tatyana listens to the news from ukraine and tells me what is happening to the majority of her family in mykolaiv, who are now under attack. her mother is 84 years old. she has already come under fire twice. i know what is happening there . in my opinion, ukraine is fighting for democracy in the whole world and not only for my country. i regularly come to these demonstrations because i consider it important to add our voices, individual voices , to the general position of the state to help ukraine.

i was born in ukraine, or rather in the west of ukraine, my family left ukraine because of the second world war when i was only three years old, and unfortunately my the memory of the homeland is not very clear, our next story is about an american family that takes in a ukrainian refugee with a disability, when the mother, mother, glass of clevenger decided to open the doors of their home to a family of refugees from ukraine, they had no idea that the first ukrainian tetramol from california would live with them tells khrystyna shevchenko in the town of vestkovina that near los angeles lives an ordinary middle-class american family, ken and their thirty-year-old son, they have a house with a backyard and a swimming pool, two large rottweilers and their a small business, although two months ago a new element appeared in the usual way of life ukraine was reading an article on the internet on my

phone about a guy who developed a website it was two weeks after the war started in ukraine and i entered my name on the website before that i had an extra room, you know, this war broke my heart and i thought that we have so much and they have so little, poland hosts millions of people, so we can open our bedroom at that time on the site for finding housing for ukrainian refugees oksana kononets from kyiv also registered. oksana is a 20-year-old inclusive model with a cervical spine injury. the girl moves around in a wheelchair in ukraine. she participated in famous talk shows and became the first model in ukraine. in january, the girl was invited to los angeles for a show and the war began broke my plans, i did not fully understand how much this war these days. they are changing my life. disabled persons during the war acquire, although it is more correct to say that people with disabilities do not have disabilities during the war, then no one gave us a place

if it was necessary because everyone has a need, everyone has their own path and a difficult road, so we understand very well that in the first days of the bombing of kyiv, oksana did not think of leaving home and her mother, marina, who is the permanent caretaker of her daughter, could not calm her worries, one only thought was where to run with her, because a person moves with the help of a wheelchair, these are the legs, and even if the wheel were to be punctured, that would be all for us. take a bag because we have what kind of hygiene products she needs well, my head just swells on the sixth day of the bombing. marina made a decision that she and her daughter must run away. oksana nogota and

because of his illness had to leave bread in ukraine . there were 5 days of travel with a cart and 27 kg suitcase, a road not adapted for people with disabilities, long hours on the train and sleeping on the floor in lviv, and there were literally mattresses put on the floor and my mother asked for someone’s help, so that someone would help transfer me to the floor then that day i myself had the biggest biggest certain hysteria when i lay down on the floor mom ca n't do anything with me or help me turn over and at that moment i thought whether my family or we deserve this or not what exactly happened what these liberators came to

liberate, and from what, with the help of volunteers, they managed to get to poland, and then, since oksana and maryna had tourist visas for the usa, they decided to fly overseas, already here they found the ikena bathhouse through the website ukraine take shelter to ken and oksana's friend, who speaks english fluently, called bana first. he told me about her disability, and i said that we can handle it. they offered oksana and marina a separate room with a dressing room. the kitchen is here the kitchen is all at your disposal if there is no food choose anything right after getting to know each other cultural differences also surfaced i plucked two flowers and put them in your room in their room and when there

marina came in, she made such a face and with her hands, she shows like this. i asked, "no, two flowers are death , and i didn't know that. it made me feel uncomfortable, and now the families have their own routine. mrs. and ken go to bed earlier. oksana and marina are topaz in contact with the family. " in ukraine, in their free time, two families drink tea and play backgammon. mrs. marina says ken cooks ukrainian food, now she controls the kitchen, i come home and try new dishes . the main thing is that it helps, of course, google translator, and she reads something when i write something i read when she writes to me. i try. for example , if i wrote something, read it to her. i don't always understand it. she reads it again. they call oksana and marina their ukrainian family. ken even launched a fundraising campaign among his employees

to buy oksana a new wheelchair, because the old one was damaged under oksana's time on the road and the marinade are called her true blessing. despite their american idyll, they dream of returning home to kyiv, of course, the first thing we miss is our family, whom we want to see in person, hug that that telephone minds are only telephone ones, this is a piece of plastic, iron, and i want to see everyone . despite the fact that this is a beautiful country, we were well received, but i want to go to my bed, to my family, in ukraine i have my mother and sister with their family and s- my husband's family and husband and daughter and even a cat that i miss very much bani taken says they are ready to accept oksana and marina until the end of the war khrystyna ta bohdan shevchenko vestkovina california voice of america the village of borodyanka became almost

the first settlement in ukraine on which the russians dropped aerial bombs on dozens of people died from airstrikes, hundreds were left homeless in the town, they have already set up temporary housing, and the other day volunteers organized a beauty day for local women, anna kostyuchenko and pavlo sukhodolskyi will tell how philanthropists help revive life in the old village what bed did you buy? i'll come and think, children, which bed are you on? are you still sleeping ? maria vasylenko comes every day to the grave of her daughter and son-in-law. on march 1, russian soldiers dropped a bomb on the house in the basement of which the whole family was hiding. mrs. maria and her grandchildren managed to escape, and

41-year-old olena and 45-year-old serhii were under the rubble . mrs. maria is sure, but the russian occupiers did not let the ukrainian rescuers pass. well, this bomb is a high-explosive one that it cut so much that it cut the panel that goes into the basement so that it did not cut, my children were alive and so were our children they died right away, there was no way to rescue them because they didn't let rescuers who came up to rescue you shot and who lay dead they planted explosives due to the russian bombing maria vasylenko lost not only her family but also her home, now a woman about in the so-called modular town, a single bed, a locker, a table this is how the rooms of the modular town of the village of borodyanka look like, usually such modular towns are intended for the temporary stay of the military,

but now about two hundred residents of the village live here. after all, their own houses are up to the foundation destroyed the russian rockets, mrs. maria now continues to live for the sake of her grandchildren, a small consolation for them became the day of beauty that the volunteers arranged in borodyanka as part of this initiative, 25 hairdressers and manicurists served the villagers for free all day, the idea came to the mind of the thirty-year-old owner of the beauty salon nataliya vashonenko, they she and her husband live in a neighboring village and since the beginning of the war they have been engaged in charity work. i have two favorite hobbies. to help people, and the event that is being held now in borodyanka is just like a combination of these two. well, natalya's apartment was also damaged by the occupiers now with minor children and her husband. she lives with her mother. every week she brings

hygiene products and clothes for the residents of borodyanka collected for volunteer donations and neighboring villages, which lost all their property due to the russian occupation, about which we understood that life as it was will no longer be the same, and then when we left a little, i say well, what is there, well, it’s cool to sit and knit, but, well, it’s possible is there anyone who has suffered more? natalia's husband, igor , has been involved in the evacuation of people from the sub- russian occupation by his own forces since the beginning of the war. he took out several hundred people from boredanka and neighboring villages. every evacuation was a dangerous adventure, says igor . cigarettes and jewelry were also taken. maybe they were taken from someone somewhere in vidnoy city when we first left here. there were our guys, i don’t know if it is necessary for the defense or the armed forces, it was corpses lying around

we stopped to ask to bury them. we were not allowed to return on the 16th. we were not going to lie to you on the 15th. we looked at the destroyed village already, that is , the buildings were already destroyed to the foundation, everywhere civilian cars were shot. natalia and igor are grateful to the war for only one thing, she strengthened their relationship and volunteering became a family affair, the day of beauty is just one of their initiatives that help residents of occupied villages return to normal life anna kostyuchenko pavel sukhodolskyi for the voice of america from the kyiv region download the voice mobile application the america app allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos, and also listen to voice of america podcasts in ukrainian . have you watched the

voice of america ukrainian service? during the day you can ask questions to our presenters and journalists in the studio, natalia lounova, thank you for trusting the voice of america, take care and have a peaceful night we are looking for nine-year-old artem koranda and his 11-year-old brother maksym. the boys lived in mariupol with their mother and stepfather. their neighbor, who left the city before the

start of the war, approached us. they were very good neighbors. behind them, she put her soul into them. her children were neat. imagine the horror the brothers had to go through when there were very fierce battles in the city due to the bombing . artem and maxim hid in the basement during the day and at night. and on march 8, a shell hit their house and on it's a pity, the boys' mother and her husband were killed. they definitely died during the hostilities from the 7th to the 8th of march. on the evening of the 7th, they, well, her husband, she asked for help. there were some cries, but people were afraid to go outside at night, and already in the morning of march 8, they saw that she and he, well, that is , a man and a woman are at the entrance there with ms. igor's injuries, he showed us a photo of the house and the place