in istanbul for negotiations on the resumption of grain exports from ukrainian ports, currently more than 20 million tons of grain cannot be exported from ukraine due to russia's seizure of ukrainian ports on the sea of ​​azov and the blockade and shelling of ukrainian ports on the black sea, ukraine's inability to sell its grain has created a food crisis, world prices have risen millions of people are at risk of starvation after the negotiations in istanbul, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin is watching. he is joining our studio right now. congratulations bohdan. good evening. so bohdan, what are the demands put forward by russia and can we say that the russian side actually wants to negotiate? i think, watching these negotiations, it is worth keeping in mind that they are taking place in the conditions of a war that russia started in order to subjugate ukraine and one of the main demands of russia, for example, on these in the negotiations is for ukraine to demine, for example

, access to its ports, uh, what uh, what mines does ukraine use to protect itself from a potential attack by russia, and russia also demands that cargo ships be inspected ships that are coming could they come to ukrainian ports so that, as russia claims, there would be no weapons there, although ukraine is a sovereign state that has the right to defend itself and has the right to buy weapons, that is, the situation is such that it concerns whether russia is interested in reaching an agreement, russia is obvious interested in the fact that you this situation in order to draw attention to protect your interests, to seek to protect your interests and also to actually increase your authority at the international level as a country that you have to deal with to negotiate in order to solve serious issues,

to agree ukraine's demands are very simple ukraine says that it is primarily about guaranteeing security because russia has captured all the ports on the sea of ​​azov and the last pau- mariupol russia actually blocks the ports on the black sea e.e. mykolaiv and odesa are the most important ports for the export of ukrainian grain russia fires missiles at odesa and mykolaiv almost every day, but today the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs reiterated that the issue of security is the main condition for ukraine in upon reaching an agreement, security means three things: firstly, the owner of a vessel that ships from most

ukrainian ports must be 100% sure that russian missiles or mines will not sink it; secondly , the grain owner must be 100% sure that his grain on board will be transported across the black sea with him nothing will happen, that no one will steal it on the way, that the ship will not sink due to a russian missile , and security for us means that the russian fleet cannot attack our ports from the sea during the actions of these open corridors, because we trust the russians we can't comment on the results of the first day of the istanbul meetings. what did the parties agree on, or are there signs that the situation has moved from the deadlock ? yes, we have a message from istanbul, and one of these messages is that ukraine should again participate in such negotiations next week and there are actually three different reactions,

which consist in the fact that, for example, turkey , the minister of defense of turkey sounds very optimistic . he said that an agreement was reached. what was specifically agreed about care or inspection potential e-e ships that will go to ukrainian ports and we still do not know who will who will do it and we have a more cautious e reaction from the united nations that the negotiations are going in the right direction ukraine's reaction currently it is very discreet and we are waiting for details. thank you bohdan. let me remind you that our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan was in direct contact with us from london. president joe biden

began a four-day visit to israel and saudi arabia with the aim of improving partnerships the united states in the middle east to curb iran's nuclear program and convince the persian gulf countries to increase oil production. the audience also notes that biden will try to find additional sources of weapons for ukraine. from the white house greetings yulia greetings natalya yulia before we talk about the visit of president dubensky, i would like to start with a question that worries many of ukrainians, the lend-lease program, after all, july 9 coincided with the deadline when the administration was supposed to develop a mechanism for its work. what update do we have from the white house? natalya, what we heard from the white house is that it is clear that currently the administration is still working on developing a mechanism for using lend-lease for ukraine, but we also heard one important clarification at the request of voice of america, an official from the

white house explained that now the administration prioritizes the security assistance for which kyiv will not have to return the money later. he has also already explained what is the landlize program for these mechanisms for those data weapons that ukraine will receive under the land lis program kyiv will have to return the funds so we should remind our viewers that back in may the congress praised a new aid package for ukraine in the amount of 40 billion dollars and half of this funding and where exactly for military aid to ukraine is it from these resources that the administration of president biden draws funding in order to provide ukraine with military weapons and equipment, and this equipment is provided for two programs of presidential powers, but also initiatives to promote the security of ukraine, and it is precisely these programs that the white house wants to use and

apply. mechanisms for providing military support to ukraine let's listen to one of the quotes, all that we consider the powers of lend-lease and what they provide, we are grateful to the congress for this legislative act, it was adopted on a bipartisan basis and it is clearly indicated how much the members of the congress value the support given to ukraine and want to make sure that we can continue to do this only last friday, president biden signed the allocation of another 400 million dollars under the presidential powers program, we already have a lot of powers and we use them, yulia, for the past few days, we have been following the statements of congresswoman victoria spas, who calls , among other things, for the us to exercise greater

control over how ukraine uses the provided america's weapons. how did you react to this in the white house? you know natalia. john kerpin said that congresswoman victoria sparks receives the official use of american weapons received by ukraine, then john kirby said that the congresses, the white house, and even the ukrainian authorities all agree that there should be appropriate control, one kirby also emphasized that when weapons fall into the hands of the armed forces of ukraine, they are their property and washington does not indicate how ukrainians should use these weapons on the battlefield. come on let's listen to the president's comment, he is sure that we are doing everything possible to meet the needs of ukraine, we obviously share the concern expressed by the members of the congress, because it is important to

make sure that there is proper responsibility for the materials that ukraine will receive, but we must remember that as soon as the equipment is in the hands of the ukrainian armed forces, it is the property of ukraine in addition, we do not dictate how they should use each piece of equipment on the battlefield, but they have also commanded that they share a concern about accountability and oversight and ready to work with us on this yulia, the issue of ukraine was supposed to be raised today during president biden's visit to israel, what details do you have natalya, president biden has already arrived in israel, he met with a number of high-ranking officials, he also visited the memorial to the victims of the holocaust, and his first stop was the airport ben-gurion, where he got acquainted with the latest developments of the israeli military regarding air defense. as for the topic of ukraine directly, this topic will certainly be discussed on the eve of the visit of gx

sullivan, the us national security adviser, emphasized that in this context, the information that russia may be getting closer to iran and the sale, in particular, of a large number of combat drones, is very important, and that is why jack sullivan emphasized that it will be important for these countries, saudi arabia, and israel, to hear the information that the united states has and also engage the support of these countries for the demands of ukraine . ukrainians and allow independent observers to the sites of filtration, state secretary anthony blin said this according to estimates from various sources,

particularly from the russian government. which children are mentioned in blinkin's statement, he called the actions of the russian federation war crimes , the russian authorities deliberately separate ukrainian children from their parents and kidnap children from orphanages before giving them up for adoption in in russia, eyewitnesses and those who survived the filtering of detention and forced deportation report frequent threats of persecution and cases of torture by russian security forces, the illegal transfer and deportation of persons under protection is a serious violation of the fourth geneva convention on the protection of civilians and is a war crime ukrainian journalist and human rights defender maksym butkevich, who has been serving in the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine for more than three weeks, has been in russian captivity, in

connection with him, he is not in russia, he is portrayed as the propagandist instigator of the coup d'état in ukraine and the civil war in kazakhstan , details from iryna solomko, the parents and friends of the ukrainian human rights defender and journalist maksym butkevych last saw him on the video released by the telegram channel of the russian state agency ria novosti, on the video he and other ukrainian soldiers who were captured in prisoners talk about those events, the material appeared on june 24. maksym's mother, yevgenia butkevich, says that the last time her son got in touch was a few days before the appearance of the video, according to her, he had been on training for several months. after that, he and the other boys were sent to the border of the luhansk and donetsk regions

. there is a lot of material about people who are fighting there, people who have returned from there, we understood that this is the hot spot now with us, and on the map of our military operations, we were shocked that it turns out that they were simply, well, it seems that they dropped their studies just at the very edge of the defense, we realized that there was no one in front of them except the russians, according to his mother, maxim decided to join the defense of ukraine on the very first day of the full-scale russian invasion. he came to the military committee and said that he wanted to participate in the defense. he thought that it was possible it will be uh- terrobotan, but when it turned out that he had a military chair, if he is a reserve lieutenant, they told him that no, only for this one, well, on the one hand, you know, such horror appeared in me, and on the other hand

we understood that he, as a man, made absolutely the only decision that should have been, because at our age we can no longer, and he can ukrainian prisoners of war on it maxim all night they were under very heavy mortar shelling very hard, but in the morning they realized that they must find water because the condition of the people, the physical condition was very bad when they were tasty and they were thinking of leaving two people behind to go look for water, but one of the two scouts came out to contact them and simply explained to them that the ring was closing, that they had to leave everything heavy, what was preventing them from moving to the coordinate point of which he was on the roof according to with messages from

russian telegram channels it was paska, in which two platoons got into, one of them was commanded by maksym after watching the video, the parents immediately contacted the hotline of the ministry of defense and filled out all the necessary documents yevgenia says nobody with them instead, the russian media started a campaign to replace maxim from the first day, the rest of maxim, a lot of information about him appeared in the russian public, moreover, the russians wrote to us from russia that this video was broadcast by dmytro kiselyov, that is, it was distributed quite widely, this video he began to be recognized in russia by people who knew him, and there was some kind of strange , you know, i don't know, companies began to call him names that we were captured by us, and the commander of a platoon of nazis, russians, propagandists, who

disguised as a human rights defender, then it was added that he was already preparing some kind of coup in kazakhstan, that he participated in the preparation of the revolution in belarus, the last thing we were told was that he is a british spy because he once worked for the bbc in london since 2003. we understood that the process that had begun was absolutely is not going to calm down, and somewhere in the day, 10 to 12 days, we did not understand that our son is now in great danger , because people there in russia are invested in a holo operative that he was captured, please, such a figure who it's just that hell is still going on, it's just the embodiment of all that, that's khokhlyad, ukrainian, bandera, nazi, that is, we understood what our son

was being made into a person who might later be brought to court, so maxim's parents and friends decided to change the tactic from silence and waiting, which is recommended in these cases, to maximum disclosure and dissemination of information about the prisoner and about his journalistic and human rights activities maksym, one of the co-founders of the human rights center zamena and public radio, worked for the bbc and on ukrainian tv channels, as well as the coordinator and co-founder of the project without borders, the purpose of which is to help asylum seekers and ukrainian immigrants, he also helped in the release of oleg sentsov and oleksandr kolchenko, according to kateryna babich, who together with maksym founded the project without borders, the currently created initiative, the purpose of which is the release of maksym, we are trying to use a more media channel or through some people who have some kind of publicity or influence, transmit it all through the chain, transmit this to an international audience , that is, duplicate information in english

in some french language so that as many people as possible can read it and see it, that is, this chain so that the reaction goes on and as many people as possible learn about it maksym butkevich is a prisoner of war, so his parents want him and his brothers to be treated in accordance with international laws we we want to know where he and his siblings are. we want to know where they are located, whether they are healthy or not, psychological and physical. this is a very important task for us. we want this war to end and an exchange of everyone for everyone. i really want to find him , see him, hear him and find out how he is. iryna solomko voice of america from onuk and ivan dorn are touring

the united states of america with charity concerts, they also performed in los angeles, where khrystyna attended the concert shevchenko hello friends from ukraine , hundreds of spectators have gathered in the hall of the avalon club in hollywood. the stars of modern ukrainian music, the hardkiss , onuka and ivan dorn are performing in front of them. the main goal of the event is to gather funds to help ukraine, we thought about what we can do, how we can help in any way, we chose artists with such a sense that there were different genres, genres of music, that is, we have hardkiss , which are so much more driving granddaughter is very like that, i don’t know

, specific and very interesting with a ukrainian flavor and ivan dorn, who i don't like at all, among the fans, many immigrants who recently arrived in california say that because of the charitable purpose of the concert, they dance with ease when you're in another country, it's very difficult in general 10 rest on the patio or somewhere else you feel a little ashamed how can you do that and when you understand what you contribute and you help our country to win, then you celebrate this opportunity band leader onuka nataliya zhizhchenko together with her husband and son did not leave their home in in kyiv, she performed in the capital with charity concerts and even collected funds without leaving home, only all this time we were in kyiv, we did not leave since the beginning of the war, we did performances from

home, but at some point it ended and we understood that you need to perform live with the brand - this is an opportunity to help and not sit at home reading the news and think about what to do next. and just realistically , at least not on the cultural front and add some small hope. tickets for the concert cost about $100. donations could also be made through qr-codes. ivan dorn, the singer, was the last to take the stage. the singer has often toured russia for the past eight years, and on the day of the offensive, he showed his pro-ukrainian position and appealed to the russians to stop the war. his label stopped cooperating with by russians and closed access to his music catalogs for russia and belarus, now ivan is forbidden to leave russia for 50 years, there is no other choice, and this unity is happening in front of my eyes, on our at least all artists, we can see it before it was impossible to imagine when hardkiss

onukivskyi and ours in the same hall is normal somehow each other is not what perceives just normality, they accept each other's music yes because they each have their own style, genre and everything else and here we all united, all all people united and we we are doing a good job and, by the way, we are shaking the california coast and the states in general, what is there an earthquake, god forbid, will the charity concert reach the russian kremlin, you are about the cities of the usa, miami, i was waiting in new york, san francisco, los angeles and seattle from los angeles, khrystyna shevchenko - the voices of this thursday will host an online concert the world unites for the sake of ukraine with the participation of well-known western and ukrainian stars, the organizers hope to collect up to ten million dollars from the sale of souvenir and individual tickets of donations that will go to help ukraine about this

concert tetiana had a fortune-telling talk with its producer simon keaney and the musician who is absorbing us with the hard groove of the publi band. this is an unusual format of the concert. it will be broadcast online. you can tell our viewers how they can join. and what should they expect a-a site if you will go to the website world unite for ukrainedat.com there will be a link by which you can join the concert which will take place at 8 pm on thursday, july 14, this is a pre- recorded event of more than two dozen artists from all over of the world from the usa, ukraine, from various parts of europe will perform in this charity concert, including well-known performers such as pink floyd and others and brian, who is with us today from the public . events in support of ukraine. can

you tell us your first impressions when you learned about the war in ukraine and why you decided to participate ? when i was a child i wanted to be a policeman but when i saw the band winden fire i realized that as a musician i can have a much more positive impact on society when simon contacted me about this event i was very happy to do it i saw terrible things unfold and felt helplessness and that's why it was easy for me to make a decision to join simon pravooblenergo contact ukrainian musical probably when you invited ukrainian musicians you didn't have to ask them twice but when we talk about american and european bands, did i need to explain, there were some unexpected reactions, it was

cool now, i think in general people all over the planet really support ukraine, every war is a terrible situation and nowadays you see how it happens day by day, what is happening in ukraine is terrible what are these people going through, so it was not difficult to attract performers because everyone wants to help, of course there were organizational difficulties because a lot is happening around the war and people are asked to join many initiatives, but many people wanted to support this cause to help people on the ground in ukraine, as well as millions of refugees who had to flee from ukraine to other eastern european countries, we actually have many people who wanted to participate, but we could not include everyone because the program would be too long for us artists who wanted to participate called and said hi, you know we have this material you can use this song or this song can we perform and people like brian and his other colleagues said we want to record

something special for this event black and the question to brian is perhaps a bit philosophical ukraine has a lot of support among musicians actors writers people who are very successful and creative professionals i believe that this is an unprecedented number of famous people who speak for ukraine what do you think why people like you actively are involved in helping ukraine, the obvious reasons that affect this conflict are highlighted with the help of modern technologies, you pick up your smartphone and see the headlines of photos and videos of cities and people, as well as organizations such as simon's opportunity to help is simplified, he can call us and ask for support, i wanted to join because i saw the video earlier news reports some black people were not allowed to leave

ukraine at the beginning of the war when there was a threat of shelling and this showed signs of racism that black americans have always experienced and then i said yes may be true, but it is also true that the ukrainians were attacked and we can solve these two problems at the same time, i did not want black america not to respond to the call for help after all, if many dark-skinned americans see this attitude towards blacks, then it will be easy for them to say why should i care about ukrainians when this happens to people who look like me , seeing what happened to dark-skinned people who tried to leave turned us away, but this does not change the fact that all of ukraine are bombing and killing innocent people and african americans should not turn their backs on anyone because the progress black americans have made in america is not the result of our internal struggle alone for many years, the us has been oppressed by the world's powers, which has helped improve the condition of african americans

here. that's why black america can't turn its back on anyone, especially those who are being attacked . that way we can't lose our humanity . :00 a.m. kyiv time you watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america service time join our special programs on social networks on youtube and facebook at 6 p.m. kyiv time where you are live you will be able to ask questions to our hosts and journalists in the studio was nataliya leonova. thank you for trusting the voice of america. take care and have a peaceful night. we are

looking for 4 children from dmitrenko's large family , whose contact was lost on the night of march 12. 14-year-old diana, 12-year-old timofey eight-year-old etori and five-year-old demir. they all disappeared in mariupol together with their father. and for four months nothing is known about their fate. the grandmother of the missing children, who also lived in mariupoli and only by a miracle did she manage to get out of there with her husband leaving on march 31, we left, the shells were tearing at us, the neighbors said where are you going, we would sit silently in the basement and we said, we are sitting no longer, we cannot stay in the basement, we will go out, we started to leave again, we asked for the living, and then we will hang that hmm, my civil husband's house was completely bombed. tetyana stepanivna is now in vinnytsia and

says that she learned about the tragedy that happened to her family here because there was simply no communication in mariupol. and she did not have to reach her son under shelling he, along with his wife and six children, lived separately in a high-rise building at 51 troitskyi street, moreover, his wife was pregnant and was about to give birth, so there was no talk of evacuation february 24, 2015-11 the family february 26 and her husband took her from the maternity hospital said where are you going? i'll give you shells. is there no communication with us? it's normal. there was no communication. it is already known that when the wife and the baby were discharged from the maternity ward, the large family of the dmytroniks decided to stay in the city for a while during