the minister of foreign affairs of lithuania, gabrielius onlinesbergi, welcomed the efforts of european countries with further assistance to ukraine and called for strengthening and speeding up military support at a time when the official brussels is going on summer vacation, because the russian troops do not plan to take a day off from aggression in ukraine, he emphasized that european countries cannot afford tired of the war, according to the results of the meetings of the ministers, the high representative of the eu for foreign policy and security policy, josé borel, said that as a security aid and the sanctions against russia must continue, he emphasized. i am convinced that putin hopes for democratic fatigue, i am sure that he thinks that democracies are weak and that some news overshadow others, but no, european societies cannot afford fatigue, the governments

of the european union countries must continue to stand on their accepted decisions they made a decision on restrictive measures regarding the russian economy and must adhere to them and whether the eu will maintain unity in supporting ukraine and sub-russian gas pressure as autumn approaches is becoming more and more acute this week scheduled repairs on the north stream one gas pipeline, which is one of the important routes for the supply of russian gas to germany, are to be completed, but the europeans are now not sure that russia will restore the gas supply in the required volumes, what does this mean and is there a way to avoid russian gas blackmail we will talk about this with bohdan tsyupan, who is joining the broadcast and from london, i congratulate bohdan on how serious is the threat that europe will end up without russian gas this winter and whether it is possible this will seriously affect unity in support of ukraine yuliu western europe these days is suffering from

incredible heat even here in london in the west of france record temperatures of over 40 degrees celsius are reported but at the same time european governments are already worried about winter and worried about the fact that russia has reduced gas supplies for the past few months, such countries as poland, finland, and bulgaria have been completely cut off from russian gas supplies, and the question arises whether russia will restore gas supplies in the necessary volumes so that the europeans could, as required by the rules of the european commission, fill their storage facilities for winter preparation by at least 80% by the end of november, at the moment there is no such

certainty . in the conditions of the approach of winter, cut the gas supply for a number of countries. this will be very critical . the eu and the situation in which we will see that this agreement will work first, or will the eu continue to be firm regarding sanctions and determined to support ukraine if it finds itself under gas pressure from russia and the second, or will individual countries firmly stick to the european union, or will each of them start resorting to separate and different steps and then the unity of the eu can be destroyed and this is important test for this winter the gas issue will be key for european cohesion and solidarity bohdan if we set aside the long-term plans for the transition to renewable energy energy sources, is there a quick countermeasure to russian

gas blackmail, the transition to renewable sources is very important, and this is exactly what europe wants to get rid of dependence on russian oil and gas and at the same time have clean energy, but this is a distant prospect. these technologies are still being developed. a slightly closer alternative is, for example, the purchase of liquefied gas in particular from the middle east, from qatar, as well as from north america, in particular from the united states, but these volumes are also not enough on their own, and the development of opportunities for investment is also needed transportation and reception of liquefied gas. therefore, europe is trying to use all opportunities, and in particular today, the head of the european union, the president of the european commission , ursula fondelain, was in azerbaijan, where she negotiated an increase in gas supplies from there, and

she sounded very optimistic. i would like to emphasize three provisions from our memorandum on the understanding, first, we will double the gas supply from azerbaijan to the european union, in fact, in accordance with this memorandum, we undertake to expand the southern the gas corridor is now an important supply route to the eu, providing 8 billion cubic meters of gas per year, and in a few years we will expand its capacity to 20 billion cubic meters. bohdan has 40 seconds left, despite the fact that kyiv is calling on europe to abandon russian energy carriers, the transit of russian gas through the territory of ukraine continues as viewers comment on this situation, the transit of russian gas through ukrainian territory has been going on even since 2014, since the

actual beginning of the war of occupation of crimea and the beginning of hostilities of actions in donbas, ukraine fulfills its contractual obligations, demonstrating itself as a reliable transitor, also in ukraine now they obviously understand that if ukraine unilaterally arbitrarily shut off russian gas flowing to europe, then at this stage, when europe is not ready, the europeans who are helping ukraine with greater damage than russia would probably suffer now. thank you, bohdan , my colleague bohdan tsyupin was on the phone from london, and last week it became known that the canadian government decided to make an exception to the instance and issue a permit for the return to germany of the turbine of the nord stream 1 gas pipeline, which was being repaired by the siemens canada company. the kremlin promised to increase gas supplies to europe if this turbine is returned. deputy prime minister of canada khrystya frila called the decision difficult but

the right one. but daniel bilak, a ukrainian lawyer of canadian origin, together with the world congress of ukrainians, is trying to block the transmission through the federal court of canada, they talked to him about the details of the lawsuit nataliya leonova, on the one hand, canada allowed the transfer of a turbine for the nord stream to germany, on the other hand, the channels introduced many sanctions, provides ukraine with weapons and harshly condemns russia's war against ukraine, what does this mean, uh, the last decision of the canadian government, or does it mean that it is possible that the support of canada and ukraine has shaken the essence of my claim to the canadian government. i want to understand the basis for this decision. it is not clear to me. it absolutely contradicts this sanctions policy.

spoke up until now and she is trying to convince other countries to submit even tougher sanctions and so on, that is, there is no consistency here, i will show you yesterday the prime minister of labor said that our sanctions are against russia, not against our allies well, i was surprised. to be honest, what do you think that the sanctions will not have any consequences that will affect those who impose them? well, of course, it will not be pleasant for everyone. i am very afraid of what i filed a summons because i am very afraid what how is it? canada, which is the best, is considered the best friend in ukraine in various international circles and organizations, and so on. as it begins to loosen the sanctions regime, it can cause

a lot of other legal ways to transfer our money to it. -e to the review e-e asks e-e enjam i.e. stop until the moment that the court suspends the transfer of e-e the turbine to germany until the case is resolved on the merits and the essence of the issue is i believe that this decision is not justified it is unreasonable it e-e no reasons well, we don't know why was it actually carried out and we are asking the court to reject this decision in general and there is not only one turbine there, where there are six and you understand that this is wild, it cannot be that one

turbine stops the entire network this stream, which is worth about 10 billion dollars, well, it’s not impossible, that is, they probably have turbines, this and that, they are constantly being repaired, etc. there are probably turbines there as well. that is, we must have them much more clarity regarding this situation , it is necessary to put pressure on the government in some way in order for this decision to be revoked. well, of course, now i understand , i read that the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs has just called an emergency meeting, the meeting will consider these cases will gain momentum and this. to be

honest, this was the main goal of this lawsuit, so that not only those in those cities would implement it and back . solution do you think that this situation can be resolved by some diplomatic means, what is it like to communicate as a terrorist group, this would be the best achievement so that they would change at all, so that the germans would have the courage to finally solve their problems, we have ukraine for 8 years, the germans were told not to do it yes, what are you doing with gas for er with russia, especially with regard to the construction of er holes stream 2 nord stream-2, you say you are just holding yourself hostage president zelenskyy said correctly now dear you did so

that 100% putin will be so he can supply you now but at a critical moment he will stop again and will hold you hostage and with a visit in washington now the first lady of ukraine olena zelenska this morning she met with the us secretary of state anthony blinkin in the following days she will be received in the white house and the us congress more about the details of her visit and not only let's talk with ostap yarosh who joins the broadcast from the us state department ostap i congratulate you, do you know what first lady zelenska agreed on or i spoke with the us secretary of state blinkin and what is the situation in general and her visit to washington, yes, yulia olena zelenska will be in washington for three days, as you correctly said. today she met with the secretary of state antony blinken, for tomorrow we expect her to meet with the first lady of the usa angel biden and later on wednesday also olena zelenska is scheduled to speak before the united states congress regarding

a meeting with the state department, so we expect more details from this department on the subject conversations between anthony blinkina and olena zelenska, but as the state department spokesman emphasized today at the briefing, this was an opportunity for the secretary of state to once again reaffirm the commitment of the united states to the people of ukraine and also to note the efforts of the first lady of ukraine to support peaceful citizens who are suffering from this war, also happy day in prague, yuli noted that the united states is looking forward to continued cooperation with the ukrainian first lady, in particular regarding the support of some programs, in particular, he called the program related to support and mental the health of ukrainian citizens who suffered from the entire ostap war today, a little on another topic , today the minister of foreign affairs is super brussels, they talked about the need to continue economic pressure on russia, are they ready in washington to continue to lead efforts to further isolate russia, what are they saying about this in drabiv this the topics were also touched upon at today's briefing over the price, in the end

the state department noted that russia is really now isolated politically, economically, diplomatically, and financially, this is what he says. in principle, what about western countries warned russia before a full-scale invasion, so the state department is frankly surprised when there is any misunderstanding on the part of russia, as an example, the spokesman of the state department explained the situation to sergey lavrov. they refused to participate in a joint lunch with him , they also refused to take a photo together with lavrov, and he had to leave this meeting early, net price says that now it cannot be about business as usual with russia, that is, a return to business as usual, and according to him , this isolation of yulia will continue , he says, until russia stops its aggression in ukraine and withdraws its troops from ukraine. we still have minutes of the whole week, there will also be an important virtual meeting of the coordination group on

defense assistance of ukraine known as rammstein and this format what to expect from this virtual meeting yes indeed yuriy it will already be the fourth meeting in this format, we know that all previous meetings, in principle, after them, we saw the announcement of aid packages of military aid for ukraine, whether from the united states or from other countries, already about 50 countries from all over the world are participating in this meeting, so we will really observe in two days we expect to see the announcement of new packages of military aid, we don't know what it will be yet, but we will watch very carefully and of course we will inform our viewers who will have information about this thank you ostap liaison from the us state department was my colleague ostap yarosh, to return to the agenda the issue of crimea, which russia uses as a military base in the introduction of war, was one of the main topics of the meeting in washington of the permanent representative of the president of ukraine in crimea and the military representative on the results of her visit at the end of last week

this was told to the government in an exclusive interview by my colleagues tetyana vorozhka tamil tell me, please , what are the results of your visit at this time, i.e. what message did you come with? how do they say and what do you heard the answer, the key thing we came with is, of course, support for the topic of crimea within the framework of the russian federation's full-scale invasion of ukraine, because to some extent crimea has receded a little into the background, for us it is very important to say that the war did not start on february 24, but actually started 8 years ago invasion and occupation of the crimean peninsula, and we have all seen now, after 8 years, how much crimea plays one of the key relays in the military activity of the russian federation, and that is, these attacks that take place on the territory of the ukrainian state even today, when there were actually

missile attacks on ukraine in vinnytsia, they actually took place from a submarine in the black sea, which is called accordingly, a number of other local strikes, they were on the side of crimea. how did you say that crimea is is actually a military base of russia, ukraine received this new weapon, conditions were not struck on the territory of russia, crimea is ukraine, or were questions raised about the possible strikes of ukraine on military facilities on the territory of crimea, well, first of all, it should be said that such questions our ministry of defense should comment. yes, we all understand that. but of course, in general , after february 24, the issue of crimea came up to be communicated. a little differently, and we may have a certain understanding from the other side, because we

understand that despite that that the strategy of de-occupation and reintegration in 2021 was adopted, where the instrument is the foreign policy instrument of returning the de-occupation of the crimean peninsula , but we understand that now people in crimea are very much waiting for the return of ukraine, and we understand that people who oppose in the kherson region. people would oppose the same in crimea in 2014. if the people were supported by a very strong army, as it is now, and there would be a strong political leadership , which was not there in 2014, and that is why right now it is such a moment when we have apply absolutely all elements that can er that we can apply yes including er certain military elements for the return of the territory regarding er the use of such weapons that were supplied to

ukraine or not use this in the first place to comment, after all, our safe hands yes and the ministry of defense, our armed forces of ukraine, but really apart from being a constituent part of ukraine, and yes, we understand that the return of the crimean peninsula directly depends on the success of the operations in the south of our state and the liberation of the territory on in the south, in particular, of the kherson region, you also had meetings in the state state department, but literally yesterday, and the state secretary intimate blinking spoke about the filtration camps on the territory of russia and also on the territory of the occupied crimea says that, in particular , that russia should allow observers so that they can look and find out what is happening there, he also talked about the deportation of people and the deportation of children, the separation of them from their families, was it about this and what is happening now in this matter in crimea, we tried to inform about this topic as well, and

in fact, crimea is used as such a transit hub for our people, we had conversations with a large number of people who fell under such and filtering measures at the admin limits with the crimea when people were really stripped to the nakedness when people were men, especially yes, when they took written testimony from people that ukraine was allegedly carrying out some attacks on civilian cities and destroying infrastructure and killing people, as if it was being done by the military. such documents people were also forced to sign. of course, we know about the illegal removal of children, including through the territory of the crimean peninsula. i wonder if you have any sources . the territory of crimea and those who once were and still

remain ukrainian citizens. what do they think about? well, it is possible to participate in the war against ukraine. every year they conscript about 5,000 people, they are mostly young people aged 18-22, and accordingly, when a full-scale invasion would begin. - in 2021, they were involved in military operations in ukraine, despite the fact that this is prohibited according to the legislation of the russian federation, we identified 109 cases of funerals on the territory of the peninsula of people who were sent to the war from the territory of the crimean peninsula. and it seems that 58 of them are most likely citizens of ukraine, some of them are those who betrayed their oath in 2014. a very large number of people leave precisely because of such reasons, and very

often it is precisely the ukrainian population that leaves, and pro-ukrainian activists leave fearing to be mobilized and if you look at their social networks that discuss of course that they discuss these issues of the kerch bridge, they discuss the probable arrivals to the territory of crimea from the modern the equipment supplied to us by our international partners, that is, there is a certain concern that a full-scale war will move from the mainland of ukraine to the territory of the crimean peninsula, but they understand that the number of people killed in the war and the number of these coffins and bodies arriving on the territory of the peninsula they are colossal, that is why there is resistance even when the mothers and relatives of such soldiers in the crimea, or presumably mobilized or those who will be drafted into the army, appealed to the

military commissars on the territory of the peninsula they wrote big letters that we don't want our children to go to war and so on and so on, that's why everything is discussed so lively and i'm more than sure and i know from certain people that they don't want to go to war, good thank you very much thank you very much thank you in detail report by the american fashion world expert jean sidari, who for many years has been involved in sales of the famous brand vivien venstva, found a way to help the ukrainian fashion industry during the war. she created the online platform angel for fashion, which promotes and sells products of ukrainian designers in the world, iryna solomko tells the world fashion industry. a few years ago, she became interested in ukrainian fashion and designers. the intermediate result of this interest was

the showroom of a number of ukrainian brands at new york fashion week. the second showroom jam opened a few days before the start of the full-scale russian invasion. on the fourth day of the war, she received a call from the bomb shelter from the ukrainian designer alina kacharovska, who asked how she could sell her products. i thought all night and when i woke up the next day i decided that i should start a website for ukrainian brands, so i contacted several friends from barcelona and in 30 days we opened our website, which at that time had 30 ukrainian brands and more than 800 products before the start of the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine 95% alina kacharovska's products were sold on the ukrainian market, the war stopped production at that time, 170 people were working on it, then a few days later i called and said jam ah, well, in general, to her and a request with an offer, i say you have to

do something, you have more possibilities of connections there , i say well, we lost the whole market. come on , maybe you have some contacts in kickstarter to make some kind of separate crowdfunding platform there ukraine page because we don't know when we will be able to send something, we don't know when we we will be able to launch, but we understand that we need e-e cashflow in order to launch somehow support employees and so on. john sidari became not only the founder of the site, but also an investor in the project, since the woman knew the ukrainian fashion industry well, she quickly gathered designers and orders, according to alina kachurovskaia, began to arrive almost from the first day, the list of designers is currently sitting down, we now have 35 brands, and i think 1300 product names. we will continue to sell new things on the website every day, and i have a waiting list, currently there are 16 new

ukrainian brands that want to be on the website according to jena currently about half of the orders come from the united states the rest from various parts of the world the project ships products everywhere except russia says their customers are very loyal not a single thing has been returned all this time, they also treat the delivery terms with understanding, which are currently two to three weeks, as soon as english for fashion receives an order, we pass it on to the brands, and then the manufacturer can communicate directly with the buyer, and this develops personal relationships despite to the war in ukraine, says alina kacharovska, she managed to resume production and sales, most of her products are still sold on the ukrainian market , but the percentage of foreign buyers in the volume has increased including thanks to the gensidari project, this is a story about huge promotion and support, it's about uh, i

hope there's a long-term business relationship, about a cool startup project that 's developing. here are projects like angel profession , they start to convert in the second, third , fourth year, that is and this is despite the fact that we are already receiving orders, we as brands have received orders from many other brands, but start why because they are essentially starting to set a certain trend, they are starting to attract attention you declare, look at ukrainian fashion, it is very cool , according to alina, the war opened the door to the international fashion market for ukrainian designers, agent sidari hopes that the interest in everything ukrainian caused by the war will help her startup turn into a powerful project for the support and development of ukrainian designers from new york iryna solomko voice of america download the voice of america mobile application, the application allows you to automatically

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performing a combat mission in the marine corps, vitaliy was injured, but today he is preparing again to go to the combat zone, telling about the circumstances of his wounding, the guard recalls that in the morning the enemy artillery fired as usual, a little later the infantry entered the battle, an intense shooting battle began , during which vitaliy received a shrapnel wound from a grenade from an underbarrel grenade launcher, a long-awaited meeting with his family and relatives, the most important award for every fighter, but they also deserve the highest thanks because they are fighting for the lives of all ukrainians join the flash mob honor the hero unconquered cities of ukraine kryvyi rih the iron heart of ukraine and the longest city in europe, its man-made landscapes attract guests, and industrial tourism is actively developing

in the city. furnaces that indicate that metallurgy was still practiced here by the scythians during the nazi occupation , the head of the city administration, serhiy sherstyuk, led the popular resistance and introduced the official use of the ukrainian language and anthem. ukraine and glory and will are not dead yet, because even under enemy fire, the people of kryvyi rih fearlessly work, help and defend independence, because in addition to an iron heart , they also have a steel cossack character