interests and is simply not a classic function of the ministry, in principle you know this has already been confirmed by the minister of digital transformation mykhailo fedorov , he wrote in a telegram to himself that we will not create a bank. mykhailo, very briefly . tell me if you are for or against this idea, and we will conclude with that. well, i don’t see what kind of problems are solved by the creation of another neobank in the country, and if we are talking about some related services that are now it is precisely the state banks that are lacking that are lacking in commercial banks in order to better provide their services to citizens, so here i of course ask. thank you , mykhailo demkiv from the icu invest company and yevgen dubagrys from the case ukraine analysis center were with us.

as always, in the middle we talk about the economy. i conclude the release of the news about the documents and soon the english-language version of the foreign passport of the driver's license and the technical passport for the car will appear in the application, this was said by the minister of digital transformation of ukraine mykhailo fedriv for his by the words of the law and the techpassport receive international coding that is used in the european union , the united states and canada, the technical details of the development on this are now being completed today, all this was news of the economy during the war. i am andriy yanitskyi, the espresso tv channel, together we will win

on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, time, i yuliya yarmolenko congratulations , the united states will announce a new package of military aid to ukraine by the end of the week , which will include four more missile systems of increased mobility gamers about this is redundant defense minister lloyd austin according to the results of the 4th meeting of the contact group with the defense of ukraine of the so-called rammstein format, in today's meeting, which took place in a virtual format, representatives of more than fifty countries took part, and many of them said, minister austin announced new security assistance for ukraine both in response to the urgent needs of the ukrainian military and for the long-term perspective more about the results of rammstein 4 and the future military support of kyiv let's talk with ostap yarysh, who joins the broadcast from the capitol hill ostap congratulations congratulations let's start with the main ones what are the key results of the fourth meeting of the contact group with the defense of ukraine as it was already correctly said

than dad said that later this week he announced a new package of military aid which, among other things, will include four more heimer installations in addition to the 12th that the united states provided even earlier and also ammunition for them and new shells for artillery and this will already be the 16th package from the program presidential powers from the beginning of august 2021 , laidosin, the head of the pentagon, also said that indeed these hymars installations proved to be very effective on the battlefield, and the ukrainians quickly learned to use them and very skillfully now apply them to other countries, so we know that some countries are announcing non-violent support for some will not advertise the action except for the united states . today we saw concrete announcements from lithuania , they said that they would transfer more armored personnel carriers to ukraine, by the way, in kyiv they emphasized because it is the armored vehicles that will be important for the effective counteroffensive of the ukrainians, and the latvians were also told that they are organizing military training for the ukrainian national guard, but how do other countries

help ukraine? defense assistance and that includes many new announcements made this morning as we see countries around the world continue to ramp up production of much-needed systems and of ammunition, this is a truly inspiring effort. and austrian allies continue to generously supply ostapa with equipment and their own supplies, defense minister of ukraine

oleksiy reznikov yesterday at a discussion in the atlantic radi said that for an effective counteroffensive in ukraine, 100 himers installations are needed, how many are they ready to provide in the usa? of rocket salvo systems of the western model, this is together with the 12 that the united states gave and also those other systems that other countries provided. now we are waiting for four more in terms of how much the united states will provide let's clarify, the head of pantelei nova still told me that the united states is committed to providing more such installations, which will provide more of them, but will estimate their number depending on the situation, will see how it will develop, we know that the military leadership of the united states is in constant contact with its ukrainian partners and also the pentagon added that they have already trained more than 200

ukrainian military personnel on such himers systems, this training will continue in the future, and in turn general mark milley added that the number 12 and which are already in ukraine has already shown its results on the battlefield and is an important component of their effectiveness. yuriy is not even the number of e launchers, but general mila says that logistics and the effective supply of ammunition and missiles to such systems are important. let's listen to what he says russia, today these systems have not been eliminated by the russians and i knock on wood every time i say this, the ukrainians use them very effectively using high-precision weapons, but the question is not so much systems, in fact, their launchers, how much ammunition is fired from hummers, and we very, very carefully consider all this on a daily basis. that's all you have today. i once again

emphasized that the war of attrition is currently underway, experts draw attention to the fact that under such conditions, the key the continuity of this military aid plays a role, what do minister austin and general milley say about how long the partners are ready to provide this security aid to ukraine yuri you know, i have repeatedly heard that he and the united states as well as from the leaders of the group, the leaders of the nato countries themselves, that they will support ukraine as long as necessary, they talked about it at their meetings, we know that now there are still funds approved by the congress for military aid to ukraine, but even after they are exhausted , it will be possible to apply in particular, the langlizzo program talked about it, and the pentagon also told us in an interview with the ambassador of ukraine to the united states, oksana markarova, about the support that is currently being provided, and that was really the focus of this meeting, as well as on help in in the short term, it is urgent, and to continue this assistance in the long

term, and he said so far, he really says that it may not be an easy task to maintain this unity of allies in the long term, but today, after the current meeting in the rammstein format, based on what he will hear his partners from the defense ministers of different countries, but yuli still remains optimistic. let's listen to how he commented on how long our allies and partners will remain loyal you know, there is no doubt that preserving our unity will always be a difficult job, but i will tell you about what i heard today at the meeting, there was dedication in all areas and a focus on continuing to do everything necessary so that ukraine has everything it needs, it was really impressive and these were spontaneous comments from the minister to the minister , it was really very inspiring to hear, these are the

comments of the head of the new government, given to yuri, we will actually wait for the concrete announcement of this new package of military aid about one that was announced today in the pentagon, let me remind you that it should be rolled out later this week, and then we will also monitor what the next packages will be released by the united states and other partners, let me remind you that for about two weeks we see the announcement of new packages in the last we have seen that in almost every there were additional himares installations that are very effective now and are needed by the ukrainians, as well as for effective countermeasures and deterrence of russia, definitely ostapa . thank you for the communication with the capitol hill, it was mine colleague ostap yarysh to help ukraine protect itself from russian terror, in particular to provide more modern weapons, the first lady of ukraine, olena zelenska, called on the us congress on wednesday at the invitation of the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy

polos. speaking, olena zelenska also thanked the usa for its help in the fight for common values, human life and independence, whom russia kills, america saves she emphasized how they reacted to the speech and appeals of the first lady of ukraine, the legislator will tell kateryna lisonova, who joins the broadcast with the congress katya congratulations i congratulate you yulia let's listen to moments from mrs. zelenskyi's speech in the congress and then we will return to the discussion now i am asking for something that i would never want i am asking you for weapons, weapons not to wage war on foreign land, but to protect your home and the right to wake up alive in it. i am asking you for anti-aircraft defense so that rockets do not kill children in their prams so that they don't destroy children's rooms and entire families, so help us stop

the terror against ukrainians, this is what i and my husband are asking, not as presidential spouses, but as children and parents of their children, because we want every father and every mother to be able to say let your child sleep peacefully, there will be no more air strikes, missile strikes, is this a big wish, is it a big wish, katya, how did american legislators react to such an emotional appeal by the ukrainian first lady, and what, announcing elena's speech zelensky speaker of the house of representatives, nancy polosi , said that the americans are shocked by the actions of the russian federation on the territory of ukraine. in addition, she emphasized that the situation and actions of crimes against women and

children are of particular concern to the earthly part of the congress. situation. i also talked with the senators. after the speech of olena zelenskyi, the republican white party even repeated this phrase of olena zelenskyi about that russia kills and the united states of america saves , they offer to listen to his comment just now, after she showed a photo of people who were killed, she said russia kills and the united states saves, they depend on the free democratic world to be able to defend themselves, but in fact , zelensky spoke out against so much for the transmission of information about the current situation in ukraine, a call to action, and directly another republican senator, rob portman, told me in a comment that he already signed the resolution today to recognize the actions

russia on the territory of ukraine with the genocide of the ukrainian people offers to listen to his comment also with a report on the current situation in ukraine, in particular , last night i focused on the latest events and we can say that the situation is getting worse, the russian missile is kissing more and more civilian points, they do not spare anything, not even grain, they destroy food that provokes world hunger as a result of this war the war that russia chose today i signed a sub-resolution that calls to recognize the actions of russia on the territory of ukraine as genocide why because if you check the very definition of the word genocide, it absolutely coincides with current events. katya, one of the topics raised by mrs. zelenska here at meetings in washington during these few days is the recognition of russia as a state sponsor of terrorism . these are the two

initiators of the corresponding resolution in the senate. what did they tell you about promoting the issue of recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism? here it is worth noting that in general, the visit of olen zelensky had a more political nature than usual , and the visit of the first ladies was more than a humanitarian one, and directly related to the resolution on recognizing russia as a state that sponsors terrorism, this was the first question that was raised by elena zelenska immediately during her first visit to the state department, as you correctly noted immediately after her speech, i was able to speak with senators republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal about advancing this resolution directly through the lens of the republican gram said that this resolution must be completed by the end of this year, he even emphasized that there are two important things that must be completed by the end of this year regarding ukraine, this is the recognition of russia as a

state that sponsors terrorism, as well as providing ukraine with more weapons, offers to listen their comments just now, i believe that there are two most important points that we must close by the end of 2022. as for ukraine, the united states of america must recognize russia as a state that sponsors terrorism. a few months ago, my colleague and i we are a critical party, we have already presented the resolution accordingly, it was unanimously approved in the senate international relations committee, we are seeking final approval, there is currently one person who is in opposition to this resolution, but i think that this will not become a problem, the first lady of ukraine presented a very powerful picture of this war which senator graham yes, i saw when we visited ukraine just two weeks ago, i

met with president zelensky, who asked for the same air defense system to the kids are back to school the people are back to work they need more artillery other weapons in a hurry to win this war and they can win it i have no doubt if the us supports them they will win this war and it will be a victory for our own national security because obviously, putin will continue to go further, the senator with whom i spoke after olena zelenskyi's speech emphasized the fact that ukraine should be provided with more weapons, heimersey was also directly mentioned, and this is also an important factor in that what was the impact of the speech of elena zelenska and e-e regarding the call for help to ukraine. thank you katya. my colleague kateryna lisonova was on the call from capitol hill, and on the eve of the senate, they discussed the

mechanisms of the potential use of the frozen assets of russian oligarchs to help ukraine. the us department of justice is asking the us congress to expand authority of the department to confiscate assets of oligarchs close to putin , andrew adams, director of the ministry of justice's klepto-capture working group, told the senate judiciary committee that the additional powers will be used to increase pressure on moscow through its full-scale invasion of ukraine the positions of legislators and government officials further russia's policy is inextricably linked to the interests of its corrupt billionaire oligarchs vladimir putin as a mafia boss supports these criminals in exchange for support and legitimacy and vice versa we we are working on a bipartisan basis to provide the ministry of justice with the necessary powers regarding administrative confiscation and the ability to transfer assets to the aid fund for ukraine. to be within the framework of a sound and constitutional legal

framework according to various reports of russian oligarchs only about 60-70, although this number is not so large and the large amount of their illegal wealth is impressive before the unprovoked russian invasion this year, the estimated net worth of these shameful russians was 530 billion dollars this illegal money is marked by corruption and directed by blood thus these russian criminals are no different from ruthless violent drug cartels we have several powerful legislative tools we can use against the oligarchs who have corruptly profited under the putin regime with these legislative tools we can pursue them and their assets we must seek the full level of justice against these high-level criminals this means not only taking away their assets we must also seek to

convict and arrest these people if they fall under us jurisdiction we quickly worked with our international partners to seize a russian oligarch's luxury yacht valued at 90 million dollars in spain to seize and transport a yacht worth approximately half a billion dollars from fiji to san diego and seize millions of dollars related to sanctions and established several financial we also made an open accusation against russian oligarchs and their henchmen of sanctions evasion and other related crimes today, this committee is considering legislation to expand the task force's ability to prosecute and seize assets obtained as a result of these corrupt deals with the russian government and allow the money received from the sale of the assets of these oligarchs to be transferred to the people of ukraine. you are watching voice of america

in ukrainian . us navy intelligence officer sean bonner organized training for one of the first volunteer units in lviv with a veteran and his ward talked to iryna solomko in the ranks of the united states navy put on the military uniform of a successful financier from above they forced the terrorist attack on september 11, 2001 when a full-scale war began in ukraine noise decided to go to poland with friends to somehow help in the early stages of the war our mission was to deliver medicine and vital the necessary humanitarian aid took people from high-risk areas, we had such an

approach empty vehicles cannot be , that is why we took aid in one direction and people back challenges were changing in ukraine, territorial defense units began to be formed en masse, and mainly from inexperienced volunteers, so sean offered his help with their training yuriy, deputy commander of the volunteer formation of lviv territorial defense, scouts with whom sean worked and his team became the core of the unit, athletes, shooters, part of people who know how to professionally to use a weapon, it's still nice to use it at a sports level, that's why the search for people who are from a group of like-minded people and the shooters could have been made military, well, at that moment, an attack was still in the sky from the territory of belarus in the direction of western ukraine. that is, we understood that at any hour we

might have to stop the enemy on the belarusian border. and that is why people need yuriy was trained as an engineer by his first education. for the past two years, he studied at the academy of the ground forces. he received the rank of lieutenant. he says that initially the main request to the trainers was to teach the group to shoot together when shooting at the same time . two or three 5:10 they move they change positions they come forward cover from behind in order to do it safely for us the question was that people who start working in pairs fours eights 16 men they fired at the enemy moving moving and doing it is safe for one, but understanding the requests and challenges, sean together with like-minded people developed a training plan to be able to shoot at a paper target while lying down is one thing, and to shoot when someone shoots back is another, the most important thing is

aspect of teamwork, which in the us army we call shoot, move and communicate. this is the most important thing. why did we have to teach them from the very beginning, because as soon as the team can shoot , move and communicate, they can become effective. five people at a time then the platoon level then the company it all has to cooperate so it takes time to build trust and communication when they are patrolling when you are involved in a firefight what to do right how to direct the movement to the left and to the right, because in such conditions it is impossible not to move, they also needed a certain medical training, what in the american army we call combat aid to the wounded as an action in may wounded and of course what to do in case of very serious field wounds, it was necessary to put in the head that when someone wounded, the first thing to do is to continue shooting in return . the training lasted 2.5 months. at the end of the training, after the

exams, each scout will receive a bulletproof vest and a medical kit from their menders. first aid kit for personal protection yuriy as the leader of the unit, an additional gift, they were the united states, they were only created and advanced westward, there were cavalry units, and with them, as a rule, there was always a scout, and often this scout was a native american, and the native americans, you know, had a reputation as real warriors, and one of the things which caused the greatest fear was the weapon they carried and it was the tomahawk and the american military and most of the special operations units did not forget that and they also carry tomahawks i gave this to my friend yuri and said that i hope that if you ever have to become him, you will use him and he will be soaked in russian blood."

sponsylvania iryna solomko voice of america the village of moschun near kyiv is one of the most destroyed settlements on the outskirts of the capital when russia began its offensive in february the village was in the center of hostilities russian troops bombed the mortars destroying 85% of the buildings however they could not overcome the resistance of ukrainians how moschun is being rebuilt today about they talked with the residents of the village

myroslava gongadze, one of the last outposts on the way of the russians to the capital of ukraine was the village of moschun, 5 km from the administrative line of kyiv. here the ukrainian military stopped the enemy and did not allow a breakthrough to kyiv. the village a few days before the russian occupation , most of the residents survived, they returned to the burning of their homes, now local activists and entrepreneurs have created a charitable project for the reconstruction of the village, the family of anna kolosovska, as well as a hundred families here because they lost everything they had despite the horror they experienced, the family is determined in its desire to restore life, and what to do honestly , i was already building for the third time, i got married, troila

came here today. it's definitely from scratch, it's just a pity that everything here is not, as they say, my grandfather will build a house after the war. in 1956, my aunt said that they came here to the house. well , i'm just saying it's very difficult. her three-year-old granddaughter ira remembers the rocket attacks today, she's playing on the ruins of her home and repeats her mother's words you are not afraid no, you are not afraid of anything their neighbor love topol lost even more besides her home she lost her only 34-year-old son who was one of the leaders of the territorial defense in muschini i am not like he is standing in front of my eyes time is just help

i feel good and who helps me, everyone does something, oleksandr, his name was oleksandr, and now i feel that his spirit is present here, love, the first resident of the village to receive a temporary mobile home. as part of the ua dream charity initiative, this will be her home on the next couple of years before the war, she was famous for her strawberry farm, now she dreams of continuing the work of her late son, helping people, one of the founders of the charity initiative, vitaliy kashchenko , says that the main idea of ​​the project is to rebuild the village from scratch, the first step is to provide all the men who lost their homes with temporary houses until the end next year, he plans to create a new village of dreams, in general, i want to build 300 houses, because then according to the list given to us by the government, 300 people have nothing. in general, they are what they have been building all their lives, it has

all been completely destroyed. the first stage we must give people a place where they can presume, and the second stage we must give them a decent life and build a village, but not the old village. i want to build it. i want it to be with on the one hand, the monument is a mockery, what is our creed to make, not a creed, but our goal is to rebuild, because then ukraine and then we will make new rules in the world , the router and the club are also involved in the reconstruction, they call on the international community to join the initiative restoration of the world more than 15 million dollars to help ukraine we hope that after it is built it will be called a rotary village somewhere there would be a spell of contradictions moshtun residents have to start life from scratch but they show resilience the russian army destroyed their homes but could not destroy the courage of unity and to their village

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