the rules will be this and the program is done, then it will really help the citizens and will really help the banks. somehow i earn a little more. it's a little better to survive, mr. yevhen. thank you for the positive news . we were with us, an associate expert of the analytical center of the case of ukraine, yevgen dubogres. they finished on a positive note, and i have more two short news the national bank launches a financial literacy site talan, a resource intended mainly for the training of educators, the formation of teachers, the training of trainers who prepared young people for life in the world of money according to the data the study of the project of yusei and the national bank , the level of financial literacy of ukrainians is at the mark of 12.3 points out of 21 required, on the other hand, the minimum level recommended by the economic cooperation organization is 14 points . so we have a lot to work on. well, the ministry of agriculture and food approved the first grants for the development of horticulture the total amount is

almost uah 17 million. i would like to remind you that in june, the government launched financial support for business within the framework of the program, there is work. entrepreneurs can receive non-refundable funds for training to create your own business. the ministry of agrarian policy manages two areas. it concerns the development of horticulture, viticulture and table farming. you can submit an application on the portal. action on this today was all the news of the economy during the war. watch us on weekdays at eight in the morning live on the air and repeat at 11:00 p.m. at any convenient time for you on youtube i am andriy yanitsky espresso tv channel together we will win

on the air from washington program of the ukrainian service voices of america, i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations , speaker of the house of representatives, nancy polosi, has completed her visit to taiwan, which lasted less than a day, but which attracted the attention of the whole world. according to its results, the legislator issued a statement in which she emphasized that the visit of our congressional delegation should be perceived as a powerful statement that america supports we came to taiwan to hear, to learn and to demonstrate support for the taiwanese people who built a prosperous democracy in beijing, but the visit was seen as a provocation and a violation of sovereignty the chinese armed forces announced the holding of military exercises in six directions around taiwan, the white house said that there is no excuse for china's attempt to turn it into a crisis, and the foreign ministers of the group of seven issued a joint statement where they expressed concern about the military exercises and emphasized that there is no reason to

use the visit as reason for aggressive military activity in the taiwan strait , we will talk more about the results and significance of this visit with my colleague kateryna lisunova, who joins the broadcast from the us congress building katya greetings to you julia what were the main messages that nancy poloxi voiced in taiwan and with what results did she end this visit in general the visit became a powerful political signal on the international stage and received a loud response in the media despite its short term speaker of the house of representatives nancy -pilosi managed to meet with the president of taiwan, this is the investor-minister of foreign affairs of taiwan, joseph wuuta, other government officials and leaders of political parties of the local parliament, and already today, during a joint press briefing with the president of taiwan, nancy pio-osi said that taiwan has become an island of stability in the world, offers to listen to a fragment of her speech right now, an island of stability in the world, and naruto ivanyu proved

to the world that with hope, courage, and determination, you can build a peaceful and prosperous future, even in spite of the challenges you face now more than ever american solidarity with taiwan is critical today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy loyalty america's commitment to the preservation of democracy here in taiwan and around the world remains steadfast, and we are grateful to the people of taiwan for their partnership in this mission . she will then go to south korea, then to japan, and only then will she return to washington . it remains unchanged that the united states adheres to the one- china policy. pokin reacted very strongly to the trip of the third most important american official . what consequences can this trip have?

it is worth noting that it is necessary to separate the consequences both from the side of china and actually from the side of the united states of america in relation to china, as of tomorrow china will begin mass training in the waters around taiwan, which will be located in 6-6 positions and will actually surround the island and will continue in these training for four days and with four until sunday is actually a mass training, the first such training since 1995. in addition, today beijing also announced new sanctions against taiwan, which in particular concern exports from china to taiwan of natural sand, as well as imports and taiwan to china of fruits and seafood, and this is in addition to other sanctions that beijing announced on monday in relation to the united states of america, the cap actually made a loud political constituency by announcing that the speaker of the house of representatives can do a visit where it wants and when it wants but nevertheless de jure washington does not recognize

the independence of the republic of taiwan and adheres to the one china policy despite the fact that it encourages taiwan's participation in various international organizations here, it is worth noting that these in june of this year, which will provide defense assistance to taiwan against this in the next four years, as well as recognize taiwan as the main partner and ally of the united states of america outside of nato, and this bill in the same place has not yet been voted on, it has only been introduced in the committee but such a visit, the visit of the speaker of the house of representatives can strengthen the discussion of this bill taiwan and ukraine have a lot in common they will never be legally part of their neighbor and both represent success democracy and pose a threat to repression vladimir putin's harsh attack on his ukrainian neighbors caused global indignation and formed an unprecedented unity among the democratic nations of

the world, but not all dingping, the nationalist president of the people's republic of china is now clearly taking notes and learning lessons from russia's unprovoked attack on ukraine so that use this tactic against the taiwanese we just deserved comments from american officials about what parallels are actually being drawn between ukraine is taiwan and here it is worth noting that relations between ukraine and taiwan are quite limited and since 1992, ukraine began diplomatic relations with china and also adheres to the policy of one china, but the latest events of recent years russian aggression against ukraine actually brought taiwan and ukraine closer together in the spring of this year, and vanya announced aid to ukraine, in particular, this concerns more than $11 million in aid for ukrainian refugees . this visit, we know that the nenets of the axis herself. the

day before, in her column in washington, she said that just at the time when russia is waging this unprovoked war against ukraine, it is very important to show that the united states will always support democracy and be against autocrats . thank you, katya, for contacting from the congress was my colleague kateryna lisunova, the minister of foreign affairs of great britain liz trust called the encyclopedia's visit to taiwan justified and china's rhetoric inciting more about the position of europe and other major events today we will talk with my colleague in london, bohdan tsyupan. i would like to welcome the many reactions to the visit of the american high-ranking official to taiwan. we heard from china and russia even. how do european

politicians perceive and comment on this trip? e reacted to the european union today e the spokesman of the eu organization of 27 countries said that they wanted to see less tension in the european union, that they want both sides of the taiwan strait to resolve the issue through dialogue, perhaps the brightest and most interesting reaction in europe was the reaction of latvia latvia is a country that has serious problems with china due to the fact that last year the representative office of taiwan and beijing was opened in vilnius - it was terribly indignant and outraged, so yesterday the minister of foreign affairs e- e of lithuania lanzberg wrote on

twitter that ms. pavlo opened the door to taiwan wider with her visit, through which, as he said , more supporters of freedom and democracy will now come. this is the name of the reaction, but when united in the event of aggression against taiwan, strong economic consequences and global isolation will await china as well. president biden also repeatedly emphasized that it is very important not only to introduce sanctions but also to maintain them now, it seems that the more important question in the context of bohdan's latest events in the sixth month of the war is whether europe is ready to adhere to the regime of sanctions against russia for as long as it takes europe says it is ready, but it is obvious that the europeans are waiting for the tests

probably not one and one of the slowest and most noticeable already now there are gas tests, we see that russia has actually reduced by five the supply of gas to the largest consumer in europe, germany, and a few days ago it was announced that latvia stopped receiving russian gas, before that, gas supplies to finland and bulgaria were stopped. poland, and all this together led to a serious increase in energy prices, together with the economic situation in the world, the situation with oil prices, and in europe voices are being heard, although voices that we have heard before are about what sanctions say harm the europeans from permanent corners, so to speak, for example, this week, the representative of the head of

the national assembly in france, e.e., the former candidate for the position of the president of france, marina lepin, said that the french suffer from these sanctions, e.e., the europeans suffer more than the russians, and therefore they should be canceled e- she stated , we have heard about this from her before from similar associates of hers we have heard before for now they remain in europe bohdan's minority has yet another new topic today the first ship with ukrainian the cargo that went to odesa sports on monday has already passed the inspection to turkey and directly to its destination in lebanon, the event is symbolic, but it is actually a drop in the ocean

. ukraine in general, what are they waiting for the shipment of, there were statements that three ships are ready for shipment, but regarding the drop in the sea, in order to see what kind of drop it is and what kind of sea it is, it is important to count the ship that finally passed the black sea by sea, the eu exported from ukraine more than 26.5 thousand tons of grain, namely corn, in general, in ukraine, the eu expects to export 50 million tons of agricultural products, more than 20 million tons of grain, if it is exported by sea, it is needed for 50 million tons of cargo almost 2,000 flights. can this agreement, which was reached under the auspices of him and turkey , ensure this, or is it possible within the framework of this agreement

if it does not restore freedom of navigation in the black sea, these are important questions that will surely be heard more than once in connection with this a problem bohdan khmelnytskyi that they do not yet see any moves or signals from the kremlin that they are ready to conduct serious negotiations, as they see it in europe, well, in this regard, it is interesting to mention that a great german friend of mr. putin, gerhard schroeder, the former chancellor, returned from moscow germany, and he, in particular, commenting on these agreements on the passage of ukrainian grain , said that perhaps this will be a model and a way for further peace negotiations with russia, but in ukraine, in particular, there was a very strong reaction to this

they were skeptical and declared that they expect a ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from russia first in ukraine, but russia has not yet shown readiness for such a thing. thank you , bohdan, my colleague bohdan tsyupan was on the phone from london. president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky responded to the petition on the legalization of same-sex marriages in ukraine he thanked those who joined the petition for their active civic stance, but explained that according to the constitution of ukraine, marriage is based on the free consent of a woman and a man, and in the conditions of martial law, the basic law cannot be changed it is possible, this is the first petition that has collected more than 25,000 signatures, it is enough for mandatory consideration by the head of state, the voice of america spoke with

representatives of the lgbt community who are currently at the front , they say that while defending the country, they do not receive sufficient protection from the state, says lesya bakalets, i am officially a combat medic of the platoon, i am a soldier the operator of unmanned greeting devices, we are soldiers , this is a mortar, yes, a mortar launch. there, i don’t know if you can see, there is a small mortar, oleksandr nastya and viktor, all three are serving in the armed forces on the front in the south and east, we have already been in, i'm sorry, in such battles. well, mykolaivka, eh, kidney us, lord , under lysichanskyi, eh, well, those were heavy battles, yes, and this is kharkiv region, cossack lopan, yes, kyiv region. we have been through a lot besides the struggle for the territorial integrity of ukraine every day they fight for their rights as representatives of the lgbt community, boys and

girls defend our motherland at the front, they risk their lives and health, they need the protection of ukrainian legislation for the first time viktor pylypenko went to live as a volunteer back in 2014 he is openly gay and created an organization ukrainian lgbt military for equal rights in it and nastya confederate they insist now ukraine needs the legalization of same-sex marriage more than ever before i have a relationship in every relationship there is a child and i want this child to have all the privileges of me as a participant in hostilities plus e of course, if something happens to me, then the question will arise, how to bury and what will happen if a heterosexual family receives help from the state, children are protected by law, for example, in gay families of the military let's put it this way, when green's breadwinner

is a gay family, the family does not receive benefits, and about civilians, the whole country is now on fire, everyone, every family is heterosexual, europe, too, the family is under the threat of a cruise missile oleksandr zhugan was an acting teacher until february 24. on the 25th, together with his partner, he signed up for the armed forces. he says that now he feels even more the lawlessness of their couple before the law . the prospect of death is very real. kills you somewhere on the front line, your loved one turns out to be like well, you have no right to pretend that you are simply not familiar with each other. for example, my partner and i have been together for 8 years, soon. well, in the legal field

, we are still no one to correct the situation two months ago quickly collected 25,000 signatures, enough for it to be considered by the president, at this time every day can be the last, let people of the same sex get the opportunity to create a family and have an official document that will confirm it yesterday , president zelenskyi officially responded that to legalize same-sex marriages, it is necessary to change the constitution under the conditions of martial law in the country, this is impossible, but he emphasized that the alternative is the draft law on civil partnership, which is also the creation of a legislative mechanism that would provide an opportunity without making any changes to the constitution, without changing the concert of marriage in any way at all, simply to give the opportunity to same-sex couples, in particular, to couples or others to

register their relationships, let's say so. base, it will be done by analogy, just a couple will come to register a certain partnership and by the fact of registration, already a partnership, they will have a certain set of exercises, such a contract exists. in many european countries, it gives almost all the rights that marriage, except for the title itself, often such a bill is considered as the first a step towards the legalization of same-sex marriages, but it is important that the struggle for equality does not end with this compromise , the american lgbt organization viktor fant notes. marriage is marriage, any other contracts are not the same unequal marriage such a document can have important legal significance especially in times of war and provide some peace of mind but it is not equality but the goal is always full equality i am not a second class person - my relationship should not be considered inferior applications of others now questions

about civil partnerships on behalf of the president, the prime minister of ukraine should take care of it, human rights defenders say that if there is political will, this document can be adopted quite quickly because there should be fewer opponents of the changes this time than according to survey data of the kyiv international institute of sociology, over the past six years, the number of ukrainians with a negative attitude towards lgbt people has decreased from 60 to 38%. lesya mykolayovych oleksiy usyka, america's announcement, the devastating consequences of the russian invasion of ukraine were felt by millions of families, including american families who are now in the process of adopting ukrainian cheeses, ukraine has now suspended all international adoptions , because judging social services are working at the limits of their capabilities, and many children had to to evacuate abroad or to other regions of ukraine more in the story of oleksiy kovalenko usa, the number of international institutions decreased, however , americans continued to adopt children from

ukraine according to the statistics of the us state department in 2020, american citizens adopted more than 200 children in ukraine, according to ryan hellon, the president of the non-governmental organization national adoption council in 2020 , according to this indicator, ukraine became the country with the largest number of institutions from the usa. 10% of all international institutions of american citizens were it was from ukraine, mostly it was older children who had lived in orphanages for many years before a family approved by the authorities of ukraine was chosen for them. then the family applied to the ukrainian court to complete the adoption process and this is a long process that includes many checks, training and preparation and takes from one to two years, when the war started, of course, there were no more opportunities to go to ukraine, adoption processes stopped, some of these children have already found families who managed to complete the adoption

but most of the families who are in the process do not have the opportunity to complete the court procedures until they receive official approval from the authorities of ukraine, and this does not happen because of the war , according to the data of the american adoption agency, at the time of the beginning of the war, there were at least 200 at one or another stage of the adoption process families, at least a hundred of them ended up in limbo - says gengola, many of these children had already visited american families, they came to the usa as part of a special program to get to know families to establish relations with them now. these children can be in refugee camps, they are in conditions that are of course far from ideal and there are many families who want and are ready to adopt these children, but they do not have the opportunity to do so, of course we understand that the reason this is a war, so we hope that our governments will soon start cooperating on adoptions, because

the safest place for these children will be a family that loves them, and in a refugee camp and a shelter phil and christy grace are lucky to have them tell all after all, they managed to adopt a girl from ukraine with special developmental features. on february 25, they were supposed to know the date when they would be able to take the girl to the united states, but on february 24, russia invaded ukraine and everything was stopped. as a result, they had to wait until the end of april. they took the daughter from lviv, where the orphanage from zaporozhye was evacuated. all this time we lived with a feeling of insecurity and fear so much we wanted to do something to put some pressure on the ukrainian authorities let me just come and take my child but at the same time we understood they are fighting for their freedom and their lives, the kalakhan family of california found themselves in a much more difficult situation. gina and her husband made the decision to adopt eight-year-old svetlana back in 2019 after her second trip under the

family hosting program, but in 2020, with the beginning of the covid pandemic the case stalled and only this year the family got the green light to adopt svitlana we got approval from ukraine on february 22 of this year we were so excited because we had done so much work but on the same day the usa started to evacuate our embassy in ukraine and my husband and i looked at one thing and thought it was a very bad sign and of course we all know what happened on february 24. we were planning our first visit to ukraine and we were going to announce that we were going to adopt svetlana, we did not have time to reach this stage of the process, so now we just have to wait. gene and other american parents who find themselves in a similar situation are calling on the governments of both countries to agree to allow families to take children into

temporary custody until the war ends and complete the adoption process already in peacetime oleksiy kovalenko dmytro savchuk maksym moskalko voice of america conduct water deliver products help in transportation and restore infrastructure the american public organization new ukraine helps with this philanthropists have launched a project of micro-grants, i.e. providing small sums to solve current issues on the ground, the organization says the program has already helped more than 2 million ukrainians. khrystyna tells how it works and what is needed to get a micro-grant shevchenko is hell's kitchen in kharkiv , a volunteer organization is an improvisational bakery and kitchen, they unpack food kits and then deliver and distribute them free of charge to displaced persons living in villages in the kharkiv region further from the front line. in order for the kitchen to work, constant funding is needed, rockets from the sky do not really

need support later that there are few humanitarian organizations working there, because they are not within earshot, yes, everyone knows the displaced people in lviv, in uzhhorod, ivano-frankivsk yes, but we do not hear from we don't hear about immigrants to pervomaisky, e krasnopavlivka, yes, where is the village in which maybe 300-400 people lived, and now 2,000 people live there, and they have one store for the whole village. well, it never existed such an infrastructure and we have problems with fuel and it is very difficult to deliver humanitarian aid there, you understand, so the volunteers turned to a charity organization of a new country from california, the application from hell's kitchen was considered by san francisco resident rodion yary, one of the members , together with his colleagues the board of directors of the fund, after considering the application, says that the region has allocated funds for the delivery and preparation of food, and that the

region has allocated more than a thousand of such micro-grants on the territory of ukraine - this is the provision of small sums of money by volunteers or volunteer organizations on the ground in different times of ukraine. we understood that in order for us to react very to react very quickly, we need to make partnerships with small volunteer groups that know how to solve problems on the ground, among the priorities of the organization are grants to help in evacuation from the occupied territories, as part of the program, 50,000 people were evacuated in another direction - the delivery of medicines and food , very, very many people were left without the opportunity to simply buy food, you can never find it because, well, the logistics were all developed and people were sitting in basements. there they are. well, the store doesn't work. there's nothing you can do about it. so

we gave out almost 2 million to feed people, they also provide micro-grants for the restoration of infrastructure, for example in mykolaiv, which found itself without drinking water the new water cream funds volunteer initiatives for drilling wells, the average amount of one grant is $3,000, in order to receive a grant it is desirable to be a member of a public organization and conduct transparent reporting reporting is the most important part one of the most important parts of this whole process because if you do not give good reporting you can get some next grand after that. that is, we did a check on you, we said okay, and you help with food in kharkiv, you buy such and such food packages that cost so much and that's all. and please provide us with some kind of reporting. you can apply for a grant on the official website of the new ukraine. we are trying to help all over the country. well, in each region

we have at least one partner . throughout ukraine, today the fund has already spent more than 25 million dollars on aid to ukraine khrystyna shevchenko palo alto california voice of america." and that's the end of it. thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian. see you tomorrow