so if you have seen lysomandych or know where she might be, dial the short number of the child tracing service from any mobile operator 116,000,000 calls to our hotline are free or write to the child tracing chatbot service in telegram on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service voices of america, time there, i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations , us secretary of state anthony blinkin called on the international community to continue increasing pressure

on putin, his henchmen, until pro-russian troops will not leave ukraine. the official said in a virtual address at the second summit of the crimean platform, which took place on tuesday, the international community will never recognize the illegal imperialist annexation of ukrainian territory by russia, german chancellor olafsholz and french president manuel macron said at the meeting that western partners are ready to continue helping ukraine in the long term at a time when ukraine celebrates flag day and tomorrow is independence day the us state department warns of the increased danger of russian strikes on civilian objects infrastructure, more about the main topics of the day, let's talk with ostap yarosh ostap hello, shows , what specifically are the us departments warning about again, and are they directly related to independence day? yes, indeed, yuli of the state department has information that russia is now increasing its efforts for possible missile strikes on civilian infrastructure and on government facilities of ukraine in

the coming days, such and such a message appeared on the website of the american embassy in kyiv, with your permission, i will read a fragment of their warning on so they write on the website that russian attacks on ukraine pose a constant threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure, the us embassy urges american citizens to leave ukraine now, using available private options for ground transportation if it is safe, but yuli has heard such warnings not only from the united states before, but also in the main intelligence agencies warned that it is necessary to be especially careful , in particular, on august 24, independence day, due to the increased threat of possible missile strikes or provocations from on the side of russia, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi warned that russia may prepare some demands and such, or particularly cruel. on this day, yulia , and also the warnings are similar to the last

ones . rocket attack on vinnytsia, however, at that time it was less specific, then it was about the fact that citizens were warned not to gather in places of large gatherings of people and also to avoid mass events, and such messages periodically are published on the website of the american embassy now we saw another one of them yury ostapa today at the summit of the crimean platform, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said that in order to return predictability and security to the region , europe must win, crimea must be freed from russian occupation. he said that where it began there and will end. do western leaders support such a vision, or in general that crimea is an integral part of ukraine and it should be returned to ukraine, this was central message in the speeches of the world leaders who spoke at this summit, in particular, this was also

mentioned by the president of turkey, who, despite supporting ukraine, also tries not to spoil relations with the kremlin. of russia on february 24, he said that putin wants to do with ukraine what he is doing in crimea, a very similar opinion was actually expressed by us secretary of state anthony heck, he also said that it all started with crimea, mentioned repressions, deportations, fake referendums, attacks on citizens, the deployment of troops, other violations of human rights and international law that russia demonstrated in crimea, also in its in his speech, he called on the world community to continue and continue to support ukraine and increase even more pressure on russia and vladimir putin, we can now listen to a fragment of his speech on the occasion of the crimean platform, and today, august 23, i ask that crimea is

ukraine as donetsk luhansk is ukraine as just like every other part of the country - this is ukraine , this was our position in 2014 and this is our position in 2022, we must continue to raise the price and increase international pressure on president putin and his assistants until the rights of the ukrainian people and their sovereign ukraine are respected and we must continue to provide humanitarian security and diplomatic support to ukrainians who bravely defend their rights, which the usa has done and will continue to do not only for the people of ukraine, because when we defend these principles instead of standing aside we help people of all nations to feel safer and more protected really very important statements were made today at the summit of the crimean platform thank you ostapa i will remind you that my colleague stash was on the phone from the capitol hill this was already the second

summit of the crimean platform whose main purpose where the occupation of crimea this year, the list of countries that took part in the summit expanded to more than 50 states and a number of international organizations, and the representation of forum participants was high, for example to the event was attended by most of the heads of state of the group. what did the crimean platform manage to achieve during the year of its activity and how much did the war change its agenda ? recognition of the joint reaction of the world community to the wrongful actions of a certain state or steam convinced ukraine is successful in pursuing this policy unequivocally in the context of the fact that the russian the federation did not just silently observe this, but did everything to ensure that this crimean crimean platform did not take place by itself, the summit and the whole

year after and today, the second summit, this is already a huge achievement, we managed to form a network of contacts of the crimean platform, in fact , every country that joined the declaration of the crimean platform she appointed a responsible person in the system of the ministry of foreign affairs, and all this year we had weekly communication with contact persons , constantly providing them with information about what is happening in crimea what are the trends, how are the occupation taking place, what are the consequences? and of course today, the crimean platform has an even more important meaning in the context of full-scale aggression. i am glad that the president, despite the serious challenges to security that we have now and the full-scale aggression, decided to systematically keep this topic in order. daily because they are not discontinuous because in fact the impunity that the russian federation had after the occupation in 2014 is a direct consequence of this full-scale thing and it all started with crimea and how we claim that the de-occupation of crimea must end. this is a

very serious symbolism. it already adds steam to the tasks and teams. the geographies of the west were expanded. what was carried out by the crimean platform was supported by a number of countries in africa, latin america and asia . the number of organizations, for example, joined the osce. last year, of course , the context in to which we are holding this summit and it is also important to understand because today we have a full-scale war we have military operations we have uh already naked yes that's all the positions are exposed, yes, there is already black and white, and therefore in this context the crimean platform takes on a different meaning. maria toma, head of the crimean platform activity support service, adds many of these topics that were voiced at last year's summit, in particular, the militarization of the peninsula and political persecution showed how critical they were and are for international security this year, among the topics of discussion are the reintegration and

economic recovery of crimea, as well as protest sentiments that intensified after february 24. different let's say that there were revelations, i was public, i was public, yes, when people record videos , for example, they put them on social networks or express their position in some way even in public space. yes, there are those who do this publicly yes, but this does not mean that they do not take risks. for example, they put up leaflets and in the end, for example, the fsb finds them there and they become involved in criminal proceedings. for us, these are signals that crimea is waiting to return to the control of ukraine. the summit this is the case of narimana jolyal, which is significant for the crimean platform, because now, that is, we previously understood that he was detained precisely for his participation in such a public crimean platform, and

now we see it absolutely precisely because it is in the case materials otherwise it appears like this, neriman himself said about it in his testimony in court that he was told about it immediately after being detained for a year of activity, the work of the crimean platform was focused not only on the international direction, the platform and the impetus for the implementation of significant changes which are related to the topic of crimea and in ukraine, this is in particular the work and the adoption of the law on the kurin peoples, the draft law on the status of the crimean tatar people is currently being developed. an advisory council was created by the president on the issues of deoccupation, integration and temporarily occupied territory of crimea, which will unite a large number of interested parties from the government to the government

sector in order to promote the implementation of the pre-occupation reintegration strategy, the second semi is only the beginning of the activities and tasks that the team of the platform sets for itself for the next year, already in october of the approach of the crimean platform , an international parliamentary summit will be held in croatia, the heads of parliaments will take part in it delegations of the parliamentary assembly, as well as support groups for ukraine, politicians and those who represent the official position of the state, government officials , they are often limited in their actions, limited by the situation, limited by political interests are limited by the position of their voters. and of course the parliament is key from the point of view of political pressure, but a political position that should push governments to take more decisive actions. in addition, the second black sea security conference will also be held in the fall , and the security of shipping will also be discussed there. as well as other consequences of a full-scale russian invasion for

the region, the whole range of consequences that we all know but may not always understand and do not know other countries will also be discussed and the main thing is you know the appeal to the nato countries so that we are aware of the level of danger of what has happened since the 14th year, and precisely with that or the strategic vision of the actions of the allies, the actions of the western countries, the actions of the black sea countries in the black sea, chabarovo says that the war is not conventional and has many other dimensions, energy, environmental , migratory and informational in this context, the crimean platform is an additional tool in the fight against russia, so sources are convinced that for ukraine this platform is a diplomatic rammstein with new york, iryna solomko, voice of america, head of the main diplomatic representation of ukraine in the

usa, oksana markarova, is sure that ukraine's partners will have the stamina to continue helping ukraine and pressuring russia, because what is at stake, says the ambassador, is not only whether ukraine will stand up, but also whether the entire democratic world will stand up to the results of the six months of full-scale war the current situation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant the support of the us government from the americans themselves i spoke with oksana markarova the day before at the embassy to ukraine and the ukrainian house in washington, ms. oksana, thank you very much for agreeing to this interview and for us to speak. on the eve of independence day and, unfortunately, six months of a full-scale war between russia and ukraine, have you ever been able to imagine such a question at all, you know it is difficult on the one hand, i grew up in a family in which they constantly talked about the ukrainian liberation struggle, they talked quietly at first during the soviet union, then not so quietly, and

my husband's family in general, both my mother and father spent 10 years in the camps, and my husband was born in the kemerovo region because of this, and his father-in-law, who is now 96 years old, who after 10 years in the heart of asia not only lived to that age, but continued to write and fight all his life and now, after his house was destroyed by the russians, not destroyed, damaged very significantly in 22- year, the council returned to him as soon as the kyiv region was de-occupied, he always told us that unfortunately these invaders who have kept us under such occupation for 400 years will never come to terms with independence and there will be another big war before that. but of course even understanding it, even reading all the history textbooks, even understanding that our struggle did not end in the 91st year by obtaining independence, it was still difficult to imagine, of course, because it is simply beyond the understanding of any

normal person. let's talk about one situation that is extremely dangerous, now the world's eyes are fixed on the zaporozhye nuclear power plant, we know that the un and western partners are calling on russia and the russian troops to leave the territory of this object of this plant and return control of ukraine and stop any military actions, but calls are all good, are there any effective mechanisms that the international community can use in order to ensure that the russian troops leave the territory and hand over control to the ukrainians, and are you talking about reporting this this is here in washington every day and in washington and our ambassador to the organization representative of the united nations and in fact the entire diplomatic corps everywhere and all of our political leadership this situation is extremely dangerous and moreover we are all very we want to see these effective tools that the international

community should and can apply because, just as with russia's aggression in february, when i remind you on march 16, the international court of justice passed a decision obliging an active member of the soviet security service to stop what they call a military operation and get out of ukraine and the member is broken, russia simply does not fulfill this binding decision for it, in fact, what can be the tools of the tools, there can be a lot starting from the actions that we ask from megate to allow but again after all, they all require russia's consent to use these tools, and here the question arises whether we all globally will continue to simply ask to use all these tools, or at some point the world community will understand that it is necessary to act more harshly in relation to russia, and perhaps the

time has come to talk about those things that we were always told that it was impossible about the exclusion of russia from some er organizations at least it seems very strange that a member of the security council is creating dangers this is a er question to which the time has come to give answers because in in the 14th year, unfortunately, the world reaction, the general world reaction, was not strong enough in this particular situation, do you think that there is some mechanism that can force the russians to get away with this territory, and if they stay, can anyone be sure that the world will suffer of another nuclear disaster we very much hope that these mechanisms will be found and we are actively working with all our partners, but guarantees while they are at the facility, not yet authorized personnel have access to the e-e of the station itself until armed formations that are illegal in general.

not only are they located in our country, they are also shooting near it, no one can feel safe. therefore, the number one task is to force the russians to get out of this station and force them to allow the monitoring mission that is supposed to enter our territory through ukrainian territory station. do you have confidence in the independence of this mission ? should be used to finance the pre -approved - approved by the congress in the amount of 40 billion dollars, part of which just went to finance all these military aid packages for ukraine that are already in place 19 we know that this is already a total amount of approximately 10 billion dollars for the first full-scale invasion that next or when does the funding end does this activate the lend-lease

lend-lease program do you expect congress to direct the next funding to help ukraine we are very grateful and that is where we always start to say that really this very active and very uh significant aid of the united states is uh invaluable to us of course you are absolutely right now with the acceleration of the provision and announcement of packages we are fast approaching the uh exhaustion of those resources that congress has authorized the administration to use and this applies to seven and a half billion in direct budget aid, and we are also very active in all three military aid programs, what's next, because it is clear that we see the enemy is not stopping yet , and we are not going to surrender to us either, moreover we are very clearly aimed at protecting and liberating our territories, that is why we are actively working

with our partners, and of course after all this assistance has been selected, and i want to note that not all of it ends on september 30, since the adoption of the bill allows the use of some funds outside within the limits of this budget process. but again, it is clear that we will need additional capacities, so we will work with additional allocations and activation if there are no financial allocations bills that have been approved by prolonglist directly. in other words, we will use all the tools so that the help of our partners is continuous and we hear very clearly from our partners and from the white house and from president biden and from secretary austin and secretary blinkin and from the congress, we are with you to victory ukraine in this, do ukraine and the united states have a common vision that there is a victory, this is the most important question that i am very glad that

many analysts have already started to discuss, it is very important for us that not only ukraine defend it is very important for us that russia loses this war because an aggressive undemocratic empire that decided in the 21st century to simply violate all international norms and attack a peaceful country that did not pose any threat simply at some point cannot to say well, okay, we and now we left because the conclusions from this attack from our struggle are very important in general for the entire system of international law and the entire security architecture.

common vision for ukraine, what is this vision of victory, the return of all and territories captured by the russians, president zelenskyi very clearly said this, uh, the complete liberation of all our territories, the liberation of our territories, the return of all our ukrainians, but also to achieve justice , president zelenskyi previously also expressed the hope that the war could end by the end of this year if it doesn't end by the end of this year do you think will the endurance of persistence a-a partners in the united states in for the european union to withhold sanctions, withhold aid and generally receive attention to this absolutely unjustified war, we have no other way out, so endurance will definitely become a ukrainian in such a situation with the acceleration of sanctions, which

we are very actively working on to accelerate military aid to us and other assistance of endurance in a certain moment will not be enough for russia, because with this aggression, they are not only harming us, they are also destroying their own country very much, because the sanctions that are planned even today are not as quickly as we would like, but in the medium term and in the long term, they, the russians, are stealing their own future, and i am sure that we hear it from many partners. hmm, will we all have enough endurance this is not an answer to the question of whether you stand ukraine, it is an answer to the question do you stand the democratic world ms. oksana, we are now in the territory

of the ukrainian house, when this ukrainian house was opened, what was the main idea regarding its task and whether it changed significantly because of the war, you know, in my dreams, i had a ukrainian house, uh, always still. when i worked in the ministry, it was very lacking . because the embassy has always done and does a very good job, but the embassy is an embassies, it cannot open its doors 24/7 for everyone, it cannot hold some events that we would like to do so openly, and the task was exactly this here is to make a place where you all gathered, where we could promote ukrainian culture , familiarize with it, tell more widely about what we sing, what we watch, how creative we are and we really have something to show. from our history

, which is traditional on the other hand, very modern, but to show that ukraine is very multifaceted, and when this phase of the war began in february, probably somewhere in the first month, the ukrainian house became silent. i was looking for my new voice, what he should do , i absolutely found it, that is, it seems to me that now the ukrainian house is no less active, maybe even more active, and the events that led to the ukrainian house in these six months are more than in the previous six months of work, so practically everyone who we come here to speak from business representatives to singers ukrainian artists they all uh make my job easier because they are all shepherds of ukraine of their kind what does it mean to you to have a ukrainian home in the middle of washington to see ukrainian flags literally at every step in washington. you see how nancy polovsi, the speaker of the house of

representatives, almost always wears ukrainian colors. ukrainian colors are worn with ukrainian decorations with ukrainian decorations. i did not expect to see in the american capital and that for you it is extremely important for all of us, first of all, it shows how much our struggle for independence and for our values let's share how much more it is than ukraine and how much it resonates in the hearts of ordinary americans, yes, that is, those people who are not necessarily even interested in international politics, secondly, this is absolutely the biblical plot of david's struggle with goliath this biblical story that must be repeated we must to win because when we see flags when we see flags

just on houses when we see flags like my very nice colleague the ambassador of france who not only has a flag at the embassy not only it is illuminated at night, the windows are yellow-blue , and we also see the statue of liberty, which has been wrapped in the ukrainian flag since the first days. a signal also to our fellow government officials here. because in this way the americans not only support us, they also give their understanding to parliamentarians and the administration in congress about what it is that what you don't want that people support us in what is this phenomenon that do you think it is still possible that the struggle of ukrainians is so similar to the values ​​for which american heroes also laid down their lives? maybe you can see in this freedom, independence, these are the

principles and values ​​on which america was built, listen to the words of the american anthem, yes, the land of the brave and the land of the free are free and brave these are two words that today everyone says about ukrainians break & free because it is a difficult question, but what do you think in a year, what will you and i talk about? i really hope that in a year, i don't know, but i i very much hope that in a year we will talk about those issues that were very important issues and i discussed them with the president when i went here and this was one of the big tasks, this is the issue of investment attractiveness, investment attraction, the development of trade investment partnerships between ukraine and the united states. i think that our reconstruction after our victory is the next

huge such project with which ukraine should once again surprise the world, i.e. now we have surprised everyone with how we know how to fight, defend ourselves and fight for our independence despite the size of the enemy but we have to surprise everyone even more how we can build something completely new exciting i really hope that this is what we will be talking about in a year i also really hope i wish it to all of us thank you very much for the interview glory to ukraine glory to the heroes was an interview with the ambassador of ukraine to the usa, oksana markarova, see a longer version of the interview on youtube and facebook, and that's the end of it. thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian. see you tomorrow for everything well, dad,

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