we do not smell of flowers and are sprinkled with dew, its summer tastes from the landlord, but my country is really bright and colorful, in the autumn, the dawn of my country is unique and wonderful, they give birth to safety, colors, and to you who covered yourself with a soft blanket, where you have not been, you will always return home to your country, i do not i will give it to anyone

on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, time, i am yuliya yarmolenko, congratulations, well , you are sorry for the military aid from the united states in the amount of 600 million dollars, which should help the ukrainian military with a counteroffensive, the pentagon declares the focus of this or the next aid package is what the white house announced the day before on the ammunition for himers missile systems and artillery that the ukrainian military effectively uses on the battlefield, pentagon spokesman petrahedr also reported that in the next two months, two anti-aircraft missile complexes will be delivered to ukraine alone, despite the fact that the pentagon confirms the successes of the ukrainian military with the counteroffensive, they say that there is still a tough fight ahead, all this equipment is intended to help the ukrainians in counteroffensive operations against russia, to help them regain their territory , i will not guess when this conflict will end

, i will only say again that we think the hard struggle will continue, obviously we have seen certain successes of the ukrainians and we continue to support their struggle, but we expect that it will be a very difficult struggle, the only way to shorten it is for the russians to do the right thing and withdraw the occupation troops from ukraine, or does the united states believe that after the successes of the ukrainian military on the battlefield, it is time to sit down at the negotiating table, such a question my colleague anita paul asked john kirby to be the coordinator of the strategic communication of the us security council, his answer is further, we believe that president zelensky should determine when he will be ready to sit down at the negotiating table and whether this will happen, and he himself said that he cannot do this now, we do it respect, he is the commander-in-chief, he is the president of ukraine, he decides how to define success and how he is going to

work towards a diplomatic end to this war. i would also like to note that mr. putin has also made it clear that he is not interested in cessation of hostilities and this is what is clear we want this war to end and a diplomatic solution would be a better option but an even better option would be if mr. putin just ended it today he should not be in ukraine and from the very beginning it was not necessary so he could end this war today without negotiations by simply withdrawing his troops and drugs or violence against the ukrainian people and we cannot forget that, so we will continue to support president zelensky as he said president biden as long as it takes, we will make sure, as secretary of state blinken said, that he will not only be able to succeed at the negotiating table if and when it comes to that, but also that he will be able to succeed on the battlefield already

today, pervy calls one of the reasons why the united states does not consider designated russia as a state sponsor of terrorism as appropriate, he also commented on the state department's statement that the biden administration, together with congress, is looking for ways to introduce additional measures against russia that would be similar to the restrictions that are introduced in the case of identifying a country as a sponsor of terrorism, we are talking about working with the congress to find additional measures to hold russia and mr. putin accountable for their actions in ukraine. the united states, not to mention our european colleagues, have already introduced very effective , very tough sanctions and export restrictions and we will continue to look for additional ways to

hold putin accountable and increase the price and consequences of this war for him we are not we believe that recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism is the most effective way to do this, and there are several reasons for this. we are talking to humanitarian groups and they have expressed concern that with such a definition, it may be difficult to work with suppliers in ukraine to deliver humanitarian aid . may be under threat at the moment, thanks to this agreement, we were able to export more than 2.5 million tons of grain from ukraine, this is significant and we want this flow to not stop and finally return to what we just talked about negotiation table we want to make sure that mr. zelenskyi has enough space for maneuvering not only levers of influence, but also flexibility when he sits down at the negotiation table, such a definition may limit his flexibility. in search of a solution through

negotiations. possible, but we are also ready to cooperate very closely with the congress on additional measures, despite the explanation and statement of the baidu administration on congressmen from both parties is not going to curtail its efforts or russia was recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism. this is how kateryna lisunova commented on her positions in an interview. you can work at home, but i treat it the same as before, if russia did not deserve this title, then i do not know another country that would deserve it, i understand i respect what the administration is saying we can

address these issues but we haven't put in enough sanctions this week i met with the us treasury secretary janet ellen we talked about enforcing these sanctions i wanted to make sure they have the resources they need this process also takes some time we have with this initiative to the secretary of state and many, many months ago, my colleague congressman marsikaptor and i submitted a bill that provides for a number of sanctions against russia, including recognition by the state as a sponsor of terrorism. so there are many levers. we only need the support of the administration and we hope that they will support us because, in addition to additional sanctions, the recognition of the state as a sponsor of terrorism will also have a significant impact on the international community, in particular in the field of financial sanctions and restrictions on banking activities, and i believe that russia deserves this

title, they committed genocide and in fact have been doing it for quite a long time. he has been behind bars for one and a half years in the annexed crimea on charges of illegal storage and transportation of weapons. in february, a russian court sentenced yesipenko to six years in prison, and with a fine in august, the sentence was reduced by one year. after that, contact with him disappeared only today. yesipenko got in touch with his wife and told where he was , however, how the war affected yosypanka's case and whether there is a chance for an exchange or early release , iryna solomko found out. on august 18, the supreme court of the russian-controlled crimea considered an appeal vladyslav yesypenko was sentenced to five years, according to isypenko's wife,

kateryna. after the verdict, vladyslav remained in the simferopol pre-trial detention center for some time against september 1. they refused to accept the transfer for two weeks, and ani's family and lawyer did not know where the journalist was until on september 16, he finally did not call from the colony in kerch, where it has now become clear that he will not be serving his sentence. there are advantages , first of all, the climate. of course, this is not siberia and it is not the arctic circle. sentsov was - it's just that he told that it's just a horror and a lot that prisoners are being transferred, political prisoners are being transferred specifically to russia, er, to siberia, far away . well, for the crimeans who have lived all their lives in a completely different climate, it's quite difficult, on the other hand, with him, it's lawyer simferopolskyi can be in constant contact, this is also a plus, well, the only minus , which also drew attention to this colony

is located near the kerch bridge, according to kateryna, vladyslav was waiting when he would finally be transferred to the colony, because his long stay in the pre-trial detention center affected his psychological state and this just one cell for one and a half years well, we understand that it is very psychological and emotionally exhausting for him, and these courtyards where they were taken out into the street were also very small with high walls, well, it is difficult to say that it was a street in order to somehow switch oneself tatyana pechunchyk head the board of the center for human rights, the change calls the sypenko case textbook from the point of view of the tactics used by the occupying russian authorities, are they falsifying the cases of crimean political prisoners in fact of vladyslav yesypenko e-e fsbshniki they kidnapped him and did not contact him for a few days after that, there was also a weapon thrown at him, which they later allegedly found and took from his

car, besides, there was torture, at first he was very physically influenced in order for him to confess to the crime and in fact, when the trial had already started, vladyslav yosypenko announced that he had been tortured, and we consider him to be a fabricated case. because of his journalistic activity, the sentence should definitely be overturned. and vladyslav yosypenko should be released immediately, the lawyers relatives and fellow journalists hoped that after the court verdict there would be a chance to exchange vladyslav, however, the war made adjustments to these plans by the office of the writer. now he is practically not engaged in exchanges, because these powers have been completely taken over by the gur, but some communication is taking place in the plan that e butchman's office is still being asked to consider the possibility of an exchange of civilian

prisoners, a block of which includes political prisoners along with military prisoners, that is, maybe there will be some promotions, but no one has done anything promises and even more so after the terrorist attack on the people of volyn in an interview with voice of america, the verkhovna rada commissioner for human rights dmytro lubinets said that his office is appealing to russia to hand over all the prisoners, but there is currently no progress in this case, we are raising this issue and will continue to raise everything as for crimea in general, they are annoyed because they are doing everything so that at the international level such a concept as the problem of crimea ceases to exist for us at all. this issue is basically to return everyone, i can say that the most of citizens, the armed forces of ukraine also

remind us that at the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, not a single crimean political prisoner was released, on the contrary, their number increased , including citizen journalists who tried to cover the events taking place in crimea, the list is growing, the occupying power does not belong to anyone lets go and several things are important for us now, the first very important is the support of our army of the armed forces of ukraine and where is the occupation of the crimean peninsula because it is now a chance to release everyone, and secondly, it is also very important for us that the issue of political prisoners remain the focus of attention, vladyslav's colleagues, for their part, are also trying to fight for his release , the president of radio free europe constantly raises this issue at the level of both the ukrainian leadership and the american international we will see what this will do for the physics organizations, and it is quite possible that under favorable

circumstances he will be able to leave as early as next year, since he has already been in a pre-trial detention center for more than a year, this is according to russian legislation e-e doubles and the law is possible that half of the term expires already next year and there is a chance that he will be released on parole for the journalist says vladyslav has a lot of faith waiting for the victory adds optimism and the award with which international organizations celebrate his courage in may kateryna with her daughter in new york, vladyslav received an award from the american punk club, the award was presented by the american actor michael douglas, now vlad is nominated for the second award, he was nominated by the human right house foundation there in the field of journalism for critically important journalistic activity in difficult conditions and

the award will take place in october in oslo, he said that he receives a lot of letters from the public in russia, by the way, a lot of letters from some famous bloggers and poets and he often answered to these letters, according to prytula , the yasypenko case and the politics of russia in general affected the work of independent journalists in crimea, making it even more difficult for them to work, and some were forced to limit their activities at the same time from 24 in february, crimea realia began to receive more information from ordinary people, which helps the media to continue to inform about what is happening on the annexed peninsula. iryna solomko. america 's voice for the invasion of ukraine. russian troops use the territory of the republic as a bridgehead for attacks, in particular for launching missile strikes and

air raids. how did the war affect the situation inside belarus and the belarusian-ukrainian relations relations as well as how did the tactics of the belarusian opposition change, researched by kateryna lisonova, in response to participation in a full-scale russian war, western countries introduced new sanctions against belarus, according to belstat data of the national statistical committee of belarus, in july, the country recorded record inflation rates of more than 20%, and the real incomes of belarusians from decreased by almost 3% from january to june."

structures made it clear to lukashenko that if this happens, there is a very high probability that a large percentage of the belarusian military will switch to another i think that this was an important restraining factor for lukashenka to resist more serious pressure from putin, but inside belarus the protest movement practically came to nothing, in particular due to the brutal repression. currently, more than 1,300 political prisoners remain in prison. protests at the beginning of the full-scale invasion reysov partisans were active reysov partisans who tried to slow down the advance of russian troops to the ukrainian border the belarusian district information resource that reports in the regime is constantly active real-time information about the evil and russian aviation from

the territory of belarus, as well as about the launch of missiles. in order for the ukrainians to react in time , two belarusian regiments named after kastus kalinovsky and pogonya are fighting for ukraine at the same time. nevertheless, the attitude towards belarusians has deteriorated sharply both in ukraine and in other countries countries of europe under the new conditions, the belarusian opposition decided to change the tactics of fighting the regime back and a conference was held before the new belarus conference was held in vilnius, where a decision was made to form a cabinet which now it will include let's say that the force component includes representatives for defense and national security and a representative for the restoration of law and order in belarus and for the restoration of law and order in belarus, many experts agree that what has changed in belarus is possible only in the event of some reshuffle in the kremlin, as long as putin is there, lukashenko is in no danger body russia made

a lot of efforts to help lukashenko and survive they gave him a lot of financial help they sent their commanders to control belarusian ether they have become very close in the military sphere russian special services have completely penetrated into belarus lukashenko is in the place where the kremlin wants him to be at the moment however, according to valery kovalevskyi, if russia fails in the war with ukraine, it may well consider belarus as compensation for that change belarusians primarily depend on belarusians themselves kateryna lisunova maksym moskalkov vladimir sergeev voice of america washington almost 80% of residents of the donetsk region who lived in territories controlled by ukraine before a full-scale invasion. and that's almost a million, 300,000 people left the region, among them many

elderly people, more than fifty such people found shelter in the kirovohrad region, yaroslav movchan met with immigrants from the city of bakhmut, which is now trying to capture the russians. sixty-year-old irina, her husband, volodymyr, inspects the damage the woman suffered a stroke, which caused her legs to fail, now she moves in a wheelchair, the family gathers for lunch, the ichkov family lives in a geriatric boarding house in alexandria in they came from bakhmut to kirovohrad region at the beginning of august. when the government announced the mandatory evacuation of residents of the east of the country for the winter, we will stay here, even where we will return .

the rich cook food, it's also a problem, shops are closed, pensions, remove problems, terminals don't work, banks don't work, but it's very good here, i didn't expect it, i was afraid to leave, i advise everyone to evacuate, because to endure as we endured the last one is better to leave until the last one got to go not to smirnov she lives in a boarding house for several months here a 69-year-old woman was evacuated from the village of kudema of the bakhmut district it began the evacuation began very heavy bombardment shelling volunteers helped us leave they took us out they met us very well they helped us very much thank you very much thank you very much

175 people live in more boarding houses, 55 of them are immigrants from the east of the country. privatbank and cards have been registered with social security . at the moment, they are provided with legal aid, socially, that pension is now in the freezer for fish. at the moment, we have a fresh-frozen hake here, and our people love this fish very much, and they love to eat it in the kitchen. work begins at dawn, they draw up a menu for the week, what to cook, they usually tell us what to cook, we ask them every day, we go to them every day. they are satisfied with nothing to the displaced persons from the east in the

boarding house, they also provide primary medical care if necessary and take them to the city hospital" well, i will write it down here, the choice is excellent around the house , the front line is just passing there, they said that the village

is practically gone, the whole village is in complete ruins, there is practically no one left, it is very difficult to reach a full-scale the invasion of russia in the territory of the donetsk region under the control of ukraine lived more than one million 600,000 people, according to the military administration, there remain approximately the 350,000 displaced residents in this pension do not think about the future, but at least irynchko plans to return home after the victory and rebuild despite his respectable age . i want to go home, of course, i want to go home. let's restore yaroslava movchan vitaly novikov for the voice of america from the kirovohrad region, one of the leaders there of the

77th general of the un assembly and spoke at the highest level next week will be food security in the world to draw attention to this issue chavon permanent representative linda thomas greenfield and chef philanthropist jose andres visited the ukrainian restaurant veselka on mangatin in new york on friday at the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion ukraine was at the center of the discussion regarding food security, together with his charitable organization worlds angel kitchen, chef hosendres has already provided 158 million meals for ukrainians who suffered from the russian war veselka restaurant, for its part , transfers all funds earned from the sale of borscht to the needs of ukraine, according to the owner. they have already managed to collect more than a quarter of a million dollars and finally a ukrainian trident in the desert at the american art festival burning man, one of the most popular

installations this summer was the ukrainian trident of sculptures weighing 700 kg was built by the lithuanian community with the help of ukrainian volunteers, khrystyna shevchenko talked with them in los angeles, where they brought the giant megatrizopus artifact almost 5 m tall and weighing 700 kg stood in the middle of the desert of the legendary berlin art festival, an annual art event held in nevada at the end of august, a trident was built and presented by a group of lithuanians ambrodastr 2022 we support the ukrainian people, we have a common history and we are fighting the same enemy at the same time - this is a big threat to lithuania. so we gathered in a camp. we were looking for ideas of what we can do to demonstrate our support. the idea to present the ukrainian trident came from the lithuanian community in los angeles and chicago. they made it from 75

parts as a constructor like a love of trucker we don't make everything simple as a constructor we saw an example of this ugh just someone cuts out the parts i come up with a shape all you have to do then assemble these parts wherever you are and it will be a big puzzle and the effort lives up to expectations the trident enchanted the public who went to the camp and did not get tired of taking pictures on its background about the art cars that came to the trident and people just danced meeting the sun to build a ukrainian symbol with all the elements as most precisely, the lithuanian community of los angeles turned to the charitable foundation stand, be ukraine foundation, the organization of ukrainian volunteers is better at the beginning of the war, is engaged in the

establishment of cultural diplomacy . the desire to know thoroughly about the history of the ukrainian symbol of freedom, which today is a symbol of world freedom, co-founder of the fund from the ukraine foundation center, iryna vasylkova assures the lithuanian community of los angeles was the first community that supported all the actions of the organization at the beginning of the war due to the close cooperation of the two communities. the lithuanian camp decided after the end of the festival to transfer the trident to los angeles to the sandlandfoundations to beginning out, this is a huge effort that was built up at the beginning of the war, but even before war was a constant partnership, we built bridges, participated in rallies,

participated in joint volunteer activities, humanitarian aid, military aid, so relations were already built, who is the part now? mega-3bu is stored in a warehouse sten wood from ukraine promises to reassemble it and use it for future projects in both ukrainian and lithuanian communities from los angeles khrystyny ​​and bohdan shevchenko voice of america download the voice of america mobile application the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn of the service, read the news, watch informative programs and videos, and also listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. by joining our channel at youtube.com dash voice of america and this is the

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