that is, the ukrainian army achieved important achievements , even when the secretary of state was here, he frankly said that he came here on behalf of the president to show unfailing support for the head of state, the administration and the american people, and by the way , a new aid package was announced for almost 3 billion dollars, which includes a radio secretary with happily announced a new aid package when he was here, it includes 675 million dollars for what ukraine needs right now in the war, as well as 2 billion dollars to prepare ukraine and its partners and allies for the future, so this is a significant aid package that is added to the almost 15 billion dollars for security aid that was allocated from

february 24. i will publish the material. you must have read this article that the ukrainian authorities have officially requested missiles for the gaimers with a range of 300 km. how likely is it that kyiv is stronger than them ? it is necessary to speak in ukraine i do not want to go into deep details about the types of weapons provided by the united states, these issues are very seriously discussed by the military of our countries, as well as in political circles, but what can i do say the united states is working diligently to meet the needs of ukrainians in the field of security, the type of weapons has changed along with the conditions and needs on the battlefield

. we provide together with our partners that it helps to achieve success, but i want to emphasize that this is the ukrainian army fighters soldiers and citizens fight and die giving their lives for their freedom for communities their families we we are very proud that we support them, the actions that everyone is talking about now. if i'm not mistaken, for jesus , they liberated more than 6,000 m² of territory, they inspire the us government to help more, or vice versa, they create a mood that there is no need to annoy putin too much. ukrainians who fight and achieve success, we are proud what we see, we are proud that we can help, as i said, president biden, we will

stand together with ukraine as long as necessary . the white house has already announced that there will be more help in the near future. we are now actively engaged in support ukraine in the future for this and this 20th funding package that the secretary of state announced last week, this is done every few weeks, so i think i hope that you will see continued support from the united states, it will apply not only to the defense front, but also to the economic front, the humanitarian front, and also in cooperation with our partners and allies on the diplomatic front , of course, on the diplomatic front. by the way, andriy yarmak, the head of the president's office, said at the yalta european strategy conference that in the near future, we will see a document in which year under the state sponsor of terrorism, president zelensky has been asking to do this for quite a long time, the decision has already been approved in congress, but the white house is still in no hurry, what

joe biden is hesitating, we fundamentally do not publicly discuss internal communications on various issues and about such recognitions, too, but what we are already doing and will continue to do, we are taking numerous measures, measures that are foreseen in the event of recognition of the state as a sponsor of terrorism, for example, all sanctions which we have already applied to the russian management of russian banks and russian companies - it all has the same effect, it paralyzes the russian economy and also reduces russia's ability to continue this war. we will continue to do all this and also discuss the issue of this recognition at the domestic level. this is because of e-e another diplomatic aspect related to this war, some european countries, in particular the baltic countries and poland, demand to stop issuing

tourist visas to russians, i suspect that they will soon finland will join, and maybe sweden too. all countries that have a border with russia demand that the eu stop issuing tourist visas. so far, the european union has only canceled the simplified visa regime. that is why these countries decided not to issue tourist visas at the national level, but the state department did not like it, they said that this putin's war and not all russians, or does the american government really think that this is the case? yes, i heard that president zelenskyi and the ukrainian government spoke about the suspension of visa issuance, it's theirs vision, this issue is currently being discussed by the eu, our position on this, i do not have any sensationalism on this matter, but our position is how we approach the visa

issue. i don't want to speculate about other steps now on this topic. whether it will change or not, but this is our primary approach. i respect the rational vision of our ukrainian partners. but how and in the end the situation is changing we are carefully considering the possibility of using every tool that we have in order to use everything appropriately and ultimately help ukraine to defend itself and protect its territories polls show that about 80% of russians support the so-called special military operation or is this somehow correlated with the decision not

to stop issuing visas in order to apply restrictions on those who support the russian war against ukraine is what we are doing at the moment, we constantly monitor the situation and evaluate how best to apply these or the other tools to achieve the goal and for us the goal is to help ukraine defend itself to support the independence and sovereignty of a flourishing democratic ukraine as it integrates into the euro-atlantic institutions sergey lavrov while we are talking about visas sergey lavrov recently received an american visa he is no longer under sanctions a sure visa to attend negotiations at the un or the signing of some contracts, i don't know, as a rule, we

discuss restrictions on personal visas, i'm not the person who can give an assessment, but it was made in accordance with our laws and regulations. and now i would like to talk about information policy and information security . statements from washington, kyiv, berlin, and other capitals have repeatedly sounded that russia uses not only energy resources as a weapon, but also information. we know about mass propaganda , disinformation, but still we observe that in the information space even in the united states there are pro-russian narratives, do you remember the cbs film about the fact that apparently only a third of western weapons reach the front, in the end that the film was removed from public access, is there an understanding in the united states that something should be done about it because there is still a lot of russian influence i agree that russia and the putin regime have turned

information into a weapon like many other things food products energy resources there are a lot of narratives based on disinformation, we see it, our policy is to counter it, to publish facts that will level or deny false information, this is a big part of our work. i came here from the neighboring in slovakia, this also often happens there, it is very important that we treat this very seriously as a threat to democracy, and we as a government must respond with facts, truthful statements, information that will help people evaluate the information they receive, accordingly, this line between freedom of speech and information weapons, how to define it in general

, it is possible to do this part, how can you tell that it can be done but we need to be quick and accurate, ensure the publication of information that people can evaluate, we oppose the spread of false information, so banning russian media will not be an answer to any specific questions about this, i still think that for us in america freedom of speech is very important, but at the same time i think we should consider how freedom of speech is used, but this is a question for those who this is done from the point of view of the law or from a broader perspective, from my point of view, we as the government can do a lot in order to strike not with weapons, but in an equally important way in order to

counter the spread of false information, we we see this in ukraine if you look at what president zelensky is doing, his video address on those things in which ukrainians have shown great creativity both in the battle on the battlefield and in the information space. i think we can learn a lot. we continue to work with ukrainians , europeans and others to accept this experience and to strengthen my own democracy eh n watching media i have to read and watch a lot of russian media, this is my job, they have been promoting this message for a long time, but recently with with new force came reports that washington is pushing president zelenskyi to reconcile with russia so that he eventually sits down at the negotiating table with them. how true is it to repeat what our president and the secretary of state and other

high-ranking officials said? they said that only ukrainians and the democratically elected leader of ukraine, president zelenskyi, can decide when and how this conflict should end and when and how to begin negotiations, my task and our collective task of the united states to support all ways of ukrainians so that they have the strongest possible position at the negotiating table, and we do this by providing the most powerful position on the battlefield, they will still have to start talking at some point, all wars at a certain point end with negotiations . establish red lines of questions in the united states support

the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine , also an example of propaganda i think so to support ukraine so that it decides when and how to start negotiations to support ukraine's ability to defend itself to defend its territories, its communities, its families and its sovereignty, etc. do you personally think that this war can end as long as putin remains the president of russia. we must communicate. i think

this war will end when russia withdraws its troops, and i also believe that ukraine will dominate to force to force to force putin to withdraw his troops. i believe that the ukrainians who will win on the battlefield will help him with this to do in order for you to see in kharkiv oblast exactly how they started to leave. i believe that this is the result of the bravery and sacrifice of ukrainians, and i also hope that with the help that we and other partners and allies provide. i think that the importance of ukraine dominating this battle is not what ukraine is fighting for can be overestimated, it is the principle of the international system that has introduced peace , stability and security for europe and america throughout the world for decades, this is very important, we are here

because we understand how important it is and we are here that's why that president biden said that the americans will support the ukrainians as long as necessary, at the same time russia is trying to make friends with china china was defined as a threat in nato's new defense concept even higher than russia russia is trying to strengthen relations with china and china is helping it impose sanctions or is there an instrument that will help western government to stop it. i would not like to say much about russia's relations with other countries because i am the representative of the us president in ukraine. i can only say that we had conversations with china, we expressed our concern that they could potentially support russia, russia is

inciting a war in ukraine, violating ukraine's borders and territorial integrity . something to watch carefully i think we always have to be on guard on the other side they are reporting that russia is buying drones from iran and trading arms with north korea these two countries are already called they are already renegade countries sponsoring terrorism. will this affect the diplomatic perceptions of russia in the world , and in particular the united states? i do not want to focus too much on russia, because what russia is already doing, of course, affects its reputation. it attacked a sovereign, independent

country. terrible war our work and our goal here my goal on behalf of the president and the secretary of state is to help ukraine defend itself to do everything so that russia receives a signal from all corners of the world that force does not make you rule a-a opening this door when countries can violate borders kill civilians attack communities this is as the secretary of state said to open pandora's box this is sowing chaos in the world this is very dangerous this violates the international order this violates the un charter this is why america and allies and partners around the world have pledged to support ukraine's efforts to defend itself. i understand that you have a very tight schedule. i am already hinting that

our time has had an effect, but i want to ask you this last question. you have a very important job because you the primary source of information from ukraine for the president of the united states, if i were the president of the united states, i would ask you if there is anything we are omitting that can help ukraine win, so that you can answer me, i think we should continue to do what we are doing, i believe that this is exactly what we will do and in the future, we are proud to work here, we are inspired by the successes of ukrainians on the battlefield recently, we will continue to be close to ukraine and help her. as president biden says, as long as it takes, thank you, thank you, volodymyr neskoren

of the cities of ukraine is the cossack town of okhtyrka, which is proud of its temples and the miraculous icon of the mother of god, when okhtyrka was conquered by muscovy, the city had to cover its borders in endless wars for a short time, there was hope for a peaceful life as part of the ukrainian state, the reds took revenge on the famine, the earth was prayed for and the cossack spirit helped people to save themselves and the city today okhtyrka is once again standing on a treacherous shield on the border of good and evil, this time for the country to which her soul actually belongs okhtyrka unconquered there are no more contradictions, there is one nation that defends

its land, there are no more countries of the first, second and third world, there is a civilization that repels the aggressor, there are no more foreign cities and foreign children, there is a homeland and parents for everyone, there are no more soldiers and civilians, we are hardened in the flame , we united for the sake of victory, we do not believe in our struggle, we believe in our victory, we are unbreakable wherever you are, you can be with those who need it, buy medicine for lyudmila petrovna, help svetlana, who ran away with one bag find them on the portal and nearby. they are waiting for your help. september 17, the day of berdyanska ukraine - courageous ukrainian widow tina karol and her first

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bazaar ogo privet slava ukraine they haven't seen each other for almost a month to meet in such a company now they don't succeed often. and in february and march, pavlo volodymyr and two maxims were soldiers of the same unit, the fact is that together with the local teroborona , the armed forces, scouts and special forces, they defended irpin. the name was coined by their wounded brother when he explained to the doctors in the hospital that he was not a stereo and not the zsu these are the wounded of our same unit, they are all people of different professions and not always with military experience. but in february they

stood up for the defense of ukraine without hesitation. they have someone to remember and talk about, because four brothers died and most of the soldiers of their unit were wounded 25 kg he is the second and somewhere once he is running behind the tank there he is running away he is running after it so it is so so so so we drove without a hitch and beat them on the run when we made a decision when for this they increased volodymyr with the call sign belaz, a professional military man and one of the most experienced among these volunteers, but he himself learned a lot during the defense of irpen, in the rapid reaction group, i had to become a gunner . by the military, may god protect us, a short briefing

before the battle was conducted by the soldiers of the 80th brigade. the rest was later learned from youtube. to aim, how to represent the range there, that is, then i learned, and i didn’t have time to think about anything at the time, i was thinking about how to properly use a weapon, some of the soldiers of the unit were familiar before and agreed if a big war will begin, gather together to defend ukraine maksym ryenko wrote to mad max, a cyber security engineer without any military experience talks about his first battle on february 25, he saw the first kasaps in embankments near the truck, so they started shooting at them, then three of them had one pistol and one machine gun, bullets for which he kept in a plastic bag, a trophy grenade launcher from the broken ssu, a column of rosvard soldiers that was traveling from the

masha guest house, that's how they are, or the first battle at the entrance to irpen, these guys also remember well the big a russian column of more than 100 armored combat vehicles tried to pass from the side of buchi, but the teroborona and the soldiers of the ukrainian armed forces stopped them near the giraffe shopping center. these photos and videos were taken by pavlo nettyosov, an employee of the national military historical museum of the ukrainian armed forces wrote to the citadel. here they are, these boys are lying everyone will be like this, because this is our land. look what they are doing with it, look, just look, people just lived peacefully, did not touch anyone , all the tricks came, by the way, gryts, you know on the 24th, probably, and on the 25th, there was still such a shock on the 20th of the seventh when there was a battle on a giraffe, and we saw it

reflected there, you know, and saw their corpses. and on the 27th, it was probably already clear that when we saw this column , our army had broken it once. therefore, there was already absolute confidence that we were stronger we are stronger than them because this is our land and we did not plan to retreat from here at all, the ukrainians are definitely stronger, and maksym kuznets, with the call sign banzai, is convinced that until february 24 he was a private entrepreneur in irpeni, when the full-scale invasion began, he took his family to western ukraine and i returned to my brothers and immediately went on a combat mission with belaz. information that irpin is excited, a column of russian tanks is coming, they say you are cold sometimes, come up with a call sign for yourself

. blood is already shooting here, then you look at the seat where i sat down, i see something sticky, i look at the blood , what does it say, and there was a guy with you, this dog tore off his arm, i say instead of him, for example, he says that he can withstand such loads excellent physical shape and experience of military service helped even before the start of a full-scale war, he signed up for the teroboron and fully equipped himself, and the day before the start he bought an m4 rifled hunting carbine, there was no fear, it was just some kind of stress and hmm, a lot of large volume of information and the main thing i am such a responsible person, that is, i was afraid not to let you down, this is war, if you do something wrong, everyone will die there, maybe you will be framed. i ran, they only gave me yellow ribbons to tie. well, they gave me weapons. the biggest shock was the brutality of the russians

in buch and the shooting of civilian cars on the roads of kyiv region as the most difficult moments . i just had to call my girlfriend, call my mother, say goodbye, that's it, that's it. how are you doing? i'm fine. i kiss you. i love you. i was really ready not to leave there after the liberation of kyiv oblast. maxim returned to the peaceful profession and ready at any moment to pick up a machine gun again and remember my pseudo-med max, i understand that i am not a military man, of course, maybe to some extent i was also a burden for the unit, yes, i did what i could to do yes there somewhere somewhere go somewhere spend somewhere there is something else, well, i understood that i did not have enough skills to go on fighting if three of them said come with us yes definitely necessary i left without thinking

and so i had to return to civilian life i think that here i will be more useful another maxim with the call sign banzai, he almost lost an eye from the explosion of a russian mine, he was saved by tactical glasses and a tree. after his release, irpen decided to stay in the military and is currently defending ukraine. he is forming a class . i don’t buy. i don’t know. you can ask. was awarded the state award of the order of courage of the third degree in the midst of the fighting in march . the president of ukraine presented it to him. it was a shock to me. well done, thank you for the defense of our country today, well, that’s the phrase. i really liked that, well, 100 g, and that’s why after the victory, it’s very soulful, you know, more true to that, well, a very simple person. yes, i really liked it, it was

suddenly spontaneous and very pleasant , courage, cohesion allowed our ordinary people to resist and hold back the enemy not only near the capital but also in other regions. i think if it did n't sound pathetically pathetic to our people who rallied , it really was solidarity there, water there somewhere people gave gasoline to the civilians, that is, they gathered thanks to the people, everyone who gathered, as i say to the people who came from abroad, gave up everything to defend the country to the local people. i think this was the main thing. apparently with the motivation of people who did not want to see the russian world here, the boys were very motivated