greetings is freedom life. my name is vlasta lazar and today's issue we start with news about the missile attack on ukraine. today, after lunch , an air alert was announced literally throughout the territory of ukraine, and in the chernihiv, poltava , vinnytsia, sumy, and zhytomyr regions, as a result, the means

of anti-aircraft defense worked. attacks on the critical infrastructure of kharkiv and lviv after the explosions, at the moment, the mayor of the city has just announced that 80% of the city remains without of electricity well, in addition, it is known that the air defense forces shot down four missiles over kiev, and at the same time, one of the missiles is known, more precisely, not one, but even two hits, it is known that russian missiles hit houses in kyiv, and one of these buildings radio svoboda correspondent taras levchenko has already left. i hope he is contacting us now. is taras taras tarasa with us? i see that you have already reached the building where i understand that they hit me on the phone. it just seems to me that i am on connection it just seems to me that i heard that i'm not another explosion in kyiv, here, too, in about the same area

, that the air alarm has been going on since two o'clock in the afternoon. so if you can hear me now, because there are communication problems, that's because of uh, we have you we can hear very well ah yes yes we can hear you very well please tell me where you are now and what is happening around you i understand that you left for an apartment building where did the rocket hit today or its fragments it is not fully clarified right now i i will try to explain this situation to our viewers here the whole block is engulfed here, search and rescue operations are ongoing in the center of kyiv, today there was an arrival, according to local residents, in fact, two neighboring high-rise buildings were damaged, but when we drove by, the rescuers were

intensively extinguishing the fire, however, as they immediately noticed, there were no victims, then i talked with by people who live directly near the epicenter of this russian shelling and this is what they told me, let's listen to the direct language, nothing, the hole is blue , the anxiety just started, i heard this terrible sound something flew out from there and banged in our house, we are already here a pillar of black smoke, everything is on fire,

well, this is all nothing interesting, it is very scary. this horror is terrible. now there is no gas, water , heating, nothing in the house, and people do not know what to do, where live, where to go, what to do, everyone ran because it was very scary, the dead, the wounded, no, thank god, there is no , you told the girl that a living woman lived in this entrance, she went on vacation for a few days, and there is an apartment that has completely burned down, now there is no state, nothing is left of the apartment a rocket was flying, it was shot down and part of it hit the building, the second, third, in the last front balcony , the gorillas were already extinguished. i am from that hardware, too, you don’t know how your house survived. i think i’m

safe . they say there were three explosions. i heard three, i don't know. it was scary. i was sitting in a corner and then i heard harry. then i left. i started to get dressed and went out into the street, where the balconies were already burning. the fire was not hiding the fear of the covering. there were no threads on the street, and i went out into the street for one with specified information a local resident still died, the only thing that is not clear now is that he died in this house against which i am standing. did he die in the house next door? there is no electricity or water supply in these houses , and there is no mobile communication, as i said earlier , search and rescue operations are ongoing but as i understand it, it is literally. it has just become known about another

explosion in kyiv in the holosiivskyi district, so the rescuers are still urging the citizens to hide in shelters. mayor of kyiv vitaliy klitschko reported that at least one person died as a result of a rocket attack today. it happened in pechersk in one of the houses hit by the rocket. rescuers pulled out the body of one of the dead . housing, how do they offer any kind of shelter, or at all hmmm, is anyone taking care of this situation right now, in place, in place, i didn’t notice a single point, let’s say, temporary heating, since there is quite a lot on the street it's cold here, there are only rescuers and policemen who give people instructions. i know that some of the people

themselves told me about it in passing, so to speak, contrary to the instructions of the policemen, they went to their houses, took warm things, tried to get something to eat, and now they are all near our film studio a group is waiting here under the house and hope that they will not find any more victims of the russian missile attack on kyiv . broadcast with the latest updates. perhaps you will also be able to add to our broadcast the people who are there next to you and chat with them live. perhaps there will be some official persons there, whether it is the mayor of the capital or the law enforcement officers, please get in touch, stay in touch take care, taras levchenko. he works in the pechersk district of kyiv, where several explosions of russian rockets hitting residential

buildings have been recorded. meanwhile, volodymyr zelenskyi said in his latest video message ukraine was hit by 85 rockets, although literally an hour earlier, air force speaker yuriy ignat said on the air of a national telethon that russia had fired about a hundred missiles at ukraine. they can fly somewhere else. well, in this way, according to yuri ignat, this is one of the most powerful, one might say the most powerful mass missile attack than the one on october 10, when russia directed the territory of ukraine, 84 rockets hit critical infrastructure objects in their regions, the leaders of vinnytsia region, kirovohrad region, in khmelnytskyi community recorded two hits , part of khmelnytskyi without power supply was also reported to the regional administration in kovel

district, this is volyn, there are also hits to energy infrastructure objects information about the victims or the dead. they are currently investigating in zhytomyr due to rocket attacks, there is no light in the city in part of odesa, the electricity has disappeared. said at the beginning of the broadcast that 80% of lviv remains without electricity, and air defenses have also worked in ternopil oblast, and it has just become known that, ah, in the city of rivne, there is also a hit without casualties, and in fact, the consequences of missile strikes on the territory of ukraine are not limited only to ukraine in the power went out in moldova due to rocket fire e this was reported by the vice-prime minister of moldova andrei spinu, we will also monitor this information, i will only remind you that radio liberty is broadcast live on the pages of e c- freedom life, more precisely, it is broadcast live on the pages radio svoboda on facebook, youtube, and on the espresso tv channel, if you watch us on the internet, don't forget to subscribe, like

, the more your reactions, the more people will know about us. and leave in the comments what is happening in your cities and towns, what is happening with the state of now, against the background of this massive rocket attack. well, further on in the program, the russian troops in the kherson region are advancing 15-20 km deep from the established lines on the left bank in order to protect themselves from the attacks of the armed forces this is reported by the operational command of the south, what does it mean to speak further? the security service of ukraine has opened criminal proceedings regarding the glorification, so to speak, of the russian peace in the kyiv-pechersk lavra and the peace formula. zelenskyi , in a speech to the participants of the g20 summit, presented the ukrainian peace formula in what it consists. we will also talk about this today, and at the same time we will cover the events and consequences of the missile attack on ukraine. well, i already announced

the summit of the g20 countries at the ball in indonesia continues for the second day there, as expected, there is a lot of talk about ukraine, the presidents addressed the european commission of the members of the group of seven with a request to show flexibility and support so that, according to the results , it was already possible to achieve concrete results directly at the ball, it is working at the ball, it is working serhii stetsenko, correspondent of radio svoboda, he is in touch with us , serhii. my greetings and we are waiting for details from you. actually, congratulations. well, i will start with the final declaration that all countries have to sign tomorrow which countries of the g20 and their details became known to journalists today at least this is what bloomberg writes about and fenexultans who allegedly managed to see the draft of this agreement and here, in particular, it says that there are many points about the war in

ukraine and there are, in particular, points such as the war is described as bringing great human suffering and problems to the world economy, but it is also noted that there are a lot of compromise formulations in this communique, because not all the members of the g20 react unequivocally and perceive russian aggression against ukraine, in particular , it is russia itself as a member of the g20. well , china, for example, has never once condemned russian aggression against ukraine . he spoke before the delegations, it’s very interesting that he addressed them at the beginning of his address, not the g20, or 19, probably thinking about the fact that russia might be excluded from the g20 in the future, just as it was, for example, from

with a big eight, he really talked about the formula e-e, which consists of 10 points, the formula of peace, in particular, it talks about radiation, nuclear , food and energy security, it also talks, in particular, about the release of all prisoners and political prisoners, now we can hear a small fragment from selevsky's speech, it's not worth it to offer ukraine compromises with conscience , sovereignty, territory and independence, we respect the rules and we are people, our word ukraine has always been the leader of peace-making efforts and the world has seen it, even if russia says that it allegedly wants to end this war let it be done with actions, it is obvious that it is impossible to trust russia's words and there will be no minsk three , and russia will violate them immediately after the conclusion. well, it is reported that those who were in the hall during the meeting uh and during the speech volodymyr

zelenskyi says that sergey lavrov and this the representative of russia at this summit, he went this year and not vladimir putin, he sat and listened to the speeches of volodymyr zelenskyi in full, but then he asked for the floor, he was given it, and he accused volodymyr zelenskyi of trying to act teach russia well, after that he expressed his position in the same way, it is not new, he actually spoke in the words of vladimir putin and his address on february 24, the day of the full-scale invasion, that russia is allegedly fighting neo-nazis in ukraine. well, when he talked with journalists after that, lavrov again after all, he started talking about the negotiations, we can also listen to him in the third measure, they call for a peaceful regulation , they call for an early er-er agreement .

including by legislative decree zelensky banned negotiations with российской федерации, well, it is interesting that here on the screens journalists are shown a video of someone leaving , for example, bali, and i noticed that just now a russian plane, probably sergei lavrov, left the island, i can't say the exact time however, it was about an hour. after that, the missile attack on ukraine actually began, well, and regarding the peace negotiations , more precisely, about ending the war in ukraine with peace, the president and the leader spoke today of china with the president of france and sidzepin, in particular, said that the war must end with an armistice, although, as i already mentioned , the chinese leader has never instigated aggression in

russia against ukraine. well, manuel macron, again, without details and in this in a diplomatic style, he said that it is the rapprochement of china and france that will also help to achieve this peace. and in conclusion, i will say that with one such peaceful initiative at today's meeting, the president of fifa spoke in bali on the 20th, this is a football the world football federation of football and he said that it might be worth ceasing fire in ukraine for the duration of the world cup, that is, the world cup in football, which will start the other day in qatar, but i don't know how ukraine and russia will react to this after today's attack on ukraine and we expect completely different reactions after today's attack from the participants who still remained at the battles, please thank you very much serhii serhii stetsenko is currently working at the ball, which continues for two days in a row, from the countries of the g20, that's fine serhiy's remark, it was about

an hour ago when the massive missile attack on ukrainian settlements began. you just noticed it. when it is possible that sergey lavrov left the island at the same time, but we do not deny it. however, i do not think so. thank you very much, serhii stetsenko. well, and in the meantime, i would like to remind you that in addition to kyiv, missile strikes were carried out today in the khmelnytskyi, rivne, volyn, lviv , zhytomyr, vinnytsia, dnipropetrovsk , kirovohrad, poltava, and kharkiv regions. i would also like to remind you that power outages have been recorded as far away as moldova, and even more recently, the minister of energy of ukraine herman galushchenko announced that the massive shelling by russian troops of the energy infrastructure of ukraine can and will have an impact on the energy system of some neighboring countries in this regard we will definitely ask our experts today. and what reaction can follow from the leaders of these same countries,

obviously we are talking about european countries and possibly eu countries, although moldova is not a country of the european union. nevertheless, poland, hungary and other countries are close by. in short, we will also monitor this . and the general assembly of the united nations called on russia to be held accountable for violating international law due to the invasion of ukraine, including the payment of reparations. this resolution was supported the day before by 94 of 193 members of the assembly voted against, 14, and 73 countries abstained. just now, you saw the results of the vote on your screens, in fact, the predicted list of those countries that spoke against the resolution, well, it is clear that russia and belarus, as well as the bahamas, china, cuba, the dprk, that is, roosters, korea and retreat, ethiopia, iran, raspberry ragua, syria and the central african republic and zimbabwe, the document states that russia should not only be

held accountable for violations of international law in ukraine and i quote must bear legal consequences for its actions for its internationally illegal actions, including compensation for damages and losses caused by such actions, it is about the payment of reparations, the reaction of the kremlin is actually already yes, russia is categorically against the resolution, this was stated by the press secretary of the russian president, dmitry piskov. well, how can the mechanism for paying such reparations in the svoboda case work? life asked wayne jordash, the royal attorney, a british lawyer with many years of experience. for two decades, he has been engaged in international humanitarian law, i.e. protection civilians in wars, and since 2015, ukraine has been helping to investigate the crimes of russia, or will this help, just the day before, they decided to confiscate russian property abroad listen, the reparations will go to ukraine as

a state and then the ukrainian government must implement its own mechanism so that the money is distributed fairly and provided in accordance with the concept of reparations, there will be thousands of applications from people, houses, schools were destroyed, people lost their relatives - this is a real challenge, how the government will distribute these funds to ensure fair restoration means that reparations mean the restoration of damage that was caused, and given the volume of this damage in ukraine, it will be a difficult task or will are these funds enough, will there be a mechanism that will allow these statements to be honestly considered, this work will take years, i cannot say that the resolution will become a legislative basis for the confiscation of russian property abroad, but it is potentially the first step in this direction, reparations are appropriate, the

general assembly recognized this of the un, but the resolution itself has no legal force. it has only political force. the resolution provides for the introduction of an international reparations mechanism and recommends that un member states, in cooperation with ukraine, create an international register to keep records of applications for compensation, records of destruction, cost of restoration , etc., so either the general assembly will create its own mechanism for this, or the countries themselves will develop such mechanisms at the national level, in my opinion, the second option makes less sense, because in this case , a centralized mechanism is needed, which should initiate general assembly crystal clem of next is not finished now it is clear what will happen next but i can say that it is a logical resolution as you know before general the assembly passed a resolution condemning the crime

of aggression, then it is logical to assume that there should be reparations for this crime. i will also add that the un general assembly has demonstrated over the past few years that it is ready to act even without the un security council. what surprised me was how many countries abstained from voting for the resolution. 73 countries abstained. i think it is illogical if you admit that a crime of aggression took place, and it seems to me that about 140 countries have admitted it. logically, you have to admit that reparations are also appropriate. it seems to me that the resolution was supported the least among the four resolutions that the general assembly considered after february 24. i see a lot of political maneuvering here. 3 minutes exactly nouns. we continue to monitor the events in ukraine against the background of

massive missile fire . ukraine has 85 missiles and, according to his data, there may be 20 more strikes to come, he urges everyone to stay under cover, the urgent military needs of ukraine and the replenishment of its own stockpiles of weapons were discussed today in in brussels, the minister of defense of the european union countries, what is happening on the battlefield and what is needed to continue the fight against russian aggression, their ukrainian colleague oleksiy reznikov told them in response to this meeting in the capital . radio svoboda zoryana stepanenko was following this meeting. and how the european union is ready to contribute to the victory of ukraine , please tell us. good afternoon, dear. well, i will start with the latest news, because of course, the european union also reacted to today's shelling of ukraine and precisely at the moment when the ukrainian minister of defense

was on a video call with his colleagues, he told how he later wrote on twitter about the destruction and looting in kherson, russia once again massively attacked ukrainian cities with its missiles and, by the way, had to hide from them in the shelter of the heads of the dutch diplomacy. he just with a visit to kyiv, after that he called on the international community to continue to support ukraine and to pay attention to what russia is doing and not what the head of european diplomacy is saying, commenting on today's shelling well, literally an hour ago, i reminded you about the recent un resolution, which states that russia must pay for the destruction caused to ukraine, and before today's meeting, the secretary general of nato, after congratulating the latest progress of the ukrainian army, just noted that russia is still capable of causing considerable damage to ukraine, let's not make mistakes and do not underestimate russia, it retains significant military capabilities, a large number of

troops, we saw that russia is ready to suffer great losses, and we also saw the brutality of the released regions, we must continue to support ukraine as much as necessary, not only with military capabilities, but also by providing training. the european union has launched a mission in the framework of which 15 thousand ukrainian soldiers will be trained. that at the end of the month the mission will work, i.e. that teachers and students will already meet directly on the training grounds, ukrainian soldiers will be trained by all eu countries, well, that is not only neighboring ukraine ukraine and each will take on a separate direction agreed in the european union to replenish the funds from which military aid to ukraine is financed eh and not yet 16 million euros and thanks to the support of partners in particular the ukrainian army can

not only defend itself and attack - borel said, noting that the european union will continue to make efforts to make this possible and gave a figure, said that the ukrainian military has recaptured 50% of the territory captured since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the war in ukraine affects all nato allies the command of one of the strike groups of the alliance told me, and we were able to communicate with the commanders of this strike group simply on board the american aircraft carrier, the largest in the world, he participated in the military exercises of the alliance, which ended just the day before, and i will say that this was the first deployment of the new flagship forces of the united states, which entered the service of the american fleet, well, relatively recently, even so, and its first international test , why was it conducted near the shores of europe, for what to hand over the new aircraft carrier of this one, was russia watching it, see my report, just from aboard the gerald, the course for europe is maintained by the aircraft carrier strike

group of the american fleet, collecting on the way a company of nato allies and partners, its compatibility at sea, seven countries are going to test at exercises for nato, nothing new and unusual if not a warship at the head of the group, this is the first international mission of the relatively recently launched new aircraft carrier of the united states and, accordingly, its first international test journalists are eagerly waiting for their transfer to george ford before our departure. the plane that is responsible for air deliveries to the deck is just being prepared. there are various cargoes, from jet engines to letters from relatives and people needed on board the ship. military aviation is waiting for us today, so there are some unusual rules for civilians. the life vest is a fairy tale and must not be removed during the entire flight until the landing gear of this aircraft touches the deck of the ford ford unusual for non-

military passengers and the flight itself if in the air the sensations are the same as on board a civilian, landing on an aircraft carrier is reminiscent of an extreme ride , the borscht descends sharply, clinging to the deck as if hitting something hard, braking wants fast, but already relatively soft we are sitting somewhere in the atlantic near the shores of europe, the exact location of the largest warship in the world kept a secret welcome to gerard ford we are glad to see you sailors are laughing you can hardly get around it in a day well, to run around the ship is called the most expensive in the history of shipbuilding there was also an opportunity for it to be launched later than expected, but the command assures that geraldfort is worth its money, and new technologies, and there are about two dozen of them, say they are justified. the electromagnetic

system for launching the aircraft is newer and more modern. and heavier ones and expose them to less load on what to transfer to the aircraft carrier well, you are in every sense and the driver in the world of technology allies and studied trained from your floating that's why delivering long-range strikes and building anti-black defenses and protecting the sky is a routine thing that we try to do whenever possible to work together with our nato allies and partners to be ready to respond at any moment. the deployment was planned for over a year and it's nice to see that everything worked out does russia, which the alliance officially considers a threat, monitor these exercises? nothing unusual was noticed by the command of the strike group, they resemble exercises planned before the war in ukraine, but the war adds to the anxiety of all allies

it is worth flying ragu in order to establish cooperation among themselves valencia constantly repeats that the third world does not want it, but at the same time they want to be ready for the potential biggest scenarios military exercises explained in the pentagon demonstrate to the world washington's commitment to ensuring regional stability and security the captain of the gerald ford reflects on what contribution his ship makes to it our presence here always makes a big difference when a ship of this size arrives in another part of the world, that's what we're doing we demonstrate our commitment to our nato union . i think anyone who observes this will understand why it is not just on paper, it is a union in which steel in the sea is responsible.