i thank our defenders for the opportunity to feel alive and support them financially. every one of you can help. even a small contribution to the support of the army saves the lives of our soldiers and brings our victory closer. let's talk about the defender. well, listen, the defender of ukraine sees in the dark as if he hears his brothers for kilometers around in the daytime. you can move quickly over any terrain, the body is reliably protected, which makes it less sensitive and more confident from a bird's eye view - for eight years in a row , you and i have provided our defenders with saves their lives on the front lines our priorities are day night and thermal imaging optics communication off-road vehicles individual protection and technical

means of intelligence join the fundraising and let the next night be calm for everyone except the occupiers on the air from washington program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america time and name i, yuliya yarmolenko, welcome not to russia and ukrainian cities, the meeting was convened at the request of ukraine, and president volodymyr zelenskyi is to speak at it, the killing of the civilian population, the destruction of critical infrastructure is terrorism and ukraine will continue to demand from the world a decisive reaction to these crimes, wrote the president of ukraine on twitter, according to the ukrainian armed forces, russia fired 70 missiles on the territory of ukraine, 51 of them shot down air defense, according to current data,

36 ukrainians were injured by missile strikes, six were killed in the bottom of the family, in particular, in kyiv, interruptions in energy and water supply necessary for russian shelling , the united states announced a new package of military aid to ukraine in the amount of 400 million dollars, according to secretary of state anthony blinkin, aid aimed in particular at ensuring that ukrainians can protect themselves from merciless attacks on critically important energy infrastructure, more about the details of the new aid package and the reaction to the missile attack by the isostap yarosh, which joins the airwaves from the capitalist hill that's it congratulations, congratulations yulia , do you know what military aid includes and is there equipment there that can specifically help in the prevention of attacks like today's yuri , the pentagon says the latest russian attacks by missiles and drones on critical ukrainian infrastructure creates an urgent need to upgrade and improve anti-air

defense systems, that is exactly how this package was created. thus, in order to help ukraine defend itself against these attacks and the air that is included in it, it includes additional missiles for anti -air defense systems. missiles for hummers - they put there large-caliber machine guns with thermal imagers, by the way, for the first time, we have not seen them before, as the pentagon says, these machine guns are designed specifically for countermeasures attacks by enemy drones, we also saw high-precision artillery shells and mortar shells, we saw anti-radar missiles harm that can hit the radars of the enemy, we also installed armored vehicles and light tactical vehicles in this package, more than 20 million cartridges for small arms, as well as 200 generators and spare parts for howitzers and other equipment a rather voluminous package of various and various equipment was placed there, let me remind you that this is already the 26th aid package of the united states starting in august of the 21st year

under the program of presidential powers when the u.s. allocate weapons for ukraine from their own stocks from their own arsenals well, first of all, the full-scale invasion, the united states has already provided only military aid to ilya in the amount of more than 19 billion dollars ostapa, how else did the united states today react to the russian attack and, in particular, the impression of civilian infrastructure, yuliu, you know now is preparing for thanksgiving, which should be tomorrow, so today we did not see briefings neither in the pentagon, nor in the white house, nor in the state department, but despite this, there were reactions from the american officials, in particular anthony blicken-blicken, the secretary of state for states said that the constant russian attacks on critical infrastructure are aimed at keeping the ukrainian people in the cold and in the dark, but he says that this tactic will not break the determination of either the ukrainians or their partners. we also heard a similar statement from the american ambassador in kyiv bridget bring she said that these attacks are really

aimed at punishing ukraine for the fact that she chose to be free, but bridget bring is convinced that this tactic will not be successful, they also condemned russia's attacks are today also in the embassies of great britain and france, and one more comment that i drew attention to is not an official person, but she is quite well-known and apple was given by a famous american writer, commenting on the attacks specifically on the civil infrastructure in vyshgorod, on the damage to residential buildings, she wrote that it was not a coincidence this is a strategy that very clearly resembles the war in syria, and russia is choosing to attack it deliberately. we will watch and observe how this situation will turn out and the e-rations of the world community will appear and maybe we will see something, and also thank you very much, we will really monitor how the

situation develops in relation to the communication from kapitoriysk hills mykola stapyarish less than an hour before after the beginning of a series of missile attacks on the european parliament, the european parliament recognized russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, accordingly, the resolution was supported by almost €500 parliamentarians already later, as the president of the parliament, robert matzola, reported on the website, a powerful cyber attack was carried out the pro-kremlin group claimed responsibility. matzola linked the cyber attack with the recognition of russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and stated my answer: glory to ukraine, more about the resolution of the european parliament and its meaning. euro, what are the main provisions? so, the main thing is that the members of the european parliament today voted for the resolution declaring

that russia is a state sponsor of terrorism, as well as a state that uses terrorism uses terrorism, and this was said by the deputies in view of, in particular , the bombing and destruction of civilian targets in ukraine , the infrastructure, as well as what the deputies called war crimes, and therefore, the deputies in this connection propose to act, to act in europe further, in particular , for example, to isolate russia from international organizations, for example, it was specifically suggested that such organizations as the private military company wagner, as well as a unit of the russian army, the so-called kadyrivtsi, where mainly chechen military personnel serve, should be separately identified in the list terrorist organizations recognized as such in the

european union, therefore, there are a number of specific statements, specific proclamations and calls from the deputies of the european union legislators. bohdan, this is definitely an important symbolic step. the union as an organization does not have such a system of laws as, for example, the united states has at the state level when another country is defined as a sponsor of terrorism and then well, first of all, sanctions and other steps are involved, but on the one hand, the significance is that, for example, it is likely that the united states will now again have questions about why the united states has not yet called

russia a state sponsor of terrorism. the answer to the appeals of the european deputies will still be to create a new system, but on the other hand, the european union sanctions against russia already exist, that is, there is no need for a specific, separate impetus for this, instead, the deputies they said that it is time to quickly work on the next ninth package of european union sanctions against russia, and symbolically it is also very important . we are talking about more than half a thousand deputies of representatives of 20-seven countries of the european union , whose anger and indignation can be clearly seen here. which we have prepared, please, that only at military facilities, in fact, the

more russia is pushed back by inflicting defeats on the battlefield, the more it focuses on civilian facilities, trying to intimidate the ukrainian society and weaken its determination, it is time to recognize the russian federation for what it is, a pariah country, a threat, a country with war and a state that supports terrorism, and this recognition should have consequences , a large nuclear power, a permanent member of the un security council, uses military and administrative opportunities to commit terrorist acts, killing civilian destroyers infrastructure , constantly using violence and intimidation of the vaillant system, it is possible that bohdan's statement was really heard. we talk a lot about the american

military aid on our airwaves, but great britain also continues to provide it, and today literally in the street, the minister of defense announced that london will transfer western-made helicopters from kyiv for the first time, what is the importance of this decision, well, actually, many countries are helping, not only great britain, but this the step is very noticeable because for the first time we are talking about manned aviation of the western model, i.e. ukraine received, for example, soviet fighter jets from eastern european countries or parts for them as well amy's helicopters, but this is also actually a soviet production, for the first time ukraine will receive western-style aviation equipment, by the way, helicopters like the ones used by the president of the united states, joe biden. so this is a serious step, and i suspect that ukraine hopes that this is one of the

first next steps in the day of ukraine's latest powerful western weapons is definitely important in the context of the transition to western-style weapons. thank you, bohdan, my colleague bohdan tsyupin was on the call from london the pre-planned campaign that russian troops carried out in the temporarily occupied territories in ukraine, the ambassador for global criminal justice of the us state department, oleksiy kovalenko, told about this in an interview. crimes in the history of mankind, an exclusive interview with an official. war crimes how do you compare your previous work in iran and former yugoslavia with your current work and in general the

crimes themselves and their scale compared to coin crimes in ukraine there are many parallels in former yugoslavia including when it comes to deliberate attacks disproportionate and on selective attacks against the civilian population, sieges of historic cities where people remained hungry and cold, they did not have enough food or energy in the morning. we saw violations against individuals who became targets for ethnic reasons. a sign and we see that the whole of ukraine on a national basis is under the attack of russia, also the systematic nature of some crimes is visible wherever russian forces have been deployed, we see a whole series of various war crimes, this includes everything from the bombing of civilian infrastructure to violence, suffering, torture in all these conflicts we have seen sexual violence we see this here in ukraine there are credible reports that women girls even men and boys are subjected to

sexual violence when they are under guard of the russian forces. these are terrible parallels . you recently compared the war crimes committed in ukraine with the war crimes committed during the second world war. can you tell us more about this comparison? we see the same thing, we also see that systemic violations are not just the work of some exiles or individual units, but the responsibility can reach the highest command because we see these violations everywhere where russian forces are operating, such systematic violence is similar to what we saw during the second world war libration kherson a few weeks after the liberation of kherson, the ukrainian authorities recorded more than 460 war crimes committed by russian

soldiers during the occupations, the total number of crimes across the country reaches tens of thousands as per what do you think justice looks like for those who suffered from russian war crimes every time a series of what could potentially be war crimes is done by the prosecutor general's office work and sexualization of these violations and now it is about someone who should investigate these crimes fortunately now there are several ways to achieve justice at the forefront of this process will be the prosecutor general himself and his team working on the ground the international criminal court also has jurisdiction there is also another way courts around the world, so when russian criminals begin to travel, these courts will be able to potentially take the accused into custody and continue the judicial investigation, published a report by conflict observatory in which

it is said that the use of torture is not humane treatment because it is part of a deliberate russian company or do you think that russia is deliberately using war crimes as a strategy for waging war but different types of war crimes are included with attacks on hospitals filtering operations attacks on cultural heritage sites anyone is in the custody of foreign combat forces has the right to humane treatment failure to do so may constitute a war crime when we hear credible reports of ill-treatment of individuals who are kept in terrible conditions, they are denied food, water, and above all this is a crime. and what about the deportation and forced adoption of children, there were repeated reports of similar cases with

children from mariupol and other occupied cities. do you classify these cases as war crimes? is this also part of the military strategy of russia, we know that in this situation thousands of children, as far as we understand , thousands of children were kidnapped and taken away and then presumably settled in russia, and it is not necessary that these children are orphans. they have a family that can take care of them to take care of them from the moment they enter the territory of russia , it is impossible to track their location, they are identified, they are forced to use the russian language, etc., all this can be brought to criminal responsibility as for forced deportation under international law with the existing evidence in the same merged evidence of war crimes that the state has there or the united states and the world must recognize russia's war crimes in ukraine as genocide against the ukrainian people, the criminal court

must investigate these cases of genocide, as it must the general prosecutor's office of ukraine, therefore, they will decide whether these crimes will be classified as genocide, the crime of genocide involves the deliberate targeting of a population group with the intention of completely or partially destroying this group, there are different ways in which genocide is committed, but one of the types of evidence that the prosecutor in the yugoslav tribunals is unjustified cruelty, it could be attacks on people fleeing some territory, it is undirected attacks against members of certain population groups, as well as the level of sexual violence and other forms of violence against the civilian population, so these are all types of evidence that the prosecutor in the future can take into account if he decides to consider this case, i think it is genocide . i think that the conflict in ukraine will soon, if this has not already happened, become a series of the largest

number of recorded crimes in history the doctrine of the responsibility of officials of the highest level of international law means that the senior leadership of the army must bear responsibility before the law for war crimes their subordinates, or do you expect the russian leadership, including the military leadership and the russian authorities, to be held accountable before the law? the real problem is how to detain the accused while russian criminals remain in russia in the absence of political transformation. they remain unpunished, so for many years these cases must be kept open as long as russian criminals will not hear to travel and we saw how it happened in the case of other conflicts. when everything calmed down, they want travel shopping visit their children for any reason when they leave their safe haven that's when the prosecutors will be on the lookout for the accused in their hands and will be able to

bring these charges and open a case against them many from the top leadership of chile for example the general in the dense check or the leader his former slav sloboda-milodshevych they will never learn in the courtroom, you mentioned sloboda on milosevych that at the expense of vladimir putin himself, one of the american senators and some european leaders compared putin to milosevic with all the evidence that proves putin's involvement in war crimes and the primary crime of aggression against a sovereign state. should there be a tribunal for putin like it was for milosevic ? investigation in the absence of the suspect in custody, they can confirm

the indictment but cannot proceed further, there is a commitment to bring him to criminal proceedings responsibility, we see regularities in all regions where russian forces were deployed, this can lay the foundations for responsibility along the chain of higher command, because it proves that these are not isolated cases, they are the results of orders or the inability or unwillingness of the higher leadership to properly control their troops, i think we can also add and filtering operations, for which buildings and infrastructure are needed, all this was needed by the organization, it is impossible to do it at the lower level, it even stands for me ukraine has bipartisan support in the us congress, could support for the state department's war crimes prosecution efforts change after the midterm elections? i think we'll continue to see strong partisan support for

justice and fairness. a distinctly bipartisan group of senators recently visited hawaii to meet with representatives of the international criminal court to express support for an investigation by the united states . states we also see a huge amount of humanitarian aid coming to ukraine to help ukrainian civilians, many of whom are living in very difficult conditions, and we will continue to do everything possible to strengthen ukraine on the battlefield. i do not expect much change in this. responsibility for crimes in ukraine and other countries of the world, this issue has always had bipartisan support. my office and the fact that it has funding is evidence of bipartisan support for this on the capital hill. thank you it's very bad, it means it was an interview with ambassador batman skak, read the full version on our website and watch it on the pages of the voice of america in ukrainian on youtube and facebook. already this thursday, the people of

marikina will celebrate the day of thanksgiving. for almost 20 years, a charity organization in denver has been inviting to svitlana pestynska and volodymyr petrovych resenko from kyiv, oleksandra and her family celebrate for the first time. thanksgiving day i feel a lot of gratitude , in fact, to the americans and to the organizers of this particular holiday, let's find out. well, what other dishes are common here, what americans like, we are interested to know and try to share something from ourselves, tell something, er, somehow help each other and be in touch connection with ukrainians who are here and with ukraine. by education, a female psychologist dreams of finding

a job in her specialty. while she is working in a care company for the elderly, we are trying to somehow get back on our feet on our own and find a job and she has already received school. she treats the child well at school. for refugees in denver has been organized by the african community center for many years, this year there are noticeably many ukrainians on the holiday, the annual thanksgiving event for newly arrived refugees, this event is designed as a way to express gratitude not tested, we worked with several translators who called a few weeks before this event

, told the details over the phone and helped with the registration of ukrainians, the third most represented nationality that we welcome, number one is afghanistan. according to american traditions , the organizers want to help refugees adapt and find friends, the event is supported by more than a dozen sponsors, large companies, small businesses and local churches anna dobrovolska i come from novomyrhorod, kirovohrad oblast , the girl's family stayed in ukraine, she arrived by the spring season under the program let's unite for ukraine. good thanksgiving day. i don't know much. i only know from movies that they always eat a large turkey. people here, everyone tries to help you in some way . see ukrainians with whom i can communicate. anna temporarily lived in kyiv

with her sick mother and left the city on the first day of the war. i lived on an academic campus near irpen and when it happened on the 24th at night, i just went out on the balcony from the sound of sirens and the booming of beetles, and i got scared and it started to dawn, and i just saw tanks coming onto the road from the side of irpen. i gathered my mother. i packed her things at her home, my brother went to work, took all the valuable documents, and we left during the holiday , food kits, basic necessities and gift cards were also distributed to the emigrants, such care and attitude towards the ukrainians in denver touched oleksandr nasad volunteers say she constantly helps the new arrivals so that we feel that we are glad to see us here and that we can be protected here in general

, the thanksgiving holiday was attended by approximately 700 newly arrived immigrants with the important goal of attracting the attention of hollywood benefactors to the war in ukraine and raising funds for the most urgent needs, khrystyna shevchenko attended the event for more than ten ukrainian short films and animated films are shown in los angeles for a hollywood audience here, producers, actors and film critics initiated the event, the organization of the workshop, the co-founders of which personally felt the beginning of the war in ukraine. i have been living in ukraine since 2021 , and on february 24, i was in ukraine in kyiv and

i observed the bravery of people, i observed how elderly women carry sandbags to the position instead of chaos, i saw how the people were organized ukrainian cinema of young promising directors and to attract donors in order to support ukraine during the war joined the organization and the ministry of digital transformation, whose representatives came to los angeles, offered us to support ukraine in this way, to involve the film industry directly, to show how important it is. one of the organizers of the festival became a well- known hollywood film critic, leonard maltin. he is sure that there are many in the film industry. potential donors among famous actors screenwriters executive directors and producers where increased my awareness of what is happening in that part of the world and it's terrifying i can't sit and do nothing

there's not much i can do but i can express my feelings and attract the attention of other people during the festival will go directly to medical needs through the united background platform and for is very, very important to us now who is leading all this push precisely this thesis that californian americans should give money directly in ukraine, not to any different foundations or funds or different ones that exist here or including the red cross and so on, but in order to give directly to the ukrainians, the state of ukraine and i, as the consul of ukraine, here, of course, my task is to send all this money exactly there. you see, they will also be held at the end of november in london and later in kyiv. the application allows you to automatically bypass

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