can end this war by immediately ending the attack against ukraine and withdrawing its troops from the territory of ukraine without any conditions, in a joint statement the leaders emphasized their unwavering support and solidarity with ukraine and in particular declared their determination to help ukraine repair, restore and protect its vital energy and water infrastructure in the end russia said the leaders of the group of seven should pay for the destruction of infrastructure, and putin should bear responsibility for war crimes more about the results of the group meeting themselves and the prospects of bringing putin to justice, let's talk with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin, who is in direct contact with london bohdan, i congratulate you , the virtual meeting of the leaders of the group of seven was devoted to the topic of ukraine, and president zelensky also joined the meeting, why did the leaders meet now and did they agree on anything leaders always agree on something. they never admit that their meeting is useless or that they have some problems

, and this time we can say that the issue is obvious serious ones were considered, for example, the issue of climate protection, the issue of protection against pandemics , but the topic of ukraine was the leading one in the participation of the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi . of western countries in ukraine, but also to increase it and maybe even change it somewhat, now he emphasized that it is primarily about military aid, and the fierce fighting in the east of ukraine continues, the president called on to provide heavy, serious weapons for ukraine, in particular. he again

mentioned tanks and said that there is no reason why western leaders should not agree to provide ukraine with modern western tanks , which would be, as he emphasized, defensive weapons, missiles, or blunt weapons . long -range and perhaps a feature of this period of the war, there was an offer from the ukrainian president to help ukraine with gas for heating ukrainian homes in this difficult situation, an important moment. it seems to me that it is worth pay attention, in addition to statements about aid to ukraine, in addition to promises, there was a very clear assurance or demand to hold russia accountable, and even pay attention, we have a quote from the final statement, putin's name sounds very, very clearly, please, we are determined that russia will

eventually pay for the infrastructure damaged or destroyed in this brutal war cannot be allowed to go unpunished for war crimes and other atrocities, we will bring president putin and others involved to justice in accordance with international laws bohdana says that they continue to insist on the creation of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression by russia against ukraine regarding the prosecution of representatives of ukraine. how do they explain the need to create a separate court if there are already a number of international courts? yes, it is interesting, one might say, the legal dispute is ongoing. for example, the appeal of the prosecutor general of the international criminal court, karimakhan, who said that perhaps it is not necessary to disperse the forces by creating separate special courts, it is possible to better

use what already exists, for example, the international criminal court that it represents , or should i also mention, for example, that the european court of human rights also works with cases related to crimes committed against ukraine in in the course of the russian war and the dispute on this matter actually continues, but it is also developing. the reasons why a tribunal is needed, or a special court. representatives of the ukrainian delegation that is here in london, and this is oleksandra drik , a representative of a ukrainian public organization and a lawyer herself. as she explained it in a conversation with me today here in london, please, among the crimes that we document, uh, and their four

main international crimes - these are war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the so-called crimes of aggression. three of them can be investigated by national bodies and various international institutions, including the international criminal court, but for the crime of aggression, which became the beginning and the reason for the commission of all other crimes, there is currently no institution in the world that can hold the russian political and military leadership accountable for aggression against ukraine . that is, in fact, the international community, international law is not yet developed enough to react sharply, quickly react to specific things like war, in this case, russia's aggression against

of ukraine and quickly bring the guilty party to justice, in fact, it is necessary to further develop international legislation, it is possible to develop it already on the basis of well, for example, the nuremberg tribunal after the second world war, in which the first charge on which the defendants were tried was not aggression, but a crime against the peace, yes that's how it sounded in unierback's accusations, it's possible that another interesting president, an important president, is a special international tribunal that operated from 93 to 2017 for crimes in the former yugoslavia and the question arises, for example, it is a very important question , is it possible to try, for example, russia for a crime against ukraine for crimes of aggression while this aggression is still going on, the representative of ukraine and mp

maria mezentseva, who is here in london, was also today and spoke with the british representatives told me that it is necessary to start already, here is this excerpt from her answer, they had a slightly different format, they began, they were initiated not on victory day, and here we have the same strategy. if we wait for victory day, in which we believe, we know he will come in the near future, but this advocacy work has been going on for 9 months, bohdan's topic is very important tomorrow and we will definitely continue it in our program, and thank you very much , bohdan, on the call from london was bohdan tsyupin , representatives of the swedish government believe that countries should to increase military aid to ukraine or the support provided by the united states, in an interview with my colleagues tatiana, the minister of foreign affairs of sweden tobaes more strand said during the aspin security

forum in washington, sweden herself recently approved the largest military aid package for ukraine in its history, which includes, among other things , modern air defense systems, stockholm's current and future support for kyiv in the story. package more than all eight previous packages of military aid emphasize in the government of sweden more countries of the european union must step up to meet the level sha to meet the defense needs of ukraine during my visit to kyiv when i had the honor to meet with president zelensky , now the minister of foreign affairs, i saw with my own eyes the destruction that russian military aggression against ukraine is causing to the ukrainian people. i think we should do more that in the end, ukrainian soldiers who fight and

die at the front are also fighting for us and for our freedom. and we must recognize this as an increase in military, economic, political and humanitarian to support ukraine and the ukrainian people in winter , the package contains many means of defense for ukraine, such as air defense, for example , there are enough winter uniforms to support an entire division of 10,000 soldiers, these are just some of the items in the package. the swedish foreign minister is convinced that the only way to end the war is to help ukraine win on the battlefield, the ukrainian armed forces did a great job with all the military equipment they were given. so let's continue to give them military aid because it is obvious that they are capable of winning on the battlefield. i also publicly stated as the swedish minister of foreign affairs that the only way to end this conflict is to create a situation where russia suffers

a strategic military defeat on the battlefield in the first half of next year sweden will chair the council of the european union accordingly stockholm will is actively involved in the review of ukraine's fulfillment of the requirements for obtaining the status of a candidate country in the eeu, in fact, it is amazing what ukraine is doing despite the war to fulfill the requirements for obtaining the status of a candidate in the eu. i want to acknowledge this during my visit to kyiv. i also had the opportunity to meet with the minister of european integration and once again tell her that i think you are doing a great job in this direction and let's hope that we will see progress during the spring so that ukraine could also move forward with eu candidate status in addition to military aid in the latest package, the swedish government provided $69 million in humanitarian aid to ukraine, according to official statistics sweden has taken in approximately 50,000 ukrainian refugees tetyana voroshko oleksiy osyka - voice of america

, the leaders of the group themselves today once again condemned russia's seizure and militarization of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the kidnapping of ukrainian personnel and reports of ill-treatment of ukrainian personnel, as well as deliberate destabilization of activities. just 60 kilometers from the border with belarus, a month ago after a massive russian missile attack, playing with was forced to suspend work this week, the international atomic energy agency arrived here with a mission to help prevent the danger of a nuclear accident during the war. myroslava gongadze also visited the rivne station and talked with its director, pavel kovtoniuk. their interview further, please explain how important it is this station for the

energy supply of ukraine and what risks we see today in connection with the visa office and for the energy supply of ukraine e-e in general, nuclear energy plays a very important role, one can say that until recently, even until recently, almost 60% of the electricity in ukraine is the production of nuclear power, for now, probably today. this is much more because we know that a number of thermal stations are not working in our country in connection with the rocket attacks on the raschits, and the bulk energy of ukraine is currently set to such a level. an important task is the energy supply of populated areas and enterprises that work, therefore it is quite important to keep the nuclear

plant in a safe mode. to today's conditions and your readiness for these challenges. if we talk about the specific date of the 23rd of the previous month, there was a massive missile attack on energy facilities of ukraine and the system of ukraine, the energy system of ukraine could not cope with the consequences and nuclear plants. in connection with the decrease in the frequency of the power system a-a this mode this mode for nuclear plants is a design one it is something not e-e not for the design e-e before this nuclear plants are ready equipment is designed for such

outages, we started up 10 backup generators, the power system found an opportunity to meet our own needs in a fairly short time, and we started the blocks, just like all the stations fired the blocks, and today there are certain procedures, and these procedures are being improved in connection with our experience, and i think that the consequences will be less, uh, they are uh, well, they are important, as they were on the 23rd. that is, you are in such an emergency, we are here almost next to the belarusian border.

border there are great risks, they are talking about another possible invasion from that side in the event of an active military conflict here, what are the risks for ukraine and what are the risks for the whole of europe, first of all, the country at all stages, starting from the president of ukraine and ending with the energy atom, we will talk, we are preparing measures so that nuclear the station was not attacked so that the nuclear station was not captured. and for this we work together with the military, we help them, our station is guarded by the national guard of ukraine e.e. the armed forces of ukraine on today, as far as i know, we are much better prepared for such attacks, there are certain protective

schemes and so on in the event of disasters, in the case of missile attack, in the event that, for example, something happens to the reactor, in order to realize the disaster in general, it is simply necessary for the world, what was it meant lyuba a-a attack yes there with missiles and so on today it cannot lead to such a nuclear incident because there are certain project defenses there are certain defenses that we have already implemented during this war and during missile or other there attacks of such nuclear incidents are practically impossible, there may be damage that will not give the opportunity to work there, yes, to release it to the

network , yes, it can be. things uh, we see a blackout in ukraine on the 23rd, and it's good that we were able to uh, we were able to supply uh, voltage to heal our own needs, if it were more difficult, there are already more critical issues, we uh, first of all, we need protection the protection of those critical e-e power facilities that could, if we are talking about a nuclear plant, that could even provide a nuclear plant with electricity, this could be in the last resort from europe, we have lines to europe, you say protection, what does this mean specifically physical defense is

anti-missile systems primarily against drones er-e it is primarily because today we see that although they are destroyed yes but by 100% and that even 3-4%, if they are so this is the probability that some atomic station e-e will be stopped at for a long time, people work here in difficult conditions in difficult psychological conditions because it is, well , a state of constant danger all the time. what do your workers need today? we see what is happening at the zaporizhzhia station, which is currently occupied. what do your workers need today? first of all, they need attention. of attention in such a way that they should come home yes there should be light there should be warmth they have the possibility of er

rehabilitation to recover we have a system we have a er structure that carries out such rehabilitation they can take psychological courses, we also have psychologists who work with the staff on various topics and, first of all, attention and maximum help to the staff, it gives such confidence to them that they are protected. that is the importance of that that in a country where there is a war and we all understand it and they are on a very important front and they also make a big contribution brings victory when an interview with pavel kovtunyuk, the director of the

rivne nuclear power plant, the military initially brought a full-scale war to treatment and rehabilitation to the united states charity organization for the recovery of defenders of ukraine its founder started a project to help wounded ukrainian soldiers back in 2014 iryna solomko spoke with the head and volunteers of the organization iryna dc ivashchuk founder of the fund for the revival of defenders of ukraine in the past the ukrainian national team at the world athletics championships, a promising athlete was noticed by the american coaches and invited her to studying in california, there she met her husband and stayed to live in the united states. the stable and peaceful life of irina and her family was changed first by the euromaidan and then by russia's war against ukraine, and we were shocked by what losses

ukraine is suffering and what injuries in the military and watching for our medical system, it was simply unreal, the medical system was absolutely not ready to receive such wounded, that is, the facilities were converted into hospitals, accordingly, there was no equipment, and the care of military personnel was also a little chaos in this plan, the civilian hospital also took the wounded. that's how the idea came up, i think maybe ok money, then of course i'll give $1,000, there or $2,000, we'll collect and hand it over, but what will these funds be to a person who, for example, suffered 60% burns .”

they were accepted by a on a free basis and i went and did help to make a vision m-m, that is, they took documents that he did not need to appear at the embassy, ​​he was 60% burnt. restored his hands, there were a lot of operations. unfortunately , he lost an eye. he also partially restored his face. after that, serhiy returned to ukraine. in general, from korosten, at first iryna helped other volunteers bring the wounded, later she realized that she has enough experience and skills to

do it herself and founded her own organization. i wanted to do it much faster a-a and control more er-e the situation a-a we started to negotiate with doctors and hospitals, iryna and her team help in extremely difficult cases, such as restoring vision or saving infected, wounded limbs, this is what most often causes amputation of servicemen who get these infections, which in it is very difficult for ukraine to produce not all antibiotics, but even an infectious disease specialist is suitable for us here. how come there are no such specialists in the profession, so if an infectious disease specialist works in america and fully diagnoses a person, what kind of infection is there, how to introduce samples, different directions, different antibiotics that can fight this infection, for example now we have two military personnel in boston, a lot of time for a black asper, the treatment of these two m-m wounded costs somewhere plus or minus 1.5

million dollars to the hospital, and they agreed to this , they generally agreed to five military personnel when the hostilities began a full-scale immediately turned to them and immediately turned to all the contacts with whom we worked for years and, for example, there is one of the servicemen in boston who, for six weeks , was treated intravenously for an infection there, and now he has been on pills for three months , but if we we didn't do it, if we brought him today he would have lost his leg, because he's only had it for six months, they've been plus or minus for another six months, we 'll be able to return these special forces back home to those who were not lucky enough to save a leg or an arm the background helps with prosthetics and rehabilitation. now we have three servicemen actually arriving on monday, and it will be prosthetics , heavy prosthetics in your tendisiem cap a bere. without our boys, it is practically free. so, well, we cover the road of resettlement and so on, we

coordinate all these actions, funds for the activities of the fund iryna collects on social networks, as well as at the expense of charity concerts, during the 7 years of the organization's existence, about 10 million dollars have been donated, the foundation has 40 volunteers throughout the country, they help take care of the wounded and also to hold events. we attract many ukrainian singers to help us. this is how we arrest people. to raise 950,000 almost a million dollars and we were able to open our own rehabilitation center in irpen, we bought premises, we made repairs, we added rehabilitation equipment and medical because we

have become a medical rehabilitation center now. the work was very powerful. in fact, we were able to take more wounded soldiers for treatment , even roman mengeyuk, one of the volunteers of the foundation , became a volunteer by chance. roman lives in philadelphia not far from the hospital that helps the foundation. after hearing that they were looking for a person who could place and help the blind wounded man, he immediately volunteered at that time. roman has been helping the organization for 5 years, currently he is responsible for organizing events in june, in particular , he organized a concert natalist leoniyorku mik volunteers we are already like a family so that means we we understand each other, and all the volunteers in our fund, yes, you know for sure, ira also showed with her leadership, and she knows how to lead, does gigantic things, and our volunteering is such a small contribution, of course, to what - and the guys who are the defenders

of ukraine, the guys and girls, the heroes of ukraine, who sacrificed their health and so on. therefore, this is the least that here in the diaspora, we ukrainian americans , ukrainians, can do. together with others, she worked on organizing concerts from the moment of the full-scale invasion, it was already a 24/7 job, because in addition to the concerts, we already had a lot of documentary work and we did a lot of commissions in the states and in europe. we began to help not only military, as well as hospitals and children and civilians, and that is, the scope of work increased so much that, in fact, all our main work took a back seat and i began to devote all my time to the fund because, well, i could not just watch and just sit

to work and not help, well, it was unreal. yana shows her garage, which has long been turned into a warehouse, now the equipment for the new rehabilitation center is stored here, which iryna and her team are planning to open in lviv in a few months, she promises that the new center will not be inferior to the best american ones in terms of equipment and personnel training to institutions from connecticut iryna solomko voice of america and that's the end of it thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian see you tomorrow good luck dads andriy yanitsky keeps the economy under control

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