the free have a choice, choose what you want on megogo war has raised its head again in europe, reminding us of the darkest hour in our history franz 24 constantly covers events in ukraine, our team on the ground and in the studio will inform you about the dynamics of events and this is the most current from franz 24 in ukrainian on espresso i am iryna koval, mother, wife, host of the espresso tv channel. and i am also a volunteer. our soldiers at the front need a lot of things every day, and that is why part of my life today

is to help the armed forces of ukraine. projects that i will have to understand such things as thermal imagers, generators, quadcopters, could i, a mother of three children, imagine that just like knowing the principle of operation of a diaper, i will understand the difference between an active and passive night vision device , did my wife know that i would buy my husband not shirts for work, and bertie didn’t even know about tactical glasses, but since 2014 i had to become a volunteer because our relatives were on the front lines and they needed help, everyone is still needed . even a small contribution to support can help troops saves the lives of our soldiers and brings our victory closer

on the air program of the ukrainian voice of america service, time, i am its host, ostap yarysh, america is absolutely sure that ukraine will win in 2023, said the us ambassador in kyiv, bridget bring, reacting to russia's new year's shelling of ukrainian cities, russia coldly and cowardly attacked ukraine in the early hours of the new year. putin still does not seem to understand that ukrainians are made of iron, she wrote . putin failed to achieve any of his main goals in ukraine in 2022 ago instead, he is resorting to terrorism on new year's day, said former us ambassador to russia michael mcfluh, adding that it is difficult for me to understand how anyone can still respect him, torture and killing of civilians, shelling

of infrastructure, forced deportation to russia and forced mobilization, and all of this is faced by residents of the occupied territories of ukraine the need to bring to justice the perpetrators of war crimes from the immediate perpetrators to the top military political leadership of russia is being actively discussed both in ukraine and in the usa, details in the story of oleksandr yanevsky since the beginning of russia's full-scale war in ukraine, the un has officially confirmed 6,884 deaths among the civilian population of ukraine, including 429 children who died, law enforcement agencies of ukraine provide similar data, however, the number of deaths among civilians is probably much higher only in mariupol, according to representatives of the ukrainian authorities, the number of dead may exceed 22,000, it is said that the numbers are much higher, but it is difficult to confirm or deny them, since the city is under the control of the russian military, in addition

, according to the general prosecutor's office of ukraine, more than 13 thousand ukrainian children were deported to russia. the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine registered more than 48,000 criminal cases based on the facts of the commission of crimes on the territory of ukraine by servicemen of the armed forces of the russian federation and their guides, meanwhile , in russia, they propose to introduce amendments to the criminal code, which is removed for committing crimes in the occupied territories of ukraine committed before september 30, 2022, the relevant draft law was registered in to the state duma of russia, ukraine cooperates with many governments and organizations in gathering evidence and establishing responsibility for war crimes up to the highest echelons of leadership, including president putin , elizabeth bruce, an expert at the american institute of entrepreneurship, means that this is a long and difficult process, this is where decades of criminal justice will come in handy for

investigators . will establish indirect evidence of involvement, for example, sloboda milosevic, who did not kill anyone in the balkan wars, was brought to responsibility on the basis of the same circumstantial evidence, it should also not be forgotten that the more we see trials of war crimes, the less the leaders of countries or armies committing war crimes know that they should not leave anything to the pope, but there are extremely qualified investigators both from the side of governments. so what it is very important from the side of the civil society of the intelligence community, which does not spare time to collect all kinds of information and evidence from open sources, american legislators also declare about the need to bring to justice all those guilty of war crimes hastened at this moment in the whole world it is quite obvious that the russian military and then ultimately vladimir putin should be charged and convicted of

war crimes. in support of ongoing international criminal court investigations, this bill touches on all aspects of how to achieve justice regarding what is happening in ukraine, he will allow ukrainian refugees who are in the united states to testify to the investigators and i presented a bipartisan resolution on the establishment of a special tribunal in the case of crimes of aggression, calling on the president of the united states to take all possible measures to support the creation of such a special tribunal in the work on the collection data on war crimes helps and the american government then collects information we will work we will collect information we will work with our partners to collect evidence because it is extremely important to bring to justice those who committed crimes and those who ordered them and the people of ukraine and the people of ukraine

demand and deserve justice and we will work with our partners to make everything happen so that despite the proposals to hold a tribunal in mariupol destroyed by the russian military, it would be incredible the place will be the hague, where the international criminal court is located, the main question is whether it will be possible to bring the russian leader to justice the hague is simply a recognized and respected place for such kind of disorder there is also the appropriate institutional structure oh it is very difficult to bring leaders like putin to justice in court but you know we should try to do it when this terrible war is over now obviously putin has enormous power in russia it is very difficult for people to imagine what his name is when will be prosecuted , but who knows, let's wait and see, the world is shocked by what is happening in ukraine, experts say that

it will be necessary to prove that their words inspired russian soldiers to commit war crimes according to american analysts, more and more voices are being heard in support of bringing to justice the odious presenters of russian tv channels who willingly made cruel and inhumane statements oleksandr yanevsky voice of america will be the key to the successful reconstruction of ukraine, the beginning of this process will be the beginning of this process right now , karina korostyrina, a professor at the school of peace and conflict resolution at george university, believes mason is one of the leading institutions in the world that is engaged in the analysis of gayer processes and processes of reconciliation, the scientist was born in crimea was educated in kyiv and for the past 20 years has been teaching a course in washington about conflicts in the world, in particular, and russia's war against ukraine. maria prus asked her about a public opinion survey of ukrainians and how a full-scale war transformed

ukrainian society . to ukraine what results surprised you when we asked people to rate what is more important to them, life or the territory of ukraine, many people told us that yes, the majority of our people support the territory ukraine as the most sacred and the greatest value. we also discovered that there are differences between how people perceive threats from russia depending on what personal connection they have with the russian language and culture. those who feel more connected to russian culture feel less threatened by language, but those who have a more defined european or ukrainian identity. they all felt a greater threat from russia, but they still divided the russian leadership and the russian people. we found that these people who lost their land or their house or property are more

supportive of a ceasefire, and people who have lost a friend or even a family member are much more supportive of the continuation of the struggle for ukrainians , the cease-fire and the peace process mean that they do not agree to the concessions of any territories, because there is a firm belief that aggression cannot be rewarded, there is a strong belief that that ukraine is on the right side of the war - this is a belief in a just war and that they really protect democracy for the whole world or does your survey refer to all occupied ukrainian territories including the crimean donbas captured in 2014 zvezdev flew from differ there are differences everyone was in full agreement about the liberation of the

territories captured by russia after february 24, fewer people, especially those who suffered from the war, agree on the importance of returning donbas to crimea. the territories will return to ukraine, how long will the integration process be, because they were under the leadership of the russian authorities, that is the length of the question and a good question, we can rely on the numerous experience of other conflicts, for example, the conflict with sudan and south sudan, the war in georgia, where russia occupied the territories, the peace process in angola is one of the key the conditions of possible success or failure was the ability to win the hearts of people in these territories, so ukraine must show the people living in crimea and occupied donetsk that they are much better off to live in ukraine, they should see that ukraine provides more freedoms, it is a more liberal state, that it is a state that provides more

opportunities for people of different cultures, more opportunities to be a part of europe, for example, to make certain countries a part of the european union, not only a visa-free regime, but also to achieve a european integration level of education, fight against corruption, this will show the people in crimea and donetsk that they really want to be ukraine , a part of ukraine, and not this very authoritarian corrupt regime in russia where people's votes do not matter but people some people in ukraine, on the contrary, place the responsibility for the war on those who remained in the so-called self-proclaimed republics in crimea and supported the russian government, instead, you are talking about encouraging them to return to ukraine, while some suggest, on the contrary, to punish them with a dirty day in the form of sister action, the reaction was strong anger but then we will continue the conversation about how their identity was manipulated how they did not get the right information or this

fake news was already consistent this information should be attractive so for it is very important for ukrainians to realize the need for forgiveness, selfies, fuel incrimination , and because people in crimea should not be completely forgiven. this debate, the speech issue is really very acute, some argue that there are many russian-speaking ukrainians on the front line now, but others say that if part of ukraine were not so close culturally and linguistically to in russia, the russians would not have had such an opportunity to influence ukrainians, in particular through movus. look auntie luk moldova. look at georgia . look at moldova. the russians did the same exactly as they occupied the territory of

georgia . in the usa at that time, it was indifference of the obama administration or the european union, first russia bought abkhazia and ossetia and there was not much resistance from the international community, moreover, the international community held the olympic games for a few kilometers from the occupied territory of abkhazia and the ossetians say that it is normal for putin to do this less than a month later he occupied crimea trauma, there is a huge amount of research that shows that trauma affects cognitive abilities, emotions, but it also affects how you see the future. it is very important to implement the right approaches to

because now there has been a normalization of violence for children and this problem should be solved in the education system, but the key to the reconstruction of ukrainian society is that it must be started now, it is never necessary to wait until the end of the war to begin the reconstruction of ukraine, because here it is important not just to attract money or invite the international community to come and do our work, so if we analyze your previous experience with studying conflicts in other countries, what else is different about the war in ukraine , first of all, most of the soldiers we are now we see it internal wars like in ethiopia, a war when one country invaded the territory of another, this happens very rarely in the 21st century, in fact, i could not believe that this is happening in the 21st century. unfortunately , the security structure in europe was not ready to prevent this type of aggression and this very

asymmetric wars from the point of view of the resources of lives , residents of russia are not soldiers, they are not starving, they are not bombed, this all happens only with ukrainian cities, and even the war between russia and ukraine does not affect the russian population in any way, except for soldiers, there are many the uniqueness of ukrainians who want freedom, for whom the land of ukraine is a sacred value , they are ready to sacrifice their lives, there is this willingness to die for ukraine but not only this, but also the willingness to do everything possible i think this resilience is what developed the orange revolution revolution of dignity ukraine during for many years shows in the european union that we are ready, we have made a choice, people are dying for a fully democratic choice for a liberal choice and this is what really needs to be done for ukraine to make ukraine a part of the european union it will really help us not to squeal union and chaos in 2022 the world saw the

bravery of ukraine and in 2023 they will see its victory with these words american congressmen congratulated the ukrainian people and happy new year american legislators emphasized that despite impressive victories on the battlefield, there is still a long and cold road ahead winter , so all partners of ukraine should continue to support kyiv and legislators, my colleague kateryna lisova spoke, the world admires you, admires how you stand against a state that is four times larger because of you, the ukrainians showed better dedication, better skill on the battlefield and really surpassed the russian army, which has a history of intimidation with its power, but the ukrainians are still winning and we admire the ukrainians who are fighting for their freedom , fighting for their families, fighting for their

culture and history, russia is trying to eliminate ukraine as an independent people and an independent culture, they perceive ukrainians as part of russia, which ukrainians definitely do not agree with in 2022 we saw the bravery of ukraine and in 2023 i pray and i hope that we will see the victory of ukraine, it is obvious that the people and soldiers of ukraine have impressed the whole world and this is great news, but we will realize and remember the words of president zelensky at the end of the year we will face a hard cold winter and there is still a lot of work ahead and despite the extraordinary triumphs, especially compared to what people expected, we also know that a large part of the territory is still occupied, we know that putin is capable of anything and that any delay will give putin a reason to continue aggression, this must be a constant stream of support

for ukraine i believe that it was, to put it mildly, a very difficult year for ukrainians. they are fighting fiercely and bravely not only for themselves against the criminal invasion of the russians, but also for all people who seek freedom and the opportunity to decide their own destiny. ukrainians are fighting so that we don't have to. i just want to say that what the ukrainian people are doing is very inspiring to all freedom-loving people, i wish the ukrainians a speedy end and victory in this war against the russians, as volodymyr zelenskyy said in the congress, we need to put in the place of people who violated international norms and committed criminal acts against other countries. i want to express my wishes to all in ukraine , especially courageous men and women on the front lines . democracy and that includes our friends our neighbors and all our allies

in ukraine we are truly proud of you your strength and encouragement have been an inspiration to all of us not only here in america but all over the world you they showed everyone who ukrainians are, they are brave people, strong people, people of character, people of goodness , and we can proudly say that we have been with you all this year and the past years. and most importantly, we will be with you every next year. god protect ukraine. glory to ukraine, we continue to tell about public organizations in the usa that, after the beginning of the great russian invasion, intensified their assistance to ukraine, one of them, the ukrainian federation of america, founded it in the late 80s to help children who suffered from the chernobyl accident for more than 30 years of its existence, the npp in the organization responded promptly to the challenges

and threats faced by ukraine. the idea of ​​uniting all ukrainian organizations in the suburbs of philadelphia under the roof of the ukrainian cultural and educational center an equally important project was the founding of the ukrainian federation of america and probably the same birth as the organization took place when, in december 1990, the ukrainian federation filled the plane mriya a-a with humanitarian aid and the dream flew to ukraine with the first so-and-so such a huge cargo chernyk was also occupied by a doctor after the death of her husband who headed the organization at the very beginning the federation has six programs for the promotion of ukraine's interests and information , art, culture, health care and humanitarian aid, as well as social

services. programs for crimean nurses even we were engaged in the translation of medical textbooks for mothers and children as well as people. this was back in the 90s after the 90s, because at that time there were no such books in ukraine, however, among all directions , one of the most powerful was and remains medical care for the seriously ill children and adults are helped by the organization in this personal authority among colleagues and connections with ini-chernyk we helped with children who were born abnormal due to the effect of radiation or had some problems after that with a hmm er with various tumors and various cancers. so we brought er to america. and those children were operated on. they got chemotherapy after eight or

nine months, while they were already in order, then we sent them back, we have permission to work with ukrainian doctors, the federation organizes groups of children's surgeons and we send and cover the funds to send them to ukraine for two weeks and three weeks, and the surgeons operate on many children in a row, and then they return with the beginning of the russian spring seriously wounded ukrainian soldiers zenyk and her team was the first in the united states to start helping with the treatment of boys in american hospitals, we then brought twenty very, very seriously injured people here to america, and some of them we had to transport with a doctor, we sent the doctor to

return with the patient on the plane because they were very unstable and because some had more than 70% of burn wounds on the body and very serious injuries of the face and eyes. so, let's bring the roma here and at the same time we also help in ukraine and we sponsor the financiers of the clinic to go to the clinic this is for a of psychological trauma, and now we have expanded that clinic and also physical therapy, and we are paying for it. the full-scale russian invasion forced the leaders of the organization to respond promptly to challenges and needs again. mazur adds that there was a need to increase the number of volunteers, because the old team could not cope with the amount of help that was

need to accept, sort and send to ukraine we need volunteers we need young people who can be in the warehouse corners who can lift heavy boxes who can pick up pallets, operate them, and so a new team of volunteers was formed, its core is probably 15-20 people who constantly worked in the warehouse, a local volunteer, a local businessman, and at first he gave us his warehouse for free, absolutely everywhere , huge loads come to this warehouse, because the federation considering her, she receives free humanitarian aid in large batches from local hospitals, we have provided aid to 43 ukrainian hospitals, as of the end of summer, we have already sent more than 100 tons to ukraine of medical equipment and medical drugs zoryana kachurak - one of the newly arrived volunteers of the federation zoryana was born in

soviet ukraine at the age of ten, emigrated with her parents to the united states after the collapse of the ussr. usa in the spring of this year because of my father's illness, i think we need to do something , we need to help ukraine and mrs. zaniacharnyk. panizannya says oh, i was just waiting for you, we have such an initiative, we have a warehouse, we need hands , we need people who want, what fulfillment of energy and desire here is your address. come, too. i arrived in march and so on. until now, it will simply become an integral part of my life. i'm a marketer. i'm absolutely not in the medical field. i've usually learned a lot during this time, because adversity teaches adversity. well, that's how i sort everything.

we sort. of all that equipment. can we send the mosklay nine from the nets? we are generally happy because we know that this is the next stage and it will fly and swim and it will come there and it will do the most good. olena palyuga, also a volunteer, recalls the first days after the invasion spent on during the protests in new york, when she returned to philadelphia, tizennik and mazur came to help. every week, 3-4-5 pallets, and of course they are not sorted, but we are grateful for everything from the syringe to the sterile surgical set, i immediately created a fiodelphia chat and volunteers, that is, i make a post and they respond immediately who can come and snort in telegram somewhere, there are already more than two hundred of them and who

has the opportunity, i always say you have the opportunity once a month come, you have the opportunity together in a week, come mykhailo and lyudmila, a couple of doctors from kyiv , live in svyatoshino and have two girls . they spent the first 10 days of the full-scale war when the russians tried to capture kyiv in the basement to save the children from stress. they decided to go to western ukraine after that. mykhailo returned to kyiv, and lyudmila left for the usa with her daughters. she says that adapting to a new life was not easy, and volunteering helped in order to know how to move on in general, to have the strength to move on, and we tried to do everything in the ukrainian center for great happiness, which used to be a lot years ago, it was built here, we found a lot of people and a lot of support, a lot of the help we needed, which was in words, which was in a friendly shoulder. i

met people here, they said everything will be fine. we we can do everything further, i heard that there is a federation that deals with its composition, which deals with the sorting of medicine, that is, everything related to medicine, and they need doctors, oh and melnyk, i can, i can help lyudmila and elena and zoryana, despite the fatigue from of many months of volunteer work, they say they will help dopolkin, victory will come. mazur adds that even after 30 years of the organization's existence, it attracts volunteers, which shows how important the federation's activities are for the community and ukraine, but he admits that he wants to after the victory, most of the efforts of the organizations went not to the crisis and medical direction, but to the cultural and educational ones in order to support and develop the next generations of ukrainians, the whole delphia, iryna solomko, pavlo terekhov, voice of america, download the voice of america mobile application , the application allows you to automatically bypass

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