defense ministers to discuss what needs ukraine has now and what they need for success in the future, we repeat again that we will support ukraine as much as it will be needed and judging by everything that i have seen of our allies and partners, they think the same way, so we remain united in our efforts and the minister of defense with future assistance and today also a very important issue is the possible provision of tanks today, in fact the adviser to the head of the presidential office mykhailo podalyak in an interview with our class from the russian department mykhailo komedovsky he said that he is sure that poland and great britain will provide tanks to ukraine. he said that this decision has already been made by the same official information, official reports that they are really going there, the only thing we don't have yet is that from poland the day before, we heard from the president, because duda

, what really warsaw made such a decision, but again, germany has to give the green light , so we will closely monitor how the next meeting of the contact group will develop, absolutely julia regarding tanks, indeed now all eyes are turned to berlin and yulia, and if we are to assess the situation around the soldier, the assessments of american experts and analysts who examine the course of the hostilities, what do they say, and in fact, ostap has a lot of attention paid to this, and researchers from the institute of war research here in washington are talking about that that in fact they do not see that the russians have completely taken control of soledar, they also say that if the russians manage to capture this city, it does not mean that they will be able to capture bakhmut as well in fact, on the outskirts of which asoledar is also mark hertrin - he is a former american general, he draws attention to the fact that in fact soledar ani soledar ani and bakhmut are not extremely important cities from

the strategic point of view. this is understandable because the ukrainians do not want to give up a single centimeter of their territory , they definitely want to return all their territories back and are fighting for their cities from the point of view of the russians, this is actually a bigger question prestige and this, again, as he says, shows problems in the leadership, shows the battle of personalities in the russian leadership and in the russian command and margareting is considered his personal opinion about what to call if the russians can capture the soldiers , they can win a tactical victory, but a strategic victory he believes the ukrainians will win because this is how long they hold the battle for such a small city of yulia, or do they associate in the usa the aggravation of the situation on this part of the front with the change of the russian military the command that is responsible for waging war against ukraine of the white house about this, she said

that first of all this indicates problems in the russian leadership and that they are trying to solve their problem from the point of view of american aid, she emphasized that the united states will continue to help ukraine at any stage they weren't a war russia has been attacking ukraine for 10 months 10 months and this winter we see that putin is using a new approach and hitting civilians have you heard how the president spoke about this , namely that what the ukrainians are going through is it is unheard of and they can give an answer to the second question. i will tell you that the president should make it clear to president zelensky, who was here very recently. you heard how president biden spoke about his obligations to the ukrainian people and the fact that the united states will continue to support ukraine as long as will be needed and we are very clear and consistent about this, we are moving and acting

quickly to support ukraine with the necessary tools to win this war we have just announced another package funding under the presidential powers program for 3 billion us dollars is currently the largest package and this will continue, we will be with them as long as they need us iro thank you, let me remind you that yulia yarmolenko was in touch with us meanwhile, open debates are ongoing in the un security council on the rule of law in maintaining international peace and security, the first similar debates took place back in 2003, and since then the security council has held them every few years, this year one system of discussions was the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine my colleague iryna solomko followed the event at the un, who now joins iryna's greetings broadcast, and therefore, according to the assessment of many observers, the russian full-scale invasion of ukraine demonstrated the shortcomings of international law, as far as it was reflected in today's discussion, yes, ostap

, open debates on the rule of law are taking place in radio security, as you mentioned , every few years. this is a very important event , because in the framework of this discussion, in fact, the countries that are members of the un, the countries of the security council, are trying to discuss and understand how the mechanisms currently operated by the un include peacekeeping missions, the un international court of justice and the international criminal court can better protect the rule of law and implement it, and there is something to talk about here , because even within the framework of the security council, permanent members of the un, such as russia and china, and they in fact, they do not recognize the decision of the international court of justice of the united nations, among other tools that the united nations can use, and special courts and special tribunals, and this just resonated in the context of ukraine, because ukraine has been working very actively for the past few months on the creation of such a special tribunal regarding the crimes of aggression of russia against ukraine. thus , speaking during the meeting of the president of the

international court of justice, joan donoghue in her and she said that this mechanism is possible only on one condition, if the member states recognize their decisions of these structures, if this unfortunately, it is not possible to expect the aggressor to be really brought to justice. in addition, of course, almost every speech had us, that is, we heard journalists and heard and observers heard support for ukraine, support for territorial integrity the sovereignty of condemning the actions of the russian federation, and let me remind you that this is not the main topic of the debate, but in almost every speech the countries talked about it and also talked about the immediate need to bring russia to justice. there is no international legal basis for the russian invasion of ukraine. russia violated the statute of the organization about of the united nations and its military forces committed war crimes in ukraine, the general assembly strongly

supported the resolution that clearly and unequivocally condemned the illegal so-called referendums not it is surprising that many countries are not sure that the un charter and the fundamental principles on which the organization was founded are being observed. we must hold russia accountable just as we must hold accountable all those who do not respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity of human rights and fundamental human freedoms. iryna took part in the debate also from the deputy minister of foreign affairs of ukraine and the manager of the key message that she tried to convey to the security council today . meeting at the ministerial level and even the head of the administration in japan, therefore ukraine, which is not a member of the security council , was invited, and because of the war, because of all these violations of human rights and violations of the rule of law on its territory, it was included in the meeting and was usually invited

either the minister or the first deputy , ms. dzhiparova came, her speech was very emotional and very different from other speeches because she tried very hard to be so humane, she talked about her personal examples, for example, she talked about that even while packing the suitcases, go to new york, she collected them in the dark and using a candle that instead of 9 hours , usually when you fly from kyiv to new york, the journey now takes 36 hours, that is, they tried to actually tell the world and in what conditions now ordinary ukrainians live who do not defend ukraine in war, but what do they face in such an ordinary life? in addition, of course, she delivered important messages in the context of the creation of a tribunal on the crime of aggression, called on the members of the security council and the members of the general assembly to vote for this resolution, because ukraine has been in the field offices for several weeks, he is trying to convince the member states to vote and support this resolution, because

this is primarily important because, according to her , those ukrainians who suffered from the war or they very much need justice for the tropes of the debate of promoting and strengthening the rule of law and which rule of law can be talked about without justice imagine a mother who has just lost her newborn child as it happened in when russia shelled a maternity hospital in november, zaporizhzhia region obviously needs justice, it needs answers to its questions, it needs to know that those guilty of this terrible crime will be punished , accountability and the restoration of justice are among the key points of our formula for peace, the only way to achieve this goal is to attract russian war criminals to responsibility, as was the case with the nazi leadership, and i would also like to remind you that the debate is ongoing, that is, this topic continues

the topic continues to be discussed and this topic of ukraine does not end this week, tomorrow in the security council, a separate meeting of the security council for ukraine will be held, during which the following will also be discussed, that is, operational information about what is happening in bakhmut and in solidarity, and that to what extent are civilians suffering from the war, and in this meeting, imenedzhebarov will also take part, and we will be watching him tomorrow, we will absolutely be watching , we hope with you tomorrow we will also be able to do this discuss the topic iryna thank you for your work with us iryna solomko from the un headquarters in new york was in touch the russian war in ukraine had a catastrophic effect on the civilian population that overshadowed all other human rights problems in the state this is stated in the annual the report on the state of human rights of the international organization human rights watch, the report also points to the illegal occupation of parts of donetsk, luhansk, kherson, and zaporizhzhia regions, whose residents were

forced to vote in unrecognized elections using machine guns the world of so-called referendums is being manipulated by the watch, saying the international community must use the entire arsenal of means to protect human rights or bring russia to justice. in some cases, russian soldiers executed civilians in makeshift detention centers. others were executed on the spot after house searches. in yards and porches the response of the international community by rallying around key measures to support human rights, including the creation of international justice mechanisms and the collection of military evidence crimes meanwhile, in the usa, the work of air carriers was already normalized yesterday due to actually from the security system, thousands of flights were canceled

or delayed, a technical failure paralyzed the work of the country's federal aviation control system, which warns pilots about potential dangers on routes, continues maria olinovska yesterday in the united states more than 11 thousand planes were delayed and another 1,300 were canceled due to a technical failure that paralyzed the operation of the airports for an hour and a half, i was told by phone that the situation the same as on september 11, 2001, a complete grounding of flights across the country, president joe biden told reporters that he was informed about the situation and was in contact with the secretary of transportation, vit . it takes a few more hours to figure out what happened. there was a malfunction in the us federal aviation administration's flight notification computer system. the system was rebooted at 5 a.m. on wednesday, but by 7 a.m. the problem was still there.

was not resolved, podbuzhi-jech said at that time, we decided to stop flights until the federal aviation administration can fully make sure that the system not only sends reliable information, but also that the information reaches the pilots at 9 o'clock in the morning, the administration made sure that everything is working properly because we have lifted the ban and flights have resumed the flight alert system is a critical safety mechanism it is warning pilots of potential hazards on routes wednesday night the federal aviation administration said that the system crashed the corrupted file , while there is no evidence that it was cyber congressmen from both parties have expressed concern that the air traffic control systems are outdated, especially in light of the massive collapse of the us aviation system due to weather conditions at the end of last year the faa license is reviewed every 5 years he planned and for this year ago it is important that congress make sure that the administration has everything necessary to solve

these problems to calculate the total losses from yesterday's failure is still impossible, at the same time south past airlines said that the 16,700 flights it canceled during the holidays will cost it 825 million dollars. long-range missiles, this was emphasized by experts during a discussion at the atlantic council think tank in washington. and the ukrainian government recommends preparing a reintegration plan in advance, because the return of the peninsula is said to be painful, says iryna matviychuk, the issue of crimea is central to this war , american retired general wesley clark, the former supreme commander of nato's combined armed forces in europe,

believes that crimea should be liberated. perhaps, but for this, the armed forces need offensive weapons, in particular , tanks and aircraft fighter jets, can ukraine restore control over crimea absolutely yes ? does it have everything to do it yet? ukraine needs offensive capabilities, and it starts with victory in in a counter-offensive battle, more artillery, more weapons that shoot at a longer distance , better command control and intelligence support, ukraine also needs drones that fly over long distances, such as the switch blade 600, if you win the counter-offensive, you can then move forward, and for this you need not only powerful and courageous infantry which ukraine formed, but we need armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, attack helicopters and aviation, so the time has come for ukraine to get access to western aviation. we must provide they have f-16 and such amsta 600 drones, it is time for

ukraine to get m1 abrams tanks, challenger leopards, and all this must be accompanied by a significant service system, the leadership of countries depends on who can first show political will, in particular, to send tanks to ukraine, says debra kegan from the transatlantic earth leadership network 20 in january, there will be a rammstein meeting, there will be many defense ministers. it would be very useful, important and prudent if the us defense minister. here he clearly said that we want countries not to send battle tanks to ukraine we want the countries to accept the fact that ukraine needs planes for this war, we have to stop the games on the topic of giving up crimea in exchange for peace, the usa needs to show a stronger hand, with or without hard gloves, towards its allies, so that they move on and move on to the next phases, if crimea

remains with russia, it will push putin to further aggression, the expert is convinced that you cannot reward evil, bad behavior, ukraine has already demonstrated to the west that crimea will not be traded with russia, emphasized the former the minister of defense of ukraine and now an expert of the atlantic council andriy zahorodniuk he believes that the event should clearly state what the format of the ukrainian victory should be and this victory should include the deoccupation of crimea, we in ukraine believe that crimea is important because of crimea putin projects his power on other regions and the black sea factor - this is a big geopolitical issue, we must be very clear about the format of this victory, russia cannot be allowed to keep crimea as a constant threat in the black sea region, if russia has to be responsible for its actions, it must be she is responsible for everything, not only in part

, but we will liberate ukraine, but not all of it, it would be a false strategy, we will go ahead. says the ex-minister of defense of the peninsula, it is possible to liberate it only by military means. zagorodniuk is convinced, you are getting out. we believe that the russian troops will be exhausted by the time we go to the crimea, it is possible to limit their forces and it is possible to neutralize the influence of the black sea fleet in the black sea, somewhat reduced the flagships , experts also recommend that the ukrainian government already work on a program to gradually return crimea under ukrainian control, the process of reintegration, they say, may not be easy ukraine, the ukrainian government in my opinion, should draw up a plan for the occupation of

crimea the population that lived there in 2014 no longer lives there today crimean tatars were isolated and had to leave many russians arrived there everything is typical the behavior of the russian federation works like this, russia must have a plan for the reintegration of crimea into ukraine, experts did not undertake to make predictions when exactly the ukrainian armed forces will be ready to move in the direction of crimea, however, earlier retired american generals ben hodges made predictions that crimea could be liberated by the end of this summer iryna matviychuk kostyantyn holobchyk voice of america to enlist the support of those who were not ready to even hear about ukraine to raise thousands of dollars to help the army and sacrifice her career for the sake of contributing to the victory, this was done by a ukrainian woman for reasons that with the beginning of a full-scale war, they devote all their time to supporting the motherland, they founded the cactus and trident volunteer movement and do everything that the topic of ukraine was heard every day in distant arizona, how three ukrainian women were able to

unite people from other countries around them and sway the local community to their side, iryna will tell shynkarenko today we are standing in the grounds in phoenix in the usa to thank the armed forces of ukraine with a holiday thank you to our brave women girls boys and men for our protection for our support and we love you very much we appreciate even with the beginning after the full-scale war, interest in ukrainian problems in arizona was insignificant until a group of compatriots who have long lived in the usa began to loudly call for support after 9 months of our organization functioning in arizona. i think everyone knows about ukraine

. ukrainian olinavinska lived in the usa for more than 10 years before the start of a full-scale war she had no compatriot friends in arizona, however, after february 24, ukrainians quickly found each other with olya. i met olya on facebook. to be honest, we somehow crossed the lines, looking for bulletproof vests, we just said let's stand on the corner of our one of the largest streets. and even where there is a lot of traffic with ukrainian flags , only about 40 people came to the first ukrainian action in phoenix, however, ukrainian women did not stop, they continued to go out on the streets and founded their own volunteer movement, our volunteer movement is not enough some kind of relationship between ukraine and specifically arizona eh and i think that this name is exactly cactus and trident eh covers this relationship ukraine to start volunteer work of cactus and trident in the state

where there are relatively few ukrainians it was not easy i had to leave my job and devote all my family time volunteering was difficult not only because of the small number of people to help in arizona not everyone was ready pro-ukrainian problems are difficult when you go to a rally and hold a ukrainian flag and someone shouts to you from the window of the car, fuck ukraine, and it is very painful to perceive that people understand, er, that people do not understand what exactly is happening in ukraine, calmly and confidently, day after day, the girls began to report about ukraine to everyone from passers-by on the street to the representatives of arizona in the congress, they call your representatives and senators constantly, constantly ask questions about ukraine, ask what did you do, and we

constantly asked them, constantly called, that is, to be intrusive. i don't know how to say that that they should at least do something so that they know that we are watching, they not only called, but also had personal meetings with congressmen, asked for new weapons, and also achieved accelerated obtaining of work permits for immigrants. and so that attract more people to fund-raising, the girls began to unite with other polish, german, french, and peruvian communities; they also represented ukraine at the asian festival, in less than a year of work, the volunteers make the trident cactus helped raise more than 70,000 dollars for 6 large foundations, in particular, together for ukraine.ua and other funds went to help the military and purchase generators, one of the guys sent a photo with fragments, a fragment got stuck in his glasses, if he did not have these high-quality

glasses, he would have been dead, and this it's just one thing to look it up somewhere on the internet, but you know if it was your part that saved the person herself, the cool award i received and this one from the military commander of one of the military units, but they sent me a certificate with a medal here is how it looks like a victory for every vote of the girls that managed to be swayed in support of ukraine became in the last fantasy, a man came up to me and he just asked what we are collecting money for, who we are and very much said such a phrase like ukraine has enough already help is perfect, but he left and after a few minutes he came back and gave us a

box of 20 dollars, the girls admit that they are getting tired now, and the volunteers and people donating money, but the members of the cactus and trident themselves do not plan to stop, are you watching? i already left this one. i can, but if she can do it, then i can definitely do it, because that’s how you continue, and this year, ukrainian women want to do even more. a lot of new ideas for raising funds, it’s like this is our struggle in ukraine, our own struggle and we have our own struggle, and it seems to me that many , many of these same struggles are happening on the volunteer front here in america, the participants plant a trident and invite you to join their work after all, in order to implement all the ideas they hands are often not enough iryna shynkarenko

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victory closer, mine have been going on since may of last year and they are still holding back a huge concentration of russian forces near them situation it is complex but controlled there, the general staff reports, because it is literally being rolled in the streets in soledar, right here, the occupiers have thrown the most prepared wagnerites to break through our defenses, so the assault does not stop, neither day nor night, the number of killed occupiers reaches hundreds every day, and all to take control of the city which the enemy considers bakhmut to be the key, the russians hope by capturing soledar to weaken the left flank of the ukrainian defense of bakhmut and open the way for an offensive from the north, but neither soledar nor bakhmut have any strategic of non-tactical importance for the russians, military experts say, to seize