[000:00:00;00] surrendered the positions of our military and engaged in discrediting the armed forces of the armed forces, sooner or later there will be retribution, no matter how painful it may be, because their shameful activity has nothing to do with medical duty. ani's enemy for money , ani for flags, their publicized diaries and memories make the heart flutter again and again, so glory to those heroes, doctors, who laid down their lives to save others while working under enemy bullets these were collaborators. and i am olena kononenko. in our next programs, we will talk about collaborator doctors from other regions . believe me, there were many of them not only in mariupol . if you want to tell about the kremlin sellers, write to us at this e-mail

address or simply on facebook, and together we will track them all down. by a russian ship see you in a week on the air espresso i congratulate the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america on the air time i am its host ostap yarysh the united states is preparing to announce a new package of weapons for ukraine in the near future this is reported by a number of american snakes with references to officials of the us administration. it is expected that the announcement may take place as early as this week and that, among other weapons , longer-range missiles may be provided to ukraine for the first time, and however, as journalists write, the size and contents of the package have not yet been finally approved

, we will ask yuriy yarmolenko what joining us now from the white house yuliu congratulations to you ostap yuliya what is known at the moment about future military aid from the united states and which missiles are being provided now are being considered in the administration, we can talk about the messages that first appeared in the reuters publication, they, with reference to their own sources, in the administration reported that it could be about a new aid package worth approximately 2 billion dollars and those missiles with a longer range, about which you actually said it, how journalists say that it may be a small bomb with gps guidance manufactured by boeing that can hit objects at a distance of up to 150 km, that is, again, it is not the attack cams that the ukrainians are asking for and with a range of up to 300 km, but if this weapons will be provided, then this will already be a significant contribution, because again, this increases

the potential radius of action of these missiles, but there is also one important point that the reuters journalist draws attention to . is not taken directly from the stock of the existing united states a is purchased from the manufacturer and therefore in order to provide such a potential weapon it can take months now it is also important to note that before they talked about the prospects of providing such bombs with gps guidance back in november, then this did not happen, but at that time the journalists said that it could be about what kind of weapons it could be on the balance of ukrainians until spring, now how long will it take if such weapons are announced if such the weapons will be approved in the white house, it is still too early to say, of course, we are following official reports to find out whether these longer-range missiles are intended for

ukraine now absolutely yuriy the day before and joe biden rejected, at least for the time being, the supply of f16 fighter jets to ukraine , whether it is determined that the provision of such aircraft is not considered in principle and how military experts reacted to such a public refusal. the state department decided not to add anything to the words of president biden, who, answering my question about whether the united states will provide f16 for ukraine, briefly answered no , but many observers and also officials in particular, the ukrainian minister of defense oleksiy reznikov is actually optimistic that eventually the allies will provide ukraine with aircraft sooner or later, and they say that they once again draw attention to the fact that the united states can be traced from the very beginning of a full-scale invasion, and at the beginning they did not want to provide certain weapons it was considered

incredible the weaponry that is already provided now and has become commonplace that comes to the balance of ukrainians, however, looking at ostap with whom we talked, they draw attention to the fact that not only the weapons that come from the united states, and these billions and billions of dollars are very important now, and tanks, not only this is important , but also the messages that come directly from the white house, and here we return to the question that we asked the representatives of the administration back in the summer , what exactly is the united states for the states provide ukraine with weapons so that the ukrainians can effectively repel the russians and defend their territory, or in order to eventually return the territories captured by the russians, and ultimately win and defeat russia and in fact, this is a question that ben hodges, the former commander of the us army in europe, believes. he believes that the administration has not yet given a clear

answer to this question, and ben hodges believes that at this stage of the war in the united states, the biden administration should believe that the ukrainians can to win this war and should not only do everything possible to help the ukrainians achieve this but he believes ben hudzits that the administration should send these messages very clearly and from the podium of the white house let's hear what ben hodges said i think that the administration is doing a great job of providing capabilities and keeping the alliance united but they still haven't accepted the idea that ukraine really can win they don't talk about ukraine winning they talk about how to help ukraine be successful and avoid defeat and because of that they hold back and don't all and the necessary weapons that would ensure the success of ukraine, so i think that they still cannot formulate. perhaps they have not yet decided what they see as the ultimate goal. and it should be

the victory of ukraine and the defeat of russia the administration is also working with the congress to provide support to ukraine in a timely manner and in the amount that is needed . this is how the help of the congress and the role of the congress. president biden will have a meeting with the leader of the republicans in the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, this will be the first meeting, it will mostly be about intra-american topics, but definitely they will talk about a number of very important topics on the agenda, and it is certainly worth expecting that they will also mention ukraine, but again , the congress is very important in this and cooperation between the two branches of government in this context is important, yes yuliya thank you for your information with us on let

me remind you that yuliya yarmolenko was the contact, but the american congressmen from both parties even earlier called on the biden administration not to delay the delivery of any weapons to ukraine , including f16 fighter jets, about the reactions to capitol hill and other important events concerning ukraine, let's talk with our correspondent kateryna lisunova, who is now joining the broadcast katya. i congratulate you, katya. you had the opportunity to talk to american legislators, how did they react to the refusal of the bid to provide fighter jets to ukraine, at least for now? what do they say about it? well, the party members of the president from the democratic party . that's exactly how ostap was. it was especially interesting to hear the position of fellow party members, who were already angry at the negative answer to the question that our colleague yuliya yarmolenko regarding the fact that the united states of america is planning to provide ukraine with a fighter jet, yes, the congressman democrat marsicaptor believes that the united states of america cannot make such a decision alone and

everything depends on the agreed decision of nato and the us sanctions committee, i have to say that this issue must be agreed upon by all the countries of the alliance ukrainian are facing the third largest army in the world and they want to provoke new destruction, no matter how difficult this particular period is that the ukrainians are living. i believe that we must be very careful and it is established to work with the alliance and appropriate training is required, there must be a clear understanding of ukraine's capabilities and what actions can cause a counter-reaction, so such a decision must be made by several countries and not only the united states, meanwhile , answering questions, clarifying the questions of our colleague from the russian service, should we wait that the united states of america if they do not provide fighter jets now , they will again take the initiative and damage the training

of ukrainian pilots on american fighter jets and so the american consumer democrat marsicaptor said that once again everything depends on the position of the alliance , on the other hand, the democrat mike quigley noted that the ukrainians showed a miracle of quick learning. when their state is under threat, i said that in general, the question of any help for ukraine is only a matter of time our cooperation is conducted through nato, there are other countries that have offered help, and i think that the united states should be part of the coalition and work diligently to provide the necessary training within the framework of legal order so these are complex issues and several countries are involved, we have no doubt that the ukrainians are excellent pilots and we will have even more pilots who will undergo training to help ukraine win this war, but we must work in a coalition and this is not an issue that the united states can decide for yourself what i understood twice

traveling to the border of ukraine and then to kyiv last july so this is what ukrainians are talking about when they say you will be surprised how quickly you learn when your homeland is at stake so regarding all those discussions however how long will this training take it takes some time but the training process is greatly accelerated due to the crisis that is happening just now the fact is that we started funding and providing aid based on forecasts of guerrilla warfare because we thought that this war would end soon unfortunately now we are in in the midst of a brutal long-term war and putin is not worried about escalation, he is doing what he thinks is necessary to win the war . for a while, escalation and provocation were perceived as possible. reasoned comments from legislators katya, i have one more question for you. this week , another ukrainian week event is taking place on capitol hill, and

in order to talk with congressmen and senators , ukrainian military personnel and children who lost their parents in the war, what did they tell you and what, according to them, is the main purpose of their visit? week in washington, as part of this week, children who lost their parents as a result of the russian war, as well as ukrainian military personnel who lost their limbs and were injured during the russian war and as a result of the russian war also met with the ukrainian consulate for legislators who work in support of ukraine and cooperation with ukraine as part of this week , a number of events will take place in ukrainian washington , including panel discussions and talks by legislators, but

it is important to hear what exactly the members want to convey of this delegation, my dad. his name is andrii. he was 45 and he went to war and he went. he died in the summer and was buried on my mother 's birthday. your parents who died, they would not want to cry and they are watching the news from heaven. and they are heroes in their they are highly respected to watch true news so that they do not doubt that ukraine is not guilty of anything here and that russia is a terrorist, it must be finished as soon as possible, the missiles do not stop flying, they fly every day to our country , to our homes, to our mothers and children and

everything needs to be done faster. well, we would like to convey to the world that this needs to be stopped. many, many people are suffering from this. people, children, a lot. support of two parties, what is the current situation with this two -party support for ukraine on capitol hill, at least the republicans who spoke at yesterday's event emphasized that support for ukraine remains unchanged and remains two party bicameral and even despite the fact that there are separate statements of radical politicians or the fact that they allegedly partially blame ukraine for this war. despite this , the republicans who spoke at this event emphasized that they will continue to support ukraine until the victorious end. we are going to continue to support the ukrainians, we will insist on every dollar, only they

need humanitarian and military aid for defense military equipment so that they can defend their country, i also want reject this notion promoted by some radical politicians that somehow ukraine is even remotely responsible for this war or that anyone other than vladimir putin and the war criminals of his regime is responsible for it , therefore we will continue to support ukraine , this will never change and it is bipartisan efforts ukrainians have the support of both parties in both houses of congress and they have the support of the white house the vast majority of lawmakers in the house of representatives and the senate support victory in ukraine overwhelming most americans support a victory in ukraine we are doing it out of charitable intentions but we are also doing it in our own american interests a peaceful europe is vital to the economic

and security interests of the united states of america thank you to my colleagues from the democratic and republican parties for they are here for both the representatives of the house of representatives and the senate, victory for ukraine is jumping. thank you for such information , for your analysis, i will remind you that it was kateryna who contacted us from the capitol hill lisunova we talk a lot about military and other support from the united states, but if you look at which of the countries gave the most help to ukraine in relation to its gdp, one of the leaders is latvia, only recently this country handed over to the balan armed forces of ukraine a helicopter, stinga drones and dozens of machine guns with ammunition more about latvia's contribution to collective efforts to support

ukraine, our colleagues talked with the latvian minister of defense and naria bronitsa in ukraine in ukraine i saw how much ukrainians invest in the defense of their countries. i saw their endurance and courage as a former speaker of the parliament. i visited ukraine a month after the start of the war. i was in bucha and irpin very close to kyiv, and then i saw that bucha and irpin became a shield for kyiv, and i think that today the ukrainian front, which is much further from kyiv, this line of defense of the entire western civilization is the line of defense of the baltic states of my country and ukrainians are fighting for their own existence as people, for the existence of ukraine as a state and their nation, so it is our moral duty to help as the minister of defense, i had the honor to announce the latest package of military aid to ukraine

, which included stingers, mi-17 helicopters , drones, dozens of machine guns with ammunition, and we undertook this year to conduct training for two thousands of ukrainian soldiers, this is twice as much as last year, this is quite a large number of soldiers, and we offer various training courses, starting with the basic training of infantry, demining , as well as medical courses, shooting training and i i can continue, we are also developing our military industry, we produce drones in latvia , two types, atlas and penguin, which we send to ukraine. types of drones one in ukraine meanwhile, the prime minister of israel , or nimi nataniyahu, is ready to act

as a mediator between ukraine and russia if both sides ask for it, he said in an interview with an american tv channel cnnr in the same conversation on horseback confirmed that in addition to providing humanitarian support , he is considering the possibility of supplying ukraine with military aid, including the iron dome air defense system , according to the prime minister of israel, as well as countering the production and together of weapons that are used against ukraine, but how exactly it is not happening and will not clarify in the state of colorado , a prosthesis was installed free of charge to a ukrainian soldier who lost a leg in the battles in zaporizhzhia, the trip was organized by the lympholiverti foundation and a non-profit organization

details will be given by svitlana prostinska and volodymyr petrov of ukrainians in colorado ukrainian military andrii chersak flew to colorado in early december for prosthetics before leaving the united states already on his feet andrii came to meet the ukrainian community of denver at the ukrainian film festival organized here fedorovych was born in odesa oblast village mardarivka da of the 65th brigade served in the zaporizhzhia direction, was wounded in the second battle, all the time andriy spent in colorado he was cared for by local volunteers, he was given a prosthesis installed free of charge in the clinic of the town of bolder. andriy was happy to be able to quickly stand on his feet and walk without crutches, because he dreamed of returning to his wife and little son as soon as possible. he even dreams of returning to his brigade. the process of installing the prosthesis took several days , the man says that the procedure was

easier than he expected, i was accepted here very well, everyone is very happy to see everyone though they help us with something, they help our whole ukraine, not only me. andriy was injured in zaporizhzhia for treatment in kyiv, he met volunteers from america, kelly rory and iryna rostello, yes, they offered him to come to colorado for prosthetics after numerous operations in kyiv, the man also suffered from depression due to an uncertain future before the start of the war, andriy worked as a construction worker, so due to his health , he cannot return to his daily work, but after coming to colorado, he got hope, they all help me here a lot individually, i am grateful to all of

them, the word of god is that there will be no more operations. i need to get used to it. the doctor, who became a protest, said that you will get used to it, how will you walk without crystals ? charitable organizations with andrii. it was a trial trip for which we were worried. we are watching how this process works. since we are a new organization for andrii, it was an opportunity to distract from thoughts. he flew halfway around the world to receive a protest. horrible experience almost died there is another emotion knowing that it will never be your own leg unfortunately just a piece of metal that you will have to live with for the rest of your life i see that he often thinks about it at the same time he is extremely happy that he can walk again the idea irina came to found an organization to help ukrainian soldiers with prosthetics after a trip to ukraine in march 2022, together with another volunteer , kelly rory, she organized

the lympholiberty fund. my husband and i went to adopt a child from ukraine in the process adoption i happened to meet a soldier in the hospital with his limbs tied up when i returned to the united states i started to find out what resources are available here in the us to potentially help some of the people i met in ukraine we started from scratch we had no funding just an idea to do this is to help people in ukraine get prostheses. we started collecting money, first we asked for donations, and then we started fundraising events. we collected several thousand dollars and found a doctor who wanted to help . he cooperates with the ukrainian-colorado organization. who help them with this mission, we got to know one of the volunteers, they were the founders of you sfoliberties who went to ukraine, delivered humanitarian goods, helped hospitals. they founded von klims von

liberty, and the idea of ​​this fund was to bring boys who need prosthetics , we tried to help them as much as we could, we provided our a platform on social media , volunteer work, help with doctors and a big big thank you to all the colorado volunteers who volunteered to help andriy and with this from doctor to doctor and with food delivery it was the first project and with andriy we are planning, i wish victory to all ukrainians to hold on and believe that we will win, we have already won , but we still have to fight, be careful cossacks are feeling the cold in the spring sfoliberty and the ukrainians of colorado are planning to bring two more soldiers to denver with bandages and

limbs for prosthetics currently, the process of processing their documents is underway. colorado volunteers , in addition to helping with prosthetics, also plan to find resources to provide psychological assistance to ukrainian soldiers svitlana pristina volodymyr petroniv for the voice of america denver colorado this is a story from denver, but in canada , public organizations together with private developers help ukrainian immigrants to settle in new homes, some ukrainians who found shelter in vancouver were able to move into apartments with the possibility of free rent for six months in one a family from sumy oblast lives in such apartments and agreed to show us their lives. they were visited by khrystyna shevchenko and dmytro savchuk, maria with three

with children artem , sofia and vlad came to vancouver, canada, on april 19 with housing , volunteers agreed to help and the family moved into this apartment. we have a lot of windows here, we have a stove, we have a bread maker in which we bake bread, we have a dishwasher, a microwave oven, everything works well, in principle, we had everything in the kitchen, and we also had dishes and appliances. we just added a microwave oven, an electric kettle, a toaster, everything here in we are located our living room where we spend most of our time here we teach lessons here we play here we watch tv here we play games we chat uh this room had absolutely everything we can see today two sofas an armchair a chest of drawers wardrobes a table chairs eh all the chests of drawers, everything was here, all the lamps are in this room. i like

that there are large windows and a lot of light, and in this room maria lives with her daughter. there was also a chest of drawers and a bed. beds, a table, a chest of drawers and a lot of things for children, a stationery, there were books, there were some things and some clothes. 14-year-old vlad and 13-year-old artem live together in a room. the boys say that even though they lived in the same room in ukraine, they had more space before the war. a large desk and a bookcase were placed in the room for lessons , now the boys are doing their lessons on their knees with a laptop sitting on the bed or in the living room , maria says that for the first six months

they did not pay for this apartment at all, now everyone a month they will pay the rent from the assistance they receive as ukrainian refugees, provincial assistance, thousands a month, all the funds provide us with accommodation, but these funds are just enough to pay for our apartment, and then we are already saving a little , but i hope that soon we will have a job and everything will be fine, housing helped to find volunteers of the charity organization mabel hopeson, which after the influx of immigrants was looking for either canadian families or private developers who would agree to settle the arrived ukrainians instead of such developers is james howard lives in his apartment, maria lives with her sons, we had several rental apartments that were still available in the houses that we just finished. we have to do this not to rent out several apartments

we contacted michael hoffen daishen they told us that there are many families who have applied to come to canada and we promised them that we will leave two houses to start james also delivered to housing, furniture, and left clothes and toys for families, in total, volunteers settled 77 in vancouver and the surrounding area , maria says. she is unspeakably grateful to the volunteers. and the developer was helped not only with housing, but also with money and scholarships for boys' clubs. at the moment , the woman is looking for a job. her husband remains in sumy oblast . khrystyna shevchenko dmytro savchuk punk cover canada for the voice of america download the voice of america mobile application the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service

read news watch informational programs and videos as well as listen to podcasts in ukrainian by the voice of america service and that's when we say goodbye, join our daily briefings at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook. and you can ask us your questions live on the air. thank you for staying with us, have a good night and have a good morning . see you soon. congratulations. i am asking you to help in the search for this 12-year-old girl. her name is diana lyakh. the story of