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our soldiers, we will hand over the first five stations in the 406th separate artillery brigade named after general oleksiy almazov, join the gathering, let's get closer to victory together, washington's glory to ukraine, voice of america's ukrainian service program, time, i'm yuliya yarmolenko, i congratulate ukraine's path to europe is the way home, with such a message, president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke on thursday in the european parliament the deputy greeted the ukrainian president with a standing ovation and then listened to his explanation of why ukraine needs more powerful weapons to resist russia's aggression in brussels, where the ukrainian president left after london and paris, he also took part in the summit of eu leaders about the significance of this visit and the future of european aid , let's talk in detail with radio liberty correspondent zoryana stepanenko, who joins the broadcast from brussels zoryana welcome here why zelenskyi came to europe right now from which the main messages were heard in his speeches, and you know good evening yulia right now, because

later it might not come out for security reasons, the ukrainian military-political leadership is waiting for a russian counteroffensive before the anniversary of the invasion or soon after, so it is not known whether volodymyr zelensky would have the opportunity to leave the country, the situation at the front is one of the key factors that he is guided by when going abroad and taking risks. this was explained to us in his team now as well . however, they added that the risk justifies itself for ukraine , let the russian revenge, which, as i have already noted , foresees meeting the necessary weapons as new weapons in the existing arsenals, in particular, long-range and also combat aircraft, as well as the replenishment of what partners gave earlier, well, ammunition tends to run out, zelensky spoke about it here , and besides, the invisible player plays a very important role at the front, that is , the time of delivery of everything that european countries have agreed to provide in this case, but that it has not yet reached the appropriate ukrainian battlefield

about it zelenskyi spoke with his partners, and they assured him in return of their readiness to stand side by side with ukraine and invest in its victory, which will be needed. well, what concrete results did the ukrainian language bring the president and ukraine have numerous bilateral meetings with partners and yesterday's round table with all the leaders of the member states of the european union. i asked him when he together with the heads of the european institutions went out to journalists today in brussels, the answer was, in particular, about his special visit to paris for a separate meeting with by the french president and the german chancellor, and see for yourself. i consider the meeting to be very powerful, very important, i perceive it positively, and let's say this about the specifics

i also don't want to formulate a lot now, i will say publicly. so we worked on strengthening a-a our capabilities in the direction of offensive actions, when it appears in our state, our state will know about it. i don't want to fully feed the russian federation, which threatens aggression and revengeful attitudes on a daily basis it was really quite powerful the speech of president zelensky at the european parliament, how did the european leaders react to the calls of the ukrainian president to increase the provision of weapons and speed up the process of ukraine's accession to the eu? do you know yuliya in principle, he sent similar signals to the leader, perhaps by communicating with them directly to the europe building , where the summit of the leaders of the member states of the european union was held. i would like to dwell separately on the reaction of the hungarian prime minister e. you know, it does not provide it to ukraine in principle, it also

prohibits the transit of someone else's territory, arguing that it belongs to the peace camp and advocating the easing of anti-russian sanctions, so viktor urban is the only one of all who did not welcome zelenskyi by applause, i mean the only one among all the leaders in relation to the more friendly ones, that is, in relation to the rest, if you can put it that way, then the blumber publication, referring to its sources, writes that they expressed a readiness to provide ukraine with more weapons, well, regarding fighter jets, again according to the information of this media no concrete commitments were given. well, now regarding membership in the european union, this topic was also key. zelensky, in particular , discussed plans and prospects, and the president of the european commission was told that ukraine's progress on path to the european union is impressive, adding that the achieved results show that ukraine can work quickly, qualitatively and effectively even during the war, as you know, in the fall, brussels has

to evaluate the implementation of seven here . this year, it will be possible to move to the next stage, that is, negotiations on accession, will there not be additional conditions or delays or some other conditional criteria from the side of the eu? i already asked about this in my turn the heads of the european institution, you can hear the answer, we are very impressed by how professionally and qualitatively ukraine is moving forward in the implementation of the necessary reforms and work on all points, for example, the adoption of the anti-corruption strategy, the renewal of the work of the high council of justice, the new law on snakes, these are steps in the absolutely right direction , more needs to be done, but it is important understand that there is no strict time frame here, important

statements were made today directly in brussels. thank you very much zryana, i will remind you the correspondent of radio svoboda zoryana stepanenko was on the call from brussels. and you give ukraine fighter jets and long-range weapons, said the speaker of the european parliament, roberta matsola , before volodymyr zelenskyi's speech. meanwhile , according to the german government , leopard tanks should start arriving in ukraine in march-april, as they affected will the new arrivals affect the situation on the battlefield, how long do we have to wait for abrams about this, and not only tatiana's colleague had a fortune-telling conversation with a military analyst at gordon davis, who until recently held the position of deputy assistant secretary general of nato, and in matters of defense

investment, they are afraid of how much they will change the situation on the field. tanks, which have already been promised to ukraine, are a large number. which were declared more than 100 bradley about 90 motorized vehicles stryker and then marder and puma and others that offer different countries they could form three or more motorized brigades and have a real impact on the future counteroffensive the main question is how quickly they will reach ukraine we have heard some alarming news that it will take months to ship because they want to make sure that all the necessary logistics package has been provided and that the crews and maintenance teams have come all the proper training so that ukraine can not only use them but also support them but you know this is a war and time is of great importance, it is hard to believe that it takes 6 months to teach

an already experienced tank station driver to drive a tank , frankly, drivers are probably not the most difficult job for training is more complex requirements for the gunner and for the commander who must learn to use weapons effectively all sensors night and day vision as well as targeting systems it is a little more difficult and we are talking probably about a couple of months even for experienced tank crews and then the question of delivering them to the battlefield if we deployed stocks they still have in europe, they could be there in a few days, and on the moon , the usa decided to use the initiative to promote the security of ukraine usa, which is a separate funding for things that are now coming to industry this will mean that they are getting new equipment but will it be in time as a weapon does russia have to effectively use against these tanks just gtx first of all they have tanks so they have

an offensive defense capability they have anti-tank systems such as guided missiles reconnaissance weapons in they have armor-piercing artillery missiles and of course there are drones that can strike they have ground obstacles tanks ropes to slow down or stop any type of armored vehicles in ukraine but they demonstrated the inability to fight effectively with combined forces and to act together from the air of the ukrainian army, what would be the weapon that could significantly strengthen it and become the determining factor of the weapon - it is an array of fire and maneuver, ground systems , combat vehicles, indirect fire will definitely help haimars missiles and with a range of up to 150 km this was of great importance for the impression of the targets that the russians now keep outside

the radius of 80 km this helped to continue to threaten russia in ukraine and with larger strike capabilities, more effective defense and eventually start a contour offensive and of course fighter jets are needed. nato endures events on the front in ukraine, there are many of them. first, let's start with russia. putin is an aggressor , a destabilizer, he does not want to obey the order based on international rules, if he is not stopped by hard force, the aggression will continue so this is the first lesson, the second lesson i believe comes from the ukrainian people, he demonstrated the weight of courage , determination, the desire to be independent, and also that for the defense of independence and restoration territorial integrity requires defense spending and a strong defense. the third lesson in my opinion is that the incredible innovations that are happening

among the military among civilians, the civil-military fusion of ideas and the support of the population are changing the situation in ukraine, this allowed a very small army, the air force of the fleet to effectively defend and stop an incredibly large offensive multiplied by waves of mobilization but ineffectively carried out by a country whose armed forces do not have a strong officer or sergeant corps and do not have a tactical doctrine to change the situation in modern warfare, one of the reasons why ukraine is given certain weapons is that some leaders say that they need these weapons for themselves , their stocks are dwindling, but the nato alliance was created to oppose the soviet union , which included russia and ukraine and 13 more now independent countries that had a socialist camp today we only talk about russia

what happened there really aren't enough reserves to help ukraine defend itself from russia in 2014 there was a turnaround slow but growing recognition that europe and european allies need to spend more and create combat-ready defense forces but to be honest i think they bet on the most positive results and not the most likely ones here they were wrong they also didn't invest enough money in insurance against worst case scenarios but here is the case a great nation like russia, which decided to start aggression against its neighbor in modern days when people considered the violence of the second world war to be something of the past. but putin proves that we are many in why are we wrong, i think that now they see the need for spending on defense, among others, defense capabilities and defense forces

. there are many who should have recognized these needs, probably not even 10, but maybe 20 years ago. the country most threatened by russia is the country that i believe has done the most for the restoration of its collective defense, i mean poland , romania, ukraine, the baltic states, but also applicants for nato membership in finland and sweden, in addition to this, norway, denmark, ukraine , france has had a strong army for a long time, but this was an expeditionary army to participate primarily in conflicts of low and not high intensity, so even some large countries such as great britain, france , italy, spain, germany did not spend enough money , great britain probably definitely spent more than the rest of the group, as well as france, but not necessarily on the potential of collective defense large military formations the types of air forces they need so that's what you need to invest in but there are also a lot of new opportunities in terms of autonomous systems

artificial intelligence space technologies which can reduce overall costs but multiply the effect, these are the types of investments that are currently of the greatest interest. this was an interview with military analyst gordon davis, who until recently held the position of deputy assistant secretary general of nato for defense investments under constant fire. 15 kilometers from bakhmut , communication routes pass through this settlement, therefore, according to experts , it may be part of russian plans to

seize bakhmut who and how is left to live yaroslav movchan and artur shagalin will tell you in the basements of destroyed buildings in the abyss of time. here and pass. good day. good day. we live in the basement at the moment. their name is roman. at the moment, he lives in the basement in such difficult conditions. here the city is all damaged . constant shelling is regular, that is, both in the morning and in the evening . a few hours of peace and it starts again, because of this we have to hide here, so we have to save ourselves here, in addition to roman's family , there are 5 more families with children living in the basement of this apartment building , because everyone has gone down to the dungeon damage to houses that are not suitable for living, we save ourselves as much as we can, firewood, we prepare as much as we can, firewood is what we have to do, gather firewood, heat water with it, roman serves on the front lines of the communal front, despite the proximity of the line

of fire, the family did not evacuate from the temporary ravine , i think we discussed it many times well, i and my wife thought and discussed me and my wife, the employees , she is the head of the condominium, she owns the house for which she is responsible, people live there , she takes care of this house in every way. well, i also have an accident at my company. we all go out, we repair accidents, we all go out, we repair while here, the work is not easy for both of them, roman convinces, but it is the most difficult for their children, the children want to run outside, run for a walk, the children want to run outside , run for a walk, it is difficult to explain to this age that it is dangerous, because at one moment it can fly in, there are such windows in the morning, we wake up and half an hour and 40 minutes with the child to get a little breath of fresh air, to at least breathe the fresh air of the times of the ravine under the constant sights of the russians, as

serhii chaus, the head of the military administration of the city, says they shoot at civilian quarters where there are dense buildings. why no one can even explain, because there are no soldiers here, there are no military facilities, the residential buildings are actually a square, you can see the children's playgrounds , they also fire at educational institutions and hospitals , says serhii chaus, this preschool was affected by shelling at the end of january two flights arrived at this kindergarten, one artillery, one rocket, 100 happened. you can see for yourself this children's kingdom . two of my children and several thousand children who lived in our city passed through this kindergarten. years the windows do not sleep, the windows are covered with polyethylene 5 6 per 4 m it is enough for 6

large windows with three sashes for six liters we are closing now we are closing the windows we are issuing then on condition close the entrance if it is good in fact humanitarian disaster closed shops are not working pharmacies are accepting patients there was only one doctor at home, there was a shop in this building, there was a shop , she couldn’t open the door, the arrival was at the place where the temple was, the arrival was there, where the temple was, well, three shops have definitely closed and we are bargaining and leaving, there is no other way out, there is no second way out liliya kravchenko trades in the local market after another mass shelling of the russians. the woman dared to evacuate and set out on the road. 86-year-old anna yalovatova and oze

took my soul. my sister stayed with me. they stayed on the phone. i’m ringing. it’s already past 10 and there the call is unavailable, maybe everything is broken for you you see everything is beaten from here to bakhmut 20 minutes by car and in a straight line for about 15 km due to such a short distance to the city where some of the hotter gods continue kuchutno sounds of shelling time in the ravine is a key point in supply of bahmut, since the road passes through the city to deliver everything necessary to the defenders, so according to the experts of the time, the ravine may be one of the targets of the russian offensive, and the locals who do not dare to leave continue to hide in the basements of their

destroyed houses . was born on kefir hryhoriy , a well-known figure of the ukrainian liberation movement who was the first head of the ukrainian voice of america service. he was a person who fought for ukrainian independence all his life during during the storming of kyiv in january 1918, when the russians were shelling the ukrainian capital, he was part of the central council and passed laws in the capital's teacher's house. iryna matviychuk investigated how a rural teacher from cherkasy region became a deputy of the ukrainian people 's republic and later headed the ukrainian editorial office of the voice of america. her story continued after the end of world war ii the american broadcaster voice of america, which has been working to counter nazi propaganda for several years, changes its direction of activity and starts broadcasting in soviet

the union is the main sloganeer , we will tell you the truth and now the voice of america is becoming a very powerful tool in this informational and psychological struggle with the soviet union, so the task was to start broadcasting to the peoples of the soviet union. for the largest audience in the ussr, however , washington understood the need to counter russian propaganda in other soviet republics, the largest of which was ukraine. exterminated them with repressions and starved them because the ukrainians had the greatest potential for an uprising to destroy this government december 12, 1949 at 11:00 a.m. the voice of america was first heard from new york's brooklyn almost to the whole world in the ukrainian language it was the voice of the first head of the ukrainian department of the voice of america nikifor grigoriev special correspondent of the voice of america at the london congress of free

trade unions from the 66th grigoryov at that time was already a well-known figure of the ukrainian liberation movement of the first half of the 20th century. on the shoulders of national and cultural educational activities in ukraine, in europe, in canada, in the usa, he was a politician, a government official, he knew from his own experience what persecution was and what a russian bullet smelled like when the revolution of 1917 began. oh, he joined the ukrainian central council, became a member of its small council and chaired it three times ministry of education during the years 1917-20s and was the head of the information bureau of the army of the ukrainian people's republic under the directorate in 1918-19, i.e. he showed himself as one of the dense figures who created the ukrainian statehood during the national liberation struggles of 17-21 years, according to the researcher, the us state department, when he was looking

for a candidate for a position in the voice of america , he paid attention to nikifor of his game. it was because of his views that he defended ukrainian independence and considered the russian bolsheviks one of the greatest enemies of the ukrainian people and at the beginning of 1918, when russian troops already entered kyiv, when battles were already raging on the streets of kyiv in january 1918, and the ukrainian central rada was still working and passing laws, in particular the land law formed a new government on january 18, 1918, and the fighting was already taking place on volodymyrska street, that is, very close to the premises where the ukrainian central rada was located at that time, now it is the house of the teacher e.e. hryhoriv and also his other colleagues in the central rada worked e. - in the hall with a glass vault that was hit by russian bullets and in these conditions they worked practically the same way as now we work. each of us

is under bullets under russian missiles, but of course this did not stop it, but only reassured that that you need to fight and defend your independence otherwise well, otherwise there will be no ukraine and no ukrainian nation ukrainians then suffered a defeat grigoriev with his wife and young son had to leave ukraine grigoriev's grandchildren who now live in the usa say that the first president of czechoslovakia tomas masaryk personally granted asylum to the family gave him and our family shelter when the bolsheviks took over ukraine. it was somewhere in 1918 or the 20s in prague. grigory becomes an active participant in the ukrainian enlightenment abroad, he and like-minded people founded a number of institutions that functioned for a long time and effectively, and in 1938, hryhoriv migrated to the united states, traveled a lot in

the united states and canada, met with the leaders of the ukrainian diaspora, only articles in the american media about the idea of ​​ukrainian independence when he was invited to the voice of america in 1948, nekefor grigoriev taught at the peter mohyla institute in canada for several months. he did not accept the offer of a new job, and the family archive contains letters addressed to him when his invited to this position, but he thought for a long time, about a year, and only in the fall of 1949 he agreed to establish the work of the ukrainian service. it was not just the biggest challenge to find ukrainian-speaking journalists with work experience in the united states, and nikifor grigoriev as an educator in such a broad sense, you know. because his life was connected with cultural and educational activities, he believed that the ukrainian voice of america should first of all talk to ukrainians about ukraine, about their

history, remind them of their common past and that's why a lot of events, a lot of programs were dedicated to prominent figures in the history of ukrainian literature, art, he worked at the voice of america for four years. until the last days of his life, when he died. it was august 1953. i remember the street was filled with people, they stopped the traffic on the road. i was only 12 it was very scary from such a large number of people, some shouted, some cried, it looked like the funeral of a member of the mafia, a huge number of people, and i remember the new york times wrote an obituary about him at the time of his grandson grigory ivan is remembered as a tall man with a strong charisma and car. my grandfather was an indicator man, he was very tall , i was even a little afraid of him . he had charisma and authority, at the same time , he was kind and

very intelligent. a generous person, i was his favorite. i was only five when his funeral was held. but i remember he took me for walks around new york. sometimes we had dinner together at the family table, this is what i remember, the son of nikifor grigov and batkova khrystyna and mr. myroslava myroslava hryhoriv also becomes a notable person in the usa in the 50s at the voice of america, he headed the youth broadcast, he was also a journalist and graphic designer, a very good artist, a famous cartoonist who drew caricatures for both the washington post and the washington start, that is , he had a very he had a good career creating posters for broadway eh various eh productions he even worked for the ministry of defense of the united states of america as an artist.