[000:00:00;00] they are recapturing every meter of our captured land at a very high price, which the posipaks of the kremlin paid time and time again, another example is eduard konovalov, he has been the village head of stary saltov since 2020, during the occupation of the village on march 9 , konovalov gathered deputies in the building of the village council. at a meeting, he announced that he would help the armed forces the russian federation in solving the issues of providing housing , food, vehicles, etc., and hopes for similar actions by the deputies, he said the same thing to the residents of the village, campaigning not to resist the invaders, but on the contrary to help them however, the rashists were in no hurry to help konovalov as soon as the counteroffensive in kharkiv region began, the occupiers either turned into fertilizer or managed to escape without

the traitor mayor , because why do they need this already expendable material? as expected, the mayor of stary saltov was among the first collaborators of officials who were detained in the kharkiv region. he was taken into custody on may 8, two days after the liberation of the village . he is currently in a pre-trial detention center and is waiting for the verdict on the charge of treason, those mayors, collaborators who did not escape and who remained in ukraine today should be shown and punished. they should really receive huge sentences. they should also receive the confiscation of property and that's how it will be with the enemy and surrender ukrainian cities to the armed forces of ukraine without fail will release all land grabs and they

will definitely sit down if they squeeze it was a program of collaborators and i am olena kononenko if you want to talk about the kremlin sellers, write to us at this email address or just share on facebook let's turn everyone into traitors on the trail of the russian ship. see you next wednesday on espresso. congratulations on the broadcast of the voice of america ukrainian service program. i am its host . lloyd austin speaks in brussels. for seven days , a meeting

of defense ministers of nato countries is taking place in the capital of olvia, a significant part of which was devoted to how to counter russia and effectively help ukraine, we will talk more about the main details of this meeting with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. so, bohdan, i congratulate you. the first question will be about how a nato country evaluates the chances of ukraine not only to defend itself now, but to carry out an effective counteroffensive. and what, according to the western partners, is needed for this more weapons are needed, better training is needed, and all this must be done faster, eh, these are the main messages that were heard in brussels at the meetings. in fact , i would say that several very similar ones were heard striking phrases, that is, for example, general satanatu, and jens staltenberg said that now is a critical time, that ukraine has a window

of opportunity in order to tilt the advantage to its side on the battlefield, and, for example , the american ministry of defense lloyd austin spoke about the fact that it is about decisive battles that can to begin in the coming weeks and here is a quote with his assessment of the situation in particular , our goal is to make sure that we provide ukraine with additional capabilities so that it can be not only successful to a certain extent, but also decisive advantage on the battlefield during your upcoming offensive . you've seen that we've started supplying bradley fighting vehicles . the chosen technique

is important, bohdan, but the ammunition is equally important, and now we see that in fact the huge consumption of shells in this war is on both sides, and whether the west can support the needs of the armed forces of ukraine in under the conditions of such an active war, in fact, the largest since the second world war, and the secretary general of nato nato and genstow tlumar said that now in ukraine , more ammunition is being used in hostilities than the industry of western countries is capable of producing, and that is why the simple transfer of ammunition from warehouses to arsenals is now too much is trying to move to orders and contracts with manufacturers for long-term production and actually it is about rebuilding the military industry of the defense

industry of the countries to a more stable one and actually more supplies, but with regard to ammunition, i would say that there was quite such an interesting discussion, you can say. at least from the mouth of the american representatives of the minister of defense lloyd osin in brussels, there was an assumption that uh, ukrainian western instructors are now trying to teach in this way to move away from traditions uh of the soviet or er russian er war when, as we can see, russia uses scorched earth tactics when cities are destroyed by huge waves of artillery strikes, positions are covered and then

russian invaders are trying to enter the ruins. i apologize for the technical inconvenience. we have small changes. we hope to be able to return to this topic later. 11 million people plan to help people in ukraine, as well as in poland, lithuania, latvia , estonia, bulgaria, the czech republic and other countries with food, medical care, money and other resources who accepted the ukrainian refugees of the united nations emphasized the need to continue international support and solidarity until the refugees can return to their homes in safety and dignity ukrainian greek catholic church from september 1, we will receive a new calendar the goal of the calendar reform in ukraine in unity says ukrainian-ukrainian-american

theologian markom morozovych, who has been studying the eastern liturgical tradition for many decades, my colleague nataliya spoke with him churikov, therefore his beatitude svyatoslav avoids calling the calendar the new lilian calendar. he said that it is correct to say new style , what is the difference that what his beatitude svyatoslav wants to say is that it is actually about the transition to the gregorian calendar, that is , holidays are tied to calendar dates such as christmas on december 25 or the annunciation on march 25 and so on. what is different from the gregorian calendar, which is used in the world by roman catholics and other denominations, is easter , that is, the definition for the celebration of easter , which depends not on the solar but on of the lunar calendar, there is now a discussion between the orthodox and catholics in the eastern and western churches, as a result of which we can hope that a common date for the celebration of easter will be found, therefore the calendar is actually gregorian and only

easter and moving holidays that are counted from it will be calculated according to the old principle wow withinkle ukrainians in history made many attempts to switch to the new calendar , not all of them were successful even here. on the american continent, part of the parishes that switched to the new calendar returned back and it caused conflicts why do you think that this time this transition is final and soon all ukrainians in the world will be able to celebrate church holidays on the same day i think that the key is the question of when ukrainians will celebrate the holidays all together and we hear about the support of this step by the government and the ukrainian orthodox who want to join other orthodox who have been using the gregorian calendar for at least 100 years in 1923 when the majority of orthodox churches adopted the same calendar in liturgical life which

they are used in ordinary secular life, and this is what his beatitude sviatoslav is talking about, that the synod of ukrainian bishops , that is, only those who serve ukraine itself , decided that the transition will gradually take place from september 1, 2023, if some parishes are not ready for this transition, they will have two more years until 2025 year is the time to switch to a new calendar, the difference between this transition and what was before is that earlier during the soviet union, the church in ukraine was subjected to persecution, that is, the preservation of the old of the calendar in the usa celebrating christmas on the same day what in ukraine were a way to show their support solidarity by bending brothers and sisters in ukraine so now that ukraine is switching to a new calendar the rest of the ukrainians in the world will just as surely switch to a new calendar for the same reasons in order to be together with his brothers and sisters in ukraine , blessed svyatoslav said that in some countries he called england and australia , ukrainians celebrate according to the old calendar, or will

there be a decision on the transition of these countries to local dioceses or kyiv, i think that this will happen almost spontaneously, for example, recently the paris diocese decided to switch to a new calendar, so i think that ukraine will switch, the rest of the world will also switch , logic suggests this. also, we now have a new wave of migrants, mainly because of the war , who want to have this dignity and to feel and demonstrate solidarity. did we mention america? the orthodox church of america, which belongs to the patriarchate of constantinople , allowed some of its parishes, in particular the ukrainian one, to use the old calendar. will the ukrainian orthodox in america now also switch to the new calendar that is used in constantinople, greece and possibly in ukraine as well. yes, i hope that the orthodox parishes will also switch and i talked to my colleagues here in washington and they say that they want to be with the ukrainians and

in the end of the christian world, how quickly do you think the eastern and western churches will be able to agree on easter, because now that ukraine will switch to the new calendar , they will celebrate easter in the old way, and therefore in a different day than ukrainians in america, yes, ukrainians in america mostly celebrate easter according to the gregorian calendar, with the exception of a few parishes, and it will be interesting to see what they decide, because of the large churches, only the russian orthodox church adheres to the julian calendar as some kind of constant, unchanging thing, but we are moving forward, uniting with world, it was an interview with my colleague natalia churiko and with the theologian father mark morozovich and now i think we can return to the conversation with bohdan tsyupin about the support of european countries, including bohdan, i congratulate you again. you see, we had an unexpected break. but there were still questions that covered me. i want to return. there were many expectations this week, in particular, in ukraine, about

the announcement of the provision of aircraft, but we did not start them, and despite this in kyiv are convinced that in the end there will be help from the west , as bohdane explains, well, actually, about the planes , journalists asked at every opportunity both representatives of individual countries, in particular representatives of the united states, and the secretary general of nato, and every time the answer was that uh , yes, uh, military armed aid to ukraine is constantly developing, no one is closing the issue of planes completely, but they claimed that now it is about those things that ukraine needs uh and can be provided to ukraine as soon as possible for the needs of uh, a possible offensive or counteroffensive, which has either already started or will happen very quickly in ukraine, and in particular the emphasis

is on armored vehicles, on e. it remains very important and interesting, and today in an interview with the reuters agency, the ukrainian minister of defense in brussels said that the provision of the aircraft itself would be another step in bringing the ukrainian military closer to nato. he said that he was sure that ukraine would receive western-made aircraft and that his words i am convinced and you know that this is in the interests of the union room because we have many different types of modern systems of artillery armored vehicles combat vehicles infantry tanks etc. this means a high level

the compatibility of the ukrainian armed forces with nato allies, we became nato members de facto after the war, after our victory we will become nato members de jure i am sure i am convinced because it is in the interests of nato allies bohdan in short, how is the situation developing now with the promised provision of tanks to ukraine yes in fact, the tanks were a saga before the planes, but the case is developing and we will have to wait for its logical conclusion or at least the first results. we know that the training of the ukrainian military on leopard tanks is taking place in germany in poland also on challenger 2 tanks here in great britain, but now it is reported that there are problems with providing a large number of such tanks to ukraine, and these are problems that are being solved, and in particular they consist in the fact

that in some countries the tanks are in bad condition and they will be needed still fixing, preparing for use by ukrainians, we will follow this topic for its development . thank you , bohdan, for your information with us. there is no one, and the agency in virginia helps with these ukrainian refugees in the usa, however, ksenia torkova will tell how ukrainians are helped to settle down and start a new life. when i first arrived , helicopters and airplanes were flying here. it was very scary for me. olena from kirovohrad worked in a hospital for several months, in fact, she spent between jobs. a bomb shelter, where they were constantly descending due to shelling in october, i finally dared to come to my son who lives in the usa , i flew here, went to google, i flew

here, went to google, registered refugees help to ukrainians and immediately went to this organization, they called me, they met me, i don’t speak english well, i came with my son, they got me a job, they issued all the documents , if it wasn’t for them, it’s difficult here, of course , the isidisi organization is one of the agencies that help immigrants from different countries, the director sara zoloto says that what is needed most now helping people from ukraine and afghanistan is also a matter here not only in finance, but also in our focus . our goal is to help refugees from all over the world. the main thing is to make sure that people can to get the necessities of life, because you know. often people come here and there is no family here , there is no one at all. so their first contact is us and our task is to make sure that they have housing, that children are enrolled in school, that medical issues are resolved for work with refugees, says sarah, the agency hires refugees themselves, people get jobs and now

help those who, like them, get settled in the usa escaped from the war now nothing can give such a feeling of comfort and home as the opportunity to speak in your native language he understands. he can say yes. i went through it too, and here i am, just like that. a few months ago, svitlana osaulenko from kyiv found herself in ukraine. she worked in a public organization and was involved in educational programs , and in ictc she manages the ukrainian direction. the thought was to find something, so i could be to be a useful ukrainian, and when i heard that such programs would be opened, well, for me it was just a sign of fate, at first the full-scale invasion of russia into the united states, according to the data of the citizenship and emigration service , more than 82,000 citizens of ukraine came who used the you for you program, the first direction of the agency's work is help with

food, medicine, applications for social assistance, second help with work, resume writing, job search , interview preparation. ah, to share experiences, so that people can advise each other, let's skip the banking system , it works like this, you need such and such documents if something happens. here's what you can do , or let's say how to use transport how to buy a subway or bus pass and if you come to america america is completely different and you don't know where to start, you read these posts on facebook, but everyone has their own experience and you don't know will it still be right for you or not kateryna i left kyiv with two small children almost immediately after the start of the war. at first i lived in europe. and then i decided

to go to the united states, where i have a brilliant friend. i found sponsors. such agencies say how they don’t give up and help me survive the forced departure. when i came to the agency offered me to use the following services. as for training, there are courses at the college base that offer us ukrainians to improve our level of english or to learn some skills in one or another profession, and i decided. hmmm, i decided to choose english. i haven't started yet, but i think at the end of february, i'll start. nazar , who recently took his family out of the bombardment of nicopoli, confirms language is the first thing you need to think about after moving to summarize it's english a-a driver's license elementary yes there

so that you could pe- so that you could move. well, some kind of support for the first time, because he knows a large number of people from those who came here despite the fact that the country accepted there is some there, er, hmm, some kind of foundation for people here to be surprised. such organizations, what syrians what, but still it is difficult for people and a large part of people want to go back , this is what we see as a kind of red thread through the whole history, this is the desire of people to come and help each other and help ukraine ksenia turkova oleksiy zonev washington and our latest story about ukrainian ballet in washington, a collective of ukrainian refugee dancers presented in the american capital one of the most outstanding works of classical ballet giselle in the interpretation of the world-famous geographer oleksiy ratmansky

, maria maria olyanovska and kostyantyn golubchyk visited behind the scenes 60 ukrainian dancers left their homeland to escape from of the russian invasion and united in the uaz ballet troupe , today they will present their debut ballet giselle in washington, they allow us to take a look behind the scenes of the kennedy center and spend half an afternoon with the dancers today, from the very morning, a rehearsal and then two performances within a few days, the troupe has seven performances in washington, all the tickets have long been sold out , a lot of dancers from different theaters of ukraine gathered , all of them are of different ages and have never danced together and for anyone how for 18-year-old mykish, work after had to grow up very quickly because he lived in kyiv with his parents , it was clear and when he had to leave for another

country, he visited more than 20 countries in that year . well, of course, it happened very suddenly, but now you're gradually getting used to it, in the first days after the invasion of the russians, belokrynytskyi found himself in the kyiv region. it was there where the fiercest battles took place. we found ourselves in the occupied territory, but the soldier and the serven did not reach us. they were several kilometers from us, and during the month it was very difficult. i realized that i i can also, i decided that i need to go, the trumpets are 22, he is a ballet dancer of the national opera, when the full-scale invasion began, he had to flee to the west of ukraine for a little bit. i don't know why we decided for sure that we will leave and we

we decided to just go in the direction of khmelnytskyi and that's all, that is, we just went sometimes we still managed to catch some cars, but it was 2-3 times, that is, survival is like this. i just constantly called my friends, parents , relatives, my father, because he is also a military man at that time he was in the city of tokmak, and it was occupied on the very first day, thanks to the workers ' ballet, dmytro was able to get to the netherlands , where pervis tells almost the entire family that his relatives did not want to leave for a long time, and then barely got out of the occupied territory when they were leaving, the shelling began, and somehow they managed to drive through this shelling to our soldiers, and when our soldiers were already taking my sister and mother to the basement

, my sister was speaking, and then she thought that the russians had already gone to kill me. the idea was to unite ukrainian dancers of immigrants in the troupe is owned by a former prima ballerina of the dutch national opera and his foundation now the troupe is based in gas in the old building of the royal conservatory there they have 5 big dance studios and a center for refugees i danced in the netherlands from when the war started i heard all these terrible stories from their colleagues and friends then i thought i wanted to try to help the idea was to bring as many ukrainian dancers as possible to the netherlands and give them the opportunity to continue dancing they had no idea what they were getting into they they just heard about this company and about me and completely trusted me, not knowing where they would come, what the situation would be, now this is their home and i think that this

experience unites them and the fears they share sadness for the certainty of tomorrow, all this is a rallying point, what can i do for them, first of all make sure that they can continue to dance, what do they have what to look forward to, it helps to normalize their lives in this terrible situation and i think that this is the best thing that i can give them, of course, except of love, the ability to listen and be close, the air in the rehearsal hall is heavier , the artists have warmed up and go to the make-up rooms, the performance takes place in an hour, here among the costumes and mirrors, a real reincarnation takes place , now they are not just dancers, but performers roles peasants fairies aristocrats 21-year-old lviv woman anastasia balichynska hasn't been home for almost a year since she went on a short tour on february 23 , of course i

was going to france for 10 days on tour. i haven't been at home in a long time. i don't want to . i don't want to at all . when there is something to work on and also the fact that we are all here together , we understand each other like no one else in this situation, we can always support it. i think we all worked together very well and quickly everyone found some kind of contact with each other, usually in ballet companies, often well, there are some conflict situations, something else, even when troupes work together for many years. and we have a troupe , i don't know how miraculously, from different cities and from different

theaters of different ages . everyone is somehow very good became friends, worked together, the performance giselle, a 19th-century romance, about a young girl who dies of a broken heart, an interpretation for the united ukrainian ballet staged by the american ballet master oleksiy rakhmatsky, begins. i am very proud of the dancers because they show a high level of skill and perfectly perform their roles at the same time they and i and my wife have families in ukraine, so it's a constant worry, every morning starts with watching the news just to

make sure that everything is okay with our loved ones it's difficult, you know, as a rule, dancers are not allowed to use phones in studios, but since this is a matter of literal life and death, of course we allow it , i remember when we gave the first performance in london, we learned that our colleague from the kyiv opera died in battle, giving his life for his country is a reality that is impossible to imagine, so it is hard to believe that this is all happening. ukraine wants me . ballet dancers feel that they are fulfilling a certain mission . they talk about ukraine.

it is different from the way ukrainian diplomats do it, despite the tragic circumstances, this is an amazing moment in ukrainian history , the nation has never been so united. they will not be told what to do with whom to live like this russia for centuries we dominated ukraine but this is in the past the country will never seem like a performer dynamo away maria ivanovska kostyantyn golubchyk voice of america download the mobile application the voice of america application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn