[000:00:00;00] the english language, but i think the words svoboda freedom, the children understood the majority of those present, they accepted the key statements of the american president here in warsaw , bohdana , with ovation of security in warsaw, which, as we know, were unprecedented. well, first of all , regarding the measures, i think that they were predictable, it is unlikely that they surprised anyone from warsaw too much, it is completely different from what happened these days in kyiv, where the american president arrived without an announcement, which secret was kept even by that narrow circle of people in washington who knew what was happening, it is obvious that the security measures in

kyiv were a signal of the actual seriousness of the visit . or the events that took place in the ukrainian capital here in warsaw. i think that the cavalcades of cars, sirens and the blocking of some streets surprised few people as far as the atmosphere is concerned. i have already mentioned how warmly the words of the american president were received in warsaw, especially his words of thanks to poland, which plays a decisive role in how western aid reaches ukraine through the polish-ukrainian border, i would also separately mention the speech of polish president andrzej duda, who spoke to president biden from the same stage, the polish president reminded that not so long ago in warsaw this is where it actually goes and the speech was made, they fought

for their freedom. the defenders of warsaw from tyranny from hitler's tyranny then lost , many people died and all of poland was occupied. now i think that it is very serious, very prophetically, the words of the leaders of one of the largest countries in the world, the usa, and the largest neighbor of ukraine, western poland, are echoing that they will do everything they can and for as long as necessary in order to help ukraine or ukraine will persevere and preserve its independence, protect itself from enslavement because given that before this speech in the morning, president biden had a meeting with president duday, we know that the main topic was ukraine, in particular biden's unwavering support for ukraine, and he thanked, as you already mentioned, poland for all that it does

for ukrainians since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, what is already known about the results of this meeting, we know that , for example, the american presidents separately emphasized in today's speech and i suspect also in conversations with the polish leadership on how many ukrainian refugees poland also accepted and, by the way, representatives of the white at home, now here in conversations with journalists, mainly western americans, they note that certainly not every country, and in particular, it remains to be seen whether the united states could so easily to accept millions of refugees from another country , a total of 8 million ukrainians crossed the border with europe fleeing from the russian invasion, of these 8 million

, most of them passed through poland . here in warsaw they said that the polish border guards have recently registered that more ukrainians are now returning from europe to ukraine through the polish-ukrainian border instead of leaving, and they consider this their own one with the same hopes and expectations that western aid and in particular the aid provided by western countries led by the united states and that passes through poland will have the result that there are hopes that the words, in particular those that came from the mouth of president biden today in warsaw, that they will come true thank you bohdan for this information and we will continue to follow the meetings of president biden in warsaw tomorrow our european correspondent bohdan tsyupen was in direct contact with us

ukraine was agreed by the eu and ukraine was agreed to create a tripartite coordination mechanism that synchronizes the work of arms manufacturers, purchasers and governments in order to increase the production of ammunition for the armed forces, this is the result of a tripartite meeting in brussels of nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, high representative for foreign affairs and security policy jozep borel and minister of foreign affairs of ukraine dmytro kuleba, they also discussed next steps on munitions and important international developments ahead of tomorrow's un general assembly emergency session on peace in to ukraine in early march, the united states will send to ukraine the third tranche of aid for the restoration of power grids, which continue to be the target of russian attacks, the us minister of energy

jennifer grenko stated this in an exclusive interview with my colleague yulia yarmolenko. in ukrainians and about whether the darkest days for ukraine are already behind their interview continues thank you very much for meeting with us again and thank you for this interview, a year has passed since russia started a full-scale war and more than four months since russia began a series of brutal attacks on the energy system of ukraine, how do you assess the current state of ukrainian energy networks ? very inspiring, this is what we really want to work on with ukraine, our national laboratory is already preparing strategies to be able to achieve this goal, in the end

, we need to create an electricity network resistant to wars what we are doing we are looking for high voltage equipment that would be compatible with the power grid of ukraine this is the network of the soviet times so for example our transformers are compatible with it so we are carefully scanning all over the world and in the stocks of utilities to determine what equipment we can send we are now in the process sending the 3rd tranche of equipment to ukraine so that they could replace what was damaged but ultimately in the long term we have to fulfill the president's goals to create a distributed electrical network so that in case of damage of one area - it did not disable the entire region, you already mentioned the bouquets of energy aid in verse, we know that at the end of 2022 the united states provided the first tranche of 53 million , then in january the secretary of state in lincoln announced a package of 125 million can you tell us a little more about the impact this aid is not an effort to restore power grids, and should

we expect more such aid, there will be a third tranche that we will send at the beginning of march, and of course these funds help, but what struck us was how quickly the ukrainians attract what we send to get the job done as soon as possible it's really breathtaking such resilience and such fast execution of tasks from those who work on the network and we will continue to help as much as we can then they deliver it all happens, but in the end you know the russians have a very strategic goal to destroy and destroy the electricity sector itself, but this harms people and therefore our efforts to help ukraine win this war are not only our efforts and the efforts of the entire coalition of 50 countries that

we lead to help ukraine win this war are important, but you mentioned that russia's goal is to destroy the power grids and, as some us officials said, to freeze the ukrainians into submission , and it looks like winter is almost here ended and russia seems to have failed to achieve this does this give you reasons for optimism and do you think that the darkest days are behind me of course i hope so and it definitely gives me reasons for optimism you know looking at how ukraine, the ukrainian people have a backbone made of steel, it is possible to force them to harden their own backbones, fill them with steel, too, in order to be able to maintain such courage and determination not to give up their territory, not to give up their nation, i have to say that russia's goal is not just to destroy their goal to take away, right? take away the land take away the country and you know we are united members of this coalition we will not allow this and we want

to support ukraine and its territorial integrity you talked about ukrainian stability there is one poll that i am very surprised, according to a survey conducted by the munich security conference , 89% of respondents in ukraine said that ukraine should continue to fight even in the event of a nuclear attack on a ukrainian city. weapons , certainly any rambling of nuclear weapons is a cause for concern, i firmly believe that the countries that have access to nuclear weapons understand their power and horror, and we can only hope that putin keeps his word that he's not going to use nuclear weapons tactical nuclear weapons or any other more powerful weapons and it's been a huge concern not only for the united states but for the whole world i

think what you said shows the incredible resilience of ukrainians and their determination to protect their motherland despite everything . i would like to see such self-sacrifice. love for the motherland all over the world. we really admire the ukrainian people. i would like to return to what you mentioned on at the beginning of our conversation that ukraine wants to change its energy grid and the war is definitely a huge tragedy, but it also creates a certain opportunity to build something new and better . in your opinion, the united states can help ukraine in this. we are very happy to have the opportunity to work with ukraine. i work with minister halushchenko. of energy by my colleague in ukraine, who is very interested in cooperation, for example, the national laboratory restores energy, will develop road maps for countries that have expressed interest in

transition to 100% renewable energy for 100%, purely without carbon emissions, and we want to work with ukraine , which has expressed a desire to do this, to provide technical roadmaps on how to achieve this in the best possible way, to combine all the assets that are in ukraine, how much solar energy, how much wind, how much hydroelectric power, how much nuclear which is the best combination for ukraine and corresponds to what ukraine wants considering the current state of the power grid do you think that ukraine has the potential absolutely yes if you are going to rebuild let's be to rebuild the energy grid so that it is stable and safe, and to achieve such energy security, of course, it is necessary through clean energy, and this is exactly what president zelensky proposed. and that is why we are fully ready and we are already working on plans that as soon as the war in ukraine ends, it will be possible to build this future for ukraine and for the ukrainian economy but the most important thing is to be energy-independent in the interests of the security of ukraine . do you think that in a year we will be talking

about reconstruction and building something better? yes, i think so. minister separately very thank you for the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of russia, we have prepared a series of interviews with american officials and legislators, among them republican congressman michael loure, who , despite the fact that he has only just started his first term, has already joined pro-ukrainian initiatives and calls for a faster supply of weapons to ukraine about this and another, he told my colleague kateryna lysunova, you are a person who has just joined the congress, who is just starting her political work here. what is your position on supporting ukraine? i have repeatedly said that i support our efforts towards ukraine and will continue to do so. my wife is from moldova

. her family lives about 50 km from the border with ukraine. they are not far from transnistria , so on a personal level, of course, i am deeply concerned about what is happening in ukraine. i am afraid that if vladimir putin it will be possible to take full control over ukraine, other former soviet countries will be in danger, it will not stop in ukraine, it will become active very quickly in moldova and other parts of eastern europe, so i believe that on on many levels, it is necessary that the united states and our allies continue to support ukraine and continue to ensure that they have the resources and weapons necessary to fight against russia. in my opinion , the situation is even more global. what is happening in ukraine will have significant consequences for china and its aggression. specifically what they will try to do in taiwan if we and our allies get wet here and now we will allow putin to continue his

aggressive war answering questions told journalists that at the moment he does not support the provision of fighter jets to ukraine. how do you assess the president's position ? frankly speaking, it is very unfortunate that the president of the united states and our allies took so long to respond to putin while he was still building up troops on the border. he very clearly stated that he was preparing an invasion . i wish we would have responded earlier but i think we still have an opportunity to put an end to this. i think the white house should help put an end to this . the transparency of our aid and they are right, they raise important questions about the funds of american taxpayers and how they are spent but i believe that the administration should have a clear plan on how to support ukraine and stop this war , in particular, the administration should take quick measures to provide the ukrainians with the appropriate

military resources one of the legislators who signed a letter to the biden administration stating that the iranian yaros drone attacking ukraine is 75% made of american spare parts, the letter demands check this fact and stop such supplies to iran, has there been any response to this letter while we are waiting for a response but i think that now in the world there is an axis of evil between iran, russia, north korea and china and we have to be aware of this, the biden administration must take seriously its responsibilities to bring these bad actors to justice, it is unacceptable that north korea is selling weapons to help putin in his war against ukraine, the us president and administration must deal with it regardless of whether this or north korea, what role do these countries play in

all of this, let's go back to february 24. last year, putin announced that he was going to invade ukraine, and this is what happened during the live broadcast of his speech, what were your expectations, what were your predictions about this war, it is obvious that putin imagined that this war would be quite short, that he easily achieved success , just as with the seizure of crimea in 2014, he did not expect such determination and resistance from ukrainians from president zelensky from from the ukrainian government and, frankly speaking, from the united states and our allies, now a year later, the courageous spirit of the ukrainian people and government, as well as the strong resistance they give to us, are evident, as well as the determination of the american government and people and our allies in supporting ukraine. i think that putin significantly underestimated these factors, it is obvious

that everything is still going on , but that is why it is critical to bring it to the end, the people of ukraine have suffered a lot, the state will need significant support for reconstruction. the better it will be for everyone, did the defense of ukraine surprise you personally, and if so, how did it not surprise my wife from eastern europe, and i was in this region and i know there live good people, strong people, caring people, and they want to protect their homeland , their country their families so it doesn't surprise me at all if we sum up this year, is there anything in your opinion that the united states, nato and other allies should have done differently regarding russian aggression in ukraine i think we should have started acting earlier when putin only was building up troops on the border. also, in my opinion, the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan and exactly how it was done

by the biden administration inspired putin , giving him a false sense of security that the american government will not intervene in this conflict. i think that afghanistan gave them courage. i think that this it was a mistake, it was also a mistake not to act earlier in the field of arms supply and support to ukraine when putin was just accumulating forces on the border , read the extended version of the interview on the website of the ukrainian voice of america service and watch on our pages in social networks, starting from february 24, 2022, in the main square of new york, times square , actions in support of ukraine take place every week. their organizers are ukrainian neurosurgeon artur zgurov. this year, he became the face and leader of the protests together with his wife. he carefully prepares for each rally, changing slogans and demands depending on the situation during the year. he held

more than 60 actions in new york with artur and his wife, iryna solomko talked about the full-scale russian invasion . artur zgurov did not volunteer for ani a few years ago, a neurosurgeon and his wife, also a doctor, came from odesa to new york to study. he remembers when he heard about the organization of the first ukrainian protest in new york on february 24. he immediately came to time square. people were worried and afraid of all the emotions that we all experienced. and somehow it unexpectedly started on its own with one cry glory to ukraine and then somehow we somehow it went away i don't know but then i broke my voice considerably for a few days the next day arthur and asya again

came to the protest arthur took the initiative in used his hands to make speeches and began to organize people, the fact that i am a doctor, maybe he helped to feel what people need and still helps to feel what people need, what he says at protests in crowds of people, arthur is noticeable because he always has his own style in a cap and tie i remember the first time when we got together on the 24th, of course. it was simply impossible to gather my thoughts there and i remember that it was so cold. it's winter. we have to think about it somehow now. arthur puts on a white shirt and puts on a tie. i don't like what you are. you wear white magpies, you never know what awaits you there, that's why it's so and so, then the canonical style with a tie and a cap of such a regulator, who headed all this every week, arthur and others spend more than an hour

on organizing the rally, a large part of this time all permissions from the new york police department and also for the development of the campaign concept. we try to make them different every time. it helps us to have different topics to invite different people who can express their opinion. hmm, again, we are trying, if you can say so, to do it more or less professionally, because it is the same topic. well, one way or another, it can, sorry, such a word bore people . artur says that in the beginning, up to two thousand participants came to the actions, but in a year, prosthetics the spark has died down a little in the movement, there is a nucleus of about 200 people who come constantly, others join depending on the situation from the lesson, he confesses that he would like more americans to join the action, people stop, people

take photos, people can ask, can do something let's say support, they can shout something, not very support, everything happens, but there are not many americans who take part in the actions, arthur does not have an organization, he says this is his principled position , it helps to unite the community as much as possible , funds and associations around the idea of ​​support in ukraine, he cooperates with other communities of belarusians, georgians, iranians who are also fighting for the freedom of their countries. it's simple . to show that we ukrainians know how to cooperate with each other. this approach allows us to organize large-scale actions from above. for example, on independence day, his action of unfurling the ukrainian flag in the central park gathered several thousand people , the protest at the statue of liberty was no less significant, there is such an initiative klich, it includes various representatives from different parts of the country

, and even in europe, they are activists and they made a very cool idea, a circle of protection, and we were a big poster, a banner, and it had the inscription defending dubai , ukrainiansoldiers, and we became a semicircle against the background of the statue of liberty, that is, it was a symbol that ukrainian soldiers protect the statue freedoms protect freedom arthur and asya organized their flash mob in support of the defenders of mariupol at the central station of new york, and sya remembers that later a fighter of the azov regiment dmytro kozatsky came to new york . thanks to his photos, i should have seen what was happening in azovstal, he said that the only thing that kept me

in mariupol, this was when there was internet and some videos were coming, this is how i saw how people all over the world support ukraine, and the first thing he saw was the action in new york that we organized and this and what well, first of all, it just gave me meaning and real weight to everything that we are doing here, why did we stay in america and not go to ukraine to the front, as doctors, help, do what we can, artur and his team are not going to lose momentum from the mountains, they say that the protests will continue until then until ukraine wins. he dreams and thinks about a huge rally dedicated to the victory, which is sure to gather ukrainians and americans from new york iryna solomko pavlo terekhov voice of america on this we will say goodbye did you watch the ukrainian program

voice of america time time also join our daily briefings at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can ask our presenters your questions live. we are continuing the search for fifteen-year-old arina yatsyuk about the fate of whom nothing is known for almost a year, the photo of the missing girl was given to us by her great-aunt, who actually lost contact with her niece and told me simply the terrible story of the disappearance of arina herself from kyiv, and when the war began, she was with her father, mother and younger sister in the village of severynivka, this is the buchan district of the kyiv region, and in

the first days of the war it was more or less calm there , so the family decided to stay in the village and not return to the capital where rockets were already flying, and at the beginning of march, when the buchan district was already full of occupiers in severynivka , and not only did enemy artillery begin to fly , of course people were hiding in basements, but it is hardly possible to say that it was safe there, so i i can imagine with horror the feeling of the fluid of her nine-year-old sister and, most importantly, the parents, who perfectly understood that it was impossible to stay, but it was also very dangerous to run away. look at severynivka. in order to go south , it was necessary to jump out onto the zhytomyr highway and only then turn to motyzhyn or kopyliv . at that time, the road was already full of enemy vehicles , the situation was deadlocked, and the family still dared to escape, they left for uman and along the zhytomyr highway near the village of motyzhinka

polov, they were all together, er, buzova, and they were shot by mrs. iryna, what is all this to me? said the cousin of arina's father. in other words, she is looking for her niece, because it turns out that the girl's parents were killed, their car was shot by the occupiers. to understand that the parents were dead, because the orcs immediately ran up to the shot car and took out the sisters' girls , put them in different cars, the younger nine-year-old girl, the occupiers later gave them to a stranger's family in the nearest village, and now she is in security, but the older boy, 15-year-old arina, wounded in the leg, was taken away in an unknown direction, imagine that a nine

-year-old girl told the adults about all this, and we were saying something, but the orcs told them that they would be taken to the hospital. of course, no one took them anywhere well, he came and took them away, just one was put in one car, the other was put in another , the fate of 15-year-old arina yatsyuk still remains unknown, so i am asking everyone to look carefully at arena's photo, remember her face and those big dark eyes, if anyone i saw the girl, if someone sees her, do not delay, any information is important, who has the most, call us at the magnolia child tracing service at the short number 116,000 from any mobile operator, the calls are free and i will ask for a few seconds of your attention, look at the photo, this is a 12-year-old

vladyslav ovcharenko has not known anything about the fate of this boy for almost two months , i only know that vladyslav lived in the poltava region in the city of horishni plavni and on december 24 of last year he and his mother left the city in an unknown direction, since then from the woman and her there was no news of my son, now i am aware that the child may be in the city of pochaiv, ternopil oblast, so i am asking everyone who sees me now to look carefully at vladyslav's photo, remember this face, the boy looks like he is 12 years old , he has a strong build and is approximately 140 cm tall he has dark hair and dark eyes. vladyslav has certain health problems and limps on his right leg. if anyone has seen him or knows where he might be, don't delay now and call us on the magnolia children's hotline for short with the number 116,000, calls from any mobile operator are free, or write