[000:00:00;00] of the austrian foreign ministry emphasized that the government of his country opposes the introduction of new anti-russian sanctions . and at the end of this year, the traditional earth hour without russia , the world nature fund informed moscow about this in advance. well, the reason is incredible at first glance, the russian leadership included the fund in the list of foreign agents, so its leadership decided to deprive moscow of the opportunity to participate in the symbolic action. well , it took place. as always, on the last saturday of march this year, the 25th at 8:30 p.m. local time in all countries. of course, except for russia, i will remind you that during this hour , people are called to turn off all unnecessary lighting. well, that's all for today in my part of spotlight ukraine . next week, the ukrainian version will obviously

be yuri fizer, so see you soon, that's all. for today thank you for being with us, you watched the ukrainian version of the crane don't forget to like and subscribe to our youtube channel espresso tv spotlight ukraine of a peaceful sky and see you next week fm halychyna has prepared its answer have you heard our armed forces promised a spring counteroffensive to the occupier, so fm radio galicia will be in the formation of an informational spring

counterattack, you will hear and even see life goes on, the war is going on galicia is not easy for the russians, for the ukrainians these are stories that the ukrainians experienced, we wrote my child's teacher that they attacked us at eight in the morning in russia and did not believe him to continue to sleep, this is something that we have no right to forget, the russian handed over to his family, he says that we have two women, two men and two boys, what to do with them, he said to shoot what changed life forever people were carried out on the benches, the wounded were buried with shrapnel, or how it changed us but did not break

us we have the opportunity to appreciate our we have the opportunity to be proud that we are ukrainians and that it sounds very good extraordinary stories of ordinary people in the documentary series my war in the 27th to 30th march at 11:10 a.m. on espresso , you are watching the program of the ukrainian official voice of america, what am i, natalia leonova, i congratulate the desperate demands of putin and lukashenka to create another wave of destabilization in europe, plans were announced in lithuania russia to place nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus after the kremlin's statements, the free called on the eu to impose new sanctions and nato

to strengthen the defense of the eastern flank , the eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy jose borel said the day before that the chinese foreign ministry reminded that it is impossible to win a nuclear war and called to reduce tension around , according to them, the ukrainian crisis in january last year, the leaders of the five states that have nuclear weapons issued a joint statement in which in particular, they emphasized that wars between states with nuclear weapons should be avoided, they called moscow's nuclear rhetoric dangerous and irresponsible, but they added that they did not notice any changes in russia's nuclear position in the united states, nor do they see signs of the movement of tactical nuclear weapons of the russian federation - said the strategic communications coordinator of the council national security john kerby we haven't seen any movement of any tactical nuclear weapons or anything like that in the time since that announcement and we certainly

haven't seen any sign that putin has accepted any decision to use weapons of mass destruction or even more nuclear weapons in ukraine we continue to monitor this very, very closely and yet we have not seen anything that would change our strategic posture of deterrence preliminary assessment of damage to the ukrainian environment caused by a full-scale russian invasion is at least 51 billion dollars however , ruslan strelets, the minister of environmental protection and natural resources, said in an interview that america voted in particular in october last year, russia destroyed and opened a part of

of the locks of the kakhova hpp dam, as a result, ukraine loses thousands of cubic meters of fresh water every day, which can have catastrophic consequences. solomko, the minister of ukraine, how does ukraine currently assess the environmental damage that russia caused to the environment during this war , we understand that the cost that we calculated today and the total cost today is more than 51 billion us dollars if we talk about the number of these crimes, how many have you counted now, 2,300 such cases have already been officially recorded, there are still those cases that have already been partially recorded, but they have not yet been put in the general basket, the work continues 24/7 , i believe that we will not only be able to record and calculate all of them, but also then prepare high-quality material for the international criminal court, because it is important to recognize these crimes as crimes against the environment

, it is important to prove the correctness of these calculations and for this we have very high-quality cooperation with the office of the prosecutor general, and i hope that the office of the prosecutor of the people 's criminal court, which will soon be opened in ukraine, will also help us make several such pilot cases . cause we can face why because if you and i take, for example, the case of the iraq war and the war there, 10% of the reparations that were levied are exactly the damage to the environment. but in order to levy reparations, they needed more than 15 years in we are so huge, let's say yes, the spheres that are complained about. in particular, i very often hear the farmer. yes, he says that the land, for example, and the soil is destroyed. it is very polluted

. today, ukraine is one of the most mined countries in the world, according to experts. there from 25 to 30% of the territory of the entire country, and we understand that first we will demine populated areas , then after some stages , agricultural areas, and then we will only add, we will reach the demining of the forest and our natural territories of the national of natural parks. therefore, this is the most important challenge today. i am sure that we will be able to take certain measures in cooperation to understand that how to clean this territory later , it will not be quick, it will be very expensive. but you and i must understand that ukraine is a country that, in fact, today on which the food security of many countries of the world primarily depends. russia is destroying our

ecosystem. it simply exposes the entire civilized world to terrible poverty and terrible danger, but still to the types of pollution. yes, you said the destroyed lands of them it is not possible to use potentially this, in fact, these scrolls continue. it goes for sure, water goes next, air goes, if we say in terms of damage assessment equivalents, and let’s say the monetary equivalent, the most damage today is from pollution from those pollutants that enter the atmospheric air, only then there will be soil, then water comes and other things, but i would not separate what is more important because , well, again, the environment is an ecosystem in which one component cannot be separated from another, a large amount of damage to forests, once again i say forests are lungs

only ukraine is the lungs of europe, a third of the forest has been mined, destroyed, burned and damaged, and now we have to restore it for many, many years. the kakhov reservoir is now not clear, again, what the occupiers are doing with it so that the information that they do not drain the water is also information about the fact that dead bodies are simply being dumped in this reservoir, water pollution is again occurring , so what operative information do you have in the context of the ecological consequences of the activities of the occupiers in this area? we are focused today first of all, monitoring the water level in the kakhov reservoir why because this is a source of drinking water supply, many water utilities that already transport water for people take water from there. that is, everything higher than 14 m is, in principle, normal, the water level increases thanks to the operational measures

we carry out upstream, but it is in case the occupiers do not leave this territory and go to the specialists to to repair the destroyed parts of the locks, then in the summer we will lose a lot of water because there will be evaporation, temperature regimes and so on. how long this situation can last is very, very difficult to predict, but i am sure that already today we need to do it at all levels, starting with the diplomatic level and ending there with the military level maximum in order for deo to buy this hydraulic structure by lowering the water level below 14 m.

understand by their actions that they are leaving crimea without water . right now, well, the focus is not on references, we must clearly understand with you that there is a part of the ecosystem that we can restore and there is a part of the ecosystem that we have lost forever. now i am talking about the destruction of the emerald territories. those objects of the reserve fund that the russians used as a parking lot for tanks , what can we restore? well, we can plant a new forest in the place of a burned forest, sometimes we will just have to reserve some areas, just ensure a regime of silence so that nature can restore itself i'm sure you've heard about the large number of dolphins that died as a result of russian aggression

, mine explosions, the impact of sonars , more than 100 cases only on our coast , but we understand that there are more than a thousand cases in general, there are all over the territory of the black sea, we are already negotiating now about the construction or creation of such a dolphin rehabilitation center, this is a species that definitely needs to be helped to survive, but i will emphasize once again that there are such things that no amount of money in the world will simply return the full version of the interview 'yu with the secretary of environmental protection and natural resources watch on the voice of america youtube channel a survey of the insertion of the world into russia's war against ukraine showed that after a full-scale invasion, the west has regained its unity and a sense of purpose, a survey conducted in 15 countries in december and january also shows

a noticeable difference in the attitude towards war in countries such as china and india. around ukraine in its defense against aggression, a survey conducted by the european council on international relations showed that the citizens of these countries mostly support such actions, there is general agreement that that ukraine needs to return all its territories, and this support has increased in european countries compared to the results of a study last summer, when we asked the same question, the report talks about three factors that contributed to the unity of the west , ukraine's successes on the battlefield and how the war united libya, the political right forces, as well as the probable return of a strong west led by the usa, europeans also feel that they were able to survive a difficult winter despite the high prices for energy carriers caused by the invasion of russia

, we can economically withstand the position that occupy against russia, we must do so in particular because of the nature of the war being waged by russia, which threatens the basic rules on which the international order is based, while russia is trying to seize more territory, the authors of the report say western leaders should use public support to arm ukraine, military aid and support in this matter is needed now because if it starts to seem that the ukrainians cannot fight back, then we can see how support among europeans will begin to decrease , also a survey conducted in china, india and turkey showed very different answers in these countries, the majority advocated an end to the war as soon as possible, even if ukraine has to give in, there is a majority who say that russia is either

an ally or a necessary partner, they see a multipolar world in which they are going to form pragmatic alliances based on their interests, the majority of respondents in europe and america expects a bipolar world dominated by the usa and china, but most communities in non-western countries see a fragmented world order in the future and with by several competing forces iryna shynkarenko henry ridgebell voice of america london last week, president biden visited canada where, in particular, he met with canadian prime minister justin trudeau and confirmed his support for ukraine. both leaders spoke before a joint session of the canadian parliament. prime minister trudeau paid special attention to one of the guests of the meeting , the head of government introduced her to president biden and the legislators as natalya, told that she came to canada 10 years ago and that

she, like many other ukrainians in canada, constant contact with his relatives in ukraine, he emphasized that it is important that both canada and the usa support ukraine as long as necessary. my colleague yuliya yarmolenko became interested in who this natalya is and why exactly she was invited by the example to the joint session of the parliament and looked for this woman, you know yuliya it's still emotions. maybe i haven't slept in the last few days because emotions really overwhelm you so much because the realization is so important. it was an important event , that is, when you and all these thoughts. how did this happen to me? of course, i'm a person.

grew up in ukraine in the ivano-frankivsk region, in the village of bryn , in the village of bryny. in a small school, it's absolutely normal, like all my life. when i moved to canada here to start a family, i lived an ordinary life. i am currently working for michelin and uh, this year was this year, i practically did not work because i was laid off due to stress. that is, it all started with the beginning of the war. going back to work literally, well, that is, absolutely the same life as everyone else, and i come to work and i'm looking. everyone looks inspired and beautiful, and i'll say that, oh, how happy you look today at work . and they say yes, today the prime minister of canada will be here.

they said i dressed a little better, he says natalya , don't worry about him and you'll see him like this, you won't see it that is, there were absolutely no plans and here when there was an opportunity when we had a conference about about investment and somewhere i managed somehow and because i'm in the first there was a row and he was absolutely very far away and i just turned to him and i have a wonderful video of how i turned to him and i say uh from memory and you of course i say i'm from ukraine and he stopped and said he greeted me and said i i just want to thank you from the whole of ukraine for the help you provide us, you just thank me very sincerely for everything you do for us. you know what he says there too, i say yes, well, i say do you

want to hug you, i hugged him with gratitude from the whole of ukraine and here is gasoline . like when i thought that life has already reached you, you hear this, i'm telling you honestly, i didn't tell anyone at first because it seemed to me that it was probably just a joke of the night , because that doesn't happen in life, that is , where does it come from, there are more chances to win the lottery somewhere, for sure, sir president today i want to introduce you to natalya whom i met only last week natalya an example to canada from ukraine more than 10 years ago wave to us

natalya here she is safe with her family but she has many loved ones left in ukraine every time she hangs up after talking to her cousin brother or friend, she feels anxiety in her heart, thinking that this conversation may be the last of mr. president. we cannot and will not let natalia's loved ones down. the ukrainian people are counting on us. we must stand side by side with ukraine as long as necessary and for as long as necessary i said my name you know the heart so when you think

you hear your heart i really started like my heart and when he turned to me to get up and they filled me with so many emotions because i know that this ovation is not for me it is for me like ukrainians for me i don't like natalya for me like ukrainians and when i actually looked at the parliament he seems maybe he is like that on the screen he is quite small and you can see perfectly from the balcony all the people's eyes when mr. president joe biden is the president of the united states states rose and his wife also turned around and when mrs. trudovo he looked into your eyes ukrainians and applauded that or the whole parliament all all ministers absolutely without exception of course overflowing with emotions as ukrainians and pride pride to be ukrainian the first minute receiving this

invitation knew that this is absolutely not personally about me i will become our country, being there is an extraordinary honor, not all the presidents of the country, this prime minister, how many had the honor of being invited to the parliament, was invited there as a shout like ukraine directly. that i presented our country absolutely medical equipment, political lobbying and cultural events , all this to help ukraine, the association of ukrainians of washington state is engaged in the organization of the iz day of history after the russian invasion, it was forced to quickly repurpose itself, now the association is simultaneously engaged in the collection of medical equipment for ukrainian hospitals and the organization of cultural events in state details in the plot of khrystyna shevchenko and dmytro savchuk liliya

kovalenko president of the ukrainian association of the state of washington is going to an exhibition on the outskirts of seattle liliya and a team of like-minded people are its organizers , here they remind americans about ukraine and collect donations. now we are organizing a big exhibition, an exhibition of ukrainian artists, and they donate. - less but they sincerely do it, this is only one of the many events of the ukrainian association of the state of washington and the first full-scale russian invasion, she says her organization sharply my mother stepped up her work, she changed dramatically, i would say that everyone

, especially after two years of quarantine, when no one practically did anything washington state was known throughout the summer as a non-profit that was mainly engaged in the organization of cultural events and the support of ukrainian traditions in the region, and after february 24, the association began to organize protests, we must fight and to fight to the end until victory, those who don't care quickly join the organization, one of them, oleksandr, who worked in the field of it and without any previous experience, headed the direction of humanitarian aid, this is the time when i came and asked lila what to do what what what can be helped and one of the projects which we started doing, collecting medical aid from e-e , humanitarian aid for the civilian population, for defenders, for the ministry of health, also on march 7. last

year, a humanitarian cell was launched , sorted and packed medical aid local american hospitals donated medical equipment, public services also joined in the donations, that is, there was a very large amount of equipment for rescuers, for rescuers, this equipment , specialized equipment and clothes, and various kinds of tools, together with other organizations , the ukrainian association of the state of washington sent in march a plane with medical equipment worth 3.5 million dollars, which was transferred to ukraine, and then it was possible to establish direct cooperation with the ministry of health, just at that time, a great the tragedy when the russian troops destroyed the maternity hospital in mariupol and these terrible photos spread around the world and we realized that we cannot stay away because i am the mother

of two children and i am not like that i would not want to be in that place for a second we offered the brain what to do we will do something in that direction and the ministry of health responded with pleasure. lyuba uzik is a designer by profession in the organization and is responsible for communication. but on february 24, if we all woke up, we would be angry like uh, very indignant at her. our largest hive is a neonatal one. incubators for babies that we occupy are delivered to ukraine by the ministry of health and the ministry of health then if it understood where to go, which city or which hospital is better, volunteers bought 24 devices that are now in 22 hospitals of ukraine, another big project was the sending of portable diagnostic devices for military medics now to the front line has a big big problem because it sometimes takes more than 3-5

hours to bring a wounded soldier to the hospital and we lose people because they lose that military doctors and medics are not can immediately diagnose where the biggest problem is. in this way, we were able to, again, with the help of moza, we found manufacturers that produce portable ultrasound devices. this is an american manufacturer, and we bought them for our military medics , in addition to the medical and humanitarian mission . the organization appeals to politicians and tells them what about the needs of ukraine and also support artists who come with tours to the usa and canada in order to give them the opportunity to say what they want through our information platforms both exhibitions concerts, festivals, all events to support interest in ukraine and raise funds, we have something planned every month, week, because

this degree cannot be lowered , we must always explain. dozens of volunteers join the work , a person clearly knows what his mission is he comes and says i want to do this i know how to do it or i have such and such such talents i want to use them in this direction whatever please, take me before, i have never done inventory, that is, it was my first experience, it was very interesting how we can do something, no , that is, we basically learned everything on the fly, i don’t know, i always wanted to benefit the community with my professional skills in design and communication, i i try to create something, sometimes to create something so that it would make people interested in ukraine and

interested in the association, now organizations are working on a project to purchase generators for incubators in hospitals, they say, despite this, they are not going to lower the degree support for ukraine khrystyna shevchenko dmytro savchuk for the voice of america hollywood star and goodwill ambassador of the un children 's fund unicef orlando bloom in ukraine with president volodymyr zelenskyi the actor discussed the restoration of school infrastructure and the return of ukrainian children taken to russia after that orlando bloom met and played with small ukrainians hello how are we making a candle, i have to take one of them , blue in the colors of unicef, it's fantastic, and then