[000:00:00;00] oh, but only to undermine, well, we packed up last year. in the fall, we got together for the last time. she rested for it. i wrote her, she doesn’t answer me . i don’t know anything else, but you know that they are alive and healthy. they had her. so, she is really very encouraging . information, but it is not yet 100% confirmed. moreover, the boy's mother has not been in touch again since the fall of last year, so yaroslav's grandfather ivan mykolayovych does not stop searching, above all, he dreams of meeting his grandson and asks each of you not to remain indifferent and help him look for yaroslav, let me know what is known, please let me know if he was alive or not. there's nothing there . well, i'm just afraid for the little one, you know, we were, as they say, the best friends, it was seen,

you already know, so he planted everything- still here for him are disabilities and mulberries. how many people do you accept here and haven't killed yourself yet? such a man jumps out with his grandfather, goes by the hand of everyone . thank you. i really want ivan mykolayovych to look for his grandson as soon as possible, see him , and this family is finally reunited. and each of can really help us in this, so please look at the photo of yaroslav sitnyk. maybe you recognize the boy. maybe you saw him somewhere, or if you know something about him or his mother . the child and his mother are in the temporarily occupied mariupol . of course, ukrainian television is not broadcast there, but the internet is working, and i hope that this video will be seen there, at least on youtube, and therefore if you have information about

yaroslav sytnyka, call us at 116,000 free of charge from all mobile operators or write this chatbot child tracing service in telegram, we have created a resource thanks to which you can report any crime against a child anywhere at any time just go to the site and report and we will launch all possible mechanisms for punishing the criminal, the entry of the i.ua countries , welcome to the air, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, time, i am its host, ostap yarysh, the us department of justice is dedicated

to achieving truth and justice in this was announced to ukraine by prosecutor general mary garland, we can now listen to his comments, our task force is klepto capche. the team of prosecutors, agents , analysts, translators and other personnel continues to initiate criminal cases and confiscate from the kremlin and the russian army's subordinates, and as i mentioned when andriy kostin was here in the latter we are using new powers granted by congress to transfer assets confiscated from russian oligarchs for the reconstruction of ukraine we will do everything possible to help let ukraine achieve justice for its people and we will work as long as necessary to bring to justice those who are responsible for the brutal crimes of the russian regime . marie garland made such a statement in washington following a meeting with ukrainian attorney general andrii kosin, who came

to the united states today from with a working visit, meanwhile , the pentagon began a comprehensive review of its practices and procedures related to the internal security of the ministry. you make recommendations for better protection of information within 45 days, this is happening for two stories with the publication on the network of documents that could contain valuable and classified data of american intelligence , including on the course of the war in ukraine, today the us secretary of defense and that autumn held a conversation with his ukrainian with colleague oleksiy reznikov, they discussed further non-regime cooperation on the eve of the next meeting of the contact group in the rammstein format , which is planned to be held this friday. poland , hungary and slovakia decided temporarily to ban the import of ukrainian grain and other food products, the game of ukrainian politics reported that such decisions contradict previously reached agreements, now the ukrainian government is negotiating with neighboring countries and asks them not

to hinder the export of food . i congratulate you. this is the first question. i think many people are interested in why poland, slovakia and hungary have now decided to ban, at least temporarily, the entry of ukrainian grain. and is there there is a risk that other european countries may also follow their example. well, actually, it is worth starting with the fact that government officials in poland, hungary , and slovakia say that by banning the import of ukrainian agricultural products, they are protecting their farmers and their agriculture. because ukrainian agricultural products cheaper than that which is produced in the eastern countries of the european union, and some very loud voices claim that the influx of these products

has caused prices to fall and therefore suffer losses to farmers in those countries, the reasons for such a situation are actually two, the first is that when it comes to the arrival of grain , the grain passes through the countries of eastern europe through the so-called lines of solidarity, which the european union arranged in order to help ukraine, which previously transported 90% of its grain through sea ports russia has now actually seized all ukrainian ports on the sea of ​​azov and is blocking ports on the black sea, although the international agreement brokered by turkey and the organization of the united nations, but this is not

enough to export ukrainian grain abroad. the second reason that more agricultural products appeared on european markets, and in particular in eastern europe, is that europe also helps ukraine by opening its markets and its market for trade. this means that ukraine can sell more to the countries of the european union, it can sell more freely, tariffs were removed. as we know, ukraine concluded an agreement on a free trade zone with the european union a long time ago, and now the accumulation of all these factors is the main of which, obviously, the russian war and the black sea blockade led to this situation in which the governments want to show that they protect their farmers to such steps, they say that in addition to poland, hungary and slovakia can join and others, in particular, similar

voices are heard from bulgaria, farmers' protests were also in bohdan's romania, how does ukraine plan to solve this issue and can it solve it? the leadership of the european union should also influence, well, the leadership of the european union must influence this. and as for the ukrainians efforts, we know that since last weekend the ukrainian minister of agriculture has been on the phone talking to his colleagues from poland and hungary, we know that negotiations are planned with government officials from romania and bulgaria during this week. the first thing ukraine wants is at least to restore transit, that is, if these states such as poland or hungary or slovakia or others say that they suffer from the influx of ukrainian agricultural products in their

markets. products caused these price fluctuations, or are there other factors on the international markets on the stock exchanges, but this should be resolved with the assistance of the european union. first of all, because foreign trade policy is not regulated by national governments, but generally agreed at the level of the european union, and this was also reminded in brussels. we can listen to an excerpt of the speech of the spokeswoman of the european commission, it is important to remind that trade policy does not belong to the exclusive competence, this means that such decisions are approved at the level of the european union, therefore we say that unilateral actions in the field of eu trade policy are impossible, as for all products, tariffs were canceled until june of this year, and now we have a new

proposal on the table to continue the cancellation of tariffs, because of course all difficult times are very important in the future to support ukraine at the same time we are also aware of the impact on eu farmers ukraine may suffer losses from this, as such bans may also affect the possibility of supplying grain to african and asian countries, because we remember that there was a lot of talk about this in the usa and europe. well, let's start from the beginning with the supply of ukrainian grain to international markets is far, so to speak, for the countries of africa and asia where there are traditional ukrainian consumers . that is, it is serious money, that is, now russia declares that it is not satisfied with the agreement that allows the export of ukrainian sports grain, which is limited, but still, now if there is the european route is also blocked, then this will be a very

serious double blow for ukraine, and if we are talking about, for example, funds received from transportation on european routes, then we are talking about approximately 25 billion euros per ukraine was able to send such an amount of products across the borders of the european union. so these are tens of billions of euros for ukraine. this is a very serious article of ukrainian exports, and if the black sea route and the european route are blocked, then this is obviously a problem. but of course, what especially the europeans say that they just want to find a way to somehow get out of this situation and probably find a way so that transit takes place, but so that grain or other ukrainian products are not delayed in such

limited geographical areas as, say, there poland or other border countries and also obviously expect other help from the eu , you say that it will be possible, you know the solution, because dana , thank you bohdan, super, i was in touch from london, the ministry of defense slovakia reported that it has delivered nine more mig-29 fighters to ukraine, which they promised to provide earlier in general , slovakia has already transferred 13 such aircraft to the balance of the ukrainian air force, the first four arrived at the end of march, the fighters were transported by land for security reasons, as compensation, the united states offered slovakia will receive 12 new military helicopters, most of their cost will be covered by the us government in washington, the meeting of world financiers has ended for ukraine, this is not only an opportunity to receive assurances of support, but also an opportunity to check the clocks with allies regarding

the deterrence of russia, how to fill the reparations fund for ukraine, to make sure that the funds frozen in the west will not disappear even before their confiscation and about other things, oksana bataretenko told about it the chairman of the national bank of ukraine andriy pishnyi do you have data on how much money in russia the central bank of the oligarchs how much is blocked in the west? this is a very good question. in fact, we have heard different versions. in general, the sum of 300 to 350 billion sounds like blocked funds of the central bank . how did you add to this the blocked assets of russian oligarchs who are direct accomplices of this war and those who are the beneficiaries of the putin regime and those who supports and continues to finance , therefore, they must bear

responsibility accordingly, including materially , the 10th package of sanctions of the european union provide for a very important norm provides for the introduction of reporting which assets belong to russia or a russian oligarch and are mobilized and blocked and can be used for the formation of a reparations fund accordingly. this reporting is being introduced soon and in the near future we will remind and operate with clear specific numbers and understand how these amounts can be messages were available to fill the fund for the recovery and reconstruction of ukraine. what, for example , would raiffeisen bank like to exchange its money that it has in

russia for the blocked assets of sberbank in is there a risk to europe that these frozen assets will not be left at all soon, if there is nothing to confiscate, if there are such exchanges , this is a question of the presence of road accidents in the russian federation, businesses that belong to european financial groups and foreign companies, the russian market is toxic, russia is poisonous, and as soon as possible from the russian market e-e financial groups, european foreign companies will leave, the better for them and the worse for the russian market, because of that, it is necessary to encourage european financial groups, international e-e companies as much as possible so that they stopped and turned this business in the russian federation, and here it is true. we heard from public sources that one of

the options is considering the exchange of assets between the raiffeisen group, which has more than 600 million euros of profits in the russian federation, which cannot be withdrawn from there, because putin blocked the money and sberbank of russia which has blocked assets in europe, the position of ukraine is clearly not acceptable, sberbank of russia is a bank owned by the government of the russian federation , is under sanctions and must bear the same responsibility as the rest of the russians and russian companies for this war, we consider these assets as a component of the reparation fund at the expense of which ukraine should be rebuilt because of this , any negotiations that take place regarding these assets as a possible option for the exchange

of raiffeisen bank and those assets that are in the russian federation are this option is unacceptable, it is wrong and we will categorically deny it, but it is worth saying that on march 30 there was some progress and the raiffeisen shareholders' meeting still made a statement that they were winding down the business however, we have not decided on the terms, we will carefully monitor how quickly and in what way this winding down will take place and we will respond to it, this was the subject of my repeated communications with colleagues from government institutions of the united states with colleagues from european central banks with the leadership of the european central bank

christine the schist camp of russia, and from your point of view, enough is being done by the american and european regulators for international banks to withdraw from russia, and how do you assess this process in general? this is probably us a question of how the head of the regulator understands in fact all the complexities associated with this, it is necessary to balance between the issues of financial and stability from which parts . at every meeting with the heads of central banks with the leadership of the european central bank

, the ukrainian team usually not only calls for something, it offers concrete options for solutions when the president says about the need to end this war, offers a formula for peace. when the national bank of ukraine talks about the need to force european financial groups to withdraw from the russian federation , it gives the european central bank a clear algorithm according to which, by applying european directives, regulations, the basel principles, it is possible to encourage european financial groups to speed up this process as much as possible when we speak with colleagues who are responsible for the formation and coordination of the sanctions policy of the united states, we are not talking about let's do more we are saying

look, there is a national depository of the russian federation, which currently essentially forms the shadow reserves of the russian federation, pay attention, there is a house of rf-bank , which currently provides preferential mortgages , pay attention. thank you for operating zenit bank, which served the military industrial bank of st. look, there is a need to sanction a state fund that deals with precious metals, that is, we have such a specifically targeted conversation that it usually ends with that we clearly understand the timeline and the sequence of actions according to which medals we will move to our next meeting , is there interest in the private sector to invest, the private sector shows a high interest, they already understand that the reconstruction of ukraine is essentially the creation of almost

the largest construction site in europe , if not some absolutely incredible fantastic processes are taking place in the world, and wherever this is happening, we are talking about the private sector and the ability of ukraine, we are talking about what ukraine can really do today become and should become a success story, we deserve it. this was an interview with the head of the national bank of ukraine, andriy pishnym . watch the longer version on the youtube channel of the voice of america in ukrainian. the ministers expressed their support for this after a meeting regarding ukraine held at a meeting in japan, in addition, the officials condemned the irresponsible nuclear rhetoric of the kremlin and agreed to strengthen

efforts to counter arms supplies to russia from third parties, the ministers of the countries of the sms group called on russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops from ukraine, but japan, where the group of seven ministers meeting is currently taking place, also reacts to potential military threats, the remote island of yunaguni nearby and ivaniv is gradually turning into a military outpost, how do local people live and what the japanese government's plans for this island will be told by yuri mamon sunrise on one of the most remote and beautiful islands in japan here on yona island wild horses walk freely along the coastline, and the population is so small that sometimes the island feels deserted. silence and peace that cannot be found in today's busy world. this is the westernmost point of japan, and ivan is only 100 km from here, so close that sometimes on cloudless days you can see him. indeed, in such a neighborhood, local residents not very happy. last year, during the tension

between the us and china, a chinese missile flew over taiwan and fell 80 km from yona guni . local fishermen say it was alarming . missiles are not always 100% sharpened. that's all the human factor and it is very scary, almost all local fishermen are scared and in taiwan this is not the only problem in the yona guni region , it is located near another group of disputed islands, the ownership of which is claimed in japan and china, kotaro kobari often catches tuna near the disputed islands, says chinese patrol boats there has increased significantly, well, i have you. here is this group of people , recently they began to harass us.

the security is being aggressive says the man but no but let me out if they take me for a tarantula i won't stand a chance it's scary when such a big boat comes so close to the island of yona guni such neighborly tensions led to the big media in 2016 a military base was built here for surveillance soon japan will place its missile complexes here, however, today it is not possible to call iona goni a military object, local residents are certain, however, that it is only a matter of time before the war. we should not do this, fomie kano was born and raised on yona guni and even if war starts, the woman says, she will not leave the island, not even us sonnet and yes and no , i would die for this island if it came to that i love this island i want to live here forever i am annoyed by politics that can destroy our life, the economic situation on the island

, however, is not the best, the population is small and even shrinking, so many residents welcome economic assistance as the expansion of the military base will bring the essence and so many promises . it was these advantages that prompted us to invite forces of course, there were also those who opposed us holding a referendum on the defense of the island itself, but we are overcoming these obstacles, however, the greatest desire of local residents is to preserve peace and quiet not only on their island, but also in the entire region . february 2022, after the russian full-scale invasion, the congressional chaplains have a new tradition of praying for ukraine now at least once a week, the house and senate hearings begin with

apart from her, the chaplain and some legislators observe a regular fast about the new prayer rule , kateryna lisova communicated with the congressional chaplains since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine at least once a week , the congressional chaplains open the session with a prayer for ukraine, so the chaplain of the house of representatives , margaret kiben, asks a prayer for ukraine every wednesday according to her, the schedule of session days in the congress is constantly changing, but wednesday is the day when legislators are most often on in workplaces , in addition, the first prayer of the kiben chaplain for ukraine also fell on a wednesday. it was in february 2022, when the war had just begun. ukraine had heard stories about ukrainian believers. to the whole country, so my first few prayers were from the third and 27th psalms. in this way, i wanted to unite with the ukrainians in their pleas with their appeal to god so that he

would hear their pain. on february 24, 2023, margarita cyborg celebrated the first anniversary of her weekly prayers for ukraine in the house of representatives of the united states congress spirit ukrainians and the best will support the spirit of ukrainians who defend their freedoms and your grace will restore life and fertility to the fields of ukraine to your people peaceful existence, territorial integrity and basic human freedoms may the consequence of your justice be peace for those who endured severe trials and was subjected to human torture periodically opens the meeting with a prayer for ukraine and senate chaplain bari black make us grateful for the privilege of prayer let me never take it for granted and lord we continue to pray for ukraine we pray for the merciful name amen we also pray and fast we believe that when you

refuse food it strengthens your prayer i know hundreds of people on capitol hill who started to rebel after the russian invasion a year ago, this fast was observed by senators and hundreds of people chaplain bari black began to serve in the senate and that in 2003 he became the first light-skinned chaplain in congress instead margarid kieben stood in for prayer service in the house of representatives in 2021 and became the first woman to hold that position for most of their lives both served as chaplains in the us military including the united states navy i served as a chaplain in the military for 35 years service members know who a chaplain is instead members of congress divide their time between washington and his districts trust is a great advance on the capital hill believe me to trust just because he wears the mantle or title of chaplain these factors

are not obvious reasons for trust among i baptized many people on capitol hill i officiated at many weddings of legislators i officiated at funerals and memorial services and also visit hospitals i was at the bedside of three senators when they died so this is a full service in all its manifestations in general all meetings of the us congress begin with a prayer tradition leads beginning in 1789. one of the first tasks of the newly created legislative branch of the american government was to appoint two chaplains for the senate and the house of representatives. it was also started by benjamin franklin in 1789. he understood that we need to call on the divine before plunging into our human everyday life, the divine presence must be in the meeting hall, both chaplains claim that it is their duty to pray for ukraine now , and they emphasize that the lord hears their pleas. as

it is said in the epistle to the romans, god works in everything for the benefit of those who love him who are called according to his intention i want my ukrainian brothers and sisters to know that god knows their pain as the bible says, he counted their tears and the horrors they went through, the lord will create good out of evil, he will create love out of hate i want the ukrainian people to realize that i prophesy that the best days for ukraine are yet to come kateryna lisonova oleksiy usyka voice of america washington download the voice of america mobile application the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service read news watch informational programs and videos, as well as listen to ukrainian podcasts of the voice of america service, and we will