[000:00:00;00] in 2023, regular sessions are scheduled in the uzhgorod city district court , this mouthpiece of kremlin propaganda is being tried in absentia, we are waiting for a harsh sentence, tatyana pop is simple excuse the rubber pops of the kremlin blogger propagandist . his father, a retired doctor, yuriy, a graduate of sumy state university, works as a private entrepreneur in the field of auto repair, first the invasion of russia on donbas and the annexation of crimea in the 14th year, he left for the swamps, from where he has been conducting subversive activities for more than eight years, so that the people

of ukraine are beneficially friends with russia. on propaganda tv channels , in particular on talk shows, solovyov calls for the capture of ukraine and support for russian occupation groups in the destruction of the civil infrastructure of our country and he will rely on the large audience of this traitor in the telegram channel, almost 3 million subscribers on the russian rutube platform , almost 400,000, how many rotten kremlin narratives pour out of these telegram channels, it is scary to even imagine . articles, among them, are calls to change state borders, propaganda of war and treason, and if there were no effort in the swamps, no matter how much the blogger was paid to millionaires, the world knows the truth, don’t hide it

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service voice of america time time i am yuliya yarmolenko i congratulate mr. voles, the british minister of defense, called his country's decision to transfer long-range storm shadow missiles to ukraine a balanced and proportionate response to russia's escalation. during a speech in the british parliament, he expressed his belief that these missiles will help push the russians out of the territory of ukraine. this news was welcomed as in in kyiv, as well as in washington, retired general van goje , the former commander of the us army in europe, said that such missiles will make crimea unusable for russian troops, and another retired general mark hertling said that the storm shedeu , although they have a slightly shorter range than the american attacks, have a greater striking capacity . right now and why exactly these missiles , how are the decisions in great britain explained? well

, as for london, the prime minister of the british government decided in february that britain had decided to provide long-range missile weapons to ukraine in response to the bombardment with cruise missiles and other striking means that russia has used in the bombardment of ukraine for over a year. so this is an expected step regarding why exactly these missiles are on the way, it is obvious that a number of considerations make sense here well, first of all, because britain has them, and according to some data , there are from seven hundred to 1,000 such missiles in the british arsenal . they obviously fit ukraine in terms of technical characteristics, because they are launched from

planes, and this means that it was necessary to think about how british-french missiles can be attached to soviet -made aircraft that ukraine has so that they can be launched . according to various data, the range of these missiles is 250 or 300 or 300 km. such data are presented in relation to the fact that why is britain providing these missiles and these weapons? british defense minister ben wallace said today in parliament that if russia had not started this terrifying war against ukraine, then all of this would not have happened.

it was necessary - he said in the parliament today ukraine has the right to defend itself against this use storm shadow will allow ukraine to push back russian forces located on ukrainian sovereign territory deputies must admit that these systems are not even in the same category as the russian hypersonic dagger missile or the iranian shahid attack drones or even the kalibr cruise missile which is more than 2,000 km, which is approximately seven times more than the storm shadow missile . russia must admit that it was its actions that led to the provision of such systems to ukraine .

we are talking about practical things, how many of these missiles will london transfer to kyiv in general, and when will the ukrainian armed forces be able to start using them, is there anything known about it, yuli , these are practical things, and we are not told about them, eh and we just heard from this quote from the british minister of defense that he, even as a member of parliament, did not want to submit all the technical characteristics or capabilities of these missiles regarding the quantity, it is obvious that how many of them ukraine will receive or how many of them it already has will be extremely important of decisive importance, especially during these offensive operations, which everyone is expecting right now in ukraine, as for when they can start using them. also, this information,

even we, for example, do not know very well where and how the american highmars are used was provided almost a year ago, that is, this information will not obviously not be public, but on the other hand, there are commentators who say, particularly here in britain, that it would be very logical not to make an announcement about such missiles in advance when russia would actually receive e- it is a warning and would be able to withdraw its potential targets from under a possible strike. therefore, it is assumed that since the announcement was made today , the use of these missiles will certainly take place as soon as possible. this is a very good reinforcement on the eve of the expected counteroffensive, but today in an interview with the bbc, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi said that it is possible that the ukrainian armed forces

will have to wait with the counteroffensive. in nato, we have repeatedly heard that they say that they have already provided 98% of everything that the ukrainians needed, well actually in nato they say that in april, as of the end of april , they provided 98% of the promised equipment, the president zelensky in an interview, in particular, with british journalists, he did not say that it was about promised promised equipment, on the one hand, he said about things on the other hand, he said about armored vehicles, which will be parties, as he said. that is, it can be either those two percentages that still remained after 1998. or maybe some other other batches of weapons. he did not explain on the other hand. again, we

are talking about information that is obviously a military secret. how the ukrainian troops will act will depend on many factors. various factors, we don't know exactly what they expect and why they need it the most, but what we can clearly say now is that ukraine is increasingly dependent on western weapons, and this was what nato commander-in-chief admiral robauer spoke about yesterday eh tree of its own i believe that now we will see how the russians will focus forced to focus on the number of not more conscripts and mobilized insufficiently trained in technology older but in large numbers although it and

not accurate and not so good, but the ukrainians will focus on the quality and western weapons systems , and with western training, we will monitor the development of events. to help ukraine in this crucial month, during the senate hearings on thursday where the pentagon's budget for 2024 was discussed, senators asked us defense secretary lloyd osstin whether his department could speed up provision of certain types of weapons to kyiv, the course of the hearings was closely monitored by my colleague kateryna lisonova, who joins the broadcast from the congress building. i congratulate katya, in addition to the fact that you followed the hearings themselves, you also had the opportunity to personally ask the senators whether, in their opinion , the united states provided enough weapons for effective counteroffensive of the ukrainians , taking into account president zelenskyi's statements that

they answered you today for the sake of justice, not all senators were ready to comment on zelenskyi's statement today some of them said that they had not heard it yet, but those democrats and republicans with whom they spoke and who commented on zelenskyi's statement today admitted that ukraine has not yet received all the necessary armed weapons promised by partners and some legislators. both democrats and republicans emphasized that the connection and america should continue to be a leading country in support of ukraine, if the ukrainians did not receive everything they needed, then this should be corrected as soon as possible, others even confirmed that they it is known about the logistical problems and that we are currently working on them, as well as the republican senator lindsey graham, in particular, said that the united states and the united states are at the forefront of helping ukraine and are doing everything possible. but as of now, this is not enough.

we need to take the lead in helping ukraine and continue to support them in any way possible if the ukrainians don't get what they need on time but we need to do a better job of the testimony of general milii confirm if we succeed in defeating putin in ukraine, it will make the world safer and you will reduce the chances that china will attack taiwan again, but if putin gets away with it, it will create chaos all over the world in your opinion. the united states provides enough weapons to ukraine. i think we are on a good level but we need to do more during this time the us has shown not only generosity but also real concern when it comes to ukraine's efforts to save its state from a russian attack i know we have faced some logistical problems on our side i i believe that we are making every effort to solve these problems and provide ukrainians with all the resources they need to defend themselves at these hearings, you heard several questions about our

support for ukraine, this is a good sign because it indicates that the congress still supports ukraine at the bipartisan level katya the president in an interview with the bbc, zelenskyi separately noted that ukraine expects more armored vehicles, as you know, the american abrams should arrive in ukraine no earlier than the fall, how do they explain this delay in the pentagon, it is important to note to yuli that today's hearing in the committee took place exactly the senate committee on assumptions and the topic of discussion was directly the budget project for the ministry of defense for 2024 and at these hearings, on average, the secretary of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austin , also general march milley, the commander of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, testified at these hearings, but yes as republican susan

collins, co-chair of the appropriations committee, noted in a previous comment that it is important that during the hearings that were not directly related to ukraine, many questions about ukraine, and here directly the co-chair of this committee , susan collins, asked a question about why ukraine cannot receive the promised tanks faster, what is the problem, and is it possible to speed up the provision of this necessary assistance to ukraine? 31 abrams tank according to the latest information it will not happen before this fall is this really true can you let us know the current delivery schedule and is there any way

speed up the delivery of these tanks to ukraine, we are doing everything possible to speed up the delivery of these tanks according to our forecasts, this will happen at the beginning of autumn, in the meantime, we have moved several tanks to the training ground so that the ukrainians can start training. at that time, when the training is over, the tanks will be available for use . to support the operation of these tanks, and you know that this technique is significantly different, in particular due to the turbine engine and other rather complex systems , but we are trying to transfer this as soon as possible they will definitely have equipment for ukrainians. everything will be available by the beginning of autumn. during the hearings, defense minister lloyd austin emphasized that president biden's request for a defense budget of 842 billion dollars for 2024 is unprecedentedly large and remarkably large, but it is necessary and he also quoted biden that the united states is now in

a crucial decade and the choices we make today will determine our course for generations to come not only for the united states but for the entire world and so on so far you have confirmed that now strengthening the budget in the defense sphere is necessary not only for the united states of america but also for future generations around the world katya great britain has become a real transporter of security assistance in the past 15 months london we know was the first to provide a number of weapons should we expect that the united states will follow great britain in the transfer of long-range missiles to the atakams . the united states will also participate in the provision of more e-e missiles with a higher range, they also noted that this issue lies not in the competence of the legislative branch of government, but in

the competence of the executive branch of government . in addition to high-range missiles, they also called so many legislators support this initiative and repeatedly emphasized in comments for the voice of america that ukraine should receive, in particular, long-range missiles at the same time, one of the senators with whom they spoke also added that the decision to provide any assistance and high-range missiles , in particular, is a decision that must be 100% agreed by all partners, and if one partner has already announced that it will provide these missiles, then most likely other a-a partners can join of this initiative , thank you very much.

in washington, us secretary of state anthony blinken and spanish foreign minister jose manuel albarez at a joint press conference following the minister's meetings emphasized the importance of continuing joint efforts to counter russian aggression. the spanish minister separately focused on his work with partners in the global south to enlist their support . anthony blinken announced that spain has been providing strong support in ukraine since the first days of the russian full-scale invasion. spain is steadfast supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine not only in words but also in actions, including the provision of very important weapons systems within the coordinated efforts led by minister mostino, you saw strong support for the eu sanctions against russia that continued pressure on russia due to its aggression , humanitarian support was extremely strong as in what was given to ukraine and in the generosity of the spanish people who accepted more than 175,000 ukrainian refugees, so from the first day we saw extraordinary

solidarity and a strong sense of a common goal and joint actions when it comes to the support and defense of ukraine. from the first day, spain condemned russia's illegal and unjustified aggression against ukraine. we supported 10 packages of sanctions against russia. we supported the use of the european peace fund for the purchase of weapons for ukraine together with the usa. criminal court for prosecution for war crimes committed in ukraine, our criminologists in ukraine help collect evidence, we provided the largest package of humanitarian aid, which ever provided by spain to another country and of course we talk to our friends from the countries that are called the global cock we talk to our latin american friends we talk to our african friends because as tony very rightly pointed out there is a food crisis the energy crisis is a global crisis that affects to all those countries and we want to inform you that, of course

, we are fully committed to ukraine, but we do not forget the needs of all these countries , ukrainian wine as a way to fight against russian aggression, no matter what it solves american gail corrigan, a businesswoman who specializes in gel wine, organizes tastings of ukrainian wine in various american states, and currently informs about the russian war in ukraine, destroyed wineries and collects funds to help ukrainian winemakers . iryna solomko and pavlo terekhov, an american businesswoman and a fan of georgian and ukrainian wines in 2019. she founded a company that began importing georgian wine to the usa in 2022. at one of

the performances in new york, she tried it for the first time the ukrainian cross of the artemivska champagne factory and it was a kind of love at first sight, it was very tasty, the first batch of the ukrainian game from that gel was brought to the usa on the eve of the war, she was gradually building a strategy for entering the market, says american wine connoisseurs are quite picky because they have a huge choice, it was soft it is difficult to say, but some of the ukrainian wines, in particular the rosé that was aged for 18 months and the white brut became very popular and we almost sold them out and we were going to order another container of these two wines before since the war obviously started, the full-scale invasion changed gil's plans and she decided to use the things she brought before the war only for charity events at use.net on them we talk about ukraine and the war and also collect funds that will be returned to the ukrainian wine industry, this increased attention to ukrainian wine is explained what and the fact that

with the beginning of active military operations outside the cities of bakhmut, where the legendary production is located, the beach ones have become practically collectible, because it is not known how many basements of the factory, namely there underground, the surrounding area gypsum tunnels and the wine was made were affected by the war and were robbed . oleksandra cherednychenko, the marketing director of art-binary, says that the work of the plant was stopped with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, we simply conserved production, now everything that was on the surface has been destroyed, it is difficult for us to assess the damage, because most of the production lines were underground at a depth of 72 m, we do not have access to it. in february, we took all the products that were ready for sale to the safe territory of ukraine, and we are talking about millions of bottles and the volume is enough for us to still raise glasses of sparkling wine for the victory of our country, chernichenko adds, now the company is preparing to deliver a large batch of products for gays to the united states, he says that currently

art-weinery exports its products to more than 20 countries and continues to sign contracts with other countries america is our significant partner, we sell quite a lot of sparkling wine in america, and gail is our favorite partner. we cooperate a lot with her . we are grateful to her for her help from the very beginning of the war. she actively participated in conducting auctions and charity events we are very grateful and happy that even in america people help and feel the pain of ukraine usually conducts wine testing and an auction, one of such charity events recently took place in the town of newport , rhode island, testing was conducted in the historical place of the redvytsi library, this is one of the of the oldest operating libraries in the usa sympathize with the situation in ukraine and therefore we felt that it is important for us to do everything we can here in this part of the world to support ukraine and

ukrainians every time wine testing is combined with cultural projects in newport, the guests were shown an exhibition with photos of ukrainian refugees in embroidered dresses, this part of the event was also prepared by nalocker, she is from mykolaiv oblast, but has been living in the usa for many years . they saw the works of the photographer's carriages on social networks and offered to do a joint project. i was also impressed by the beauty of the photos and this beauty conveys what is in ukraine, the beauty that the world does not see now, because people see only mountains, death and tears in the world, gale's collection has unique wines from bachmut that were made with the addition of crimean grapes, because until 2014 art-wineries had a number of vineyards on the peninsula, the company sent us 1,200 bottles as part of the cooperation and this is a very good wine, which was sold at a very high level to people who know a lot about wine and have a very refined taste for wine has very interesting notes of pepper now we

have almost 500 bottles left and this is basically the rest of what is in the world for each event gail chooses a ukrainian organization in the usa that helps ukraine and gives it a part of the collected under time for testing and fundraising sometimes she just sends a few bottles for organizations to do their own auctions and fundraisers sparols i sent six bottles of pre-war imports and they auctioned them off for $3,000. also, at the last vrodayland event, we sold one bottle for $2,000. and today we have six pre-war bottles , as well as a bottle of solo king with crimean grapes , one of the last in the world, painted by ukrainian gay artists, he says after the war, decide somewhere, the profit from the sale of wine should not be given to stores restored works of ukrainian men workers who suffered from the war for more effective work. she plans to establish a public organization in one

production, one thing may be needed in another, something else. they will sell their projects and we will already collect funds for them. there must be a fair approach with which money "they definitely go where they need to," cherednichenko tells an art winemaker who lost a key production of bahmut and opened new facilities in the odesa region among saved bahmut ocher wines many are unique and the company sells them at auctions, the money goes to help the military and the victims. iconic places will be depicted, part of the profit from the sale will be transferred to the reconstruction of these cities, our task is to hold on and fight, and i am sure that everything will work out and i know that it will work out

gale is already preparing to hold a new shipment of ukrainian sparkling wines in the united states, she says that local liquor stores have been waiting for a new batch, because gale left almost all pre - war imports for charity projects. now the symbol of kyiv grows, we are opposite one of the most interesting monuments of the capital of the usa, the ancient columns of the capitol, the workers of the national arboretum helped plant a parcel tree oksana markarova of ukraine in the usa, as well as immigrants from ukraine who once again reminded the americans about the horrors of war and asked them not to forget to support the fight against russian aggression in the future . the chestnut on the peaceful lawn in washington reminded her of the apple tree that she and her family planted in kyiv on the 42nd day of the war

. i always had a tradition on my birthday, my family together with me we planted tree when the full-scale invasion began. my husband joined the territorial defense, i stayed with the children in kyiv, well, he was going home, we hid from the bombing in the basement, and on my birthday it seemed that the tradition would be impossible to fulfill, but one woman from this basement found out about it and gave a present i got a tree for my birthday and my husband was released from the army for 3 hours so that he could plant a tree with me. a video with an apple tree in kyiv was posted by olena on her blog and received words of support from cats in different countries of the world, look, dad is already watering the trees, they saw the family tradition , learned about the us national arboretum and were invited to plant a tree in honor of ukraine

. we were looking for a tree to dedicate to the people of ukraine and learned that kyiv historically has huge plantations of european chestnuts, they did not suit us very well, but hybrids are suitable for this choice of trees , the ambassador of ukraine to the usa, oksana markarova, was delighted who also took part in the chestnut planting ceremony and thanked the americans for yet another show of solidarity with ukraine, chestnuts are for all of us, they are such a kyiv tree that everyone associates with kyiv, but i don’t know the pink chestnut in particular, i really liked them as a child, they are so pretty they are rare, very beautiful, and now they will constantly remind us of our struggle here, and i hope that in time we will be able to bring the sprouts of this tree and plant them in mariupol, plant them in kharkiv, plant them in kyiv , plant a tree in our ukrainian crimea in honor of ukraine now grows in a special place opposite one of the most outstanding monuments of washington, the ancient columns