[000:00:00;00] commenting on the explosion of the kakhovka hpp, the united states is working closely with the ukrainian government to find out what led to the disaster, but the white house emphasizes that the dam was in the hands of russia at the time of its destruction , the session is assessing what happened, we are really in contact with the ukrainians, it is obvious that this damage and destruction somehow we are watching, they are breaking our hearts. we will certainly do everything in our power to help the people of ukraine, i will say this. and you heard that i said this before . russia has no business being there at all, and this dam was under the control of russia and they responsibility for the destruction caused by this war and we will do everything possible to support the people of ukraine in this difficult time . the president of the united states, joe biden, reacted

to the explosion of the hopa hydroelectric power station. he said that the white house will continue to help ukraine. let's go, what is your message to russia, we will not go anywhere, we will help ukraine about how the american congressmen react to the destruction of the kakhovskaya hpp, we will talk with kateryna lisunova, who joins us from katya's capitol. greetings, maria. we see that the international community is not yet in a hurry to assign responsibility for the destruction of the dam to any of the parties. i know that today you asked the american legislators about this, what is their position. that's right, maria. are in a hurry to draw conclusions about whose fault it is to blow up the khust dam and are not in a hurry to make any statements without an official statement from the american government that would be based on

an investigation or at least intelligence data so some claim that undermining the polish dam is unprofitable for either side, others claim that such undermining is in the style of the war that putin is waging and that they would not be surprised that it was russia that did the most incredible thing but nevertheless, you should not declare anything without any official data, and such a position applies to both democrats and republicans , among them even the so-called hawks of the republicans, who always advocate strong support for ukraine, and even they claim that they will not be in a hurry to make final statements or by accusations, what exactly did they say today in the congress, i am asked to listen just now, this is not a provoked war of aggression and we have already seen many war crimes, this is another devastating attack on the lives of ordinary ukrainian people. but from a military-tactical point of view, this detonation does not make sense for any of parties and we are still not sure what happened for those of us who are closely watching

the situation it is not clear who could have profited from the destruction of this dam we call on all parties to stop any attacks on civilians population i think you will see that as long as the investigation continues as to who is really to blame or what caused the breach of the dam and this flood, the united states will stand firmly on the side of the ukrainian people and the government of ukraine and we will provide the necessary support we will certainly provide military support but in the end the most important thing is the people we will be there even in this situation to help people survive this so that you can continue the struggle ukrainians are on the front lines to guarantee the preservation of our democracy democratic and republican colleagues will stand together to continue this support and sex nomination we assume that all this is done by russia in general it always has assumptions they

are just liars and it is completely consistent with everything else they have already done but we do not want to assume first we have to find out the facts and so on but i think that this is consistent with everything else putin has done he doesn't follow any rules it would be no problem for him to blow up a dam and try to flood a city maim and kill innocent civilians i think the answer is that we need to find out what really happened and who is responsible but the united states is clearly from the ukrainian people who continue to fight for their freedom i voted for these initiatives and will continue to support helping the ukrainian people who are showing amazing things in their fight for independence and this is completely consistent with by american values. thank you, kacha, very interesting comments. i also see today that the destruction of the kakhovskaya dam remains the greatest interest in the american

news. how it is covered here in the media. that's right. from yesterday to today it is being talked about in the public media, but the red line of the exposure of this coverage, more precisely of this event , the red line in this coverage is the phrase the parties russia and ukraine accuse each other in general, in the american media there is no exact position on who exactly did it and one of the one of the reasons for this is the fact that there is no official position of american intelligence and the biden administration regarding the actual reasons and possible explanations of who exactly could do this and for whom it could be beneficial, that is, it is important to note that the american media cannot state this without any official position of the american government, but this position and such an investigation and any statements of the american intelligence actually take time to investigate this and draw more specific conclusions, in turn, the new york times , in particular, published -e such a position, such

information that the explosion at the kakhovsky dam also took place from the inside, and it is important to note that it was the russians who controlled this dam for this investigation and sent the publication directly, the american also refers historian timiti snyder, who in his sweater on the offender on his twitter, published 10 steps and 10 tips on how exactly the american media should cover this event, there he particularly emphasizes that russia is conducting propaganda, aggressive propaganda related to its war in ukraine and that it is necessary not to refer to the official data of russia. if it is referred to, then it should be noted that all previous statements were false. it is also important from the point of view of timiti snyder to note that ukraine is the victim, and in this situation, in any case, it is precisely

ukrainian people and precisely on ukrainian territory, and he also sums up that it is also important to take into account that the dam was under the control of the occupying forces of the russian federation , and i also want to talk about one important issue. the recognition of wagner's mercenaries as a terrorist organization, tell me more about this, what news should we expect together, yes, maria , this week there will be a number of important events for ukraine, in particular, in the committee on international affairs relations of the senate with will consider several draft laws that are acquired by ukraine and as you usually correctly noted. one of such draft laws is the recognition of wagner's mercenaries as a terrorist organization. if this draft law passes the committee, it will mean that it will automatically go to the senate for a vote, after which it can also be expected to be voted on in the chamber representatives and in fact, if signed by biden, this draft law will turn into a law

and an important document that will be considered tomorrow in the international relations committee of the senate as well there is a resolution that condemns the illegal deportation of the actual kidnapping of ukrainian children and it will also be heard and considered in the committee tomorrow from the resolutions that concern ukraine there is also a demand for the russian federation to release one of the american citizens paul willan who was illegally arrested in russia and directly at least two important the documents will be tomorrow and whether they will be considered will depend on whether putin will get it for a vote in the senate, i will follow you in advance of this consideration and of course i will inform the voice of america viewers as soon as we have information about this and about these bills, these documents, we will monitor how events develop , kateryna lisonova was with us and from the american congress, and the bowl of the kakhovsky reservoir can be emptied in

a few days, about this in the voice of america commentary said industrial ecologist anna ambrosova , according to the expert, water threatens cities such as kherson, zaporozhye, marganets and nikopol due to the lack of water supply , kryvyi rih and energodar offers to listen to the comments of an environmentalist about the details of the consequences of the explosion of the kakhovsky hpp . many years ago, the dnipro river was regulated by a cascade of reservoirs and a cascade of hydroelectric power stations. during its existence, several large

industrial centers developed on the black sea shores of the kahovsky reservoir, zaporozhye, manganets , nikopol, the dnipro, actually a little further upstream it is already higher than the dniproges, but it also has a certain influence, e.e. kryvyi rih does not stand on the kakhov reservoir, but it will receive water from it. now the professional community is considering several scenarios, and i heard an assumption that the bowl of the reservoir will almost empty in two days, in four days, that is, now these calculations are in progress, the true scale of the consequences of the destruction of the kakhov hpp for the ukrainian land is still difficult to predict, but it is already clear that this is an ecological disaster, according to mykhailo yatsyuk

, deputy director of the institute of water problems i had speeches of the national academy of agrarian sciences. my colleague dmytro kolchynsky spoke with him. such consequences were unexpected. no one in general had certain visions that this could happen because you are certain of the scenario modeling in the development of events, but according to the consequences, we will assess what will be affected by such a number of population points in it is as if almost no one had predicted the consequences of damage on such a scale, and plus we must understand that if one damage was predicted for the territory , for the economy, they are only now beginning to assess the damage of such a future prospectively yes, that in our country a huge area and land may be taken out of circulation, which may be polluted yes, that these territories will be polluted, where people live in this block, they assessed and now it is necessary to assess that they will be prohibited, that

measures should be taken there in order to stabilize the ecological state in order to stabilize these processes so that they do not develop in terms of ecological degradation, this is already an ecological disaster, but in order for this to be a disaster and not grow, it must be stabilized in a certain way and remove all risks, see the water that passed through the broken turbines of the hydroelectric power station, where was the turbine oil, because there are other substances that are pollutants, yes. plus, the wave of the flood that passed washed away everything that was low in the undergrowth and in populated areas, and there were garbage dumps, there were industrial sites, there were, well some uh, such productions that have pollutants, that is, it is not in very large volumes, but when

you put it all together, it will have very negative environmental consequences, the explosion of the kakhova hpp will also affect the ecology of the crimean peninsula, the expert believes, but for in russia, this is not a principle at the moment, there are all the classics described by science from the process that happened when there are no hours and not enough, when 100% is withdrawn, if it happens to the river basin , what happens to the landscapes, what happens when the rivers disappear, the lakes dry up, which was there for 100 years, they dried up and we see that they now they will return to that situation because their first goal of the war was the capture of the north crimean canal, the first days they seized it, they immediately began to turn on the canal, although it was still unsuitable for work, but they started

to supply water to the crimea, they have accumulated some resources there and believe that they will definitely last the 23rd year, and maybe a little longer, and then they want nothing to grow there after that. the participants gathered near the white house to draw attention to what, in their opinion, the russians destroyed people called on all supporters of ukraine to write to their legislators to call on them to introduce new sanctions against russia and the white house to recognize russia as a terrorist state protests in response to the explosion of the kakhova hpp also took place in in the largest city of the state of california, los angeles, about a hundred ukrainians came to the action. they gathered at the intersection near the federal building , in addition to posters, they brought with them aquariums and with signatures of the names of populated areas that were flooded , children's toys and models of toy houses floated in the aquariums, people whose relatives came to the action are currently in the kherson region , the protest was organized by activists

of the vudi ukraine fundation organization, volunteers also collected and transferred funds to support people affected by the disaster messengers simple, stop russia, which is a state sponsor of terrorism, stop the ecocide of ukraine, preserve the ecological system of ukraine , the ecological system of europe, which is our neighbor and the ecological system of the whole world, as if everything is done by the aggressor state, and it affects not only the ukrainian ecology of animals and nature in general, and the ecology of europe in this world, i myself am from kherson, there are many acquaintances who are now moving to the more central part of the city and are trying to wait there because they do not want to go far. they

want to stay. my parents do not either. they will go, they waited out the entire occupation in kherson, they survived it and no provocations and terrorist acts from the russian side will stop them. meanwhile, nato secretary general jen stolterman and toltenberg said that all allies agree that ukraine will become a member of the alliance. he said this in the tip center of the new american security , he announced that putin does not have the right to veto the expansion of nato, and in addition, commenting on the counteroffensive from toltenberg, he assured that ukraine has the necessary capabilities, weapons, ammunition , as well as trained soldiers in order to liberating our territories is currently the most urgent task to make sure that president putin does not win this war - said stoltenberg about the advantages of the ukrainian army in the counteroffensive. we also spoke with two

american military experts . we see the formation operations of the ukrainian army, we are gradually approaching the moment when the decisive operations will begin, they make decisions faster than the russians because the russian style the command is very hierarchical and the younger leaders do not show much initiative. in this way, it is quite easy for ukrainians to act, react and adapt to the actions of the russian military , this is a strategy of focusing on the enemy when he is thrown off balance and hitting weak points, even if these places are not strategically important to you because this can lead to serious losses for the enemy, the russians cannot follow such a strategy because this requires mobile tactical groups and

proactive junior leaders, and for this in russia they are traditionally punished, because this is a western style of management. as general milli explained, this is a method of disciplined disobedience, which means that lower-ranking soldiers understand the intentions of the command , know the situation and take measures that they think the commanders want from them without asking for permission. big bigger than anything we've seen before so i wouldn't be surprised if they do a series of small strikes to gain experience with the new equipment as leopard tanks are quite difficult to use they are very specific and can break, but the ukrainians also have large strategic reserves, they are ready for an offensive, the russians are waiting for this, but the advantage is on the side of ukraine, as the biden administration has changed

its categorical attitude to the fact that the ukrainians should not attack the territory of russia . the united states has followed a strategy of containment since the beginning of the cold war their reaction to everything was not to escalate, that's why they didn't want to immediately give sting 's harpoons to the ukrainians. but it seems to me that people are slow that the third world will not start that ukraine is given more weapons, this historical memory is changing, people understand that russia is bluffing a lot, the administration actually understands that ukraine has a legal right to defend itself and sometimes this means attacking moscow with drones, and the further they understand it, the more they adapt and see that

russia's threats with nuclear weapons worth nothing and finally the story about the display of authentic ukrainian clothing organized in new york by volunteers showed embroidered shirts and ancient ukrainian weapons from all regions of ukraine to introduce americans to deep multifaceted and long-standing ukrainian culture, so they decided to debunk my russian and soviet propaganda at the show watched by iryna solomko and pavlo terekhov poltava region gadyach thread dyed with oak bark, that is, there were no dyes that could be dyed, so they dyed with the material and there was oak bark that is why it is a shirt with a viper yes then my bride is young from kosmocha. this village is an ethnographic region of hutsul region, one village that has its own yellow style, both in embroidery and in beautiful

bells. that is, it is all authentic and that is it is in one village in the hutsul region that you can find such yellowish ornaments. and in general, it is all very easy to recognize and you will never confuse it with other hutsul outfits. maria mulyava and olena gorsia - a collector of authentic ukrainian clothes maria from lviv olena stikhasu met in new york where they brought pearls own collection or show them to the american audience i evil full 15 formations from different regions of ukraine this is e poltava region sumy e chernihiv zhytomyr-odesa vinnytsia ternopil region on frankiv region transcarpathia this vyshyvankas from different sides, they are all festive, they are all top vyshyvankas from my collection, the best, the richest, the best coloristics , all of them are completely in the majority, if regionally sewn, it was handed a sewn advertisement. that is

, these are holiday outfits, in many cases, they are wedding outfits. i have a favorite vyshyvanka, and this is an vyshyvanka young, which is more than 100 years old, and this vyshyvanka was worn once for a wedding and was stored in a chest, it still smells like chests, i do not restore it, it is not from peru, because it is very important to me that it has this smell she is wearing a box, so today she is a model on vinnytsia youth. she is very dear to me and i value her very much. there are more than 400 items in the mud collection. maria started collecting her 10 years ago. she says that now it is more difficult to replenish the collection without antiques. you can find less and less of them at festivals or bazaars because pops and limited supply have increased and the prices are collecting because i like it first and secondly in order to promote the real ukrainian order because mostly ukrainians perceive us for embroidered poppies

or there are cornflower wreaths, which we don’t have, or in our country, they perceive it as a cross. i want ukraine to be perceived by a lot of people, as it is diverse, a unique headdress is a museum exhibit, an authentic old one, and this is paper, and we will make it in such and such a style. and also the heart as a protection with glasses that will, er, ward off any evil from the young olena garcía began collecting her collection already in the usa, she jokes that she cannot name the exact number of exhibits because she is constantly buying embroidered shirts he buys keptar tags at auctions - he says sometimes he can fight with the exhibits all night, i mainly buy my region that is, this is podillia vinnytsia khmelnytskyi what i like is that the embroidery is so bright, it's flowers, if it's vinnytsia - it's carving, all kinds of techniques

because a- and if i wanted to make an exhibition and show that ukrainian embroidery is not only a cross or a smooth stitch. we have more than 150 techniques of embroidery, cutting and so on, so my goal now is to make the largest possible collection of embroidery with different embroideries with different by technicians specifically from the podilsk region. before moving to the usa, valentina shymchuk worked in poltava for more than 20 years at the panas myrny literary and memorial museum, specially for the display under each outfit . she wrote 27 poems of mini stories that tell about the uniqueness of clothes. i studied the choir, every archer is very perfect. i studied and then created in a poetic dedication a white guna catting road and success swaying on oshins lemka took off the color on the shirt and

embroidered thin skirt with lace with yuhtech everchenka galina bagan the initiator and one of the organizers of the event admits that the idea of ​​such a display came to her a long time ago, because ancient ukrainian culture has never been presented at such a level and in such a format in new york . in total, 27 outfits were presented, four of them men's, which is very valuable to us, because quite a few authentic men's embroidered dresses have been preserved men worked more , traveled more, and they did not have as many clothes in their chests as women, because women always showed off and prepared clothes for themselves in larger quantities, every ukrainian girl until edition she had seven vyshyvankas and seven outfits we have authentic vyshyvankas that are more than 100 years old oleksiy prokopenko, head of the ukraine aid center in the usa, this is a structure that

is responsible for a lot of cultural projects and organized the event prokopenko says that the struggle on the cultural front is one of the foundations of the organization's work in the soviet union a the image of a ukrainian was formed a-a-a-a formed for the whole world, these are harem pants, riveted on the knee , embroidered vyshyvankas, and lard, vodka, and this is all the charisma that the soviet union characterized the ukrainian whom they saw, but in fact this not far from it and this is one of the ways to draw attention to what ukrainians really are, what their authentically wonderful and unique culture is, this is our answer to the fact that ukrainians are a nation that happened - they are a nation that has an authentic code of its own a nation that has an authentic culture and we will protect this culture of ukrainians in the world with all the means available to us, in addition to ancient ukrainian clothing, the guests were also surprised with ancient ukrainian snacks dmytro

martsenyuk, a famous ukrainian chef who recently opened the first ukrainian restaurant in washington prepared a surprise for you today condra konrad - this is borscht without soup, these are the two main ingredients, this is beetroot, our favorite ukrainian beetroot, and meat, and improvisation from everything i read and did my own research, so i added two types of potatoes, purple and ordinary, i added two for two colors stewed red pepper and yellow, and today we will have such a colored skirt, and maria and olena say that embroidered shirts and clothes are a treasury of ukrainian culture, they should be popularized as much as possible and brought to the world that is why in maria's plans to open a museum, autolena dreams and plans after the victory and gather together the most famous collectors and travel with displays of authentic ukrainian embroidered shirts and outfits

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night, good morning, see you absolutely the incredible rescue of two-year-old violetta, whose search was talked about by the whole country and for which each of us worried, and let's look at the first moments after the girl was found. but don't let a lot of money, let me remind you that two-year-old violetta mysteriously disappeared just from her own yard in the village of skripai, kharkiv region, she was walking in the yard with her twin brother, they and their mother

noticed that the brother ran into the house, but the girl was not there, the mother of two-year-old violetta immediately contacted the police , more than a thousand people joined the search the law enforcement officers interviewed all the local residents, inspected every house, but it was not possible to find the girl, until suddenly on the fourth day of the search, when, as they themselves say, there seemed to be almost no chance of success the participants of the search operation a real miracle happened, the searchers were combing the forest and at that very moment the girl moaned and was heard in a very dense forest. e well, she in general it was twisted 15-20-20 cm it was small like a kitten violetta was exhausted and scared