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were the main topics of the 13th meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine, which took place on thursday in brussels, the founder of the format, the us minister of defense, lloyd austin, called on partners to continue increased assistance to ukraine, in particular with additional air defense systems and ammunition, the ukrainian struggle is not a marathon, but a sprint - it is a marathon, not a sprint, he emphasized already this summer a training program for ukrainian pilots is to begin in europe , the development of which is currently being developed by denmark and the netherlands more than 20 pilots will pass the next generation, according to mark milli, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, 6,000 ukrainian soldiers are participating in various training programs in 33 countries of the world, more about the results of the next rammstein, let's talk with our european correspondent bohdan

tsyupan i'm in touch with the studio bohdane congratulations what do you think was the main result of the 13th meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine, maybe it's not very vividly, but i would say that already the 13th meeting once again confirmed and it is very important that even in the second year of this exhausting , bloody and expensive war for many of ukraine's allies, the support of western countries and not only western countries, more than 50 countries of the world are maintained in these countries, they further emphasize on the fact that they are ready to help ukraine as much as necessary and this is very, very important in this situation, when the war has reached the stage of exhaustion, perhaps the new thing is so much brighter in this meeting was that

dense representatives from the participating countries are very there was a lot of talk about the current counteroffensive of ukraine with an attempt to dislodge the russians from the ukrainian land, this was talked about with great hope and a lot about the fact that the allies of ukraine are ready to continue helping the ukrainians in this case bohdan, according to kyiv's expectations, this rammstein was supposed to be an airplane or did we hear enough specifics from the point of view of providing f16 to ukraine , frankly, there may not be as many specifics as some probably hoped because we knew for a long time that the training of ukrainian pilots will begin this summer, this is again today it was said that we knew for a long time that

the netherlands and denmark will probably play a leading role in this training . it was said about it again today. maybe a little more specific. but again , from unofficial sources, it is that more than 20 ukrainian pilots will be trained. but on the other hand, it is quite possible that some specifics in such matters should remain a secret, although let's say the most important thing: when and how many western combat aircraft ukraine will be able to receive, we do not know this yet. well, they will determine who will provide the aircraft in which number and when there is still a certain amount of time left before that, and bohdan, in less than a month, the nato summit, at which ukraine also

has a lot of hopes, has the chance to clarify its position the day before, what are they ready to offer or guarantee to ukraine, so in fact, a lot of attention has been paid to the united states because the united states now plays a key role in military aid to ukraine - it is the largest donor when it comes to weapons for the ukrainian armed forces and also when it comes to the organization of defense organizations such as nato where the united states as a superpower plays a key role and it is obvious that the voice or the decision of washington of the united states will be the one that the other more than 30 countries of the organization will pay attention to. perhaps today the united states again sounded very discreetly more discreetly even

than some other countries because at the time when we we can say that about at least a dozen countries, again out of 30, that is , a third would probably support the invitation of ukraine to the ranks of nato as soon as possible. there are already some time frames, there are countries that have moved to the side of supporting ukraine's membership in nato, such as france, and the fact that ukraine should be in nato is clearly stated by such a large country as great britain, in addition to the eastern countries and the baltic countries, which very clearly support ukraine's membership now it can be said that the two large countries of the bloc, the usa and germany, have perhaps the most restrained position or perhaps even an undefined

position, at least not expressed in the words of prominent representatives of the united states today, the us minister of defense in brussels lloyd austin gave a clearer answer, except for repeating that the doors of nato are open, he did not give a clearer answer. well, maybe there will be a clearer answer before the summit, which will be held next month, in the vacant seats. thank you very much. at the final press conference of the ukrainian counteroffensive, general milli and pentagon chief austin expressed confidence that ukraine of the contact group will continue to provide ukraine with the capabilities necessary for success, as for the damaged equipment, this is expected, said loydostin. the main thing is that the ukrainians have the opportunity to repair or replace it, and the partners of the tools should help in this, as

president zelensky recently said, the ukrainians launched an offensive operation to liberate their country. they are in the early stages and it is too early to make any final grades, but i can tell you that every day ukrainians demonstrate courage and resilience in order to systematically win back their territory, we used to say that war is dynamic - it's a competition it is not necessarily cruel and always has a high price, but we are sure that ukrainian bravery, competence and preparedness are the winners. we are sure that this defense group gave ukraine the capabilities necessary for success. housing is a war, so we know that there will be combat losses on both sides, what is important is to make sure that the ukrainians have the opportunity to restore the damaged equipment, repair it when possible and send it back to the front line, and also that we have the opportunity to continue sending the equipment combat damage will be and

i think that the russians showed us the same five pieces of equipment about a thousand times from 10 different angles, but to be honest , the ukrainians still have a lot of combat capabilities. continuing the topic of fighter jets, ukrainians have heard american planes. the battle against the russian invaders about the first days of the great war, the loss of comrades, and yet what advantage the fourth generation fighters can give to the ukrainian air force in history beyond the moment of the invasion of russia and ukrainian fighter pilot rostyslav lazarenko made more than 330 sorties, he made his first combat sortie on the first day of the war. no one knew which one, which size clone, i was told about 700 pieces of equipment

. we were already on our way to the plane and sashko comes up and says he says a stick, i'm scared, you know sashko i say i'm scared too i say very scary i say but we have to do it i say who will do it i say this is our fate until the morning of february 24, 2022 lazarenko and his partner destroyed the largest russian military convoy from crimea. but sasha died when his plane was shot down. lazarenko flew through a cloud of flames but survived. the 28-year-old hero flies into battle against the russian invaders almost every day . he says that his fellow pilots are ready master the highly effective f-16 fighter and use it in battle knowing our people knowing our people knowing the ukrainians and i know that if these boys

go to retrain while we are here we will continue to fight they will they will not they will be able to rest purely psychologically, they will not be able to, they will do everything possible to retrain on this technique as soon as possible and return with a smile. when the first rocket is launched, that court 35 i will say well, boys, we are already working, we are already at work turnkey with a lazarenko oh-oh fighter pilot oleksyn break e-e adventages will help to overcome the advantages of russian su-35 fighters because the f-16 will increase the range of damage and we will have the opportunity to destroy the enemy in the occupied territory of ukraine, they may have to overcome language differences but oleksiy says that ukrainian pilots already know a lot about the f16 aircraft systems, flight tactics, and techniques for our pilots, this is not a problem

for our pilots because, as our teachers say, you need to feel the plane and feel the plane in ukrainian, what will happen the same way, the spokesman of the pps of ukraine, yuriy ignat , says that the pilots have already started training on flight simulators bet on young pilots who know how to better communicate with the latest technologies with gadgets and so on actually touch screens all this is all in the 16th here you just need to understand how it works the child plays a computer game, that's the same, the child learns it step by step, for that it takes some time to adapt, and he says that the pilots are ready for training regarding the number of pilots, the list is there, the first line, the second line , the third line, the commander of the air force , lieutenant general mykolaichuk personally accepts the decision to send certain specialists yes, we say about a hundred, two hundred, no, we say about dozens, definitely we can't, we can't afford to send all the pilots

at once air gifts for them are not for soviet equipment, but it gives, well, there is no other way out, the infantry needs support from the air. if there is no support from the air, then more people will be thrown, so here there are no options . in this way, dozens of pilots will go there determined by the waves. maybe to different countries , as well as aviation engineers who will to serve yes, this is also the second component, which is also needed, and these pilots are already learning english, young pilots are motivated who will go there to study. he adds that according to the assessment of american experts, ukrainian the pilots need about four months of training on the f-16, 2 months less than previously thought, despite the fact that there is still a lot of work ahead, they strive to justify the huge expectations that are placed before them in ukraine and beyond myroslava gongadze voice of america warsaw in the military seat grown to don

the court hearing of the so-called case about the servicemen of the azov brigade began on the bench, 22 defendants, eight of them women, are accused of allegedly being involved in a terrorist organization and participating in actions aimed at the overthrow of the pro-russian government in donetsk region, the agency writes that if they are found guilty, the azovians face a sentence of 15 years to life in prison photos of the court held in rostov by the super-defenders of the azov steel cause nothing but disgust , the advisor to the head of the president's office, mykhailo podalyak, wrote on twitter, he is currently alone in washington from the defenders of mariupol , azov brigade sergeant arseniy fedusyuk, who left the azovstal plant in may . last year, he was held in a former penal colony together with other azov after he survived the fire

on the night of july 29 , the people of volynyiv transferred the soldier to a strict regime colony in taganrog on the last day. last year, arseniy fedosyuk was released in exchange. a russian prisoner, at first the first four months of polonny, we were in a deer enclosure, again from the second week , interrogations began from e. vita, the fsb, from the military prosecutor's office, from all these other institutions of the russian federation, and after these during the interrogations, a certain part of the people began to be attacked in the pre-trial detention center in donetsk, in the pre-trial detention center and on the headhunt to donetsk, do you still ask if it turns out that they had to somehow fix the destruction of the city and the huge losses among civilians and one of the most frequent questions i heard at the interrogations it was a question of who blew up the mariupol drama theater. maybe they wanted to hit us, but they hit

civilians, and all these things must somehow be justified. we must justify the destroyed housing estates, the huge number of victims among civilians, and therefore during interrogations with the help of torture, physical pressure, psychological pressure, they make people testify and i can't say anything bad about those people who sign these papers because i was in the same situation and after several days of torture they give you a couple to sign and you don't even have the chance read what you are signing, you simply have no other choice than to sign these papers, these are ordinary beatings with hands and feet, by god i use metal and plastic pipes, these are electric shockers, well, these are absolutely all types and then where were you sent to the donetsk pre-trial detention center or immediately to russia

? after four months in lanivka, we were staged to taganrog until season #2 of the city of taganrog, everyone says that it will be the worst. in our history, most people say that it was more difficult in taganrog for everyone . but again, there are individual cases, for example , there are cases of different commanders , or different people who especially distinguished themselves under during the fighting in mariupol, it showed high efficiency, and of course torture and beatings are applied to these people more than to others , so the situation is different. that's all well, it's just simply lucky because, for example, was the person a driver or was he some kind of person or was he not a combatant, of course

there were cases when incompetents were beaten even more than combatants , medics got a lot especially for an inexplicable reason, they are the most they didn't like scouts, snipers, and medics. it was such a risk category that torture continued in yes, of course , it continued because the interrogations had already started with the new wave, no, again, the same , again, this is exactly why they are starting to paint criminal cases. and them after criminal cases we need people's testimony and of course they approach immediately from this position so why are you going to sign everything that they say to her anyway i don't know what they want you to voice what they tell you they

everything is also filmed on video, all videos are released on the internet, and by the physical condition of people, you can even visually see that this person does everything she says under pressure , because the people there are scary to look at , in fact, see the full version of this interview on the voice of america page in ukrainian on youtube, a week after the explosion of the kakhova hydroelectric power plant and the spilling of the reservoir, the large water began to recede little by little, the locals are returning to their homes and eliminating the consequences of the flooding, the disaster struck residents of villages and towns on the banks not only of the dnipro itself, but of the rivers that flow into it, elizaveta saw with her own eyes the mole who visited the village of vasylivka in the mykolayiv region and talked with its inhabitants , everything was floating, everything was floating, everything, everything, we have the right heads, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, it stinks . well, they just made laminate there repairs, now i need to take everything out, usually

dry it for us so that it is all dry because , well, you can hear what the smell is the next day after the water went out. 54-year-old local watchman anatoliy matsyuta returned to his house in vasylivtsi, the water went down my way somewhere on the 11th, well, there was still water here, we were only in the yard, so little, this one lost, so well, at least there was something, somehow, the water from the ingulets river began to leave the banks in the yard in the evening of june 7, says anatoliy, water they started to come to us on the seventh day, yes, on the seventh day, and on the eighth day, we already had everything here , we ate everything, we didn’t sleep, we didn’t take anything out, well , they took out the main things and everything and went to our relatives, it fell. everything was flooded, well, that's all the water was here

it started to come up from the garden, and then from the street, and everything began to flood here. and how far do you have to the house from the river , well, 300 meters, probably somewhere, somewhere there, yes, no more than 500 nanometers to the river. we didn't wake up in the morning, and the water was already near the house, there was a flood in our house. well, the road reached here, and all this is strong here, it is fast , fast, fast , fast, fast, fast , fast. well, carrots, onions , garlic, potatoes. it was all after that the water came out, it looks like who picked the potatoes from us, it’s there, the fish is lying, 2 kg of carp is dead

, yes, it’s lying in a bale, where did it come from , well, there ’s nothing. nataliya tkach, her house was also flooded during the week. we live not far from the river. he lives. well, i still remember the years when we had flooding in 1985, in 1976, before us, we had just started construction on our house. this this house, the water did not reach us, even we put signs to the central road that went

behind the village, er, it reached it further. we had already decided a little bit then, somehow, whether to choose or what, what were we able to, er, clothes there, some of our own, er, some products that we were able to, er, loaded onto our car and my daughter’s house, she lives in my daughter’s house, they left on june 8, natalia’s house began to be flooded from all sides by water became very rapid to get up in the morning, somewhere at half past seven or at 7:00, the water was probably already coming into our yard, and the yard on this side of the garden was already completely flooded. we didn't come here for three days, i guess. yes, and we didn't know what the situation was here house and what's more, the excitement was strong, all the furniture and appliances in natalia mokri's house are wet and have an unpleasant smell in

the rooms, heaps of dirt and garbage. i don't know what to do. in our country, komysh is like clay, all in the yard, all in the house she has already loosened the furniture, she has already disassembled it, it is already unfit for use, as far as we just raised the sofa so that the water would drain, it is also wet, poisoning, this happened. it's all wet , not me. i personally don't know what to do. was under the occupation of the russian army, then the locals lived under shelling, natalya says, from the first day of the occupation until the end, they were here with their husband, and then the shelling, and then they left, we

were happy, met and had fun further in we have broken windows. you can see that there are none in the house. there are three around our house. three shells fell or mortars . i don’t know much about it. well, that’s how they survived a very difficult time after the flood . people are returning to the monastery. however, what should be done with the houses in which the river water stood for a week? they don't know from mykolaiv region yelyzaveta krotyk for the voice of america coffee business with a cossack name appeared in california sandiego the brand mamai was founded by three businessmen from kharkiv

or to show the coffee talents of ukrainians and spirit svobody enjoyed the aromas of coffee khrystyna shevchenko three ukrainian emigrants from kharkov decided to show the talents of ukrainian entrepreneurs in a very aromatic way and founded a ukrainian coffee business called mamai cossack mamai was chosen by the team because of the spirit of freedom and also because of the exotic sound of his name cossack mamai is such a free soul , defender, kisser of art image it is everywhere in ukraine, we wanted to transfer it here because the son-yega and southern california are like the south of ukraine, so many cultures have been moved here, such trade routes and such a spirit svobody is very similar here in southern california and like us in ukraine, business co-founder andriy proshchenko, who has been living in southern california for 20 years, says that he was also attracted to mai because he was not only a warrior, but also traveled.

and the land is immeasurable, both ukraine and the spirit of freedom, such an essence as the culture of surfers, who are here in california, tim android, and are looking for something new all the time. colleague andriy from kharkiv, oleksandr lugovsky , has been engaged in the coffee business for more than 20 years ukraine repeatedly took second place in the ukrainian championship of baristas a year before the war, moved to the states to open a coffee business, says he wants to show americans a truly high-quality ukrainian product, before the war , the coffee movement began, and to europe , baristas also exchange opinions, and americans do not know what is in ukraine the coffee business is quite developed and we have our own ideas, we have our own champion baristas who are even world champions and we have our own staff , co-founder of the business and coffee

expert viktoriya vlasenko tells us about the ukrainian vision she represented ukraine at the world coffee championships in the team. she is responsible for roasting and creating the taste of coffee. yes, i use a programming system that shows how the cheese behaves during roasting. i control everything, that is, the temperature of the grain inside, the temperature of the air itself in the roaster, then we do capping i feel the taste. i think that the ukrainian taste is better . it is, if the european one conveys a preference for acids in coffee, we are used to more delicate shades of coffee. we are used to smelling the aroma of coffee jasmine flowers and then feeling apple acid or something else, that is, or some memory from childhood, coffee, coffee beans, originally from ethiopia, colombia, honduras, and brazil. mamai belongs to the kap, that is , a non-commercial, nothing more, and a well-thought-out

way of cooking. now i have several target audiences, because the first is ukrainians who recently arrived and moved like andriy, 20 years old, 10 years old, 15 years old, also the diaspora , the second target audience, which was named well, okay, it will be hipsters, these are people who want to travel in their tastes and they are looking for something , people who invent something have videos and have the company has talent, i.e. ukrainians of the cossack family, the team plans to open the first ukrainian coffee shop in southern california, san diego, kherson, shevchenko, dmytro savchuk, for voice of america, and that's it. thank you for watching, voice of america in ukrainian

. see you tomorrow, good luck. we are continuing the search for the missing boy and therefore i am asking for your help, i hope that thanks to your care we will be able to find this teenager, his name is aurelio gonza here in this photo he is with his mother here they are happy and smiling, the family lived in the city of voznesensk, mykolaiv region, when this photo was taken, the boy was still studying at school, talking and hanging out with friends, in other words, he lived the usual carefree life of a teenager, but in the summer of 2019, everything changed, the life of this family was divided into dota after august 17 in relio went missing that day, he left the house for a walk and did not return. no calls, no messages, no family, no friends, the guy just disappeared.