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the victory pages program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america time time i'm yuliya yarmolenko i congratulate the ukrainian counteroffensive is moving steadily and purposefully and the fact that offensive actions are going slower than anyone predicted this is the nature of war, general mark millin , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states, said this in a speech in the washington press office on friday, he noted this is an existential struggle for ukraine and it cannot be easy, but washington is helping kyiv as much as it can; a war on paper and a real war are different in a real

war, real people die, real people on front line real people in combat vehicles real wholes are torn apart by explosions so when the computer tells you that you will advance at such a speed maybe a real war can slow it down a little that people happy that the offensive is going slower than people predicted does not surprise me at all i said that this offensive which continues by the way he advances not evasively purposefully making his way through very difficult mini fields etc. 500 m per day 1200 m per day etc. slow progress but very purposeful it happens but if it is happening more slowly than computers or people could predict. yes , i said it will take 6-8-10 weeks. it will be very difficult for a long time and it will be very, very bloody and no one has any illusions about this ukraine

chooses its life on the question about whether the united states came close to providing ukraine with attack missiles and f16 fighter jets, mili said that all these systems are being considered, this is an ongoing process, but there is no decision at the moment. well, it's time to double support for ukraine. with these words , the president of the european commission, ursolana fondolyan, summed up the results of the summit of the eu countries on press conference in brussels, the two-day meeting of european leaders was also an opportunity to agree on the positions of the allies on the eve of the nato summit, many eu states are also members of the north atlantic alliance , what were the results for ukraine of the summit in brussels, let's talk about it with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin , who is currently in direct communication in connection with the studio bohdane i congratulate the issues of further support for ukraine and security guarantees were one of the topics of the nation's discussions, they may actually be based on

what we heard from european leaders from the representatives of individual countries, it can be concluded that when it comes to e.e. actually, this level is e.e. european representatives mainly mean when they talk about the guarantee of security for ukraine from european states, they mainly talk about support, specifically security support , possibly more long-term support in the field of defense and in this case we are talking about the role of the european union as an organization and each country separately . different countries play different roles in this and today i spoke about it of the netherlands we are now working to see if we can conclude general agreements for ukraine regarding security guarantees and individual

countries will be able to say what their contribution might be the netherlands and a number of other countries are considering how we can help this f16 another group is looking for another how to help with the patriots i.e. air defense and other countries will do something else besides that , it is important that the european union also helps and this can be, for example, by coordinating the defense industry or using the bohdan european peace fund for its own in an interview with the washington post, general zaluzhny once again drew attention to the fact that ukraine needs a constant flow of ammunition , are the eu countries ready to help with this? well, we are talking about the long-announced plans of uh, when it comes to uh, munitions. we talked a lot about the promise of the european union to provide ukraine over the course of 12 months a million artillery

ammunition a million units and today the president of the european commission of the executive body of the european union said that when it comes to the million units of ammunition, according to her , the plan is being carried out, we are all new do weekend eh, where i am tortured by the groups and best. of ukraine and this was discussed today in many different topics, for example, regarding the military under your presidency, the member states agreed to use 2 billion euros from the european peace fund. we have already delivered more than 220,000

ammunition and more than 2,000 missiles and now we we are moving towards the delivery of 1 million ammunitions as planned within 12 months in addition by the end of the year we will train more than 34 thousand ukrainian servicemen so far we have already reached 24,000 so we are overachieving our tasks bohdan while europe is trying to act unitedly or help ukraine hungarian leader orban so looks like trying to insert sticks in the wheels, can he realistically hinder the cause of supporting ukraine, well, actually, if you look at the final declaration based on the results of this two-day summit in in brussels, when it comes to ukraine, there is a separate document on this matter, it is obvious that we will not see any problematic aspects there, it is very clearly confirmed what we always hear from the leading european leaders

that europe is helping ukraine, will continue to help, will try to achieve a just peace, punish russia for aggression and so on and so on, but of course outside of themselves tom of the european union, even before the leaders gathered in brussels, mr. orban, the prime minister of hungary, had his own individual statements are separate from the general approved statements of the european union, and he loudly declared that hungary will not tolerate this, namely the allocation of such large sums of money for ukraine, he said that we will demand, uh, where did the money go, why does hungary not receive the promised funds from the european union, obviously it worries him of course, in matters where the european union needs unanimous voting, where it is necessary for everyone

to support hungary, it can create obstacles, and in particular when it comes to nato, where in fact hungary, together with turkey, still blocks the end of the admission process in sweden, this shows that it is possible bohdan, we will monitor the situation thank you very much for contacting me from london, because my colleague bohdan tsyupan buried 14-year-old twin sisters who were killed by a russian missile attack on friday in dobropil, donetsk region in a cafe in kramatorsk on june 27, the family of yulia and anna aksenchenko left kramatorsk when a full-scale war began, as told by the danish photographer jan gra robt, who was at the funeral on tuesday, the girls together with their father they came to visit their mother, who works as a doctor in the city hospital , before leaving they went to eat at the rio pizzeria in the center of the city, in addition to the akselchenko sisters , ten more people were killed as a result of the attack, including a seventeen-year-old

girl. the crimes of the russian military against the civilian population, in particular children, were once again condemned by the permanent representatives of a number of countries - the day before, russia convened a meeting of the security council to discuss the situation regarding the supply of weapons to ukraine, in response, the deputy permanent representative of the united states to the united nations, robert wood, emphasized that this weapons prevent further cruelty by the kremlin against the citizens of ukraine, and the representatives of great britain and ukraine from the un podium once again spoke about the evidence of russian crimes on tuesday, russian rockets hit a pizzeria in kramatorsk , taking 10 more lives , two twin sisters were killed in the attack yulia ta anaksenchenko, they were only 14 years old, this week the secretary general published his report on children affected by armed conflicts in russia, they are part of its

working group and know that this system reporting is one of the strictest used in the un, with a permanent member of this council listed on the list of terrorist groups such as al-shtabab and the islamic state for committing serious violations that affect children in situations of armed conflict. 90 times russian troops used children as human shields every russian should be ashamed of what their army did in ukraine , the russian armed forces never tire to prove the justice of the secretary general's decision to include them and armed groups affiliated with them in his annual report on children and armed conflicts, this is exactly the list to which the russian army belongs after all the terrible crimes they have committed and continue to commit daily against children in

ukraine and not because ukraine receives weapons, russia killed three young girls in kramatorsk, and because russia still has weapons and is ready to kill, calls on those who seem to care about the transfer of weapons in the conflict zone not to forget the difference between the aggressor and a defender who fights for survival well, says ilya rosenbaum, an official of the us department of justice, who devoted most of his career to the investigation and prosecution of nazi war criminals, representatives of the american authorities gathered this week in the ukrainian house in washington to discuss the mechanisms of bringing russian war criminals to justice for tens of thousands of crimes committed in ukraine , details in the story of oleksiy kovalenko , violations of the ukrainian constitution by tens of

thousands of war crimes by the russian military on the day of the constitution of ukraine, they discussed in the ukrainian house in washington, representatives of the us state department, the ministry of justice, american scientific centers and universities gathered for the discussion. according to the calculations of the prosecutor general's office of ukraine, the number of such crimes reaches 95,000 . the constitution is not an insignificant word, it is the basic law by which the country lives, it is really important the rights and duties of every citizen and these rights, in fact every article of the constitution was violated by the russians in the 14th year when they attacked us and even more so in the 22nd the year when we will completely liberate all territories of ukraine, only when the sovereignty of ukraine will be completely restored and when peace will come , only then will we fully see how much evil the russians have done. war crimes counsel for the us department of justice

eli rosenbaum spent most of his career investigating and prosecuting nazi war criminals now his the work is focused specifically on russian war crimes through the issuance of the willc sign peace without justice is not real peace there must be responsibility for what russia has committed and what it continues to commit in particular for its war crimes crimes against humanity and other crimes a message for potential russian war criminals do not expect that you you will be safe even in russia, ukraine represents the international community in the investigation and prosecution of russian war criminals, according to the coordinator of the advisory group on issues of hard crimes. it is because of his organization that the usa closely cooperates with ukraine and ukrainian partners in the distribution of russian war crimes. ukraine is now actually acting as an agent of the international community in ensuring

responsibility for brutal crimes. ukraine in the world is an example of the fight against unjustified aggression. it will also be an example of how to bring criminals to justice. for war crimes , the state department cited how blatantly and brazenly russia violates international law as one of the main reasons why the united states and the world are so strongly support ukraine that the main reason why the usa and the international coalition so strongly support ukraine as long as necessary , as the president noted, is because of the war because russia's war against ukraine is such a clear and flagrant violation of the un charter, this is an existential question of the need to defeat russia and support ukraine as long as necessary because it is not only about ukraine, but about all of us, about the desire of all our people to live in such a way , according to the participants of the discussion, this is one

due to the consistently high level of support for ukraine by the americans, in particular, in the matter of providing ukraine with weapons, this is confirmed by the results of the latest ibsoz poll, according to which 65% of americans support the provision of weapons to ukraine, according to the majority, american aid demonstrates the will of the united states and its readiness to protect both its own interests and the interests of its partners and allies may a poll in may showed that 45% of americans support providing aid to ukraine, and a new poll a few days ago showed a figure in 65%. this is a 20% jump thanks to ms. service and many people who demonstrate how important the victory of ukraine is not only for ukraine but also for europe and the united states at a time when the number of russian war crimes in ukraine is growing daily, the us department of justice insists that russian criminals will not be able to feel feel safe nowhere , including at home oleksiy kovalenko oleksiy

aspen - voice of america people standing around the coffin orchestra salute team new military memorials and even a telephone a number that can be saved for two years ukraine is doing everything to honor the memory of its fallen military defenders in lviv for more than a year, especially the ceremony when not only the family and brothers, but also the whole city say goodbye to a soldier , omelyana hruknikuk and yuriy dankevich say that this is normal same husband has an unusual job every day at noon for exactly 46 seconds he plays the official city melody on the trumpet from the window of the lviv town hall for more than a decade yaroslav simkiv trumpeter of the city of lviv in the fourth month

of the full-scale invasion of lviv an important part of a special city ceremony commemorating the fallen defenders, it appeared in our country on the 100th day of the war, and no matter how sad it is, it appeared for the reason that our people began to get used to funerals , then the idea with the city trumpeter appeared and this moment on the market square if pay attention to him, then we see that this moment is forgiven as if the whole of lviv, that is , rynok square freezes for a few minutes in silence and the city bagman, who traditionally performs the city melody at the town hall, goes to the hero on the square and performs his last melody only if it is played on the trumpet and it is called silence, of course, it is very difficult when

he has to enter twice a day , it was very difficult to get used to it, and the fact that today is the day of a military funeral in lviv is indicated by the information boards that are displayed on rynok square from the very morning, photo biography, circumstances of death, mainly lviv residents and natives of the region, but during the year and a half of the war , a solemn ceremony was held even for foreign soldiers who died for ukraine, and we said goodbye to muslims during this war as well and with the jews and according to the christian tradition, funerals took place, so all these ritual religious confessional things are taken into account, so we have the duty to do at least what is in our hands so that his family and his family feel also through this funeral ceremony that he is a special person ihor dashko is one of those

special people, a colonel of the border service , he gave his life in mariupol on april 9, 2022 , when he blew himself up with a grenade so that the russians would not seize the radio station during the ceremony, which takes place a year after the death of his coffins, the order of the golden star of the hero of ukraine, awarded posthumously, the garrison church of peter and paul, the first military cathedral in ukraine, opened in 2011 in the restoration of the baroque building of the jesuit church from the 17th century , chaplains who accompany the army also at the front serve here, it is from the garrison church that every ceremony begins they often say goodbye to two or three defenders at the same time, usually the households stand next to each other, two families also stand

facing each other and i remember in one moments during the funeral, the complexity and tension of such a stepfather really reached its greatest moment somewhere, and i remember that two mothers met er eyes. they approached each other and between the houses they actually met and hugged each other, they found the strength to love, find the strength of each other to continue to support after the farewell in the organized church and the ceremony in the market square when the funeral cortege moves through the narrow streets, people on the street often kneel, it means that today we have nothing more valuable than those who protects our freedom with you and our opportunity to live here in lviv, the person realizes or is it she who understands that the only thing she can give to this hero is to bow the knee, bow the head and simply in the silence of the heart thank him for the sacrifice that

they gave for us with you lychakiv cemetery, the oldest necropolis of lviv, a flag from the president of ukraine for the family, an orchestra, a guard of honor, a salute team, after the war, there will be a military memorial for the fallen defenders, and for now, hundreds of equal graves, the bitter price of our freedom is crushed every day, yuriy dankevych for america's vote from lviv on june 23, the main session of the national multimedia test of the exam, which for the second year in a row has replaced the external independent assessment for graduates , was conducted both in ukraine and abroad. how the exam was held in warsaw, lesya bakalets will tell more than an hour before the start of the exam, and the ukrainian graduates have already gathered near

the building of the warsaw ukrainian school , a national multimedia test is being held here , only children are allowed inside and only after documents can be allowed to enter the certificate and it can be a waste of money for us citizens to do. 17-year-old daryna grahno came with a support group under the walls of the testing center . her mother and grandmother will be waiting for her. the family from bakhmut in poland has been waiting for her for more than a year. how alive will it be, we probably won’t enroll anywhere this year , so for us, let’s say it’s a verification test in order to understand at what level it is before the war ukrainian graduates had separate exams in several subjects with the beginning of a full-scale invasion. the ministry of education replaced them with one general test. gathering children several times for exams in wartime is dangerous. ukrainian centers

do not even disclose the address of tests in this format. the exam is being held for the second year this year. unfortunately, everyone already understood what would happen. the war continues during the final exams and it is necessary to prepare for this. the eastern testing center is located throughout ukraine, as well as in many countries of europe , canada and the usa for students who have left with their families abroad, the center mainly works in big cities, so some graduates have to go to the exam for several hours. stan has been living here for six months, and i came to him to help him in warsaw, and when we are somewhere 4 hours away by train, the test for all begins at the same time, regardless of the time zone consists of three subjects, the ukrainian language and mathematics are mandatory. well, the student decides which subjects he still needs to complete the entire test

. the student has 180 minutes. the teachers say that the format for students is not easy, the child needs to concentrate. in several disciplines at once, three at once, and although she has the opportunity to switch from language to mathematics if something seems too difficult and then return, but even for me , as a teacher, it is difficult because you have to keep everything at once and some do not have time, some get disoriented because, well, this it is really difficult, the test is primarily necessary for those graduates who are going to enter ukrainian universities. the opportunity to study at a ukrainian higher education institution and if a foreign higher education institution determines in its admissions campaign that they accept the results of an external independent assessment conducted in the nmt form by the ukrainian e-e

system, then they accept these results in full yevgenia dmytryk from novaya kakhovka already found out about higher education in warsaw and krakow. where will she go to study ? test results are accepted in poland for a year, but she dreams of returning home. i want to get the highest education in europe. and then after the end of the war, go back and work do you want to return, of course evgenia, just like daryna, continued to study in ukrainian schools online or offline until graduation, such children in poland, according to the local ministry of education, more than half of the country does not require ukrainian students to attend polish schools, so many children choose to stay in those educational institutions where they studied before the war. lesya mykolayets voice of america from warsaw, who participated in the filming of an oscar-winning indian film, had to move to panami because of the war, where she

plans to shoot films about ukrainians, history from our colleagues from the latin american department of the voice of america next , where did they finish shooting this film in ukraine this was the last part of the film ararat to work with bollywood with india it was a great experience of ukraine 150 people came, this is just a team as well as a producer and we agreed that we will work on other projects, but in february this terrible war happened and no one

expected it letter my relatives were jews they died in concentration camps and we do not think that we can repeat history again someone wants repeat this story i made 6 or 8 feature films as an executive producer as a producer and i worked with neflex with hollywood with hollywood we did great work and now i have nothing i speak three languages ​​ukrainian english and russian spanish spanish in the beginning really for met here many wonderful people sometimes they told me that it is a logical language logical but a logical language only for native speakers it is logical but not for people

who communicate in another language on my daughter i felt motivated to help her because i like and she is an emigrant and i understand this process when you don't know a lot here i wanted to contribute to make her feel more comfortable in this country and also be her friend jose vega offered me to take part in his project he is making a film about children with cancer the name of this of the movie revival of life he offered me to be the producer of this movie this is my first project here fire projectg every she knows every detail in this work in

this profession so she is very easy to work with we really didn't have a budget for this movie so we did everything ourselves. now my mission is to make a film about ukrainians with ukrainians to show the whole world that we are brave people and that we are hardworking. this is my mission now. at the beginning of this year , a woman who tried to find her 15-year-old cousin, a girl, contacted the magnolia child tracing service lived with her mother in the city of bakhmuty, despite the tense situation, the family did not dare to evacuate and continued to stay in the city