[000:00:00;00] self-identified as a sanitary instructor. to the unit that protects state facilities, and the court on this basis stopped the consideration of the court case. and here there are several questions, to what extent pashchenko really could not participate in the meetings, for example via video communication. well, that's it . in my opinion, this example is the most similar to the fact that the judge is trying to avoid responsibility and delay the legal proceedings . taking into account the fact that the case is already in appeal at the moment , if the appeal confirms the verdict of the court of the first instance, then panchenko will already be

forced to go to serve his term and this is the well-known judge of the kyiv appeal administrative court ihor petryk he runs very fast young people oh-oh-oh igor petryk is known for his ingenuity at the end of 2016 law enforcement officers detained the judge on a bribe of five thousand dollars for passing the right decision to the board of which he entered, the judge hid the money under the judge's mat, but it was not for nothing that he had a special inner pocket sewn under it, after petryk's arrest , the higher anti-corruption the court considered the case for more than three years. until at the end of last year, the court stopped the consideration of petryk's petition because he was mobilized to the ranks of the ukrainian army as an assistant to the commander of the brigade for legal work. according to the procedural code, it provides for the possibility of the court

to stop the proceedings in the event that the accuser is called up for mobilization, and as we see part of the judges who are accused of bribery and even treason, they submitted such statements, arguing that they were mobilized, but in may 2023, the court again turned to the military unit and petryka's commander reported that his official duties allow him to participate in the court sessions in person, so vaks resumed the trial of the case. we hope that every ukrainian hero will return home with an award, and every too resourceful judge who saves himself from responsibility for a crime under the guise of war will eventually answer for him today you all watched judicial control, i am tetyana shustrova

, inform us about the facts of corruption in the judicial system that you know, write to the e-mail you see on the screen or i'll see you on facebook in exactly a week. i wish you all the best. on the air, the program of the ukrainian voice of america is time. i'm its host . petriv himers with armored vehicles and other equipment, the decision on cluster munitions was made after careful consideration of their advantages and disadvantages

, some us allies, in particular germany, did not supported such a step due to the potential danger of cluster munitions for the civilian population, on the other hand, kyiv insisted for a long time on the provision of this type of weapons , stressing that such shells will help the armed forces of ukraine to liberate the territory occupied by the russians . julia yarmolenko, who is now joining us from the white house, will help us understand more about this topic. i congratulate you. so, why did the decision to provide cluster munitions to yuri sound? just now, and how is the us reacting in this way to these concerns about the potential danger of such weapons for civilians, you know ostap, there was just a briefing here in the white house by jake sally, she is the us national security adviser, and he said that this decision was indeed not easy and was delayed for a long time, but now the united states recognizes that ukraine has an urgent need for artillery when the ukrainian counteroffensive continues jake sullivan said that the united states and its partners provided a huge amount of artillery and also increased their own

production of ammunition, but this is not enough, not fast enough. counteroffensive operations, and that is why the decision was made to give ukraine these cluster munitions that will help ukraine. at this stage of the war, as jack sullivan said, it can be such a bridge between ammunition until the time when the united states and other partners can produce enough of their ammunition to provide ukraine with it said that in fact this is how they recognize that there is a threat to the civilian population with the use of historical and cluster munitions, but there is a much greater threat to ukrainian civilians if russia advances if russia will seize more ukrainian territories , he also noted that these cluster munitions used by russia have an

extremely high failure rate of 30-40%. these munitions do not go off and thus can remain in the ground and pose a threat to the civilian population for years, the munitions provided by the united states for ukraine have a failure rate of much, much less - it is 2.5% and he also said that we are closely coordinating with ukraine ukraine has assured that it will use these munitions extremely effective extremely carefully in order to minimize any threat to the ukrainian civilian population and he once again emphasized that russia is using ammunition to attack ukraine and to attack the civilian population ukrainians are using these cluster munitions and will use them to defend their territories therefore again, he emphasized that the ukrainians assured that they would use them extremely effectively but also extremely carefully to minimize

the threat to ukrainians directly very these details are important to yuli, and the topic of the future of nato itself is no less important. next week in vilnius, jason livan told the white house's pardon, this is exactly what should be expected in the context of decisions regarding ukraine, you know ostap, it was also very important to hear today from jake sullivan because the united states currently remains the country whose opinion on the eve of the same regarding the potential membership of ukraine it was these we still did not fully know today, today the jacksolian shed a little more light, so he admitted that according to the results of the free school, ukraine will not become a member of nato right away, but he said that this will be a very important platform for discussing what practical steps ukraine should take on the way to potential membership in nato. he said that very important discussions will continue at this summit, in particular he said when he was asked and do they expect or consider it expedient for president zelenskyi to come? he said yes, and because , again, he expects that

practical decisions will be made at this summit, and what about of long-term defense support for ukraine and ukraine's prospects in the alliance . this is what is supported by a number of allies, in particular great britain, the baltic countries, poland, they support the rapid approach of ukraine to nato because ukraine has already done enough to get closer to nato standards and jake sullivan today, when he was asked whether the united states supports the removal of this condition on the action plan for nato membership on the way to ukrainian and ukrainian potential accession. he said that this issue is under active consideration and it is at the summit in vilnius that all allies will discuss whether ukraine has come close

enough to nato standards to remove this condition from ostap. vilnius will be the focus of a lot of attention, but what we heard today from the white house is that it is very important that at least the white house does not refuse to support this initiative on accelerated membership. they say in the white house now whether it is actively being considered among the allies. in fact, this news is very important. we will monitor the automobile industry itself, we will be present on the spot next week, we will actively cover this topic. thank you for your updates from the white house. the convention prohibiting the use of cluster munitions at the same time, the united states, ukraine and russia did not sign the document, in turn, general soltenberg assured that the decision to transfer such weapons to ukraine will not affect the unity of the allies in

the further military support of kyiv, but each of the allies must make a separate decision regarding the type of weapons, but all allies agree that we should supply arms and ammunition to ukraine and allies provide an unprecedented level of military support to ukraine and of course germany and many others allies supply different types of weapon ammunition to ukraine but when it comes to cluster munitions there are different views between the allies because some allies have signed the convention on cluster munitions and they do not have cluster munitions in the war in ukraine cluster munitions are already being used and both sides the difference is that russia uses cluster munitions to attack to invade ukraine and ukraine uses cluster munitions to defend against the aggressor the decision to transfer cluster

munitions has been important for ukraine since in the first days of the full-scale invasion, the ambassador of ukraine to the usa, oksana markarova, told voice of america about this. according to her, kyiv understands the reservations about the use of such ammunition, but the armed forces will use them responsibly because they are liberating their territories and their people there . these capabilities are definitely needed, our partners were assured by us that we are going to use them very responsibly, unlike the enemy, we understand that we are fighting on our own territory, our defenders have been more than once showed that they can liberate the territories of the village in such a way that they also actually protect the people who are there under occupation. unfortunately, of course , it took so much time for this decision to become possible, we understand all the sensitivities associated with it we are very grateful to our partners that today we heard this decision and i hope that we will be able

to implement it very quickly and that our brave defenders will be able to have these much needed capabilities, but again, no single capability alone solves everything on the battlefield and we hear it very clearly from the secretary of defense and from the commander in chief every so our work did not start there and it does not stop there we still need all our priorities from air defense to aircraft to more armored vehicles can go on for a very long time so it's constantly constant work with our partners , namely international security experts i remind you that cluster munitions were created in nato countries during the cold war to counter a possible attack by moscow.

the offensive of russia in ukraine, and in addition to the advantages, such ammunition also has disadvantages, according to the expert's opinion, russia largely relies on the human waves of attacking units, and now , in connection with the counteroffensive of ukraine, it is most difficult to deal with a large system of trenches and fortifications with a large number of personnel. ukraine is not in able to destroy them only with high-precision munitions so ukraine has to send its soldiers and it causes a lot of casualties also in the last few weeks we have seen that the russians are trying to counter in those places where the ukrainians advanced and counterattacked with mechanized units. so i think that cluster munitions can be useful in such a situation, these munitions will create areas where the russians will not even be able to enter due to the risk of unexploded ordnance, and here we come to a fine line between the advantages and disadvantages of cluster munitions, the disadvantage is that that all areas that will be affected by this ammunition will be a no-access zone, you will have a lot of unexploded ammunition, so the ukrainians must

be very careful, the ukrainians must decide about which territory to use these munitions because these mistakes will be very dangerous also for ukrainians you know about the threat to civilians of course because you saw how deadly these weapons were for example in kharkiv or in other cities of ukraine where the russians used them against civilians sorry hmm and let's get back to the topic with a tone volodymyr zelenskyi called on joe biden to immediately invite ukraine to the alliance . explained that he understands that ukraine will not be able to become a full member of the alliance until the end of the war , and that the invitation will seriously motivate the soldiers at the front to show leadership in the process of ukraine's accession to nato. falsification by partners still continues, but the position of the us president

remains unchanged, as the president said and repeated again and again, the country will have to carry out reforms that correspond to the same to the same standards as any other nato country before joining. he said that he thinks that it is realistic that ukraine will be able to do it. the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine replied that there is no other country in the world that carried out so many reforms in the conditions of a large-scale war and advised to reform the attitude of the west towards the role of russia in the architecture of euro-atlantic security in washington, the allies are called on during the summit in vilnius to publicize plans that will lead to ukraine's membership in nato as soon as possible, a letter with recommendations was published in the policy under the signatures of 46 foreign policy experts the former us ambassador to ukraine william taylor, one of them did not want to convey these arguments to all the leaders who will be present in vilnius, but in particular to the us president, president biden

is really the person who makes the decisions here, he can be a real leader ukraine should receive an invitation to join nato as soon as possible as soon as the conditions permit in the fall, nato representatives in brussels, including ukraine, should receive the task of developing a road map with specific main stages that will be adopted at the next at the nato summit in washington next year, during the bucharest summit in 2008, the head of the foreign affairs committee of the lithuanian parliament, žegman and povilnuonis, says that lithuania supported the provision of an action plan to ukraine, what happened in nato, what germany and france opposed, since then they say that vilnius continues to lobby on this issue we have a statement from 26 heads of foreign affairs committees who call for a clear path for ukraine in vilnius and us senators, the only thing

i am waiting for now is president biden of our the good old friend of the same senator biden who lobbied for our nato membership and i hope that he will have a different message than what was heard in bucharest. he said this during online discussions organized by the ukraine foundation of the united states to another participant in the conversation, de breka, a former high-ranking state dept. and the pentagon was urged by the official washington to listen more to its partners from the east. i am worried that too many in the us leadership continue to look at what berlin and the west think more than those who every day faces a threat, the former nato ambassador kut volker reko has also signed up for a political party. he does not believe that ukraine will receive an invitation to join the alliance in vilnius itself. this would mean that nato entered the war with russia, and he believes that ukraine will receive a clear signal about the future entry into it is possible that nato allies are making a decision to do without a formal action plan regarding membership, we will see that this step will

be canceled, it is not necessary, as was the case with finland and sweden. i think we will also see that the nato ukraine commission will transformed into a nato ukraine council sounds like a small difference, but it will allow ukraine to participate in some meetings of the alliance committees not as a full member of the north atlantic council, but in many other committee meetings, the alliance will probably also offer assistance to ukraine with the national security strategy, the national defense strategy, long-term urban planning, increasing the operational the compatibility of ukraine with the alliance, so that when ukraine joins nato, it will be much easier to do so, says the administration the usa has yet to be formed, similar pressure from ukrainian leaders, nato partners, experts is working. president biden made it clear that ukraine must meet all the standards

of other countries. it is absolutely reasonable, in my opinion , that ukraine already meets these standards. but the us position is evolving. i think that the biden administration is still debating what language to use in vilnius due to the lack of support for ukraine at the summit lithuanian politicians say that the president of the united states may also pay an internal political price. it is very unpleasant for me to imagine the situation that this time, not berlin and paris, but washington can block our readiness to protect ukrainians with everything. what we have, we must stop this game. the russians are trying to put pressure on the most important links washington will veto the expansion of nato , biden will land in the united states, one million americans of lithuanian origin live in the united states, more than 10 million poles , our coalition of central and eastern

european countries, who signed the letter to you, the president biden represents 25 million americans. we will carefully watch which candidate to vote for, because today we are voting for ukraine indifferently, a democrat over a publican . we want the victory of ukraine. therefore, president biden. we hope that you will use your historic chance to become the reagan of our region . the possible composition of ukraine in nato is from the side of russia and the fact that this will play into the hands of russian propagandists, they say that the expansion of nato is the reason for the war in ukraine about politics the goals and reasons of the explanation from the bio-house and the us government are simply silent about this and russia fills this void with its own narrative which is false and as you know and as your viewers know nato promised ukraine that it could join back in 2008 at the request

of ukraine it was what ukraine wanted to join and then nato did nothing for 15 years so ukraine was not on a realistic path to nato but russia still invaded them twice people should understand this after the nato summit in vilnius on july 11-12 next meeting partners of the poll will take place in washington, experts hope that, if not in the capital of lithuania, then in the american capital of ukraine, ukraine finally received an official invitation to become a member of the north atlantic alliance tetiana vorozhko oleksia osika voice of america, meanwhile , the threat of russian provocation at the zaporizhzhia npp is decreasing at least this is what the head of the state administration of ukraine kyrylo bohdanov said in an interview with the british publication time, the ukrainian general staff previously warned of a possible russian provocation

at the occupied gas station, and at the same time demanded that during recent inspections no signs of mining were found at the station how western experts assess the likelihood of russian nuclear provocation in ukraine and how ukrainians should prepare for potential danger will be told by maria prus the russian occupation of the zaporizhzhia npp remains very dangerous, but there are no new reports of a change in the situation there despite a number of warnings kyiv about the possible preparation of an attack on the gas station by russia was announced on wednesday in the white house wear continutie marker we continue to monitor the situation at the npp - this is what we have been doing for some time, as we said before, the continuation of the russian military occupation of the nuclear plant is very dangerous, when it comes to the nuclear plant, no combat operations should be conducted around it , megatel experts are closely monitoring the situation at the plant, but during recent inspections , there were no signs of mining there found out, said the general director of the rafael agency

, the money, the power plant should never be attacked, the nuclear power plant can in no way be used as a military base , so we are worried, but we are present we know what needs to be done to avoid a nuclear accident and we hope that all those who have responsible responsibilities will act in accordance with this and save us all from a tragic radiological accident, instead , the ukrainian authorities at various levels have warned that russia is preparing a provocation against the military, we are in maximum contact with partners for that so that no one in the world has even the slightest shortage of information about the situation at the zaporizhzhia npp and the threats created by russia , the analysts of the washington institute for war studies believe that it is inevitable there is no threat of an attack by the russian federation on the military, the expert of the institute, kateryna stepanenko, explains that for years russia has used nuclear

blackmail against the west of peace and order. now we believe that russia is unlikely to do this, because such an attack will disproportionately affect russian forces , given the prevailing winds in the area , but it can also be the information operation is probably aimed both at the nato summit and at slowing down the advancement of ukraine , says vynenko, and earlier bursts of nuclear rhetoric in russian took place at moments when ukrainians had tangible gains on the battlefield of vanka, when the ukrainians were successful during the kherson counteroffensive , the nuclear rhetoric intensified sharply and then suddenly disappeared after the ukrainians stopped conducting counteroffensive operations, so this is something that the west should pay attention to, russia will do this trying to influence the opinion of the west to scare western officials into limiting military aid to ukraine and also to demoralize ukrainians and discourage them

from continuing this war even if russia will suit the version of the nass, the consequence may be a leak of radioactive substances, but the great nuclear explosion will not happen, according to the retired british colonel gamesh debretting gordon, the former commander of solneto for rapid response to chemical, biological , radiological and nuclear threats, because of the problems and things that are sown, it is unlikely that it will be a huge nuclear a disaster that will spread pollution over a large area because even if explosives are detonated in the reactor there is a massive reinforced concrete coating on top that will absorb a large amount of the blast wave and part of the pollution may come out, but most of it will probably remain in place, it is unlikely that a nuclear chain reaction will happen, which in the case of a nuclear explosion de brettengordon says that a potential incident at the air force is unlikely to resemble the chernobyl accident , but any nuclear incident can carry a significant and lasting threat, so he

advises ukrainians to prepare the main thing is to prepare and have enough food and water to survive in general you need to stay at home for 24 hours but better for two days because then the radiation will settle on earth where it is much less dangerous, and then the emergency services of the state service of ukraine under normal situations can start working with it, in addition, listen carefully to what the ukrainian emergency services say, even if you have a medical mask - this is good, the danger of radiation is inhaling radioactive dust, even an ordinary covid mask will help to prevent this , the main thing is not to drink contaminated water and not to eat contaminated food together with the british non-profit media foundation thompson de breton gordon developed a special chatbot in telegram in ukrainian language it allows

journalists and the public in a matter of minutes to get key information on how to act in the event of a deliberate attack or an accidental accident with the release of radiation, it briefly explains how to protect the face, decontaminate surfaces and what to put in the emergency suitcase , but the british colonel adds that the world must prevent even the smallest nuclear incident from happening - at what price maria is just kostyantyn glubchik voice of america and our next story from lviv, where they finished dismantling the rubble of the house that was hit by a russian missile on july 6 as a result of the 10 people were killed and another 45 were injured, dozens of buildings were destroyed, this attack was the largest on the city since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, it became a reminder that even 1,000 km from the front , russian rockets can take human life at the scene of the tragedy

, omelyanochkudlyak and yuriy dankevich visited here when it i just sat down and the dogs were next to me and i came to my house and that was it at the 15th hour after the rocket attack on lviv, iryna finally enters her apartment on the third floor of the communal the services are already filling the window openings with slats with tarpaulin and taking out the frames with double-glazed windows torn out by the shock wave. while iryna was escaping from the explosion, her friend oksana was just returning home. she was the first to enter the yard of the house when the rescuers and ambulances arrived . some are in their apartments because the doors were also jammed , some doors were lying on the street so much that they were thrown out of the entrance, well, the terrible creepy picture also started running to save people

, trying to open them, the most affected these are the entrances of the residential complex of the architectural monument of functionalism built in 1930 around the closed courtyard. on the first floor there are people who did not get in touch and there is information that they may be in this apartment , the third and fourth floors, including the second , have collapsed. filled with construction debris, metal structures, remnants of capital walls and partitions around this area, 35 buildings were damaged, but i am talking only about this yard, about this house - it is 35 b , that is, the affected area is quite large, meanwhile, oksana is trying to help the affected animals as well, the rescuers immediately started working and they are taking out a dog, i thought it was a dog from which they were searching, with whom they came in, but they took it out, they say, we are from zavaly and got

a german shepherd. how did the neighbors say that it is an immigrant girl settled with us here, walked with this dog, was she taken to the hospital, whose name has not yet been found. there are still at least three animals under the rubble. the next morning, after 28 hours of searching, the rescuers confirmed that they had found 10 bodies under the rubble, eight men and two women, among them the mother and my daughter, of course, people are all shocked by what happened because during the war it was one of the biggest attacks on the civil infrastructure of the city of lviv, on the eve of the rocket attack , the funeral of the writer and poet victoria took place in lviv amelina died on july 1 in the hospital after being seriously injured as a result of the shelling of a pizzeria in kramatorsk, donetsk region. after the beginning of the invasion, 37-year-old viktoria wrote a short poem that is widely shared by lviv residents on social networks in memory of