[000:00:00;00] information about supporters of the kremlin in your cities or villages, write to us at this e-mail address or simply on facebook, together we will track down all the traitors on the trail of the russian ship, we will see in a week on the air of express , i will watch the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america while there, i am nataliya leonova congratulations, germany will provide ukraine a new package of military aid, which, in particular, included two more patriot anti-aircraft launchers , the german government announced this on wednesday, and the german concert rai metal bought it from the belgian

uappland systems company about 30 leopard tanks alone with the purpose of repairing them and handing them over to ukraine on behalf of the german government , the spokesman of the defense concern reported this on wednesday in odisseldorf. let me remind you that at the end of january, germany agreed to hand over and allow other countries to re-export leopard-2 tanks. later, the german government agreed to re-export them to ukraine. and the previous model leopard one. we will talk more about this with bohdan tsyupyn, he joins us from london. my congratulations, bohdan, here is what is known about the new package of military aid to ukraine from germany, apart from the patriot missile defense system, what else is included in this package, well, actually, it is difficult to call it a new package because the german government very peculiarly announces the provision of military aid to ukraine, in this case it is about the fact that today in the long list of aid, namely, the weapons that germany provides ukraine, several categories have been added, several

indicators that have already been provided or that have been added to the plans for what should be provided to ukraine from germany, and of course, it is about such an important point as vision patriot e and we will remind you that recently ukrainian representatives of the ukrainian government said that if ukraine had more installations like the patriot, for example, in the south, it would probably be able to better protect itself from the recent missile raids by russia on ports in the odesa region, namely in odesa and izmail, where hundreds of thousands of tons of grain were destroyed, so this is obviously very desirable and very necessary for ukraine, and the list also includes necessary tractors, in particular, which are very

important for ukraine to ensure that so that e equipment is delivered to the battlefield, as he told one of the ukrainians in an interview with the voice of america, and an expert said that tanks do not drive themselves, they need tractors, they need maintenance, and in particular, this is in the new categories added to the list of aid to ukraine , among the shells, even such things as binoculars protective glasses and first aid kits, that is, the list is quite large, but it is not as impressive as, for example.

of this equipment well, we know that, in general, germany promised ukraine more than 100 leopard 1 tanks, we know that 10 tanks, according to the statement of the german government, 10 leopard 1 tanks have already been delivered to ukraine, as for this equipment, it is actually a commercial commercial contract the company is a private company in belgium which, in 2016, if i am not mistaken, bought back one of the leopard tanks that were decommissioned in the belgian army and kept them in warehouses for so many years. it agreed to sell these tanks and their according to some reports, 49 with other 50 agreed to sell it to german arms companies and

also representatives of belgian and belgian arms dealers said that not all of those almost 50 tanks can be updated and brought to a combat condition, at least a dozen of them will go as it was said probably for spare parts, but again, with the same data, 25 from the other, 30. at least from this batch, they will definitely go to ukraine and they will make up at least a part of the more than a hundred that he undertook to provide to ukraine the german government, bohdane, and earlier, ukraine already received a more modern modification of these leopard-2 tanks from its partners , what is the reason for the decision to give ukraine old models ? well, i think it is worth reminding here that, for example , great britain provided ukraine with 14 of its newest tanks, e.e. challenger-

2 are also on the way to ukraine now there are uh abrams tanks american modern tanks and of course leopard 2 tanks they are newer they are uh heavier bigger maybe more powerful have a larger caliber main gun compared to the leopard one but now we are talking about is this how we hear from experts and politicians about a war of attrition and actually a war of endurance e . russia is actually waging a war e. because putin obviously hopes that the west will not last, that the west will not have enough weapons and that the defense will ultimately won't be able to help ukraine because the western countries announce that they will provide ukraine with as much help as necessary, we have heard this phrase more than once from

officials from the secretary general of nato, and it is obvious that when it comes to the search for weapons necessary for ukraine, we are talking about all possible ways that only german or other government officials can see - this is older equipment that is being updated, soviet -style equipment that was transferred to ukraine earlier and so on . thank you, bohdan, for your clarification with us directly the connection from london was bohdan zilfanami, let's move on, president shajobaiden is ready to approve the plan for training ukrainian pilots on f16 fighter jets, when the european partners will be ready. the statements of the deputy spokesperson of the us ministry of defense, sabrina singh, in a written response to the vote of the americans, also explained that the training plan has not yet been approved, but they are still ready to approve it. they have just received this plan the other day in

the western media, information appeared that eight ukrainian pilots who speak english are ready to start training for the naif-16 as soon as possible an official training plan will be drawn up and the us will agree on it. the experts with whom the voice of america spoke agree that the f-16 will give ukraine a significant advantage for offensive actions at the front and in the defense of ukrainian cities ukraine we have to give ukraine what they say they need to give ukraine ethics and also give f16 at the same time providing training for ukrainian pilots and also providing the planes themselves i will take as an example the operation desert storm during the persian war the gulf has never had a city in history better defended than baghdad in the early stages of an operation, neither during vietnam nor moscow during the cold war

, but we achieved air superiority over baghdad within 24 hours this was the result of a very well thought out and planned air campaign that destroyed all elements of the iraqi joint air defense system the same can be done with the russian joint air defense system if the ukrainians are given the appropriate tools and proper operational and logical planning a lot countries are ready, our european allies are ready. they have shared their plans and are ready to start. i think that the main slowdown of this process is happening inside the united states in our capital reluctance to act quickly due to fear of a response from putin as i have said many times the situation with the f-16 is just that case despite the difficulties ukraine continues counteroffensive

these assessments were shared with the media by the coordinator of strategic communications of the us national security council, june kerby, on tuesday in a new report one of great britain's leading think tanks, the royal joint institute for defense and security studies , says that on the eve of the counteroffensive , western leaders hesitated for too long about sending key weapons. in this way, russia got time to create several lines of defense that are strewn with tens of thousands of mines and a wide network of defensive earthen fortifications . the experts with whom the voice of america spoke emphasize that russia had too much time to organize a defense through which it is difficult for the armed forces to pass. the ukrainian counteroffensive faces the most difficult tactical a task that can only be imagined, namely to overcome stationary defense structures, imagine the sequence of a strip of minefields of obstacles

, including physical obstacles such as ditches and tank tanks are controlled and observation lines of direct fire, as well as artillery systems are supported by russian attack helicopters, this is the most difficult tactical task, if the american army did it, it would perform this task only under the condition of superiority in artillery, which the ukrainians do not have . if it had superiority in the air, that is, it controlled the air over the combat space. and the ukrainians do not have this advantage. therefore, we do not realistically expect that the ukrainians will do something on the battlefield that american units would not even try, so we should have realistic expectations realistic in the sense that this progress will be slow and also realistic in the sense that there will be casualties and losses on the ukrainian side because they do not have all the necessary capabilities debinka fields unfortunately gave the russians a lot of time to dig in to install

fortifications and mini fields and dig trenches besides of course they have the experience of the last 18 months which they use so they can fight a more effective battle than they fought before when the war started a year and a half ago i think that the counteroffensive is moving forward in the west , there were always somewhat exaggerated expectations about how quickly success would be achieved. main up ukraine is waging a war that it is used to. perhaps they have not fully accepted the maneuvering war that we would like them to conduct, but remember that

a maneuvering war requires certain things in particular air superiority over the battlefield that's something we didn't give ukraine we didn't give them the opportunity to establish air superiority on the battlefield so they adapt what they've learned to the battlefield that's in front of them i think we should let them fight the way they hope to do as best as possible the us department of the treasury introduced a number of new sanctions against the regime of belarus on the third anniversary of the falsification of the presidential elections and the repression of the lukashenko regime's protest movement , the new restrictions apply to 8 individuals and 5 legal entities for facilitating the internal repression of lukashenka and helping in russia's war against ukraine, in addition, the united states imposed additional visa restrictions on the 101st official of the regime . secretary of state anthony blinken emphasized that the united states continues to support the brave people of belarus who strive to create

a country with the rule of law and respect for rights people and under the accountable democratically elected government years ago in belarus there was a chance to change the government and the direction of ukraine's movement, what conclusions did the belarusian opposition draw and what is ready what to do next, andriy boris was figuring out with the start of a full-scale invasion of ukraine, belarus became a military bridgehead for russia from its territory, ukraine was attacked by ground and air forces this year , according to putin and lukashenko , tactical nuclear weapons were placed on the territory of the country, and wagner's mercenaries now have their base there and train the belarusian army and three years ago the country had a chance to take a different path august 9, 2020 presidential elections in belarus the country's central committee calls lukashenka

the winner and he enters the highest office for the sixth time office in ukraine and most of the democratic countries of the world call the elections falsified, and thousands of people who disagree with the official election results take to the streets of belarusian cities. the 20th hour changed belarus forever. the 20th year changed belarus forever. these were huge protests that the country had never seen. we managed to create such a dual power is lukashenko, who seized the throne with the help of putin and receives it in minsk , but there is a representative of the belarusian people who continues to join forces in the fight against the dictatorship in the dictatorship according to the independent the oppositionist svitlana tikhanovskaya, who received 81% of the votes of the belarusian platform, had the most support in the elections, the protests lasted for about a month and were mostly peaceful, on the other hand, president lukashenko was convinced that he was going to be removed from power by force with the support of the event, then a video of him together with his son and holding a weapon was made public walking around minsk , in the end, the belarusian security forces managed to break

the protest, hundreds of people were put behind bars, and the belarusian opposition was exiled , any protest in the country is paralyzed the former us ambassador to belarus believes that what happened in belarus three years ago really reflects the mood of the people. but today there are no instruments of political parties, public organizations, no parliament, no mechanisms for people to influence this situation, this is the same system as in russia, on the other hand, adviser to svitlana tikhanovskaya franik ovcharka says that the opposition, despite going underground, is doing a lot of work to weaken the lukashenko regime. we continue to communicate with those people who are underground and those who work as civilians by journalists anonymously with those officials who are on the other side of the barricades in the system, but they are also waiting for the moment, and these connections will play a role at a critical moment, a very important role at

a critical moment , representatives of the military organizations of belarus , most of them are now fighting in ukraine, calmly charged against such a wait-and-see position against russia, in their opinion, we must be ready to change the government in minsk by force, er , i see an opportunity for belarusians to return home, plus the experience we gain in ukraine will be very useful in belarus because as the 20th year showed, protests with flowers and white socks on the benches do nothing. while belarus is in the hands of lukashenka with the support of putin, it still threatens ukraine and europe. poland and lithuania moved additional military units to the border with the country andriy boris voice of america tent city to accommodate

about 1,000 fighters of the wagner pvk, my colleague yuliya yarmolenko had the opportunity to talk with the deputy head of the united transitional cabinet of belarus, the head of the people's anti-crisis administration pavlo latushko about the threat of the location of the wagnerites in belarus, in particular near the border with ukraine, mr. pavlo, first of all, about information about the center of national resistance that a camp for wagner fighters is being created on the border with ukraine for thousands of fighters, what is known about the details of these actions and how threatening such and such a group and such information can be today, we see that wagner's mercenaries are located in different parts of belarus, first of all, this is a camp that was created in the mogilev region, in the osipov region, in the same area they were seen at the kremlin's splashy training ground both from poland and from ukraine, they were seen in the kolyad-sulvar corridor

where the border with lithuania is located from poland, they also received information that they were seen in bialowieza pulsk in the area of ​​prshotka, and this is a few kilometers literally from the border with poland , yes there is only information that they are planning to place their camp in the gomel region, all this is aimed at stabilizing the situation on the borders, as it will create a permanent threat in all directions, but let's realistically assess the forces that today have chvk wagner on the territory of belarus, according to the data of the polish special services, five or six people are under the control of the wagnerites themselves. it is about seven thousand fighters of wagner . does goethe have the power to deal with such a potential great threat ? yes, can

i not provoke the situation to the limit a-a destabilize the situation here, the refusal is worse than everything that stopped, so goethe’s scenario is absolutely real, do you think that all these messages or even what is being redistributed to wagner’s fighters in belarus is primarily information campaign and the biggest threat here is more of a propaganda than an actual threat, the territory of ukraine or the territory of poland or the territory of lithuania, so first of all we saw that the start of the campaign gave putin, later picked up the ghetto information campaign lukashenko putin said that poland kept a part of its land as a gift from stalin lukashenko said that the wagnerians want to fall into warsaw with all the ghetto 's informational money, which is also for bukhtorov and belarusian and russian

propaganda, but on the other hand, we have you and the facts of kalina, for example, several john ago, you remember the borders of belarus and latvia in the fence, well, in fact, a star was organized about how illegal migrants could seep into the territory of latvia. we saw with you that 300,200 a day for an hour. illegally cross the border with poland from the territory of belarus according to our stars, and the ministry of internal affairs of belarusians issues belarusian passports to wagner's mercenaries, the stones could also legally pass through border crossings. there are also afghans in belarus who were not brought back from afghanistan, who often go back and undergo training at one of lukashenka's residences on the braslav lakes, and it is not excluded that she may later use them under the guise of illegal migrants and throw them into the territory

of poland, for example, and destabilize the situation inside so that here there is information propaganda part but there are ideas not concrete which we can already see from the point of view of the destabilization of the situation on the border primarily with poland and latvia in japan this week celebrate the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki, the victims of which were about 140 thousand people, in memory of them and with wishes for peace every year to hiroshima. people from all over the world send millions of paper cranes so as not to throw away origami. 10 years ago, activists suggested burning cranes on the sacred on the island of balls, and local potters began to use the ashes in their ceramics to give new life and a new form. good for prayers

and emotions, a lamp of a crane with wishes for peace brought a gift to ukraine by a japanese the premiere of fumiv was held in march, and our yuliya yarmolenko had the opportunity to visit a unique pottery workshop on the outskirts of hiroshima. kosa and yamana is a third-generation potter and the owner of a taigendo studio in the suburbs of hiroshima. he is a master of the traditional technique of making ceramics with sand from a temple on a sacred island. mediadima, according to an ancient tradition, people took sand from the temple as a talisman on their journey, and when they successfully arrived at their destination, they took some sand from there and then returned twice as much to the temple, this is a custom to give thanks and they say that when sand is mixed into clay, it becomes a form of gratitude, so more than 100 years ago, in front of miadima island, his grandfather opened a workshop and started pottery in the traditional technique

, pots and mugs, vases and bowls are made here, and in 2015 , kosa yamana began to use a different technique of adding to the ceramic glaze of ashes, a monk at the oldest buddhist temple on the island of myodima begins the ritual of burning paper cranes. every year, up to ten million paper cranes are sent to hiroshima with wishes for peace and in memory of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki 10 years ago , instead of throwing away the origami cranes, they decided to burn them and reborn on the island of the shrine, every ritual is accompanied by a prayer. i pray that the souls of the victims of the atomic bombings rest in peace, and the emotions and prayers of people from all world, the prayers for peace wrapped in each of these paper cranes did not reach without giving new life and a new form to these wishes and prayers, the potter

sayemani began to add the ashes of origami cranes to his ceramics lamp design the candlestick was born organically, says the yellow potter. the glow from the candle radiates heat and outlines the images of paper cranes that decorate the lamp. ashes are added to the ceramic azure, which is used to cover the lamp from the middle. it makes the light softer. besides, the ashes from reborn wishes add symbolic weight . it can carry a message of peace. i don't even feel that this is my product, this is the form into which the thoughts and wishes of people from all over the world poured out. this very lamp from hiroshima was one of the gifts that i brought to kyiv and handed over to president volodymyr zelenskyi, the prime minister of japan fomioksid in march, kosa yama does not admit that it was a pleasant surprise for him, i did not know anything about it, but i am very happy that

thoughts and wishes from all over the world were delivered in such a form and in exactly that way the point of the world that needs peace the most mother bites yamana was one of the hiba-kusa, that's what japan calls those who survived the atomic bombing she almost never talked about this experience, she only hid the burn scars on her elbows under long sweaters the scars of almost 80 years ago are painfully echoing in hiroshima today, when the threat of using nuclear weapons is the greatest for many decades now louder than ever the message from hiroshima remains one never again never again from japan yulia yarmolenko voice of america in the usa published a comic book to raise funds for ukraine, dozens of leading american authors and illustrators united to create a charity collection , the americans named their publication comics for

ukraine sunflower seeds thanks to the book already collected one hundred thousand dollars for charity details in the story of iryna shynkarenko american comic book author john leyman is one of those who participated in the creation of a charity collection of comics for ukraine sunflower seeds in one of her stories the heroes are detective tony chu who solves crimes by receiving extraordinary abilities from food and saves a cat although john leyman says that he drew topics for comics from the current situation in ukraine, he did not want his story to be too gloomy, there is a lesson here to help those in need, i did not want to i didn't want to get too political i didn't want a bad guy it's just a good character it's a very sweet story and for a book like this i wanted to do something a little encouraging the collection consists of 15 stories that were created by more than 30 people comic book writers

artists designers and editors the author of the idea to create this books award-winning comics editor scott dumber a year and a half ago when he started following news from ukraine felt the need to help something over the years in comics supported those in who doesn't believe comics is really about the struggle for those who are underestimated and this is what we are trying to do and i would like it to be something that would be of great importance the funds from the sale of books are transferred directly to ukraine through the international humanitarian organization opreyshyn usa, its president said richard wuldenzi we sent first aid supplies because they are training medics near the polish border at first we thought they would be military medics but i said we are a charity organization just say medics

wherever there is a need, the book comics for ukraine sunflower seeds was published in the usa in july of last year, it has already collected one hundred thousand dollars , says editor scott dunberg , he hopes to send another hundred thousand to ukraine by the end of 2023. you watched the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, chas time. join our daily briefings. from monday to friday at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook, you can ask your questions to our host ostap live there yarosh and yulia yarmolenko thank you for trusting the ukrainian voice of america service, i am nataliya lounova, i wish you a good night and a good morning, friends, we have wonderful news, fortunately , after three weeks of searching, little inna

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