[000:00:00;00] the program of the ukrainian voice of america service is on the air, i am nataliya leonova, i congratulate the f16 plane made by the united states , volodymyr zelenskyi reminded in a video address on monday, thanking the usa and the countries of northern europe for the support of the aviation coalition , the president of ukraine noted the efforts of president joe biden , national security adviser shalja yaka sullivan congressmen and ordinary americans for their support in the battle for freedom, independence and for ukrainians. on august 20, the netherlands and denmark announced their intention to provide ukraine with at least 60 fourth-generation f-16 fighter jets, the first six , according to danish prime minister meta frederikson, should arrive in ukraine

by the end of this year, the city of selyanskyi , mr. zelenskyi's everyday, every day, you and the ukrainians show us what true courage is. and for that, we owe you all your support which we can provide at the beginning of the war denmark supports you and this applies to all danes because we know that your freedom is our freedom we also know that you need more and that is why today we announced that we will give ukraine 19 f-16 fighter jets, together with the netherlands, we are the first country to make a firm and specific commitment to provide western fighter jets, and i hope others will follow us now . ukraine's ability to guarantee the safety of its airspace is of critical importance. we hope and believe that danish aircraft will help you protect your the sky will protect the ukrainian people and help ukraine return the land that belongs to you by right modern more than 70 people from ukraine are now here

and everywhere preparing to study this is a decision about the defense of ukraine so the donation to protect ukraine regarding specific issues, when we plan to send planes, an inspection is currently underway, training will begin soon, and i hope that by the new year, the first group of planes will fly from denmark to ukraine, about six . i hope that next year 8 more planes will fly to ukraine, and a year later 5 more planes the ukrainian authorities declare that the escalation of blackmail by the occupying forces at the zaporizhzhia npp in connection with the counteroffensive of the armed forces of russia and the strengthening of russia's nuclear rhetoric indicate that the cream shows no interest in substantive diplomacy, he stated at the meeting security council of the united nations on august 17, deputy permanent representative of the united states to the united nations, robert wood, on the dangers of gas stations, poor maintenance and sanctions against russia's nuclear industry, oleksiy

kovalenko spoke with maryana buzhenina , an atomic energy researcher at harvard university. there was a water leak at the power plant, how dangerous is the situation from the point of view of maintenance at the gas station, the situation is extremely dangerous now at the gas station and every day it worsens in particular for two reasons: firstly, what you mentioned, the equipment does not receive proper care, it will not receive proper components, the second reason is a critical lack of personnel, there are many personnel, these are highly qualified specialists licensed by our ukrainian regulator, and many of them have already left, many of them were evacuated they were subjected to torture, they were abused by

the russian occupiers, and now, to what extent do we have such power units left at the power units, even despite the fact that, well , five or six are now stopped in a state of security stops at which there is not a single licensed operator or licensed specialist , recently the minister of energy in an interview with the voice of america said that the only way to force the russians to negotiate with gas stations is sanctions against the nuclear sector. part of this cupping power for now er-er this is of course a just and expedient er-er expedient action and measure if it was on the part of the international community will it somehow force er hm

the russian authorities to change their their attitude well, it is unknown, of course i doubt that there will actually be sanctions against seedlings and the russian nuclear industry, it will somehow, well, in a fundamental way, turn the course of events, er, russia, we see that my actions have not changed and my plans have not changed and after when the western club sanctions on gas, oil, and other sectors of the economy. i think, besides , it would be too optimistic to hope for such political or economic levers for the brics countries themselves, which this year will be held in the city of johannesburg in south

africa from russia instead of president putin foreign minister sergey lavrov will arrive, experts believe that not putin's arrival is evidence of russia's loss of leverage against this background, experts say that china will become the economic leader of the talisman, which, on the contrary, is increasing its influence among the countries of the global rooster iryna matviychuk asked the experts how important is russia's influence among the brics member countries and whether this organization can fully oppose the western countries to the brics summit in south africa. russian president vladimir putin will not go because of the risk of being arrested upon request of the international criminal court on charges of abduction of children from ukraine, his planned virtual inclusion at the summit experts assess as evidence that russia is losing leverage among the countries of the global rooster, instead of putin , the head of the russian foreign ministry will go to south africa sergey lavrov the war has already affected the summit brig with putin will not come there. personally, i think it is very important

, nothing can replace personal communication, and obviously lavrov is a well-known russian official, but when countries communicate with their russian colleagues, they want to talk with putin is the main person who makes decisions, so the fact that he is present only virtually is very important, it already puts russia in a disadvantageous position, the expert points to internal disagreements that do not allow countries to be a counterweight to the west if china and russia would like to see brics as an anti-american or anti-western group alivan's expert says that brazil, india and south africa have a different position between china and india. rivalry is growing - this rivalry is significant and it is becoming more and more pronounced. secondly, brazil and south africa they don't want to be perceived as part of an anti-shai bloc or anti-west in general they want to try different options they want to maximize their freedom

of maneuver in foreign policy if you look at the statements coming from brazil south africa and even to some extent from india their position is because we want to preserve the autonomy of our foreign policy, that is, we want to interact with china , russia, and europe and the united states as we see fit, internal disagreements and the weakening of russia's role within the brics contribute to the growth of china's influence in the group, says georgetown university professor dennis craig wilder, who during the bush administration was the director of asian affairs at the us national security council because the russians are no longer able to offer resources to other countries, they can barely survive economically and are very dependent on the chinese. i think china looks at in such meetings as in the bricks format, in a very strong , slightly higher position, china has resources , huge opportunities for creating infrastructure, they have a philosophy that, in their

opinion, is attractive to the countries of the global russia is absolutely satisfied with the growth of chinese influence in brics, experts believe that china is the main economic player in the brics group. also, due to the fact that china is becoming more and more visible, we see where there are differences from the point of view of russia, since china is also the main diplomatic and economic partner, i think russia perceives everything positively china is more influential both in the bilateral and in the global context, both experts agree that the brics countries have an important economic weight in the world, but they are not an anti-western bloc at least for now iryna matviychuk kostyantyn holobchyk voice of america download the voice of america mobile application the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service read news

, watch informative programs and videos , as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service what ukraine can expect from the brics summit can russia use this forum to advance their narrative and what can force african countries to reconsider their position on russia's war against ukraine about this my colleagues yuliya yarmolenko and ostap yarysh had the opportunity to talk with the parcel of ukraine in the south african republic of love and to use this brics meeting in order to gain more support from the countries of the global south, the fact that this platform continues to exist in the same format in which it existed before that is only such this is a signal that these countries cannot

clearly take a position regarding compliance with the norms of the united nations charter . russia is unlikely to be able to influence the position of the countries that will participate in the summit. and you you know that the south african republic has invited more than 50 different members of the delegation from different countries of the world, it is unlikely that russia will be able to influence the position of these countries regarding its aggression in ukraine, and it will be unique because bypassing the issue of russian aggression has consequences not only for the brics countries but in general it won't work for the whole world and yesterday evening the president of the prokat republic addressed the nation regarding the country's foreign policy and in his address he

separately paid attention to the need to restore the functioning of the grain corridor in the black sea, and therefore, it seems to me that this question will inevitably be raised not only by the countries that are additionally invited to participate, but also by the last a-a participants in the conflict, the question is also about putin's warrant, we know that two months after the decision of the international criminal court the department of justice of couples under pressure from the opposition in principle to the country's prosecutor 's office an official request to submit a warrant for the arrest of the president of russia how important was this decision within the couples it was an important decision it resonated a lot political forces of public organizations loudly advocated for the need for south africa to comply with its obligations within the framework of the revolvy statute and

in concert for the country that leads this year in this year it was a serious challenge , this challenge proved that that an independent judicial system continues to operate in south africa, and we were also able to see how much freedom of speech in this country still has its weight if we talk about the desk and that it was one of these countries that tried to offer its peaceful plan to resolve the russian conflict invasion of ukraine, we remember there was a group of african leaders who started from kyiv to moscow, the noskovites can be considered sincere in their acceptance of the extent to which the kremlin has a great influence on africa. in fact, it has chosen a few

points that, just like that, can enter or be a part of our with a peaceful formula, we are talking about the return of ukrainian children with russia, we are talking about the exchange of prisoners of war, here are these two tracks - these are precisely the issues that the south african republic proactively offered to discuss with both ukraine and russia, we we see that south african society is very fragmented in its attitude to russia's aggression in ukraine, and the position of african citizenship should be distinguished from the position taken by the country's government today . according to various surveys, we can state that the majority of the population of south africa supports ukraine and stands in solidarity with

the people of ukraine the position of the country is indicated to the government of south africa, you and i know that it is that the country takes a neutral position and adheres to the policy of non-alignment, what exactly are the arguments? the best are working in this communication , whether with officials or with ordinary citizens of south africa, we know that ukraine is trying to choose such a highly standardized method for different countries, what exactly are the explanations , what exactly are the arguments, and they have echoes in south africa, thank you for this question, really , uh, there is specificity especially in the southern aggression , we know from history how this country fought for its right to democracy and freedoms and supported various movements in african

countries, liberation movements, eh. so, the policy that russia is pursuing today is a policy neo-conservativeism, against which these countries actually fought. and we are talking about the fact that ukraine today is fighting for the right to freedom , for democracy, for the right to exist, and this is very close to a political south african, as well as to any politician in the country. that is we don't need to invent any arguments. russia has created with its own hands that environment in which it looks very sad, and it is actually impossible for some african countries to find justification for its actions. my love, in the end, i will only

return to what we started our conversation with. about the brics themselves, after all, this time they chose the desire for multiculturalism as a topic, we know that russia is trying to use its own this topic in order to turn more countries to its side, talking about the fact that something must be opposed, as they say , to the hegemony of the west. what do you think? all narratives can be more reasonable with a country like the republic of south africa than let's say the narratives that ukraine violates about the desire for freedom, we must understand that all brics countries have very different positions regarding the goals and objectives of the brics organization some of them are more focused on the economic component, some of them are trying to turn this bloc more into a political one and oppose itself to the west, but what is interesting is

the unified position of these countries of this five regarding how this should happen, what angle this same one should take it does not exist and this will certainly not allow these countries in unison to turn this organization into one that can be opposed to the countries of the west, besides , many of them, including the south, for example, are very closely interacting with the european union with united states of their economy and of course connected and uh this is not a logical popular step for south africa for sure medics and

rehabilitators from all over the world continue to come to ukraine within the framework of numerous medical missions to help victims of the war this story is about a 28-year-old american who decided to come alone to spend a few months with the veterans of the armed forces, helping them in their rehabilitation after the loss of limbs, omelyan oshchudlyak and yuriy dankevych say today is tuesday evening and robert, as usual, goes to the wall climbing center in lviv, he chooses one of the 50 routes to stretch his muscles a little and this is a way to rest after an intense working day. in the first months of the war , half a hundred displaced people found shelter every night in these halls for rock climbers, and now there is little to remind us of the war that continues outside the window however, it was because of her that a 28-year

-old american came to ukraine 6 weeks ago, i saw an article in the new york times about people who do physical therapy with wounded veterans, and i thought, i can do it too. i feel that here in ukraine i am fulfilling my purpose. these shots were taken in the usa on the ridge of he river in the rocky mountains in western wyoming. here is robert with his mountaineer friends, with whom he has been a volunteer in the mountain rescue service for the past 5 years. robert has worked hard to become a lieutenant in the american army, he enrolled in the reserve officer training program that students in the usa who plan to serve take at their college or university. and then i went to armor school . shelling, if you are in ukraine, it happens every day in different places, i think the hits happened a mile from me, that’s why it was loud after that, you better understand everything

, what real war is, robert. i saw it with my own eyes in ukraine at the beginning of july, one and a half thousand kilometers from the front line, when a missile attack took the lives of 10 people near the historical center of lviv at that moment i was in the bathroom because the shelter in the house was closed due to social networks, we were talking with army friends from the usa when two more flights took place one after the other we heard all this then i heard after three explosions someone coming down to open the shelter i went down and noticed a family with a seven year old daughter and a newborn boy it made a deep impression they were the same target as everyone else i saw fear in the eyes of a little girl has inner indignation at this the war increased even more. robert motley, jr. came to ukraine for several months to work as an occupational therapist with veterans who lost their limbs. the course of study and

internship at an american clinic is one of of robert's regular patients, 20-year-old roman, he is being prepared for prosthetics after 8 months of waiting and rehabilitation , and he has a high amputation of his left leg, the area that gives the scar is very sensitive before prosthetics , the sensitivity of this area should be reduced, the patient has to endure this long work, but it is necessary that afterwards the prosthetics is not too they will make it painful, they quickly find common army topics and he was in specific troops that are engaged in battles in the mountains and rescue missions, there is something to talk about with him. we also talked about penetration

the property of the american standard 5:56 cartridge , there are only stories that i had, i told him that he was not training with the mongolian army . i say, i will definitely come to him. roman robert knows the price of an injury after a car accident in the usa. he had to forget about an active military career. i was injured when i was serving in the army. this injury was not a combat injury. you develop a soldier's identity in yourself it becomes an important part of you i measure yourself according to certain criteria how well i can do it how well i shoot how fast i run can i make the right decisions under great stress and suddenly when you lose all that part of your self-awareness also disappears so we are in a novel , we talk about finding our new identity after wounding new criteria for success in lviv, his mission is to add a little

creativity and creativity to colleagues and patients football with cotton balls he invented it all there is also a tourniquet for those patients who want to return to the front so that they can apply a tourniquet not only to themselves, but also to someone else. i treat limbs, but i also try to help veterans to be as cheerful as possible in everyday affairs, so the treatment is not just okay, you can make a fist. you can also hold a spoon to eat borscht, you can hold a fishing rod and throw it into the water, and you can pick up a child in your arms . to say to the patient, ok, you managed to raise the sick finger to 90°, it can go, i want to make sure that they feel self-sufficient, the number of amputations in ukraine can already be compared with the period of the first

world war, according to the estimates of the world street journal, at the beginning of the russian invasion , 200,000 people were wounded 10 % for which lost one or more limbs every day . representatives of other nationalities ran along the coastline of the pacific ocean in santa monica to the main city pier, where they unfurled the ukrainian flag as seen by khrystyna shevchenko. this is a morning warm-up on the beach of santa monica on the grass near the pacific ocean . ukrainians, americans , lithuanians and belarusians are diligently doing exercises, but try gradually

because you will lose today, you are not participating in the race, the purpose of which is to remind americans that the war is still going on in ukraine , fitness trainer andriy khomytskyi spirogenizer promotions, it is not the first year that he conducts training for the ukrainian community of los angeles and online for anyone who wants to. i train here with probably 70, maybe more percent of the people, these are those who train , it is stable, that 's right. decided that sport is a cool direction on the background of which people can unite, or sport gives you the opportunity to distract yourself , focus, recharge with energy , communicate, hear what is happening with other people, specially flew to the race from other

of countries mykhailo and maria live in france, we changed our tickets and flew here for three days to take part in this event glory to ukraine with slogans and flags ukrainian runners cannot help but attract the attention of the finish line in the tourist attraction of the city of piers in santo monica , a good example for everyone who today i came to understand that we can do this at least every saturday on the pier they sing the national anthem and unfurl the ukrainian flag

co-organizers of actions activists organizing scenes type of ukraine fantasy say sport became one of the ways they are trying to draw the attention of the americans to the war, we gathered again in the morning in full readiness to continue to provide maximum support, to announce to the whole world that in unity we are strong, that we stand steadfastly with ukraine, that the values ​​of freedom, democracy and the czech values ​​that ukraine stands for will definitely win. more in this way, the organizers create a community of like-minded people, they are convinced through personal contacts and common interests that it is easier to get the support of americans, well, this is very interesting. about a year ago, i had no friends ukrainians but i organized the event after the war started at that time i made contacts with a lot of ukrainians and then

we became very good friends and since then i supported their efforts in the race several hundred people participated khrystyna shevchenko bohdan shevchenko santo monica california voice of america they watched program of the ukrainian voice of america service chas time thank you for trusting us, i am nataliya lounova good luck , we are looking for 13-year-old sofiyka nikiforova , the girl lived in mariupol and disappeared in the first day of a full-scale war, nothing is known about the fate of this child for more than a year and a half, so i really hope for your help, look at the photo and remember this face, if someone suddenly sees sofya nikiforova or you know the whereabouts

of the girl, do not delay and call us at the hotline the magnolia child tracing service line at the short number 116,000 calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free or write to the child tracing chatbot service in telegram i also want to remind you that we we are continuing the search for 16-year-old serhiy samoilov from mariupol. his mother will tell us that on the very first day of the full-scale war, the city was very restless and the situation worsened every hour. well, everyone was fed up, the family didn't drink, couldn't eat , they honestly tell us that it was very good, the stores

were all looted, no transport, nothing