[000:00:17;00] on the air, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america is on the air, i am natalya leonova, i congratulate this strong bipartisan support of ukraine in this, during a meeting with the press, according to a certain white house national security adviser jake sullivan, and once again emphasized that the united states will stand by ukraine as long as everything is it is necessary, he also commented on the progress of the counteroffensive of the ukrainian army, there are powerful voices of both republicans and democrats in the house of representatives and in the senate in key leadership positions who are in favor of

continuing financial support for ukraine to they had the necessary tools to protect their sovereignty and territorial integrity, so we believe that support will be maintained even if there are some voices against we believe that there is fundamental bilateral support for our policy towards ukraine for the protection and support of ukraine, we emphasized this to our friends in kyiv and also to our allies and partners, we believe that our allies, partners, and our ukrainian partners are confident that the united states will continue to support ukraine as long as necessary in relation to takes place on the battlefield, we have always understood that it is very dynamic on both sides, that it is not like a television episode where in one episode the ukrainians go on the offensive and russia defends , and in the next russia attacks the defensive positions of ukraine, both sides attack and defend at points along a very long line front we do not believe that the conflict has reached a stalemate as i mentioned earlier we continue to support ukraine in its efforts to regain territory during this counteroffensive and we

see ukraine continuing to do so methodically and systematically, the declaration in which they expressed their unwavering support for the independence of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, which is based on the values ​​of democracy and the supremacy of the right , took part in the summit. president zelenskyi, who had previously visited the netherlands, denmark and sweden , made a promise the netherlands and denmark to hand over 60 fourth-generation fighter jets to ukraine at 16:00 , president zelenskyi's european tour begins, our correspondent bohdan follows tsyupan, who joins our studio from london. my greetings, bohdane bohdan, the leaders of the balkan countries gathered in athens on the occasion of the 20th anniversary, precisely in thessaloniki, which confirmed the european perspective of the western balkan states, it was announced that

today the european future of the regions was on the agenda, but above all, the participants discussed the russian war against ukraine so, what questions were raised and what is the point of natalya's signing of the declaration, if we draw a conclusion from this short declaration, there are only eight points, but in almost every one of they mentioned the support of ukraine and for the general possible idea of ​​what it is about, literally a few lines from this document begin with the fact that the russian invasion of ukraine is a turning point that leads to a new level of understanding of european values ​​and also unity and the future in the middle of the european union and a little further on in this document it is emphasized that in order to contribute to the peace, security and stability

of europe, the entire region must be a full member of the european family, it is worth emphasizing here that at this balkan summit representatives of such countries as, for example, romania and croatia, which are already members of the european union and nato, as well as representatives of such countries as e ukraine , serbia a-a north macedonia e-e bosnia and herzegovina, which are candidates along with moldova, by the way, are candidates, have gathered on joining the european union so the question of european integration, the question of european integration as one of the instruments of peace and stability in europe is obviously leading for most of these leaders, although it is

possible to remind how difficult a region the balkans are, it is worth remembering that, for example, the head of albania was not present at this meeting this time due to diplomatic friction with greece, bohdane, one of the main news of this summit is that greece announced that it will train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighters, what is known about this decision and when it can to happen, well actually we know that greece has quite a lot of f16 planes, there are also many reports that greek pilots are among the most experienced in using these american- made fighters and that this country is

at least quite recently, they still considered russia to be such a sympathizer because of some historical or religious traditional ties, the fact that greece actually joined the ef-16 coalition for ukraine proves that europe acts unitedly and that in fact all the countries of the european union and nato are doing, well, in fact, who can do what to support ukraine, in addition to participating in the summit, president zelensky had a number of bilateral meetings, which of them would you single out, what did you manage to agree on with the leaders of the balkan countries? well, it is probably difficult to single out something one thing is to keep it fair. perhaps, for example, the negotiations with the leader of croatia, between the ukrainian president and

the leader of that country, and the fact that croatia announced another set of aid to ukraine , but another one, maybe again, came into view. an interesting or revealing moment in this meeting was the negotiations between the ukrainian president and the serbian president in uchachi again . perhaps even more than greece , serbia is considered traditionally close to russia, and in fact serbia is trying to on the one hand, as a candidate for joining the eu, it considers itself to be an obviously european country , on the other hand, it emphasizes its historical, traditional ties with russia and actually sits on two chairs , in particular belgrade, for example, unlike other countries

e eu countries and also candidates e-e the eu did not join the european sanctions against russia and in particular at this moment he emphasized e-e in conversations with voice of america today the us ambassador to serbia this is dad from this interview - these are actions this very clayer weekend is our position regarding the sanctions, it is very clear, we believe that everyone should join the sanctions, of course, the crimean countries that seek to join the eu should join the sanctions, and we believe that this is right, you know there are many small countries that have joined the sanctions and it hurts them , but they do it, so we would like serbia to do and join the joint sanctions and take part in its movement to the euro-atlantic community regarding the meeting with president zelensky when i saw it i was extremely happy that the serbian ukrainian

presidents are sitting together serbia and ukraine have a long history they have always managed each other always had good relations so i think it was very important for both countries to sit down and exchange ideas and see what the future of europe will be like because there will be changes this war will not last forever i think these last months have been very important for the serbian people to see what russia really is and the fact that serbia really needs to move west and be in the euro-atlantic system of the russian war against ukraine was discussed today by the participants of another brics summit in the capital of the south african republic of johannesburg, what is known about the course of the first day, well, what is the topic of the russian war against ukraine? what is a separate topic, and even in this form, i think that

the russian war against ukraine will not be described there , given the fact that russia is actually a member of this association of five countries, the meeting will last a total of three days, and perhaps the most interesting thing that observers and commentators are watching is whether this somewhat amorphous group , which was actually formed by financial and economic observers who said that these five countries are developing at a leading pace and will be large economies soon , will they become a political union, which is probably what russia and china are interested in, and who have their own interests in standing with the west, and whether others will agree to this

countries such as brazil and india. in the following broadcasts , our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin was in direct contact with us from london, and we are moving on . this week , students are returning to american universities, among the new ones there will be 42 ukrainians who entered the most prestigious american colleges with the help of the charity organization ukraine global schoors, the organization has existed since 2015 and helps talented ukrainian students enter foreign universities and boarding schools. 60 million dollars more about ukraine globus schools and their wards in the story of iryna solomko, this is how i see serhii malevich, 18, he comes from rivne

, the boy has been studying at an american school for a year to a boarding school that is considered one of the best in the usa, the cost of studying here is 70 thousand dollars, but serhiy received a scholarship , the school also pays for accommodation and even gives pocket money because i am interested in chemistry. i really like the fact that i have a lot of practice and i can conduct laboratory work with friends with teachers and to really learn about science in a practical way, that's what it was about 19 he is from kyiv, hleb is a fan of insects, his first job was a pet store in the troye region, where he took care of snakes and lizards, now hleb is a student of bram university, one of the oldest schools that is part of the so-called ivy league in

brown. to be versatile e-e to study history to study politics and serhiy and got to the usa thanks to the charity fund ukraine global scholars its founders mykhailo lemesh and yuliya sychukova both graduated from american higher education institutions and after returning to ukraine they understood their experience is unique and we decided to help young talented ukrainians to get an education abroad, we wanted to give give children the opportunity to get a bachelor's degree in all these universities , colleges and also a-a to prepare them for college, we offered this a-a um-m such service or study in boarding schools as well because again there you can also get a full scholarship and it's just a great opportunity to improve your english and learn about american culture every year in january

the organization announces a competition, the selection includes tests in mathematics and english essay writing, as well as two interviews, there is also a test for patriotism, because returning to ukraine after studying is one of the conditions for participating in the program. ukraine and that he also wanted to return to ukraine and give his knowledge there for at least five years, if the child is already doing something concrete for his country, i will organize some events there, help his brother , sister, you know there, and they did something there again same i still don't know the presentation about ukraine there. to my international friends there , it is much more likely that she or he will continue to do it. the organization helps teenagers from simple ukrainian families with an annual income of no more than $35,000. the winners of the ukraine.com competition will be brought together for the exams and pay for all the costs associated with admission to american higher education institutions are also conducting more familiar camps

this year he was in poland at the camp we are just telling you how to enroll how to write an essay what is the importance of strategies, how to write this strategy, how to submit documents, all for the maintenance of the scholarship, everything is one of the most important elements of the application, they say in the organization that it is really important to simply describe yourself and reveal yourself and give the participants of the selection process and understand what kind of person this is and why it is worth taking you and giving you a chance to study in the best schools and universities in the world, there are such things as how to improve it, how to make it strong , how to tell about which we are just telling, yes, that is, not just to tell your story, but to tell it in such a way that, you know, it will take your breath away, so that in you are 100% accepted. and this is art. 86% of the selected ukraine global students must enter universities or boarding schools from the first time

. if the children decide to continue entering , they have entered the first year and continue to the second year. that is almost 100% of admission, that is, in fact, i am left with no one, the background continues to take care young ukrainians and after they became american students helps to find families who could take them in for the holidays at the beginning of the full-scale invasion , the organization started a special fund to help families who, for example, have lost their homes, the organization also provides summer internships in ukraine, i.e. top ukrainian companies in the government, we want to be this connection with ukraine for them. the bee is a project sponsored by the us government, they want to investigate everything, if only to investigate which ones played, which species of bees live, and to develop, in the future

, some laws for the preservation of this information. a fauna of bees of different families, the plow says that foreign universities and schools value talented ukrainian students very much, methodical work with colleges and schools to promote talented ukrainians, a separate direction of the fund's work, as a rule, it is much easier now, because our children have already shown that they are not so incredible, the results are just a topozitop in those schools and they are from the school hmm just enrolls in the best colleges in the usa or raises the rating of the schools then we they want to take uh and you know more ukrainian children through our program last year's budget fund amounted to $200,000, the organization is supported by ukrainian and american businesses and , of course, the ukrainian diaspora in the united states. we have several large donors there who understand that ukraine's only path to european development in general is independence from russia in

general and its path to that to be very wealthy, it is education and it is necessary to invest in these young leaders and serhiy hlib, staying in the usa and studying in the best institutions of the world , thinks with ukraine and plans to return home after receiving his education. it would be it's very cool for me to have an open laboratory, maybe it's still somehow related to medicine, maybe not, but i think that i would like to research something, something new, maybe make some kind of discovery, maybe one day i'll get the nobel prize, who knows who is engaged in such advanced specialties... there are so many values ​​in ukraine. currently, this is the study of the phylogenetics of the evolution of insects, especially ants, and i plan to attract foreign investment and financing to ukraine as well, and i believe that after our victory, it will be in time, it will be relevant

walking, which in turn says that currently the main challenge for the organization is to ensure the return of the finalists home, that is why the foundation works with ukrainian companies regarding the employment of students, as well as with american companies regarding investing in ukraine . after all, to rebuild ukraine after the victory , people with a good education and an understanding of the ukrainian and world context are needed wards ukraine kolbus kolos just like that iryna solomko pavlo terekhov voice of america the americans turned the street near the russian embassy in washington into yellow and blue from since the beginning of the full-scale war in ukraine, the american neighbors are waging their own struggle against the representatives of the aggressor state, they painted the fence in the color of the ukrainian flag, decorated the yellow houses with blue flags, planted the street near the russian embassy with sunflowers , and in the evenings illuminate its walls with ukrainian symbols, despite various attempts to prevent them , the neighbors continue to support every day iryna

shynkarenko oleksiy osyka and vyacheslav filyushkin talked about ukraine over these distances, this is a building behind a high fence , the russian embassy in washington is high up here the russian flag is raised and the coat of arms of russia with a double-headed eagle is visible, however, the entire street in the neighborhood is waving completely different symbols americans who live nearby clearly demonstrate their support for ukraine american lawyer andrew cooper lives across the street from the russian embassy after the start of a full-scale war in ukraine, he painted his fence yellow -blue color can you hear yourself, you can see this fence, it stretches along the road and faces the embassy. at first, andrew planned to hang the flag of ukraine on the house. what are his neighbors like? however, there was a queue for ukrainian flags in online stores at that time, so the american decided not to wait and created a flag on his own . so many americans ordered

ukrainian flags that we would have to wait a week to buy a flag, so i thought, guys, it will take three or four weeks until we have a flag . and then our friend said, “why do you want a flag , just paint this dark green fence in ukrainian colors?” andrew was resourceful i went to a hardware store to have them mix the colors of the beast on the internet found the colors of the flag made sure the right shades i want it right they mixed them in the right amount i was here with my youngest son on sunday and the two of us painted the entire fence and people stopped they said it's so beautiful it's wonderful look at it i like it it's amazing andrew has never been to ukraine and has no ukrainian roots

paint the fence in the colors of the ukrainian flag he felt it was his duty especially considering his neighborhood when i sit in the yard of my house i see the russian flag from there so if i have to look at their flag let them look at a flag 10 times bigger than theirs i want them to know that the american flag the people are behind the ukrainians. i want them to see this. every day, i want you to know that all americans support the ukrainians and they should see it. every day they left the embassy, ​​the russians walked here and there on the street and you could hear them speaking russian, now there are more of them not hear now on andrew's fence is an exhibition of the works of ukrainian artist nikita titov. however, before that

, russian symbols of the war against ukraine appeared on it several times . i just painted it over and then they tried again i painted it over again and then i think they gave up because you know they are all cowards you say they are we don't know for sure but who could it be what do you think no but we know who. what do you think? i don't think that there are such opinions among americans . no, they are residents of the street located next to the russian embassy. they show in every way that their hearts are with ukraine. neighbor andrew , an american, connor bryan, also decorated his yard with yellow and blue symbols. glory in ukraine, how many words in ukrainian do you know, i don't know, but mine is a lot , i'm very, very bad in ukrainian sorry, signs in

yellow and blue colors and with qr-codes for collecting funds for the support of ukraine conor had to install several times in my there were a couple of plaques that one day they just disappeared one of them depicted a badger who caught a chicken and on the jacket there was a capital letter z the badger was in ukrainian colors one day it just disappeared i don't know maybe with the wind but it's very strong hard to blow away conor dubai no only about the ukrainian symbols in his yard, for two days he waters the sonya trees that bloom right in front of the entrance to the russian embassy . american neighbors planted them last year together with ukrainian activists. he said, "my house is much closer to you." you can collect water at my house so you don't have to go to yours and it's a huge help so everyone is very encouraging and supportive and a lot of people are talking about them taking pictures with them i decided that most americans don't know why sonya is important in this context next

to the embassy so i made a sign and decided to give the garden the name of a sunflower plantation opposite the russian embassy. conor named polone in honor of the ukrainian town in khmelnytskyi where he once taught english as part of the peace corps. this is a wonderful little town. i taught school there. i was an english teacher, i taught ukrainians and i really, really liked it. i had a small apartment every wednesday. i went to the market . i walked to work. i remember how i could eat pizza and sushi at the same time. your friends are sucking restaurants, there is no such thing in america conor says his neighbors love all the sunflowers but someone cut them down three times last year the americans planted new ones every time and installed cameras this year only single flowers are disappearing beautiful sunflowers but close

four or five days ago i came to water and noticed that it was not there and it looks like it was cut or plucked, maybe it was a deer , i don't know, but it looks suspicious when the sun goes down to the sunflowers on the same street near the russian embassy another american comes who lives nearby during the day, benjamin vites works with a senior researcher at the brookings institution . in the evenings, he has been organizing projections with symbols of ukraine at the russian embassy for over a year . they really don't like it when you project a map of ukraine all over ukraine. they really hate it. they hate symbols that do not reflect the attitude towards them as legitimate players. they want to be perceived as the norm. ukraine, which simply behaves like other normal big powers. when benjamin hears from ukraine , an american says after his first action in march. last year, the embassy bought

several floodlights and with the symbols of zet and war, i make them spend money on it instead of missiles hitting ukraine. benjamin quickly learned to make ukrainian flags, tridents and other images movable so that they are not managed to screw up the enemy's insignia now we have to play a bit of cat and mouse with them than i move the flag so i can sit here drinking wine actually i don't have wine and i can change the position then the size of the flag benjamin comes with spotlights to the russian embassy and the russian ambassador's house in different weather, he changed more than one set of equipment, he says that the russians periodically complain about him to the special services, and once

a stranger with an umbrella tried to block the ukrainian images from the projector the guy appeared and he really wanted to physically block the projection with his body , he fought with us for 45 minutes and then went across the street to the building where many embassy employees live, so am i sure that he is from the embassy, ​​no, but do i know that he is from the embassy, ​​of course benjamin calls his actions a special projection operation. and although he is convinced that they are very annoying to the representatives of the russian embassy, ​​it is done primarily for the americans, the goal of this is for the residents of washington and for the americans to live so easily in this country and forget about what is happening living in washington it is very easy to forget that genocide is happening now that more and more often you make people just think about it even if only for a second it is the goal and if it bothers them and it makes them buy searchlights zed and searchlight

wow, that's great, and if it makes people in ukraine feel better, that's great, but in the end, what is it really for? it's to prevent americans from getting tired of the war and to remind them that real people are involved in it. on this street in washington, near the russian embassy, ​​various actions often take place protest in which the american neighbors join, they say they are not tired of supporting ukraine and will remind about the war constantly until victory iryna shynkarenko oleksiy usyka vyacheslav filyushkin voice of america watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america service time-time i'm natalya leonova, we are looking for this girl, her name is liza galushko, she disappeared on the first day of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine . liza lived in the kherson region, namely in the city of nova kakhovka, which was occupied immediately

on february 24, 2022, and actually from that day nothing is known about the fate of the girl at all, officially she is considered missing, but i really hope that one of you recognizes lisa and helps to find her or find out some information about her. so please look at the girl's face, she has a bright appearance and is quite easy to remember a look especially carefully at liza's photo. i am asking the residents of the temporarily occupied part of the kherson region, in particular novaya kakhovka, where the girl was last seen. of course, ukrainian tv channels do not broadcast there, but there is hope that at least on the internet, on youtube or on facebook , residents of the left bank kherson region who are currently in these will see this video and be able to help in the search for liza galushko. calls to ukrainian mobile operators are free. and if it is inconvenient or impossible to call, you can write