[000:00:00;00] see you in exactly a week, all the best. you are watching the ukrainian voice of america program time-time. my name is maria yanovska. congratulations, let's start with the main european news. the united kingdom has replaced the minister of defense , ben walls. voice became a symbol of unwavering british support for ukraine in the war against russia, and one of the notable episodes of his activity was the case in the summer when he called on ukraine to make more efforts to to show our international partners our gratitude for the help about what led to such changes in the government of the united kingdom and how it will be reflected in the aid to ukraine, we

will talk with our correspondent in london bohdan tsyupan bohdana hello tell us what is known about the new minister of defense and what is his position on aid chaps of ukraine, he is a very experienced politician, he has held many ministerial positions . some may even think that he has held too many positions in a fairly short period of time. but he is considered a reliable performer by the faithful leadership of the conservative party which er is obviously in power in this country and he actually proved himself to be a very skilled communicator as they say here he participated very often in television radio programs as a representative of the government

explaining er the cabinet's position on certain issues, and it is expected that, obviously , being in the position of minister of defense, he will also carry out the government's course, so to speak, and they do not expect such very large reforms or achievements from him in the ministry, in particular, because britain is almost preparing for the next general election and he will have to work in this position in any case for no more than one year, and as for his main tasks, so to speak, of his course in the position, today he emphasized that he highly appreciates the achievements of his predecessor ben wallace in his position, particularly in the matter of helping ukraine, he emphasized that he will continue to work in this matter as well in helping ukraine, and i

think that in kyiv they are already used to it to a certain extent to the point that the reshuffling of government positions in london, even in the highest positions after the resignation of prime minister boris johnson , does not mean a threat of change for britain's position regarding ukraine and the process , the deputy prime minister told me today issues of euro-atlantic integration from kyiv, the first and most important thing is that i have to say that this does not in any way affect the level of support , including political ukraine and efforts aimed at ukrainian victory, so of course we do not see any risks here

i am personally sure that his resignation from the post of minister of defense does not mean that he will cease to be an advocate of ukrainian interests, and we are sure that in his new assignments and new missions, he will retain his understanding of the importance of the historical struggle which we are leading today. and on our land and the role of britain , bohdan, you know that the resignation is not the only change in the government of the united kingdom now. what is the reason for such disturbances? rather, reshuffling or shuffling of the cabinet of britain is quite a common phenomenon

, it happens even to show, for example, some new approach of the government in a certain matter, the end of some political era, and so on. personnel reshuffles, that's it. well, actually, the reason for us is that ben voles resigned . it was known about it a long time ago. he announced what was actually going on from politics last summer, that is, he said that he would not take it. i apologize for this summer again. the last day today, he said that he will not take part in the next parliamentary elections in great britain . therefore, he will not be an mp and therefore will not be able to hold a position in the government, because all government officials in this country are also in great britain. by the deputies of the parliament since bint volz left and mr. shaps took his place. so the position of the minister of energy shaps became vacant, someone had to be put in his place and so on and so on

. so there was such a small reshuffling that in fact, i would like to emphasize that it is a common, normal and quite frequent phenomenon in the political arena here in great britain. thank you, bohdan, i want to ask you more about ben volas, you live in the united kingdom, it would not be in ukraine . this will be remembered as one of the leading organizers of british international military aid to ukraine how he will be remembered both in ukraine and in great britain . maybe i will say how i will remember him . for example, i will remember ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi at the summit in vilnius, the nato summit this summer, where the ukrainian leader actually surprisingly tried to prove that he does not understand how it is possible to thank the british even more for the help

that london provides to ukraine, as well as the very unexpected resignation of the ukrainian ambassador vadym, the shelter here in london, what happened again well, within the framework of this very interesting discussion about what gratitude is or whether ukraine is grateful enough or actually the minister of defense obolets meant that in the end they are ungrateful and i think that returning to this topic it is worth reminding that ben volis himself is emphasized that he was misunderstood when they said that he allegedly reproached the ukrainians for their ingratitude, in fact it was not so, if i remember his specific words about this, he said in one of the informal conversations with journalists, again, by the way, in vilnius

at the nato summit, he said that it is very important that the partners of ukraine are those states or governments that help ukrainians, so that they see gratitude, so that the citizens of the voters also see it. the situation is changing, elections are taking place, new people are coming to power and so on and so on and so on and such interesting discussions about gratitude. well, the fact that britain was the first to provide ukraine with heavy tanks and cruise missiles will probably be remembered the most. thank you bohdan. i want to despite the attempt to reduce supplies of conventional russian natural gas imports of liquefied gas from the russian federation to europe increased by 40% after a full-scale invasion tell me why it is so difficult for europe to give up energy dependence on russia in

short i have to be very short well first of all, because europe does not have enough gas, it does not have enough energy carriers, like the united states, which is an exporter of oil and gas, and therefore has to buy, if it does not buy enough or liquefied gas or other energy carriers, the prices rise too high. it was very painful last winter, it is obvious that governments cannot do this abruptly, but the plan is a plan until 2027. europe plans to abandon russian energy carriers gradually . energy dependence on russia and this year the largest european importers of russian liquefied gas are belgium and spain in third place , france, however, this country still reduced imports compared to previous years, although russia increased the supply of liquefied gas to europe, the import of natural gas from the russian federation decreased from 40% to 4%

and revenues from liquefied gas will not be able to cover even part of the losses incurred by the kremlin due to the inability to supply gas to europe via lawns, my colleagues, oksani batytenko , the director of the research center, told about this energy expert oleksandr kharchenko in more detail in an interview with somersault russia how they lost and will lose the amount that really is absolutely i share this view as close as possible to 50 billion dollars per year and the latest reporting of gazprom - this clearly shows and more than that, a part of liquefied gas and it is quite noticeable it is not gazprom that supplies europe with a part of it, other companies, uh, in their budgets, it is worse than this, and although, of course, all russian companies are still working for the war and uh, they pay taxes from which this

war is financed, but nevertheless, uh, um, that sells no gazprom does not so directly and not so directly fall into the pockets of the russian military. therefore, this is also a certain plus , to be honest, europe was again focused precisely on getting rid of the gas that russia supplied on the lawn through pipelines through ukraine through pipelines through the northern flows across the lawn from turkey and it continues to be supplied there, and therefore no one has seen a threat to liquefied gas with russia, and i am not sure that anyone is now seriously focused on getting rid of liquefied gas, liquefied gas is the next step is now the end of the story with the gas pipelines and they expect what will happen in general with transit through ukraine and whether europe will continue to purchase gas through this route because ukraine has already

declared that negotiations with gazprom are impossible regarding the continuation of transit and if some european countries want to continue to receive gas through the ukrainian route, then it is necessary to enter into negotiations with ukraine about this and agree on the use of the ukrainian gas transportation system in the future, but so that our customers are it is european companies, obviously buying gas for euros, trying to fill their gas storages to prepare for winter. now we see quite high levels of filling gas storages in europe. what do you expect this winter , uh, for europe, for ukraine, how difficult will it be, what are the main challenges? well, let's

not mix things up here europe and ukraine , you can read a more detailed answer to this question on our website, the voice of mariko e-e ukrainian voice of america service . is convinced that the russians will try to attack the bases with f -16 aircraft, however, he says that the ukrainians will find a way to protect these fighters from attacks at the same time. why the criticism of the counteroffensive is not justified the retired american general told the correspondence of the georgian voice of america service to mariam in rykhelidze ukraine is preparing to receive f16 fighter jets in the winter in an interview voice of america you said that there is confidence that ukraine will receive them, but a number of military experts in the usa say that the f-16s will not be a turning point, that they will not be decisive for ukraine and that they may not

change the situation as the ukrainians hope. at the same time, representatives of the air force in the presidency ukrainians say that they will be on the field, this will be a breakthrough for them. what do you think f16 can change in ukraine and what they will not be able to influence? there is no miracle weapon . there is no single weapon that could change everything at once. it is possible to consider it in context. when it comes to the f16, you have a plane , a pilot, support and the tactics of using the plane is not the same as boarding a passenger flight and just flying somewhere. you find yourself in a very dangerous environment, the russians will try to shoot everyone down, so that's all, you need several places or prepare a sufficient number of ukrainian pilots so that the impact would be felt, because it is not just about flying a plane, it is about how to fight them and of course the russians will hunt them and try to shoot them down, i suspect that

it will be several months before we see the real effect, for sure, i won't tell you , it 's terrible that we wasted a year and a half, it should have happened a long time ago. she didn't say we want the victory of ukraine and because of that all the decisions that are made are like oh you know it will take too much time or we don't have enough of something and in my opinion this is just an excuse if i'm not mistaken f16 for the first time will get into a real war against russian air defenses. i have also heard concerns about this. there are military experts who are very careful. they say that it is one thing to get fighter jets and undergo basic training, but to fight on them is a completely different thing. ukrainians impressed me not only with how quickly they learn, but also with their technical abilities and especially

how smart they are tactically in how to take advantage of their opportunities and bypass the enemy's strong points , so i am convinced that they will find a way be careful. they will not fly into the airspace of russia, but will choose places where they can overcome the enemy's air defense systems, you can be sure that we would do the same before starting to fly, you need to destroy the enemy's air defense and this is done by destroying their radars and air defense systems proper efforts in the air that involve suppressing air defenses as well as hitting other targets we also hear some concerns about how expensive it is to fly these fighters how difficult it is to maintain them and other difficulties. i know that you are a supporter of the use by ukrainians of 16, but what are the main problems they will have to overcome

the right thinking in order to take advantage of the opportunity to make as many flights as possible, they must provide maintenance, there are pilots whom they will undoubtedly lose, there will undoubtedly be victims . therefore they need to keep training more and more pilots to get planes in the sky maintenance needed ground support ammo fuel all these things are necessary. and of course the russians will try to attack where all the planes take off, so the ukrainians, i am sure, will be smart and find a way to protect the planes from missile attacks while ukraine is preparing to receive its f16. expected how do you rate the counteroffensive at this stage - this is more than just a ground

attack we see people focusing on this as if the counteroffensive is just tanks and infantry trying to get through the mini fields this only one of its elements at the same time ukrainians are carrying out what we would call multi-component operations they are launching long-range drone strikes on moscow long-range strikes on targets in crimea strikes on fuel storage facilities throughout russia are using naval drones to keep the russian black sea fleet away from the ukrainian coast i believe that the ukrainians really did a good job, and of course , as everyone has already heard, we would never have sent an american soldier, a german, a british soldier, or a georgian soldier into such an attack without previously achieving complete superiority in the air, and the ukrainians have to do it without any support from the air, so i think that the criticism is not justified, the ukrainians are adjusting their approach, two months is not much time, i am just more optimistic and patient, but unfortunately

, the ukrainians will continue to suffer heavy losses because we the west did not provide them with the necessary opportunities, i am talking about high- precision , long-range weapons . that putin used them in the war against ukraine, how it will or will not affect the battlefield in ukraine, this whole situation from the complaints and harsh statements of prigozhyn bolshoi and gerasimov during the battle for bakhmut and then the mutiny and now his alleged murder - it was all about business the mutiny of the wagners was prigozhin's attempt to prevent his company from falling under the control of the ministry of defense of the russian federation . control of the ministry of defense of russia it also shows how

much these guys hate each other there is no trust or cohesion in the russian general staff or high command the best commander they had syrovykin is in prison beautiful one of the few who won is obviously dead or huta gerasimov after 10 years of terrible activity of the russian troops are still in service , this shows that putin values ​​loyalty more than competence. this is good for ukraine. i watched the interview of the former of the commander of the us army in europe, general b na gudges. i invite you to read the full version of this interview on the voice of america website in ukrainian and also watch it on our youtube channel and on social networks. please come and read more news about

the ukrainian military since 2014. volunteers began to bring ukrainian soldiers who received serious combat injuries to the united states for treatment and rehabilitation. volunteers are usually looking for doctors and hospitals that are ready to perform very expensive operations for free and return ukrainian soldiers to normal life, one of such hospitals is the massa chusytsk central hospital, which is located in boston thanks to the care of orthopedic surgeon nila chen, complex treatment here seven ukrainian soldiers have already arrived, iryna solomko will tell the details and pavlo terekhov, an experienced orthopedic surgeon who specializes in complex traumas of the upper limbs. he recalls how in 2015 he received a letter from the founder of the fund for the restoration of the defenders of ukraine by iryna vashchuk, in which she talked about a ukrainian soldier with a simple, complex injury in the book of this letter, we saw that the patient had a very serious hand injury. iryna also noted that the doctors in ukraine are not

sure that they will be able to cure it. we took care of him, he came to of the united states, we were able to take care of his elbow and help him regain function, and this was the beginning of meeting other patients from ukraine , they had very serious shoulder injuries and we understood that we can take care of this very complex injuries information about dr. chen mentions iryna vashchuk dcp she found communication on the internet and it still happens online personally they are not familiar iryna sends the doctor information about the most seriously wounded who have injuries or infections of the upper limbs and he never refuses them first of all, it is interesting to see for themselves how they can be with such cases, these are not domestic injuries. that is why i think that they are so interested and they want to help ukraine because we know what in

we have losses. what kind of injuries we have every day. we have 100 plus people. hmm, they get injuries and wounds in the war, and ukrainian hospitals simply do not cope. they do not have so much time to devote to the patient and some guys are left alone with their injuries. to meet iry was not related to ukraine in any way, but he did not ignore her letter and undertook to help. when we see these injuries, which are devastating for a person , compassion and mercy arise, because often these are young people who have their whole lives ahead of them, so we want to do everything in order to improve their lives, it is not uncommon for the treatment of ukrainians to turchyn also involves plastic surgeons, because it is not only necessary to enlarge pussies or sew muscles, but also to connect nerves and soft tissues, chn says that one of his most difficult patients was roman godorok

who was wounded in 2017 in the luhansk region, he tore off this joint of the shoulder blade, the shoulder blade does not work because it is hanging , well, the injury was so serious, well, they tore off the shoulder to restore the shoulder of roman, who was practically absent, american doctors took the part of his leg from which the destroyed shoulder was reconstructed in ukraine his surgeon in ukraine did very smartly he gave him an implant that is usually used for the leg it provided some support for the shoulder but we knew it was not for long so we took part of one of his bones and used it for reconstruction we had to be very resourceful and we got a very stable and stable shoulder which was great because without a stable shoulder a person can't use their arm well so it was a great great case the surgery in boston took 15

hours. then roman remembers a few more cleanings. he can move and use his hand, but the injury reminds him of the pain. well, it hurts. you want someone to do something to me, and no one will do anything to me anymore. dr. che not only saves the upper limbs of ukrainian heroes, but also negotiates with the hospital about their free treatment. every major american hospital has charity programs. neil prepares all the documents and negotiates with the administration and by the supervisory board about free treatment of ukrainians that is, we take all medical certificates about the care that was provided, describe the entire complexity of the injury and then conduct an analysis with the hospital regarding the needs and care of the patient , then the hospital analyzes and makes a decision , the process is not easy, this is understandable because resources are still limited and we try to distribute them as best as possible. often ukrainians come to him in serious condition due to infectious inflammations, which must first

be treated. sometimes it takes months for the soil and dirt gets into the body, it infects the bones and skin, these bacteria that live inside the wound are very difficult to get rid of, so often when a patient comes, we need to treat the infection and try to get rid of the bacteria before we can work with the bones, says iryna vashchuk. has been trying to remove the infection for more than a year, the hospital could accept more wounded, says iryna , but the fund's resources are limited. this is a very large human resource, each army of recovery for every soldier, it is a meeting with a doctor. a person needs somewhere to live, something to eat. someone has to look after her and drive her around. that’s all our volunteer resource, it’s almost eight years of cooperation, says iryna. dr. chen never once ignored her appeal for help to ukrainians from boston iryna solomko

pavlo terekhov 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, and listen to podcasts in ukrainian the services of the voice of america really come to the united states almost every month for rehabilitation and prosthetics. this all happens thanks to caring people, thanks to volunteers and thanks to funds that work to help ukraine. my colleague iryna matviychuk collects such stories, and the voice of america website has a special section where we talk about community organizations of the ukrainian diaspora in the united states that help ukrainians i

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and yuliya yarmolenko. thank you for staying with us. have a good night and a good morning. see you soon. we are looking for nine-year-old nikita nikolayev from misterubizhne in the luhansk region. this settlement has been occupied since may last year , but nikita disappeared already in may of this year and

in fact, nothing is known about the fate of the child for more than three months, so i really hope that thanks to your care, the boy will be found, please take a close look at the photo and remember the face of nikita nikolaev, he has blue eyes and light blond hair, he looks like a 9- year -old child if suddenly someone has seen nikita or knows something about his possible whereabouts , do not delay and dial the short number of the magnolia child search service from any mobile operator 116,000 calls free of charge if you suddenly do not have the opportunity to call, write to the chat bot of the child search service in telegram, this is only one story of a missing child in general since the beginning of the war. we received almost 3,000 requests for help in the search, fortunately, most of the children have already been found, but still the fate of many remains unknown, especially this concerns temporarily occupied territories where