[000:00:00;00] on the air from washington, the program of the ukrainian service of the voice of america time, i am yulia yarmolenko congratulations, the united states announced a new package of military aid to ukraine in the amount of 600 million dollars , deputy spokesperson of the pentagon sabryna singh said on thursday , the new package, according to her, is aimed at meeting the needs of the ukrainian military on front line, it includes equipment for the support and integration of air defense systems of ukraine, additional ammunition for artillery, means for demining, this package was allocated for with the initiative to promote the security of ukraine, we were supposed to show putin and the forces of the autocracy that the united states does not violate ukraine's support. with such a statement, the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer , called on lawmakers to approve additional

funding for ukraine in the near future, which the white house sent to congress. 24 billion dollars for economic and humanitarian support of kyiv now is a turning point, sumer emphasized, and the worst thing that can be done at this moment, what can we do at this moment the moment for our national security and democratic values ​​is to weaken or hesitate with our support . on the eve of a powerful statement in support of ukraine , the leader of the mitchmakon republicans spoke in the senate and voiced similar thoughts in an interview with my colleague catherine gibson, other senators from both parties now it is very important to show to the ukrainians that we are with them for a long time, they are showing great progress now, last week was really positive from the point of view of the breakthrough of the russian defense lines, i am sure that the minister is now receiving updated information about what ukraine needs it, i hope he will inform them that the current administration will do everything necessary

to allocate additional funding to ukraine. i am also very concerned that the republicans in the house of representatives are starting to get scared when it comes to supporting ukraine . disagreements about continuing to support ukraine right now when the ukrainians are moving forward i hope that we can allocate additional funding for them later this year i hope that during next 30 days i think it is important for us to communicate with the people of ukraine and the fact that we fully support their efforts in the struggle for freedom and sovereignty, we are outraged by the brutality of the russian leader who attacked ukraine and we will support ukraine and provide them with the necessary weapons to fight for own sovereignty southern large group of congressmen oppose additional

funding for kyiv will they be able to delay the approval of further aid we will talk about it next week when the chambers representatives will resume their work, the russian military continues to form assault squads to try to occupy the city of kupyansk, kharkiv region , this is stated by the head of the regional military administration , oleg synogubov, from the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, kupyansk is subjected to constant rocket and mortar attacks , threats to life and the challenges of war are a daily routine for of the rescue squad of the ukrainian department of the red cross, which evacuates civilians , yuri solonets will tell about the daily life of rescuers, the risks of their work and the stories of the evacuees and andriy dubchak on the outskirts of the city of kupyansk, 40 kilometers from the russian border. the red cross rescue squad is going on another mission to evacuate civilians . today's plan is to transport

six people to a safe place. sergiy phone number 56. he has to leave because of his health. he is not a student . the second largest the railway junction of the kharkiv region is an important strategic goal in the military confrontation between the two armies. on february 27 , 2022, the city was occupied by the russians ; on september 10, it was liberated by the armed forces of ukraine , but even after the deoccupation, they do not abate here air blasts and mortar rounds, the basic infrastructure of kupyansk was almost completely destroyed, and why aren't they there? and why aren't

you leaving? and where to go? before the war , more than 26,000 people lived in kupyansk, now less than a fifth of the evacuees have reached safe places thanks to by the efforts of the ukrainian unit of the red cross, whose rescue squads work every day at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, urgently , urgently, urgently, put it here. all are now, we are

here. hip necks oh no no everything will be fine on the road ira is driving asking to make a stop because of the broken roads the pain in the back of the leg gets worse then everything went away the squad distracts the woman with conversations about life in the occupation she remembers reluctantly and fearfully how are you still in the car the last ones for this day and the evacuated kateryna pereyaslava, she is 89, and if putin hanged me upside down, maybe it would have stopped . see what i think about this war. she found a replacement. what do i think about him

? the farm is abandoned, who is collecting firewood, who is fleeing, who is going, who who, what will i have left, but not all residents of the kupyansk community, i.e. kupyansk and nearby settlements, agree to the evacuation , we understand that not everyone will leave, we had 12,000 well, almost 12,000 the population of them is almost 600 children at the moment. well, about one and a half thousand have left. well, there are some mothers who still think that we are not, we will not go anywhere , we have gardens, farms, chickens, cows and so on.

this time there was no shelling why do you work in such conditions why do they leave and who will help the people mercy and who will help the people when we leave it is not scary you are scared everyone is scared well i don't know the red cross probably but if it wasn't scary the team of the rescue squad thank you each other for work and getting ready to meet the new day yuriy solonets andriy dubchak kupyansk washington state of america this is our little wind anfisa in a week the temporary ban on the import of ukrainian grain from five neighboring ukraine, the eu states, poland, slovakia, hungary, romania and bulgaria, ukraine is intensifying calls to the european union not to continue the embargo, and kyiv is supported by a large number of european states. however, the governments of the so-called frontline countries insist on

the importance of continuing the ban, which they are trying to convince their neighbors and how this situation may affect the future rapprochement between ukraine and the eu, let's talk about it with bohdan tsyupyn, who is currently on the phone from london. i congratulate bohdan, why exactly poland has become the loudest opponent of of ukrainian grain to its own markets and how much it harms ukraine, can kyiv convince warsaw to change its position yulia , when we talk about poland, first of all , we should not forget that poland is one of the largest donors of aid to ukraine in eastern europe, it strongly supports ukraine , millions of ukrainian refugees found shelter in poland, so poland is one of ukraine's closest allies in europe and a country that helps ukrainians very, very much. but on

the other hand, it is also ukraine's largest neighbor to the west, and it is possible that political voices in warsaw sounds a bit louder when it comes to, for example, the issue of restrictions on ukrainian imports due to the fact that the political situation in that country is very tense, an election campaign is currently underway in poland, there will be parliamentary elections on october 15, and it is obvious that many politicians there, and in particular the current government, which wants to remain in power, insists that he protects the rights of polish producers and polish farmers . although, of course, again, poland is not the only country that has achieved this ban, which expires on september 15, and now poland is obviously

is not the only one who wants the extension of these restrictions at least until the end of the year. so the situation is like this, but in the meantime in ukraine they emphasize that it is about expressions of solidarity and it is also about elementary justice , ukrainian goods have the right of access to the european market in accordance with the agreements on the free trade area and in particular in the conditions of the war , given the need for solidarity with ukraine , they emphasize in kyiv that's why when i spoke the other day with olga stefanishyna, a representative of ukraine on issues of european and euro-entity integration, she expressed i hope that the issue of the ban is that this ban will actually be lifted in the coming days in mid-september. these are her words

. european union the european commission has the exclusive powers of all questions related to trade , therefore, of course, we do not accept any threats of certain countries to carry out unilateral measures, this is a severe violation of the requirements of the of the european union, and we cannot react to it in any way. and by agreement of presidents zelenskyi and vonderlyansk, a coordination platform was created that worked. and in whom the entire period since june 5th, i can confirm that, as of today , no statistical data confirm threats to the domestic market of the european union, and all five eu countries through which ec of new products was released received significant financial support and a significant increase in the budget for the development of border

customs infrastructure. the decision that the romanian direction and the danube corridor will be the main directions for the release of e-e transit of grain products, respectively, investment funds and the development of infrastructure in this direction will be a priority in the coming years , so we see nothing but politics in any intentions to extend the restrictions and they are not should be continued bohdana ukraine aspires to become a member of the eu in the near future to what extent can this situation affect the speed of rapprochement between ukraine and the european union, specifically this situation will definitely not happen refer to the advancement of ukraine to membership in the european union, because it must be resolved one way or another literally in the coming days, er, as for the actual signs

of the problems that er, this issue demonstrates, namely, what role will be played by the ukrainian the agricultural sector in europe on the european market is probably still a broader issue. it will probably be discussed during the ukrainian negotiations with the european union actually about the accession, which may begin this year, but they will last, well, at least for at least a few years, although ukraine is very optimistic, and in particular, in a conversation with olga stefanisha, i heard from her that she insists that ukraine will be ready, as she claims, for membership in the european union in two years, we will be ready for membership in the european

union two years, but of course, the course of the war will determine the political framework for making this decision. and do you have a date when ukraine could become a full member of the eu, and objectively, i believe that two years will be enough for us to fully readiness and at the moment when it is completed war and this, uh, i hope it will be sooner, we will do 10 times more than what we are doing now , so that this decision is made faster, most of the neighboring countries of ukraine that became members of the eu first went through membership in nato . it is easier before joining the eu. which way do you think ukraine will go? we are going equally both ways . the decision itself depends not only on ukraine, but on our efforts, it needs a political

consensus on the very issues that concern nato is primarily a political decision . i believe that on this very freedom , a political decision was made and it was confirmed that ukraine will become a member of nato. ukraine to nato. is it possible to make this question even more direct? in your opinion, ukraine can join nato or join the eu faster. i think that we will be able to win faster in nato because we expect victory to end the war. and one of the strongest, most powerful, and most well-known countries in the world will definitely be the biggest guarantor of the security of europe and the entire euro-atlantic space, it remains

for literally 30 seconds, it became known that now with the help of european countries, it has become larger even than the united states in terms of size , what this can indicate is about dani kielsky institute that counts this international aid, and it is worth paying attention to the fact that when it comes to military aid , the international leader here is the united states of america - it is a huge military economic power, but when it comes to general financial, economic, military

, humanitarian aid, the european union has now come forward. the call sign jus is remembered by those who knew him well, he was the embodiment of the image of kyiv's cause, the air defenders of the ukrainian capital, and between combat duties, joe worked with many charitable organizations, helped his fellow modernized aviation and explained the importance of providing ukraine with f16, it was he who played an important role in the decision to provide kyiv with western -style fighters it's easy to see real talent right away he was a very fast learner i think that's why he tried so hard to get these f16 planes

for ukraine and because he knew that most pilots like him master him very quickly, he was frank and sincere and at the same time full of many ideas about how to improve everything, so american fighter pilots remember the ukrainian pilot andrii pilshchikov, nicknamed jus, who tragically died on august 25 in zhytomyr oblast, his talent was noticed by his ukrainian and american comrades and the time of the largest international aviation exercises in the history of independent ukraine, clear sky 2018. at that time, andriy was only 25 years old. it is very rare for younger air force pilots to be in the spotlight of such large-scale training and andriy was one of the main fans and pilots during the clear sky of 2018 and he showed his professionalism, he was really a bright star of those exercises. i know

that several of our f15 fighter pilots , returning after training flights with him, said wow, this guy started catching and he is really skilled so this is a true american standard he played an important role for their air force that was far above his rank he was a lieutenant what a captain at the time and only a captain at the time of his death with during those trainings, jus made friendly relations. and in 2019, he himself visited the fresnogo base in california as part of the multi-year cooperation program between the air force of ukraine and

the us national guard in welcome city , california. for the first time, he sat in the cockpit of an f-15 and since then to reform the ukrainian aviation, in particular, that is why at the beginning of the full-scale war, russia was a weak voice. for providing ukraine with f16 fighters , he was committed to improving the air force and his mission to get f16 for ukraine was focused precisely on this, he believed that providing ukraine with fourth-generation western aircraft will help better protect the country and its fellow citizens for a certain time until people fully realize how much he gave his life for his fellow ukrainians and this is a sign of the hero he really was, he went and he did a lot. i can't just tell you, but there are such and such projects that actually do not exist in many

nato countries that we have either already implemented or are trying to implement in the process someday he will tell about this very, very unique systems with a ukrainian pilot with the call sign monfish last summer jus visited the united states to meet with american congressmen and ask them to provide ukraine with fighter jets, first of all, what did we talk about giving it, after all, ppu means, we sat for two pilots, we knew and understood this. the first thing we knew was that the planes are a bit long, that they will change, that it will all take a very long time, but the air defense means - we knew them, how important their role is, the very first, such a result. after of this meeting, after all, there was something that we literally after a few months, they began to provide and now we have to see for ourselves , and i think that we did not lose then, if popova’s means, you see, cover kyiv, a critical restoration is being carried out there, the american military

historian and writer adamakush helped organize this visit to washington he spoke to fox news voice of merica bbc he did it after a long day of flying sometimes between missions i helped him arrange interviews with certain publications told jusiv they are ready to talk to you at three in the morning tomorrow sometimes i wrote to him that they are ready to start recording and he said i have to take off because rockets are flying it was crazy he literally gave an interview from the front line he begged for modern airplanes but i didn't feel that in america what is changing you know the president had his the position of the secretary of defense no one changed the position and i said that if we brought you to washington or you would do it he should have thought a little because jus didn't like to be the center of attention

adam's efforts for jus and monkesh organized a meeting with american legislators from both parties, i myself flew combat missions from an aircraft carrier during the persian gulf war and had the opportunity to talk with andrii and his commander about what is going well , what is not going well, what they need, we speak the same language and i do not speak ukrainian and i don't mean english, it's the language of aviators, combat pilots. and of course. for me, the highlight of the week was the meeting with two pilots, one of whom was andrii. they gave me a fragment of a downed russian mig-29 and this the war is an illegal russian invasion of ukraine is terrible i never thought i would see a war of this scale in europe and i am doing everything i can so that the ukrainian army president zelenskyi his team have what they need to win he wrote their tactical and strategic advantages for

the ukrainian army he did a great job saying yes i fly couldn't now but i can totally can fly the f16 and it will help us a lot against this war of aggression by vladimir putin and the russians so the pilot clearly knew what he was talking about and it was very powerful, unfortunately, it took too much time, just after that meeting, a group of legislators from both parties began to write requests to the white house and the pentagon with the demand to provide ukraine with f16, and suddenly we see that senators write these letters and go to ukraine, which was not done before and as the senator told me sullivan went to the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of defense almost every week after that and asked what happened with the f-16 a year ago but we are finally seeing the result also together with adam makus and friend of the army jus

did a benefit for ukraine at the gathering they gave funds to ukrainian helicopter pilots navigation aids helmets and fireproof overalls that helped save more than one life online jus sent more than 13 thousand dollars of his own savings to help these guys incredibly he did n't have a fancy car apartment he said he wanted to buy something after the end of the war but for now said that this money should help the boys to shoot snap 16 in the sky over ukraine , and it remained an unfulfilled dream of jus . he died a few days before he was supposed to to start training for training at the same time other ukrainian pilots were already training on these fighters in denmark jusmar should go in the first group and go to training but because of his such a difficult character he seems to have quarreled with all the generals that is why they always tried to put him in his place and he was supposed to leave in the second group, and there

in the last week he often said that he got the airplanes, he got the training, let the others fly now. he thought that he wouldn't be allowed in the second group because, well, what's wrong with him. that's why he's such character that he didn't particularly listen to what he was told from above, that's probably why he was able to convince everyone that we need 16 years , there is such a proverb, success is many parents and failure is an orphan. but all the same, i think that it is necessary to give credit to andrii and that i think that after all, the main driving force was, after all, he was on the finish line, he had to sit at the helm of the plane that he so dreamed of, it is

bitter, it is difficult to understand, but i look at it yes, jus died not playing games, he worked, and the important thing is not that he will never fly on an f-16, the end of the story, he gave everything for ukraine until the last minute , you maria prus, kateryna lisonova, konstantin golubchyk, voice of america, download the voice of america mobile application, the application allows automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service, read the news , watch informative programs and videos , as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian service of the voice of america and that's it. thank you for

watching with the voice of america in ukrainian see you next week, papa, we are looking for twelve-year-old sviatoslav the wolf from genichesky district, kherson region, this territory was occupied almost in the first days of the full-scale invasion, but communication with sviatoslav was cut off on february 23, and in fact , nothing is known about the fate of the child for six months i really hope that thanks to your care, the boy will be found. look at the photo and remember his face. svyatoslav looks like he is 12 years old. he is of medium build and has blond

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knows, maybe you will recognize someone and eventually