from russia, near the village of verkhnyosadove, near sevastopol. the ukrainian command stated that the commander of the black sea fleet, admiral viktor sokolov, was killed as a result of this attack. in addition, 34 russian officers were killed and another 105 soldiers were wounded. earlier, in a comment to my colleague ostap yarysh, the head of the main directorate of intelligence, kyrylo budanov, stated that russian generals are also among the seriously injured. he also commented on the reports of the american media about the possible involvement of ukraine. to drone strikes in sudan, regarding those who died, we reliably know that nine people died, 16 were wounded, among the wounded, the commander of the group, colonel-general ramanchuk, is in a very serious condition, the chief of staff , lieutenant-general tsekov, is unconscious, and the number

, let's say, the victims are still ordinary military personnel, not staff employees, it is still being established, i mean ordinary military personnel, who are there servants, corpsmen and so on, these people are not included in this list that i have given you, in the preparation of this partisans participated in the attack, local residents of sevastopol, what role did they play? listen, the intelligence collects data from all sources, it is clear that the intelligence sources are always one of the main ones, this is yours ... the answer, everyone has seen this video, yes, which is now spreading on social networks, at least this is how it looks like two strikes, missiles, these are western missiles, yes, as far as i understand, were used in this attack, here i have to refrain from answering, you will understand, another question in from the latest news cnn reported, as if on its sources, i think you know what story i'm talking about what the ukrainian special services said, could they have been involved in a strike

, a drone strike on positions in sudan, of the local militia, which is connected to wagner, can you comment on this, the potential involvement of ukraine in this incident? look, first of all i want to tell you that i personally, for example, somewhere a year ago, absolutely frankly said that all russian criminals, war criminals who fought, are fighting or even just plan to fight there against ukraine, they will be punished in any -what is the point of the variable layer, i he said it absolutely openly about a year ago, regarding the confirmation or refutation of information about what was mentioned in the central committee, well, without comments, i have nothing to say to you, let everyone find the answers themselves, the situation that happened there, i think everyone is perfectly aware, in

at the end of the spring there was another, let's say, military establishment, which was fully supported, supported by the russian side, units of the private military company wagner took a direct part in the organization and directly in the coup itself, and now they are there, well, this all i can tell you is that they are our enemies, and we will act in any point-and-line layer, as i said. i encourage you to watch the full version of this interview on our website and on youtube, the voice of america in ukraine. meanwhile, the un investigative commission investigating violations in ukraine continues to find numerous evidence of war crimes committed by the russian armed forces. thus, in the new report, the investigators drew attention to violations in those areas of the kherson and zaporizhzhia regions, which were under russian occupation for a long time. commission revealed the systematic use of torture, sexual violence, and attacks on the power plant. structure and deportation

of ukrainian children. speaking at the human rights council in geneva, the head of the commission and former president of the international criminal tribunal for rwanda, eric myose, expressed deep concern about the situation in ukraine. he also emphasized the need to bring the perpetrators to justice and the importance of providing psychological and social assistance to the victims. in addition, he noted that some statements that are heard in russian mass media can constitute a crime under the boers. before the genocide. at this stage, the commission is conducting more detailed investigations into illegal explosive attacks, attacks on civilians, torture, evidence of sexual and gender-based crimes and attacks on energy infrastructure. and it should also clarify whether torture and attacks on energy infrastructure constitute crimes against humanity. the commission is deeply concerned.

responsibility, which is important at this stage, when we are in the investigation stage, knowing that there is concern that genocide is taking place in ukraine, let the public know that we are studying this issue. summarizing, the commission emphasized that all its messages addressed to the russian federation remain unanswered, and highly appreciated the cooperation with the government of ukraine. in october, mosa will report on the commission's activities at the un general assembly. among other news, naftogaz announced that ukraine will spend the winter at its expense for the first time. own production. the head of the company, oleksiy chernyshov, reported a record number new wells, declared the ability to complete the heating season on its own and without price changes for the population. meanwhile, the usa and ukraine signed a memorandum on support for the ukrainian energy industry. the united states has promised to provide up to half a billion dollars to

modernize, protect and increase the transparency and competitiveness of ukraine's energy sector. this will happen if the united states government has available funds, and ukraine. will fulfill a number of requirements regarding energy reform. us ambassador to ukraine bridget brining congratulated her agreement and noted its importance for future victory. in particular, the memorandum provides for the restoration of critical infrastructure, the introduction of distributed generation, the reform of the energy sector and the promotion of post-war integration into the eu energy economy. this memorandum is only one of the results of the visit of the ukrainian delegation to washington. however, former minister of foreign affairs of ukraine pavlo klimkin. believes that the real results of this trip will be visible in the coming months. he also emphasized the importance communications with those americans who do not support increasing aid to ukraine, in particular with congressmen and senators who have their reservations about it?

the washington part, i think is the most important, it was about understanding whether we have a common strategy: a common tactic, how we coordinate it, and we coordinate it around the time of the presidential election in the united states, whether the us administration is ready to raise the stakes, and it's not only in relation to arms supplies, it is also for the isolation of russia, it is also for real control and implementation sanctions, and here there are as many holes as you like and even more, unfortunately, this is of course also about help, because among the republicans, there are increasingly prevailing moods, which i would call

isocillionist, what in your opinion should be the key messages of ukraine now, so that everything - to still reach this part of the voters and maintain support among them as well, the first thing should be, if they help ukraine, it strengthens china, for many, russia, it is something that they do not like, but nevertheless, not critical in their lives, after all, china is what for which many americans are downright negative, because of job losses, because of the understanding that china is the main rival of the united states in the 21st century, that is, it affects the way of life and yet it is the only foreign policy issue that works for

many americans who will be constantly interested in foreign policy, but let's face it, a large part of americans still... prefers other things, and if we talk about values, which is very right, if we talk about security in europe, which is important, this not enough, that is, i would convey the main signal, the message, as you said, to this part of the republicans, and to the point of independents, those who do not consistently vote for democrats or republicans, precisely that support for ukraine, it fundamentally strengthens the positions russia, as a partner of china, needs to be explained that everything in the world is connected, and in the end you don't help ukraine, you help china, i think this logic will work. indeed, china constantly declares

its desire for peace, but demonstratively avoids condemning russia for its invasion of ukraine, and in time russian war, chinese leaders repeatedly hinted at common interests with moscow. at the same time, a prominent representative of the european union called such a position of china regarding the war incomprehensible and problematic for the development of relations between beijing and europe. more. we will talk about this with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin, who joins us from london. hello, bohdan. bohdan, what exactly is unclear about china's position for the european union? well, if we talk about this three-day, it is quite thorough the visit of the european representative, who is at the same time the deputy president of the european commission, the executive body of the eu and

also the commissioner for trade of the european union, it is of course about economic cooperation, but mr. dombrovsky thought it necessary to point out to the hosts in china that there are a number of problems, which obviously stands in the way of such warm or effective cooperation between the european union and china when it comes to the economy, and in particular, speaking today at one of the leading chinese universities, the representative of the european union said that it is very difficult for him to understand china's position when it comes to the russian war on ukraine, because china always says that this country wants peace, that they are in favor of ending the russian war with ukraine, but at the same time

, china does not demand a withdrawal of russian troops from ukraine, even declaring that the principle of territorial integrity is the main thing for china, here are the words of a european representative. territorial integrity has always been china's key principle in international diplomacy, russia's war is a direct violation that principle, also china always emphasizes that every country should have the right to choose its own path of development, therefore it is very difficult for us to understand china's position regarding russia's war against ukraine, because it contradicts the fundamental principles of china itself, so bohdan, what exactly would the eu want from beijing , when it comes to the russian war against ukraine? the european union is very clear about what it wants from beijing when it comes to

the russian war in ukraine, just like the representatives of the united states of america themselves, for almost two years now years of open russian aggression in ukraine, call on china to clearly use its influence with russia in order to achieve what china considers desirable, that is, on the one hand, for example, there are very favorable reviews that china obviously expressed his dissatisfaction with the rattling of nuclear weapons on the part of russia and such statements on the part of moscow have quieted down a little, so to speak, on the other hand, china shows signs of symbolic support for russia, when, for example, where the chinese leader xijin pinen came

to moscow on a state visit, when he called the russian president his friend, when he emphasized that russia and china cooperate and that there are no limits to this cooperation, they call it a problem and a contradiction with what china declares when it declares when he calls himself a force advocating for peace in the world, well, actually, bohdan, the vice-president of the european commission, valdis dombrovskyi, whom you have already mentioned, he called the issue of ukraine just one of a number of obstacles in the eu's relations with beijing, about which more obstacles are you talking about? an obstacle is detected many, and indeed the issues are geopolitical, russia's war against ukraine, as well as the grain crisis or

the food crisis that arose in connection with this, these are only two of such moments that were mentioned by the european representative during a visit to shanghai, beijing, i i understand that to other places in china, we are talking about serious problems, the imbalance in europe's trade with china, china is very big, the partner is european, in particular, for example, european in europe, german industry is very dependent on exports to china, but in fact, china sells much more to europe than it buys european products , and in particular, mr. dobrovsk said that almost 400 billion euros, almost 400 billion euros is the trade deficit between china and europe, this is

a serious problem, it was also pointed out that european investors , european which companies, like other western companies and entrepreneurs, do not have the same equal access and the same conditions for competition in the chinese market, such as, for example, chinese companies themselves, chinese businesses in europe are always very emphasize that equality for industrial competition is one of the principles of success in economic cooperation and the economy as such, and also in europe are concerned that the chinese state supports some industries with subsidies, again, contributing to their competitiveness, and for example , this applies in particular to electric cars, their import

to europe, chinese electric cars are often much cheaper than european ones, and the european union says that this price, this low price has been reached unfairly, and are threatening, threaten to introduce a duty. bohdan, thank you very much for this analysis, i would like to remind you that our correspondent bohdan tsyupin told us about china's position regarding the russian war in ukraine and its relations with the european union. meanwhile, cooperation between the russian federation and north korea. is becoming increasingly dangerous, us secretary of state anthony blinken said. he expressed concern about kimchenin's recent visit to russia and added that the us is working with partners and allies to expose dangerous ways of russian military cooperation with north korea, which threaten global peace and security.

president putin's aggression against ukraine has become monumental. putin's strategic failure, but in one thing it succeeded, bringing the transatlantic and indo-pacific regions closer than ever before. south korea, japan, australia and new zealand are now regular and active participants in nato meetings. as president yun said, european and indo-pacific security are now truly indivisible. today, the commitment to mutual defense is ironclad, and it starts with extended deterrence. especially regarding north korea's provocative actions, including missile launches, which violate numerous un security council resolutions and undermine stability on the peninsula and beyond. in addition to missile launches, north korea's threat to overall security was clearly demonstrated by kimchen's visit to russia this month. we now treat it as a two-way street. this is becoming increasingly

dangerous, as on the one hand russia is desperate to find supplies of equipment and technology for its aggression against ukraine. and north korea are looking for help for strengthening and development of own missile programs. we are working with partners and allies to expose dangerous ways of military cooperation between russia and north korea that threaten global peace and security. returning to other news, he called to resolve the grain conflict with ukraine. president andrzej duda. he proposed to increase the transit of ukrainian grain through the territory of poland to the countries of africa and asia. currently, warsaw refuses to open the domestic market for ukrainian grain, fearing that it will harm the polish farmers details of the international conflict in the story of andriy borys. lublin, eastern poland.

president volodymyr zelenskyy awards polish volunteers who help ukraine in the war against russia. one of them is duda, a rescue medic who created a fund for the purchase of medical equipment, which he personally takes to the front. we work as medics. we have been working as paramedics on the battlefield for almost 10 years now, since the war began in 2014. we work regardless of how relations between ukraine and poland change. regardless of what they say kyiv or warsaw, we. politics is not important to us, human lives are important to us. with this step, the president of ukraine ended the last week, which became particularly tense in relations. shshavy and kyiv. ukrainian and polish politicians exchanged sharp statements against the background of the conflict surrounding the export of ukrainian grain to europe.

it is disturbing to see how at this time some in europe are undermining solidarity and staging political theater, making a thriller out of grain. it may seem like they are playing their own role, but instead they are helping to set the stage for a moscow actor. he who is drowning grabs everything he can, ukraine is now at war with russia, it is clear that it is in a difficult situation, and it is clinging to everything it can, of course, one can have claims against it for this, do we need to protect ourselves from the one who is drowning, of course, because if the one who is drowning harms us, then he himself does not receive help. last week, the ministry of economy of ukraine filed a complaint with the world trade organization against uga. slovakia and poland, due to the fact that these countries refused to comply order of the european commission on permission to import ukrainian grain. several polish

politicians accused ukraine of being ungrateful for the help that warsaw provides to kyiv, and prime minister mateusz murawiecki said the following: no luck to ukraine. we no longer provide weapons to ukraine, because we are now equipping ourselves with the latest weapons. this statement caused scandal, later the president of poland had to make excuses for the prime minister, saying that warsaw does not supply ukraine with only the latest weapons, and the export of old ones is going according to plan. polish political scientist edwin bendyk explained in an interview with voice of america that emotional statements from warsaw are the result of the election campaign. parliament is being elected there next month. in poland. we conclude our program with the story of the american documentary photographer jonathan brook. its purpose is to document

russian crimes against humanity in ukraine and to help ukrainian rescuers. the reporter helps ukrainian firefighters and rescuers with bulletproof vests, uniforms and equipment. kateryna mudrenko and haytka will tell more about his story. this 30. a two-ton specialized crane arrived in ukraine from the uk, handed over by american volunteer reporter jonathan brooke, who documents the war crimes of the russian army in ukraine. the journalist also collects donations to help, primarily ukrainian rescuers. this crane will be used to save lives, it will help lift heavy pieces of buildings that have fallen on civilians, helping to dig out... ukrainian public rescue services need such help. the second branch for departure, the second branch for

departure, he documents the work of ukrainian rescuers almost from the beginning of the full-scale invasion. ukrainian firefighters and rescuers do not receive international attention and support, and they are not on the front lines, but they are on the front lines without weapons, they are on the front lines of atrocities against the civilians they protect, and the only protection they have is helmets and body armor, which they worn over their heavy fire suits. at the age of eight, jonathan came to ukraine, which he first became interested in through his ukrainian wife, for a year and a half into the war, the man managed to visit the kyiv region to film the atrocities in

buch, irpin, and borodyanka, to visit chernihiv, zaporizhia, and dnipropetrovsk regions. in dnipropetrovsk region, he was particularly impressed by the work of the rescuers. in such places as nikopel and marganets, directly near the front line, near the nuclear plant, which. russians every day, since the beginning of the war, the russians have attacked the civilian inhabitants of these cities. firefighters there are working within range of rockets and shelling, and some of them have died. in ridnaya jonathon organizes photo exhibitions in california, trying to convey to americans the suffering of ukrainians during the war. for me, ukraine's victory will come when it is comprehensive. when all russians are pushed out of ukraine, ukrainian prisoners and captives are returned, all children kidnapped in ukraine will be returned, when reparations are imposed on russia to

send aid to ukraine. and then all war criminals will be prosecuted. currently, jonathon is back in the usa preparing new reports and parts of the humanitarian. also plans for the next visit to hand over chemical suits and ballistic protective vests donated by the british police to the rescuers. kateryna mudrenko, voice of america from dnipro. our final story for today is about how the us forest service. equipped the first volunteers, firefighters with forest fires in khmelnytskyi region. global warming and shelling by the russians are causing more and more forest fires, and the all-ukrainian environmental league, with the support of the americans, is implementing a project of a public forest fire protection system in ukraine. the idea is to that trained locals reinforce professional rescuers and have the opportunity to arrive at the scene of the disaster first. the us forest service provided equipment not only to volunteers, but also to

emergency responders in roshoshan communities. tetyana kukurika and serhii repchynskyi will tell what exactly they received from the americans, they received, olesya viktorivna, combat jackets, fairy tales, mittens, volunteers from the rososhan community try on their first firefighting equipment provided by the americans. thanks to the help of the us forest service, we had the opportunity to provide certain equipment, this is a motor pump, saw, walkie-talkies, this is a set of individual equipment, a suit, protective boots, gloves and a protective helmet, for members of voluntary fire associations, kroshoshen community, one of five in the country and the only one in khmelnytskyi region , where the all-ukrainian environmental league, with the support of the international program of the forest service of the united states of america, is implementing a project

to create a public forum for fire protection of the forests of ukraine. you watched time and time, it's all good. congratulations, we are looking for six-year-old varya sozonov which mysteriously disappeared even before the start of the full-scale invasion of russia, namely on december 5, 2022. i immediately ask you to share this video on your social networks, because if as many people as possible learn about the search for the child, accordingly, the more chances there will be to find him. so, her grandmother is looking for varia. she told us that the girl lived with her mother in kyiv. in the winter of 2022, they went

to moldova and were in the city. that in transnistria, they have not been in touch since then, why did mother and daughter go there, grandma can't say for sure, but since december 5, 22nd, almost nothing is known about the fate of little vara and her mother, i don't know how to look for them, in general, what are the possibilities that i can do, i've already turned to wherever you want, well, during this time i saw, well, someone must see, in some school, kindergarten, clinic, especially since the child was sick, and we very often ended up in the hospital, straight away, i don’t believe that somewhere, well, somewhere should, something . at the same time, the grandmother says that she allegedly has information from the police that her granddaughter and her mother crossed the border and were returning back to ukraine. however, here again , no one saw them, they did not get in touch, and unfortunately, there are almost no leads that could help in the search. on ukrainian territory.

no one saw them, well, you see, at least there is some kind of surveillance camera that they are both alive, healthy, that everything is fine, well, somewhere there must be some kindergardens, some schools, hospitals, i asked through helsy that to find through vaccinations, because i know that the child must be vaccinated, well , it's just that the girl's grandmother now wants more than anything to get at least some information about the child, to make sure that she is alive, healthy and with her... everything is fine, and this is how olga oleksiivna talks about her six-year-old granddaughter. oh , she is very, very, very friendly with everyone, with a boy and a girl, she is very sociable, as she loves children very, very much. the girl's grandmother also told us that she has information that her granddaughter and her mother could have left for poland after returning from moldova to ukraine. at the moment, this is only a guess, but if you actually

live in poland, it is still possible to see varyusa there.