there will still be stress and ukraine will need funds for many more years, so i will continue to do my hobby and organize various events, talk about ukrainian culture to inspire people. and olena will do it 1,200 km from her native dnipro. svitlana prystinska for voa, from honolulu, hawaii. and that's the end of it. thank you for watching voice of america, ukrainian. thank you, see you tomorrow, all the best, papa, we are looking for 12-year-old svyatoslav volchasty from the genichevsky district of the kherson region. this territory was occupied almost in

days of a full-scale invasion, but communication with svyatoslav was cut off in february 23rd, and in fact, nothing is known about the fate of the child for more than six months. i really hope that thanks to your concern, the boy will be found. look at the photo and remember his face. sviatoslav looks about 12 years old, he is of medium build and has blond hair. if suddenly someone has seen svyatoslav volchasty or knows something about him , it is possible. location, do not delay and dial from any mobile operator short number of the magnolia children's search service 4:30 p.m., calls are free, if you suddenly cannot call, write to the children's search service hotline in telegram. this is just one story of a missing child. in total, since the beginning of the war, we have received almost 3,000 requests for help in tracing. fortunately, she has already found most of the children. but

the fate of many remains unknown, especially in the temporarily occupied territories, where the work of the police is effectively paralyzed, where it is impossible to leave and there are communication problems. help find missing children can be found by anyone. take just a minute of your time and visit the magnolia children's tracing website. here you can view all the photos of the missing. who knows, maybe you will recognize someone and eventually help them find them. look at the photo, this is 12-year-old herman virchenko. the boy lived in the luhansk region in the city of svatovo, which was also occupied in may 22. contact with this boy was broken six months ago on february 27, and during all this time there was no news about the child. that is why i hope for your help. attention in the photo: herman looks 12-13 years old. he has blond hair and is of medium build. if suddenly someone knows where

the child may be, do not delay and call us on the hotline at the short number 11630, calls are free from any ukrainian mobile operator. i also want to remind you that the search for 15-year-old ilya polishchuk from mariupol is still ongoing. imagine, nothing is known about the fate of this guy since the beginning of a full-scale war. the communication with the potion was broken on february 24, and where. he may be now no one knows, so i turn to to everyone who sees me now, and especially to the residents of mariupol, who may be watching this program on social networks. look closely at the boy's photo: he looks 14-15 years old, he has light, blond hair and dark eyes. if anyone has seen the boy or knows where he may be now, do not delay and call us on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 16

, calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free, but if it is not possible to call, write to the chatbot of the search service children in telegram, important any information. and i will ask for a moment of your attention, this is nine-year-old nikita nikolaev from the city of rubizhne in the luhansk region. this settlement has been occupied since may of last year, but nikita disappeared already in may of this year, and in fact , nothing is known about the fate of the child for almost six months, so i really hope that thanks to your concern, the boy will be found. please look carefully at the photo again and remember the face of nikita nikolaev. he has blue eyes and light blond hair, looks like a child nine years old, if suddenly someone has seen mykyta or knows something about his possible whereabouts, do not hesitate and dial the short number of

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show the world at war program, er, youtube viewers. so, well, in order to have time to talk a lot, i introduce my first, my first guest, this is alina hrytsenko, chief consultant of the national institute of strategic studies, ms. allina, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine, good day, glory to the heroes, well what about you i will talk about the east, the far east, southeast asia, in one word, we are talking about asia with you today, you know what i want to hear from you, you have spoken many times, even in the world during the war program, when you and i touched on the topic of china, you said that china, the leadership of china is constantly playing its own game, doing everything to benefit beijing, look, i want three points now for our audience and then i will ask you a question, two weeks ago putin

was in china at the invitation of xi jinping, came there, met with him, came, well, the experts and you said that he came as a junior partner, then the minister of foreign affairs under heaven ivan, and last week he went to washington, met with the president of the united states, joe biden, and today defense minister serhiy shayguz... is again in china and is again talking about some very serious strategic partnership and cooperation between russia and china. mrs. allina, what kind of game is beijing playing, considering such, well, multi-vector trips? well, first of all, china positions itself as a second world power of a global dimension, just like the united states of america, this is the first thing to note. second, it means accordingly, that china has the absolute right, like in principle all other sovereign states, to lead

the foreign policy that will be considered necessary. that is, if china considers it expedient to continue cooperation with the russian federation, because it helps china to satisfy some national interests , in particular in the energy sphere, in the food sphere , in the sphere of food security, then china will continue to implement it, therefore, perhaps on our point of view, western european visits are not entirely unambiguous... trips and so on, actually absolutely logically fit into china's strategy, china's logic. china as a global power that has such a very not quite stable, deteriorated relationship with the united states of america, one way or another understands all the negative consequences that this confrontation can bring to china itself and in the sphere of trade, economy and so on, plus today, due to the russian-ukrainian war, the reputation of china, the image of china in some... countries has become a little more toxic, the image of china is becoming toxic, some countries understand that this

bipolar confrontation between the states and china does not bring anything good and they do not want to make a choice on in favor of one or another state, they try to maintain neutrality, some countries distance themselves from china to a greater extent, because the united states of america somehow has more opportunities today, more influence, in particular in the world... financial and economic sphere, so some countries avoid closer cooperation with china in view of this fact, and china, for its part, understands that relations need to be improved, relations need to be somehow corrected, therefore this visit of onei was aimed at this, at further negotiations, at the search for some common interests, points of contact, where china, the interests of china and the states, coincide, and plus this is definitely the preparation for the meeting between sizmpin and joe biden,

which will most likely take place next month on the sidelines of the ates summit, which is to be held in san francisco in the united states of america, and at the same time, china continues to keep russia close, as, well, you can consider it as a junior partner, as a vassal, in fact, this semantics does not play a vital role here, china will continue to cooperate with russian. federation and invite representatives of russia to such multilateral platforms, platforms and forums, where we will present china directly, so there is really no illogicality here, china, on the contrary , is trying to confirm its role and its representation as a responsible global player that is ready to cooperate with those states , which are open to china, actually from russia, from the point of view of the russian federation, everything here is also very simple, for putin the visit... to the forum was, to which the one train, one way project was dedicated, first of all, and it was a work for

an internal audience, because in this way putin demonstrated to his own society, to russian society, that russia is not yet in isolation, complete finality, that russia has partners with whom can cooperate, it was also an attempt to use this cooperation with china as a trigger for the event, because everyone is closely watching the cooperation between russia and china. what they agree on, how much they deepen their relations, and that these relations and this cooperation some red lines have not been crossed, in particular in the sphere of, for example, the supply of arms to russia by china, but that is why china really really plays its own game and does everything exclusively for the benefit of its own national interests. ms. alina, have these red lines not yet been crossed, i mean the supply of weapons by china, well , maybe not weapons, but maybe there are drones, components, have these red lines not yet been crossed? well, as far as we can see, not yet, yes, that is, we know, we know of cases that

china continues to supply some individual, some a separate product. which can be considered dual-use products, but as far as i understand it is still continuing to implement those agreements that were reached even before the start of the full-scale invasion, plus, as far as we can tell from the review, yes, that is, from open source information, and the main the intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, and from the pentagon, for example, that china does not supply any heavy weapons that could fundamentally change the situation and the state of affairs at the front, so as we can see, today these red lines are not passed and to this day i still very much doubt that china will still dare to take such a step and will openly support the russian federation in this war by supplying serious weapons. and regarding the open support of ukraine, because look, they really invaded somewhere a year ago with their initiative, well, a little less

, well, a year ago, with their peaceful initiative , they invaded, went to russia, to the country, to the united states of america, now somehow everything is very it became very quiet, well, actually, the same peace plan that we and i, in particular, yes criticized, because of its watery, let's say, ambiguity, because there was no recipe, it was not some kind of plan, there was no road map, how, but how to settle this conflict, in particular by political means, and the problem is that there is no such recipe, there is no one, including china , and except for...' to sit down at the negotiating table , yes, that is, to stop hostilities, nothing more, china, as in principle, and other states cannot offer, we saw it on the example of african states, we saw it on example of brazil, yes, in particular, that apart from simple calls to sit down at the negotiating table, we are unlikely to be able to hear anything, and china itself

has shown itself in the same spirit, now against the background of the conflict in the middle east between hamas and israel, again, they have a special representative from the chinese government for middle eastern affairs, who is also currently on a tour of the middle east and visiting arab states, and they are supposedly trying to find some, some way, so to the settlement of the conflict, but i i doubt very much that we should put any hope in china that china can really act as a mediator, despite the success that china has had in normalizing between saudi arabia there and iran, because the parties there were ready for these negotiations, and in principle, they were already negotiating, when china broke into this process in such a timely manner and was able to represent itself as a guarantor of security, as a mediator and a country that can really be such a platform for negotiations, but regarding the conflict between hamas and i am israel

i very much doubt this, as in the case of the russian-ukrainian war, because today even... despite today's statement by the minister of defense of the russian federation, that allegedly russia is ready to conduct some negotiations there, as he expressed on realistic grounds. to date, any negotiations with the russian federation are unlikely to be expedient , therefore involving china as a mediator , especially since the neutrality of china, as it is often very marked in the pro-russian family, is what it is called, nevertheless, we see the information support of the russian federation, ideological support, therefore we can hardly... consider china as a truly impartial player and a country that can act as a mediator in the settlement of the russian-ukrainian war. of course, ms. alina, and the last question for you, but i would like to add two more countries, india and north korea , the deepening of economic cooperation between russia and india and the deepening, well, the serious deepening of military cooperation between russia and

north korea, how this can affect the power of russia , let's say, in the war with ukraine, well, india, in fact, just like china, continues its own strategy, the so-called strategic autonomy, and just like china puts its own national interests first. russia provides india with energy carriers, and oil, and coal, and diamonds, and this field of gulmaz processing, diamond cutting is one of the most significant for india, yes, because india has the city of sorat, it is the world capital of diamond processing, which are then supplied to third countries, i don't even care... about the diamonds that russia mines on its own territory, in particular the monopolist there is the alros company, despite the fact that sanctions are imposed on these products, if the products were processed. in some third country, for example, in india, that's it, sanctions don't work here and you can continue to export these products.

therefore, india, just like china, realizes its own national interests, but at the expense and at the expense of such a less pro-russian neutrality, let's call it that, india managed, unlike china, to maintain a positive image, india today is not so toxic yaktai, india. since it has regional geopolitical competition with china, it continues to actually implement this competition and try to replace china on this front, to involve as many countries as possible, to develop some alternative initiatives, not those that china has there, china has one belt, one road, india has an alternative proposal, this is the spezia road project, this is the mawson project, india has alternative platforms that are debatable, for example, which was held in new delhi this year and there were a lot of representatives from different of countries and even undersecretary blinkin was there, so india, while all the attention is focused on

china, on the confrontation between the states and china, india is slowly rising and gaining weight on the world stage, as to how much it can strengthen the position of russia, well this can be considered war sponsoring to some extent, yes, because one way or another, india buys these products from the russian federation and helps russia stay afloat, as does china, they help russia avoid this isolation, on the other hand, russia has no other way to date and is ready for any conditions of cooperation and for crazy crazy discounts on products for these countries, for asian countries, so russia has no other way, but again this cooperation is not aimed at there against ukraine, that is, no one is trying to make ukraine worse, everyone thinks the opposite. primarily about its own national interests, just as ukraine should do, and with regard to north korea, there are certain risks here, indeed, this visit of kimchynin to russia was a little worrying, so

that kimchinin first of all went to ask for financial aid, humanitarian aid, food aid, because as far as we know, now in north korea there is a very serious famine, a mass famine, this is what we can read from open sources, because of course, what to investigate, to truly appreciate the scale of this famine. very difficult given the hermeticity and closedness of north korea, and there were indeed negotiations on the supply of weapons, and most likely north korea will continue to supply certain types of weapons to the russian federation, why will it continue, because in principle, north korea did this during these almost two years of war. we know that soldiers from the ssu found ammunition of north korean production, there was ammunition for barrel artillery , for the rzvv, this, this, this weaponry that the dprk received from the soviet union back in the 60s and 80s years here the question is both the quantity and the quality of the weapons

that the dprk will be able to supply to the russian federation, it should be noted that most likely these supplies will not significantly change the situation on front, especially since kim jong-un is asleep and sees how these damn imperialists are preparing an external intervention in the dprk and they are really preparing for war, so the question is about the amount of that. which the dprk will be able to supply to the russian federation, the russian federation, for its part, what it can offer the dprk in the field of military-technical cooperation, then it is most likely some space technologies in the field, yes, space, kayndr is already this year trying, trying, nothing will not launch its spy satellite, therefore most likely, the russian federation can provide certain technologies, but not to share nuclear weapons, this is very, very unlikely. scenario, therefore there are certain risks of cooperation, for ukraine, they are, again, i am not a military expert, but as far as i understand the weapons that north korea has, it will not

fundamentally change the situation at the front in favor of the russian federation, there is still more risk here for regional states, in particular for south korea and japan, for which north korea poses an existential threat. of course, ms. allina, thank you very much for participating in the program, alina hrytsenko, chief consultant. of the national institute for strategic studies, talked with her about china and the influence it has on many geopolitical processes in the world. we are now switching to the near east and oleksandr bulin, an expert on the near east, is already in direct contact with me. mr. oleksandr, i congratulate you, glory to ukraine. congratulations to the heroes slava. mr. oleksandr, explain to me, there was information that a ground operation was carried out by the israel defense forces. it will be possible in the gas sector to last even six months, taking into account such intense shelling, not combat operations, but shelling, which is currently being carried out by

the defense army, and taking into account the fact that the territory of the gas sector is roughly the territory of kyiv, why six months? well, everything is quite simple, because firstly, 2.5 million people live in gaza, who have a very bad attitude towards israel for many reasons, starting there with the first slave of the israeli war of 46-48 years, and secondly, hamas built gas has a huge infrastructure, everyone has seen this so-called... the so-called subway, gas, which is actually, well, not just any subway, but tunnels laid by hama in order to ensure his firepower, there are even tunnels on which rails are laid, along which carts with weapons and ammunition can travel and so on, so with such a large population, with such enormous resources that hamas has, no fast. and a victorious war,

even in the israeli government, no one expects, well, that's bad, of course, because it will be, well, as far as i understand, it will be spent a lot a lot of human and technical resources , and most likely there will be a lot of deaths, but let's move on, you already mentioned hamas, hamas was in moscow, this is the only country, i mean russia, where representatives of hamas came, they are nowhere else were not, or maybe? to talk about the fact that in this way russia openly showed, russia openly showed the world that it supports hamas, not israel, despite the fact that previously putin, well, we can say, had such a pretty good relationship with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, from one point from one point of view, you can say that, from another point of view, you are really right that putin stayed here, well, in the negative, because it would be in the interests of russia to

maintain the status quo. in the middle east, which was until october 7, when russia supports syria, has close ties with iran, including on the war in ukraine, and including, russia has good ties with israel and personal very good ties ties between president putin and datenyakh. now, when russia has to choose a side, it turns out that she, she decided, which is more promising, to go with this one. small cooperation with iran in on this issue, in order to continue further cooperation in the defense sector, purchase iranian drones to use them in the war against ukraine, and so on. in general, it is likely that russia will try to use these meetings in the future, now hamas, recently , a few days ago, a few weeks ago, putin

met with... the head of the palestinian national authority in the west bank, the head of fatah boumazen, so, that's the impression that russia will try to use these meetings in order to then present yourself as a mediator and use these connections with fatah in the west bank, with hamas in the gaza strip, with which negotiations are currently underway and, at least until recently, good relations with israel in order to try to be, yes, a mediator in this conflict and try to score some political points in this region. mr. oleksandr, you mentioned iran, and please tell me, are the threats that have recently been made by representatives of the iranian authorities, these are just threats, will iran at some point be ready and even able to join support for hamas? well, first of all, iran, well

, de facto already supports hamas. at least with weapons and finances, so in any case he has already joined this war, secondly, the direct entry of iran into this conflict is very unlikely at the moment, iran does not have a border with israel, so it is not clear how to divert troops, even if it can be said that iran could use its expeditionary military group in syria, and strike israel from the north, from the same dutch heights, the effect is unexpected. already lost, if it was iran, the same hezbollah, wanted to actively enter the war, it should have been done, at the beginning of october, together with hamas, and strike at once from many sides, but now, when in israel, there is a call for the army, yes, they mobilized there, under 350,000 reservists, when there is already a huge israeli group in the north,