contact group on the defense of ukraine, known as the ramstein format. at the beginning of the virtual meeting, the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, who has just returned from kyiv, emphasized that the allies are focused on supporting ukraine in its struggle and protecting critical infrastructure. loydin said that since the beginning of the group's work, its members have already pledged to provide ukraine with security assistance in the total amount of 80 billion dollars and once again assured that they will support ukraine as long as it is needed. more. let's talk about it with my colleague ostap yarysh, who is currently in direct contact with the studio. ostape, hello, congratulations, yulia. ostape, what are the main results of this year's last meeting in the ramstein format and what is known about the new coalition for the supply of air defense of ukraine? yes, julia, as you already said, this is expected to be the last meeting before the new year, and as expected, it was focused on strengthening the ukrainian air defense capabilities. the pentagon emphasizes that it is extremely important to talk about it now.

take care in advance, and when russia can to renew their attacks on the ukrainian power grid, as seen last year, which is why allies are now committed to helping ukraine strengthen this air shield. olkin, head of the pentagon, today thanked, in particular, countries such as france and germany for leading the initiative, decided to lead the initiative from the coalition to strengthen the ground capabilities of ukrainian air defense, he said that the first decisions. were already discussed last week, we also know that germany these days announced about another package and committed another package of aid and committed to provide ukraine with four more irst air defense systems. today yuli also emphasized that now is an extremely important moment, a very critical moment, as he said, and therefore we cannot be distracted from helping ukraine, we can listen to his words now. as ukraine faces another

winter of war, i urge this group to provide ukraine with air defenses to protect its people. just a few days before my visit to kyiv, putin's troops launched a new flurry of missile attacks on kyiv and other parts of ukraine in an attempt to damage the ukrainian energy system. russian attacks on ukrainian infrastructure could mean the suffering and death of countless innocent ukrainians. citizens, but i am more confident than ever that ukrainians will remain resilient in the face of these difficulties. of course, important words. ostape, the endless need for ammunition, is what the ukrainian military has been emphasizing since the beginning of the war. recently, reports appeared in the american press that in the past month deliveries of artillery shells to ukraine have decreased by 30%, and that this may be related to the war in the middle east. how do they comment on this in the pentagon? and the pentagon rejects these messages.

sabrina singh, deputy spokesperson of the united states department of defense, said that the united states believes and is confident that it can support both ukraine and israel at the same time, but for this in order to effectively continue this support. july pentagon needs, needs too, needs action from congress, to approve new funding, here's what he says about blue zebras. yes, i have seen the story, i would dispute that statement, we have been able to supply ukraine with what it needs during the counteroffensive and we will continue to do so as winter approaches, we are capable of doing so and we are also capable of supporting israel in their needs , to defend itself in the war with hamas. we are confident that we can do both, and we will continue to do both, but let me take this moment to reiterate that we need help from congress, we will not be able to do so unless congress

passes the additional funding request we submitted several months ago as an urgent emergency need. yuli, we know that the pentagon's request is, i'm sorry, the white house's request to congress, and it's a request for almost $106 billion, which includes aid to ukraine, israel, and the pacific region, for ukraine, approximately $61 billion is allocated there, but this the request has not yet... not been agreed to by american lawmakers, we hear that they plan to return to consideration of this issue after thanksgiving, they hope to have it before christmas at the end of december, meanwhile, we know that the last packages that the united states announced to support ukraine, the military aid packages, they were indeed smaller, and the pentagon explains that, in fact, now this funding is missing, and therefore the remaining money must be stretched into smaller parts in order to support ukraine further

. ostap, i have one more question for you. the day before in white the house reported that, according to their data, iran may begin supplying ballistic missiles to russia for use in the war against. ukraine, how concerned about this in the pentagon? and the pentagon also confirms this information, they also say that russia may consider supplies to iran or the hezbollah group in exchange for, for example, air defense systems, john kirvey , the representative of the us national security council, also spoke about this yesterday, however, the pentagon emphasizes that this is currently concerns and information that some decisions have already been made, or that such deliveries are being prepared, currently they do not have such confirmations. i also had the opportunity to ask sabrina singh yesterday if , in the event that iran does provide russia with such short, short-range ballistic missiles, will there be a response from the united states, and should ukraine be expected to provide greater capabilities, can we hear the response the pentagon?

we continue to be concerned that iran may provide russia with ballistic missiles for use in ukraine, but firstly, we have not seen it yet and we are very confident in the assistance and capabilities that we have today were able to provide to ukraine, you see how effectively the ukrainians are using them on the battlefield, whether it's a haymars system, and we just announced another haymars system, it was in the last package that secretary austin announced. ukrainians also have extraordinary pppo systems, so we are quite confident in the help that we were able to provide to ukraine to achieve. thank you ostap, it was my colleague ostap yarysh with the main news of the day. the american avenger mobile anti-aircraft missile systems have become part of the multi-level ukrainian system

air defense in the spring of this year. installations that help protect ukrainian skies can eliminate not only drones, but also enemy missiles. anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolskyi, who saw the avenger in action, will tell you how the avenger works, who controls the american weapons and how often the ukrainian military keeps in touch with their american colleagues. this american avenger anti-aircraft missile complex is managed by a former kyiv furniture maker. we have a shaheda attack and a rocket attack. the man volunteered for the front in march of last year. in february 2023 only. in two weeks, instead of four months, he learned to drive an avenger at a base abroad. the first avengers began guarding the skies over the territory of ukraine in march of this year. there are eight missiles in the turret, eight missiles, stingers that work, in our zone of impression, it is in

height from about 500 m to 3.5 km somewhere, and in range. from 500 m to there 5.5-6.5 km. the ukrainian military is constantly in touch with their american colleagues, says festul, so that they are convinced that the complex is used correctly, and on the other hand, they learned about new possibilities of its practical application, that with drones they did not have such trouble with these missiles, that is, kol, stingnger missiles, they are of main purpose, they are airplanes. and discovered, this zrk avenger is installed on an american military vehicle of the hamvi type, which ensures its high mobility, two people are enough for control - a driver and a gunner, from the moment of alarm to the start of work on military targets in no more than 15

minutes. during this time you need to get to designated command post and deploy the installation to combat. in the zsu, avenjars are used not only for the direct purpose of supporting the infantry, but also for the protection of the civilian population. the russian attack goes not only on military objects, but also on critical infrastructure and on the civilian population, therefore almost all anti-aircraft missile complexes are used not only in direct combat clashes, but also to cover objects and the civilian population. another air defense system that helps protect the sky over ukraine is the german chepard. in our account there is also rocket beds, there are two, three, in different places. we already have five shaheds at this location. to manage this anti-aircraft complex, you need three people, a commander,

a gunner and a driver. the crew commander is 28-year-old dmytro, originally from occupied berdyansk in the zaporizhzhia region. he has been a volunteer since the first day of the great russian offensive. to make a decision. there are seconds, well 15, a maximum of 30, it depends on which target is flying, the missile flies slowly, there is a little more time if it is a missile, well seconds. the high pace of the war forces ukrainians to master foreign weapons in record time - says dmytro. he himself completed training on cheetahs in two months, while it usually takes three years in germany. his calculation works without change, they rest when there is no alarm, for full deployment the fighters have up to 20 minutes. we are given the command, we go to the position, we start in full, the equipment is turned on and it leads , the airspace is scanned, if something is flying, the radar sees it, and we begin

to track it, as soon as the target flies into the area, where can it be captured, let’s capture it, everything else is already removed, the machine is shielded, that is, it reads the height, range, speed, can the machine search for targets at a range of up to 15 km, it has a fire threat of up to 4,000 m, that is, it percent by 70-80, which teaches, the minimum is 1000 m for her, the cheetah complex is installed on the chassis of the leopard-1 tank. it is equipped with two guns with a rate of fire of 550 rounds per minute. however, only a part of the ukrainian territory is protected by foreign anti-aircraft means defense finally. fire mobile groups are working. attention, azimu 180, prices are air,

small-sized, of the shachet type. the goal, the goal is to destroy the air. oleksandr, a private soldier, has been leading the work of the fire group in the central part of ukraine since october last year, when ukraine was first attacked by iranian drones. shahet, its price is up to 2,000 dollars, as i said, it carries a warhead of up to 50 kg of explosives, a rather dangerous weapon, and the more such mobile fire groups are created, the greater the probability that it will not reach exactly to objects. the direction of work is always determined by current intelligence data. by the way, right now there is an air alert, and that's why the groups have advanced, now let's start deployment. already from receiving the signal, readiness number one to opening fire directly at the air target, 15 minutes yes, well, you see that we are now

where we were, and where we are now literally 6-7 minutes have passed there, the calculation consists of four people , driver, gunner, machine gunner and commander. this group, they are actually hunters for ours eat why can’t a machine gun be stationed somewhere and work somewhere in one place, because the territory of ukraine is large and the tasks that are defined for the units are territorial, a large area is enough, therefore, it is the mobile fire group that can perform the task of destroying enemy air defense systems, there have been cases , that our groups were leaving 60 km from their place of permanent deployment, the calculation, currently working in a mobile fire group, recently returned from the bahamud direction, all his fighters are volunteers, a 30-year-old graduate student of ukraine. after graduating from the state university, he went to the front with his father at the end of february last

year. our war has been going on for more than 300 years, probably since bohdan khmelnytskyi , we have always been at enmity with those neighbors. it seems to me that at this time we have just such a chance to finally close this whole topic. shaheds approach with a loud specific sound, so often mobile groups strike them just by sound. visually do not see, visually do not see, when detected destroy, anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolskyi for the voice of america from ukraine, israel and hamas reached an agreement that would allow the release of some of the hostages in exchange for a pause in hostilities in gaza, with qatar as the main international mediator who helped broker the deal. the united states, as well as egypt, were deeply involved in the negotiations.

israel's war cabinet approved these agreements and it is expected that they can begin to be implemented as early as thursday. according to the agreement, hamas must release at least 50 hostages, women and children. and israel must suspend its air and ground operations in the gas. this should help deliver a larger amount humanitarian convoys to support civilians. also, within the framework of the agreement, israeli prisons should be released. 150 palestinian prisoners. a number of world leaders, including us president joe biden, congratulated the achievement of the agreement. the head of the white house noted that the highest priority for him is the return of the american hostages. i am extremely happy that some of these brave people who endured weeks of captivity and unspeakable ordeal will be reunited with their families, president biden said in a statement. meanwhile, gencek oon, antonio guterres called the agreement an important step in the right direction, but noted that there is still a lot of work ahead. he added that the un will mobilize all its capabilities to support the implementation of the agreement and improve

the humanitarian situation in the gas. putin, like stalin, uses food. as a weapon of war and how stalin caused hunger and death in ukraine. such words were spoken by the representative of the usa, linda thomas greenfield, during the session of the un council. the meeting on how the war affects ukrainian infrastructure and world food security was convened by the usa and albania. deputy secretary general oon myroslav yencha said that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 10,000 ukrainian civilians have already died, and more than 18,000 have been injured. according to his information, almost 360 ukrainians received help from the united nations, but more than 15 million need winter clothing, building materials, and heating devices. matthew holinward, director of the un world food program in ukraine, said that losses in agriculture have already amounted to more than 40 billion dollars. linda thomas greenfield added that

currently, ukraine produces 35% less wheat than before the war, and she began her speech by mentioning the 90th anniversary of the holodomor. this month we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the holodomor. it translates as death by starvation. millions of ukrainian women, men, and children died because of the stalinist regime. the harsh and repressive policies of the stalinist regime, due to a deliberately man-made famine. it became a warning about what happens when we don't curb brutality and tyranny, but putin didn't take it as a warning, he was rather inspired, as and stalin, putin used food as a weapon of war, and like stalin, putin caused hunger and death in ukraine. russia is not only waging war against the people of ukraine and the food supply, it is also waging war against vulnerable people around the world who

rely on food exports from ukraine. ukrainian fought for decades for the world to learn about the holodomor in ukraine, and now key cultural institutions continue to talk about this crime of the soviet regime against the ukrainian people. traditionally, in november all over the country there are a number of events dedicated to this topic. the ukrainian historical and educational center in new jersey has opened an exhibition on the 90th anniversary of the tragedy: reflections of genocide. xx century answer to the famine. to show how art helped the diaspora spread the truth about. these events, iryna solomko and pavlo terahov tell. yes, look at bohdan pevny's painting, and you see some old woman, but what is she, why is she lying in that picture, why is she like that, why are her hands and eyes alive, why, why is there a small flower, why, village, land

zoran, i have a question. nataliya goncharenko, rector of the ukrainian historical and educational center, is convinced that art itself helps to reach hearts, to take a deeper and closer look at history: for decades , the topic of the holodomor was under wraps in the soviet union, but those ukrainian marks who managed to go abroad could not remain aloof and created, the artists wanted to somehow visually show their reaction to that fear, and this was not for everyone, it was very easy, but precisely because they were in a free world, they could do it, precisely because the center, which has unique works of art and archives in its funds, decided to show them to people before the 90s anniversary of the tragedy, mykhailo andrets, the curator of the exhibition, says that, compared to other genocides, there are not so many works of art about the holodomor.

in ukrainian cities before 1991, there were very few works , and this is very... very strange, and one reason is simply that they, those who survived, were this period, they were afraid even, and even from the oral history of mykhailo dmytrenko, where he is, even in 1994, it was felt that he is not quite boldly says that he, he, he is still afraid, one of those ukrainian artists who painted paintings about the holodomor. was andrii kovalenko, a native of zaporozhye, lived in the usa and worked in chicago. and this is his work about the holodomor, and although it is in such an abstract, rustic style, it coincides to some extent with similar forms, as in , for example, mykhailo dmytrenko, bohdan peevny, it was interesting to see that the

visuals are so similar topics, however , honcharenko and andrets consider them no more significant paintings by viktor tsymbal. he was a native of cherkasy, fought in the army of the ukrainian people's republic of ukraine, ended up in internment camps in poland, after which he never returned to ukraine. from europe, he first migrated to argentina, where he painted the world's first painting on the theme of the famine, in 1933. already in 1936, he presented it at an exhibition in buenos aires. tsimbal created two versions of this work, one is oil on canvas, which is now in kyiv. the second version is on paper, charcoal on paper, and it's just a monumental, monumental version. and here it is this is a reduced-size reproduction, the size of the original is almost 5 m. in addition to art, the exhibition presents archival materials,

for example, letters from the kuban. these are ordinary people, but in the letters they write that we have been without pain for two years, and thank you for sending us the money, there are such testimonies that very directly and simply write that such things happened in our country, we had nothing to eat, and please help and such were such letters. goncharenko also draws attention to the fact that the very concept of famine appeared relatively recently, and for decades this tragedy was called a hunger strike. evidence of the first protests that took place in new york 90 years ago is also presented at the exhibition. for example, in the svoboda newspaper , there is a big headline, we are saving ukraine from starvation, this was in 1930, 1933, the beginning of 1933, so the ukrainians here understood. and one historian, olga andrievska in canada, believes that this activism was during

the holodomor, especially in the 33rd year . to celebrate anniversaries, the diaspora began already in 1960. when many churches and cultural centers were built, and especially when there were these big dates, they also began in new york , especially in big cities, marches began, these memorial services began, and so on further, and then joined with art. the exhibition will last until january, according to the organizers, both ukrainians and americans are interested in it, and in order to expand the audience , an online version was created, which is posted on the center's website. solomko, pavlo terekhov, the voice of america, and finally the story about how

emigrants from mariupol started their own business in another city, khmelnytskyi. in mariupol, the saparov family had a business, sto, car washes, and business centers. in the new city , they opened a bakery, which they had dreamed of for a long time. tetiana kukurika and serhii rebchinskyi will tell about the story of one family that had to start all over because of russian aggression, about a new home and new dreams. please, and your 20. have a nice day, goodbye. in june of this year , the saparov family from mariupol opened a craft bakery in khmelnytskyi. well, everything is new but the most important thing is that we are a family, we are one team, so it was easy for us, because we helped each other, and this is the main thing, i think. a family of businessmen from mariupol moved to khmelnytsky at the end of february 2022. already in march, with their own savings, the saparovs opened a hostel and a social assistance center

for the same displaced persons. the center provides legal and psychological services to refugees, organizes language and history courses, helps them find work and housing, and organizes humanitarian assistance. to in november of this year , more than 47 people received help here. in june 2022, the saparov family registered a public organization, and this year - their own business. we never drank bread or pastries, we wanted to start from scratch, well, it turned out. in mariupol, there were business centers, fishing stores, chemical stores, and sto, and car washes, there was already a wedding hall, a very nice salon, there was no carny. the polisaparovs lost everything, they took a loan to open a bakery in khmelnytskyi, the woman had a dream of a bakery, they thought that

she would retire in old age. bakery, bakery saparov is a family business, so everyone is involved in the process of baking bread, it begins, the main thing in our bread is our soul, our hands and flour, now the bread has passed the fermentation stage, 4 hours and now it will go to the oven. and this is our fruit oven for our signature bread, now the bread will be baked for about half an hour, not even half an hour, but for 22-23 minutes and it will already be standing hot on the display window, but now the first bread is a french loaf, just white wheat, ready, and will go now. the family

is constantly experimenting with recipes, in addition to the traditional ones, invents unique ones, such as pastries with cherries and liver, and also has recipes from mariupol in its assortment. we have mariupol slohka, it's a pumpkin with meat, the one that was loved in the city of mariupol, mariupol called it shumush or kubite, it's greek food, well here, as we from mariupol called polish slohka, the family of pastries... the saparovs already have regular customers. please, there are a lot of such customers and very often we say, not only goodbye, but until tomorrow, we know that we will meet tomorrow at the same place at the same time, the whole clip is on lay down, exclusively, local residents like our pastries, so that they praise us , come, bring friends, and we see that

everything is basically... slowly working out and even, well, we want, that is, to open other outlets in the city of khmelnytskyi, and then , as it will be, the younger saparovs will most likely stay in khmelnytskyi and develop the family business, but the older ones have not yet decided. mariupol hurts, you know, he hurts, we love him, he's here, without mariupol, well, it's hard. we understand that here we are, well, we will return anyway, here we are after the victory we will return we will set something up, but how to live is a constant question for us, whether to live here, to go to mariupol or, after all, in mariupol, then go here, well, we will decide, the main thing is victory, please, tetyana kukuriyka, serhiy repchynskyi, for the voice of america from khmelnytskyi, please 150, and that's it, thank you for watching the voice of america in ukrainian, see you tomorrow, good luck, take care, papa. we

are looking for 16-year-old daryna zhuravel from the kherson region. imagine, the girl disappeared on the first day of the war and until now there is no news about her there was no news. i know that when the full-scale invasion began, daryna was in the town of nova kakhovka, which is still under occupation. maybe that's why the girl doesn't get in touch, that's why. therefore, i am asking everyone, especially residents of the left bank of the kherson region, who may be watching this program on social networks. look carefully at the photo of darina zhurravel and try to remember her face. if anyone suddenly sees the 16-year-old girl, or you become aware of her possible whereabouts, do not delay and call us immediately at the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 1163. calls from any

ukrainian mobile operator. free of charge, if it is not possible to get in touch by phone, write to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram, any information is important. i also want to remind you that we are continuing the search for 16-year-old karina kanivets, also from the kherson region. her mother told us about the girl's disappearance. imagine, a woman does not know anything about the fate of her daughter for more than five months. and i turned everywhere it's possible, i'm already shouting as much as i can, it's like they tied my hands and said: swim, here i am at the moment in such a situation. it so happened that karina's parents separated long before the start of the war and lived separately. the girl lived with her mother on a permanent basis, but on the eve of the full-scale invasion , she was with her father when the russians entered, and ended up in the occupied territory. from time to time, the woman says, she corresponded with her daughter on social networks, but in april with...