[000:00:00;00] and here the guys have a kitchen, yes, it’s a whole canteen, you can’t be too rich, too healthy, too armed, you always want to have much more weapons than we have, but we are a unit that is equipped only with regular weapons, and regular weapons it is not as difficult as we would like it to be. there is an active war going on here in sumy oblast, because our defenders are constantly forced to exchange fire with the russians, who are constantly probing their positions and are expecting the advance of the russians at any moment, and despite this, our soldiers are forced to spend all their money on providing personnel and repairing their vehicles. they are in great need of additional

monetary payment for conducting hostilities. artem lagutenko oleksiy kutsuk from sumy oblast for espresso. the program of the ukrainian voice of america service is broadcast from washington. i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations. the first group of hostages, who were released after, arrived in israel. almost 50 days in hamas captivity, this is part of the agreement between israel and hamas that was reached this week. the release was preceded by a break in hostilities, the four-day truce that began earlier today. the first group of released hostages is 24 people, 13 israelis, 10 thai citizens and one filipino citizen. all of them are currently undergoing a medical examination. among the freed israeli citizens are six women aged 70-80 and three children. israel

was released in response. 39 palestinian prisoners, among them 24 women and 15 teenagers. currently , more than 200 people, including american citizens, are being held captive by hamas. us president joe biden welcomed the release of the first group of hostages, but said this is just the beginning. the goal is to return all people captured by hamas militants. today we can be thankful that we have been reunited with loved ones who were held hostage for more than 50 days. starting this morning, under an agreement reached through intense us diplomacy, including numerous calls i made from the oval office to leaders across the region, the gas fighting will cease for four days. this deal is also structured to allow for an extension of the hiatus for more than 50 layoffs hostages this is our goal. i spoke with my team this morning as we begin

the first difficult days of implementing this deal, it's just the beginning, but so far so good. the irish police arrested more than 30 people who staged pogroms on the streets of the capital, dublin. at first, anti-immigrant protests and later riots occurred after news of an attack in one of the schools, where an attacker stabbed three children. at night, the protests turned into looting of shops, burning of cars and destruction of property. prime minister of the country condemned these actions, saying that he had experienced two attacks at once, one on innocent children and the other on our society and the rule of law. let's talk more about the situation in ireland with our european correspondent, bohdan tsyupin. bohdan, hello, greetings. bohdan, did the police actually establish the identity of the attacker, is he a migrant, how did it turn into protests and

has the situation calmed down now? yuli, there is very little official information about the attacker who attacked children with a knife at a primary school in dublin, we only we know it's a man and we know he's in the hands of the police, what kind of man is he, there are reports that he's a man in his 40s or 50s, we also know he's an irish citizen from some sources, though probably.. . of foreign origin that is currently happening in ireland is the message that the situation is calm, and probably the most important task for the irish authorities right now is to prevent a repeat of what happened yesterday, when several dozen police cars were destroyed or damaged,

buses were burned, trams, that is... irish authorities now insists that all those guilty of crimes or criminal behavior will be brought to justice. as the attacker who committed. an attack on the people, and those who rioted in dublin. those who took part in this brought shame on dublin, shame on ireland and shame on themselves and their families. those criminals didn't do it because they love ireland, they didn't do it because they wanted to protect the irish, and they didn't do it out of a sense of patriotism, which... no matter how distorted it was, they did it because they were full of hatred, they like violence, they like chaos, and they like to hurt others.

the first wave of protesters took to the streets of dublin with anti-immigrant slogans, could yesterday's clashes actually be a sign that anti-immigrant sentiment is growing in ireland, and what could this mean for refugees, including ukrainians, who have found refuge in this country? well, actually, according to some irish commentators or politicians who spoke about yesterday's events, some, those who took part in the riots in the people of dublin yesterday actually did not have any political ideas, that is, it is difficult to say that the people who smashed shop windows and robbed shops had any views, which concerns migrants in general. and in particular the issue of ukrainian refugees, even those, if you can say so, political slogans or anti-immigrant slogans were not directed against ukrainians, it is worth noting

that in ireland ukrainians are now such a serious tangible community, about 79 thousand were registered as of march this . year and this is for such a small country as ireland with a population of more than 5 million, this is quite a serious number, approximately 15 % of the population, but i will repeat again, these riots , those slogans, even those malicious messages spread on social media were not directed in this case against ukrainians, but people are certainly worried , and i assume that ukrainians and other migrants are also worried about pene, and in particular, the man who stopped the attacker was a migrant from brazil and he said that now he is very worried. this information is very interesting, bohdan, thank you, na connection from london, was my colleague, bohdan

tsyupin. meanwhile, nato is concerned about russia's malign influence on bosnia and herzegovina and is fed up with the separatist and divisive rhetoric of local serbian elites. about this. said the general secretary of the alliance jen stolteng. he toured the western balkans this week amid fears of renewed conflict in the region and the role moscow could play in the escalation. andriy borys will tell more about it. albania. joint nato exercises are conducted by the military of seven countries. the goal is to improve the interaction of forces special operations to counter possible threats in the western balkans region. to study for. asked for military personnel from a non-alliance country, bosnia and herzegovina. it is there that a new hot conflict is probably brewing. allies firmly support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of bosnia

and herzegovina. we are concerned about separatist and divisive rhetoric, as well as malicious foreign interference. including russia. bosnia's capital, sarajevo, was the first stop on the nato secretary general's visit to the balkans this week, with the threat of a split looming over the country. bosnia and herzegovina is a multinational federation where bosniaks, croats and serbs live. in recent months, the president of republika srpska, milorad dodik, which is part of bosnia, has made several announcements and moves toward secession from the federation. in particular , he refused to recognize the decision of the constitutional court of bosnia and threatened to hold a referendum on secession. he. and his entourage have been under us sanctions since last year. behind him are other politicians who are in serbia itself, who refused the idea

of ​​creating a great serbian state, which included the same republika srpska, kosovo, montenegro, which means the redrawing of borders, which means the great balkan war, which means that it all suits russia well, which means that russia finances them a lot. oleksandr levchenko, the former ambassador of ukraine to croatia and bosnia and herzegovina , is convinced that russia wants to make the balkans a new hot spot on the planet in order to divert the attention of the west from ukraine. in republika srpska itself, russian capital is present there, which controls many economic heights in to this entity, the republika srpska is a completely pro-russian enclave, completely, and precisely through this, the republika srpska as taran, most likely, moscow will also act. nato is concerned not only about the situation in bosnia, but also in other balkan regions, in particular in kosovo and serbia itself. kosovo is partly... the country is populated mainly by albanians. in september, in

the north of the country, where serbs live, there was an incident in which three local residents and one policeman died. local authorities believe that it was provoked by serbia, which believes kosovo is part of its territory. in response, nato decided to increase its contingent in the region. we used our reserve forces to quickly increase our presence in the region after the violence. in september, we are now considering whether we should increase the contingents on a permanent basis to prevent the situation from getting out of control and creating a new conflict in kosovo, or in the wider region. after his visit to kosovo , stoltonberg went to serbia, where he met with president oleksandr vučić. he assured that serbia is ready to cooperate, to punish those responsible for the incident in kosovo. according to the former ambassador of ukraine to the balkans , oleksandr levchenko, it is a mistake. it is difficult to call him a pro-russian politician, but he is

a hostage of pro-moscow forces in serbia. it must be said that belgrade is one of the few european capitals that has not expelled a single russian spy operating under the auspices of the embassy. according to analysts, joint entry into the european union could be a step towards the reconciliation of the western balkans and the reduction of russia's influence. in particular , the european commission recommended two weeks ago begin. talk about joining bosnia and herzegovina once it meets the criteria. according to the eu representatives, the only problem remains in the unconstitutional actions of the authorities of the local serbs. andriy borys, voice of america. november 25 is the day of remembrance of the victims of the famine and the 90th anniversary of the 32-3 year famine in ukraine. efforts to recognize the holodomor

as genocide of the ukrainian people in the united states have been ongoing since 1934, when the house of representatives registered the first resolution condemning the soviet government for his actions it is now 2023, and most states have recognized the holodomor as genocide, but there is still no such definition at the national level. why and whether it can change, let's talk about it with my colleague tatiana vorozhko, who researched the topic. tanya, hello. congratulations. how important... is the role of the american congress in the process of recognition and at what stage is this issue now? and yes, indeed, back in 2018, the house of representatives and the senate adopted separate resolutions in which they accepted the conclusions of the commission on hunger, and that stalin and his entourage committed genocide against the ukrainian people. these congressional findings were presented back in 1988, this is the so-called james mace commission, which worked for three years, they interviewed witnesses and worked with documents, and they came to

a very reasonable conclusion that this famine was artificial, that it was not was a testament, and also that the american government knew about the holodomor back then, but it was in 1933 that the soviet union was recognized and diplomatic relations were established, so finally these conclusions were accepted, but these two resolutions, they are separate resolutions, they are not a joint resolution of the congress, which would have a much greater effect and would actually have the effect of law, so the work in the congress continues, in february of this year, another resolution was registered in the house of representatives, it is currently under consideration in the appropriate committee, and here's what its author, don bacon, says about his motivation about the purpose of this resolution, as well as the democratic congressman, with whom mark wigley, with whom my colleagues spoke. the purpose of my bill is to recognize stalin's holodomor an act of genocide. ukrainians, i wanted

to do this to shed light on what stalin did against ukraine in the 1930s, and today we see a continuation of this, they call ukrainians little russians, they do not recognize the ukrainian language as a separate language, ukrainians as a separate nationality, they want subjugate them, make them part of russia, but they have one problem with this, ukrainians do not agree with this, ukrainians have their culture, their heritage, their history, their language, and they want to be ukrainians, not russians, and they should have the right to that . that just like stalin 90 years ago, putin is trying to erase the ukrainian national identity, what better message than acknowledging what happened 90 years ago. putin, frankly, would do it again. we see his grain policy. russians are no stranger to using hunger as a tool. so

i think it's long overdue for us to recognize that and use that as an impetus to continue to help our ally and be an arsenal for democrats. tanya, are there other ways to achieve recognition of the famine by the united states genocide of ukrainians? well, the process is also ongoing in the states, already 35, in 35 states proclamations have been adopted in which the holodomor is called genocide, they are usually on behalf of the mayor or the governor, but even if all 50 states adopt similar proclamations, mykhailo savkin explained to me, who has been dealing with this issue for a very long time, it will not mean that it will be recognized at the national level, it is still necessary that this solution. accepted by the american government, in fact, this work continues, but already under new conditions, under new conditions russia's large-scale war against ukraine. this year, it is done, together with the fact that we recognize even this modern

war, which has been going on for 21 months, and also recognize it as a genocide, our slogan, so to speak, during the celebration of the 90s. there is a famine then, genocide now, justice when, means to recognize now there, the genocide of ukraine, against ukraine, which has been happening since february 24, 22, and also to condemn all war crimes, and it is right to condemn for their tyrant now in ukraine, but also to recognize what this means justice regarding the famine, historical justice. tanya, why is it important to promote this issue today, when ukraine has other priorities, perhaps in relations with the usa? of ukraine, usa, oksana markarova, she said that, of course, the main priorities are

military aid, financial aid, sanctions against russia, but this issue also remains important, because it is a question of justice and the fact that evil is not punished, it always returns and that's it returned and she also says that in new conditions, when everyone can to see the atrocities committed by the russians in mariupol, in buch, in izyum, now ukrainians simply begin to believe more when they talk about these tragedies that they lived through caused by russia in the past. tanya, thank you very much, thank you for your research, this is definitely an important question. tatyana varoshko was in contact with the studio. meanwhile, the ukrainian diaspora in america is actively working to get the united states to recognize the holodomor. genocide of the ukrainian people, we decided to find out how well-known the topic of the holodomor is among americans, in particular among young people, yeryna matviychuk researched this topic, her article continues, what do american teenagers know about the holodomor in ukraine, we asked children in the capital of pennsylvania, who came to an exhibition

dedicated to ukrainian history in the 30s, about this. this is the death of people in ukraine, approximately somewhere in the 30s. and why did it happen? they took food to have power over them, we didn't learn about it in american schools, at least i don't remember, and we're in 10th grade. i learned a little about ukraine, that they are currently at war with russia there. in schools, the topic of the ukrainian holodomor is not part of the history curriculum. oleksandr golovyak, a 15-year-old american of ukrainian origin, believes that if his peers were taught about ukrainian history, they would better understand the current war between ukraine and russia. in the early 1930s, stalin forced

the ukrainians to starve by taking away their food in order to gain power over the ukrainians. american students should know more because ukraine is now at war, and they should know that tensions between ukraine and russia have been building for a long time. two years ago, most americans associated ukraine with the soviet union. it was not only the fact of the famine that was little known, but in general that ukraine has a different history from russia - iryna mazor, honorary consul of ukraine in pennsylvania, tells voice of america. after the full-scale invasion , the whole world was talking about ukraine. however, so that foreigners understand the reasons for this war. they need to be informed about the history of ukrainian-russian relations so that the holodomor of ukrainians is as well known as the genocide of jews, says mazor. and we showed the film mr. jones, and about showing the real history of the holodomor, it is extremely interesting, because then they understand the cause-and-effect relationship, what

happened on the territory of modern ukraine 100 years ago, when this territory was actually the epicenter of many events that took place in europe at that time. in order to interest american youth in this topic, it is necessary to speak with them in the language of their interests, show films about hunger, hold exhibitions for them, add this topic to textbooks, for this the diaspora and the ukrainian government should work more actively with local authorities, the honorary consul believes. in order to conduct some subjects in an american school, it is necessary to work with the legislators of each individual state, because education, it belongs to the powers of the government, the state, and accordingly it is necessary to constantly talk about it, constantly insist, introduce some course, work with professors, historians of universities to invite lecturers on this topic, that is , it is necessary to use different methods and different ways of communication, and thus constantly talk

about this topic. one of the leaders of the ukrainian community in philadelphia, andrii chornodolsky, says that the diaspora has been working for years to add the subject of the holodomor to the school curriculum in their state. legislators have already initiated the corresponding resolution, but the document is still under consideration. chornodolsky explains why it is so difficult to add this... topic to the preschool program for several reasons: the first thing is that the whole issue of the holodomor is very unpleasant, how to say, it is difficult to teach this material to children in order to convey to them that such horror is possible, to be convey to the children that someone has decided that i am ready to exterminate innocent people for political gains, while chornodolsky is sure that change is possible if he works with the local authorities long enough and persistently. they want our votes, that is

the first thing that is most important for every politician. second, they want financial support from us, because their political campaigns must be successful. we ukrainians sometimes forget that in order to be successful in the political world, you have to provide input. invest money and effort there. maria colet, democratic senator from pennsylvania, many ukrainians live in her district. i don't think americans know enough about it and think they should know more about it. the first step to eradicating evil is to look it in the face, understand it, learn about the tragedies that can arise if you support evil. that's how we can. the senator supports changing the school curriculum and assures that she will vote for the resolution, which provides for the study

of the ukrainian famine in state schools. i think, that young people are generally interested in world history, and we have to teach them in a way they can understand. one of the ways is to tell young people that at that time there were many young people in ukraine who suffered from the famine. how it affected people. their age, explain that they were the same as you, also dreamed of the future, but could not live it. at the beginning of this year, the us congress registered a bill to recognize the holodomor as genocide against the ukrainian people. one of his co-authors, congressman-republican don bacon, said that the purpose of this document, among others , is to expand the knowledge about the famine in ukraine among americans. russians for centuries. treated ukrainians and the holodomor is one of the examples of this, i don't know how many people in the us know about this page of the history of ukraine

, one of the reasons for our bill, we want to expand this knowledge, i think it is very important to know about it now, because it sheds light on how putin thinks about ukrainians, why he does what he does, what he wants to erase ukraine from the world map and make it part of russia, in order to prevent tragedies in the future, american lawmakers say, it is necessary to learn... lessons from the tragedies of the past. iryna matviychuk, kostyantyn golubchyk, voice of america. and this is the end of reports from ukraine. as ukrainian troops continue their counteroffensive in the de-occupied territories, mines and explosives threaten civilians. demining is one of the priorities of emergency forces. a number of countries are contributing to help ukrainian specialists with equipment and training - says myroslava gongadze. on saturday morning, the sapper brigade in balaklia, kharkiv region, is preparing to leave for demining work. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, russian troops occupied

a third of the territory of the region. when in a few then they left this land covered with mines. according to the ukrainian government, since february 2022, at least 264 civilians have been killed and more than 830 injured in ukraine by explosives and other explosive materials. employees of the ministry of emergency situations engaged in civil demining kharkiv oblast is facing an unprecedented test - says anatoliy vruble, head of the emergency response department. there are 35 demining units under his command. but the worst thing is that almost every day, almost every day, people die, or die, or are injured, the gas sector is half of the city of kharkiv, half, and we are now talking about the kharkiv region, and 30, 40% of it

was somewhere came under occupation, later as a result of active... hostilities it was liberated, but during the period of time when it was liberated, engineering barriers, and now we are getting extremely dangerous territories on which we have to work. wroblewski says international support is critical to their work. ukrainian sappers use all external assistance, which includes demining machines and tools. defense and transport, here in balaklia , emergency workers have discovered a mine and are carrying out a controlled detonation. meanwhile, in kyiv , the ukrainian government is coordinating humanitarian demining efforts, bringing together state stakeholders and international partners deputy minister of economy ihor bezkaravainy supervises this process. demining became a personal matter for him. in

2016, he lost his leg after being blown up by an anti-tank mine. we want to return to the use of 80% of potentially contaminated areas. beskaravainy says that russia violated all norms and practices by mining ukrainian land, and this is a serious problem for sappers. ukrainian specialists are working on a technique for scanning potentially contaminated areas to create a database and map for future demining efforts. we have situations where there is no logic in the contamination of territories. not a problem because we can predict the next move when we are working with military logic, but we cannot predict the next move when we are working with situations that do not have any logic. last spring, the world bank estimated that ukraine would need $37.5 billion for demining, but needs continue to change as the war progresses and require constant review. lithuania is leading

the european union's demining efforts in ukraine. tomas matulyavičius, economic attaché. the embassy of lithuania in ukraine says that the international coalition should do more. not enough is being done at the moment, but this is only the beginning, and in the future we hope that there will be more tools, more methods and more, i would say funds and governments that will join the coalition. according to him , demining of ukraine can last from 10 to 100 years. it depends on how much more money there will be and how many specialists will be trained here in ukraine and abroad. so it depends on all of us. we have to do it together. the unprecedented contamination of ukrainian land with mines and other explosive objects is destroying the ecosystem and undermining food security in ukraine and the world, deepening the problem of hunger. depending on the resource , ukraine could take decades to clear the entire area, and it will rely on the international community to help with demining. myroslava

gongadze, yevhen shinar, balaklia, kharkiv. oblast ukraine and that's the end of it, thank you for watching, the voice of america in ukrainian, see you next week, take care, have a peaceful weekend, pa-pa!. greetings, we are looking for this boy who disappeared in the lughan oblast during the occupation under very mysterious circumstances , his name is myshkomelnyk, he is six years old, as usual, i want to ask you the most important thing right away, do not remain indifferent, your attentiveness without

exaggeration can help find misha , and just now, if you're watching this on the